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Pharaoh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 07:39 PM
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The October Surprise


By Gary Hart

10/03/06 "HuffingtonPost" --- -- It should come as no surprise if the Bush Administration undertakes a preemptive war against Iran sometime before the November election.

Were these more normal times, this would be a stunning possibility, quickly dismissed by thoughtful people as dangerous, unprovoked, and out of keeping with our national character. But we do not live in normal times.

And we do not have a government much concerned with our national character. If anything, our current Administration is out to remake our national character into something it has never been.

The steps will be these: Air Force tankers will be deployed to fuel B-2 bombers, Navy cruise missile ships will be positioned at strategic points in the northern Indian Ocean and perhaps the Persian Gulf, unmanned drones will collect target data, and commando teams will refine those data. The latter two steps are already being taken.


http://informationclearinghouse.info/article15206.htm




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BattyDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 07:42 PM
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1. Do these assholes honestly believe that the rest of the world ...
is going to sit back and do nothing while we launch yet another unprovoked attack on a Middle Eastern country, destabilizing the region even more?

If we pull this shit again, we're toast! :scared: :nuke:
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Pharaoh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 07:46 PM
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2. Yes, I do believe they are complete morons
I hope things turn out better, but with dipshits in charge of things it sure does'nt look good..........:shrug:
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 03:47 AM
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7. why not?
they sat back as they stole two elections and botched two wars
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OwnedByFerrets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 07:55 PM
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3. What I cant figure is why a war with Iran
would HELP the repugs. Americans are already sick of war. The "stand behind the flag" response has already been used up. I think it would completely backfire on them. But, that is just me.
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larrysh Donating Member (181 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 07:58 PM
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4. I was thinking North Korea, after their nuclear test.......
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bbinacan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 08:41 PM
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6. I have to agree with you
If Bush launches another war, the Repugs are done.
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smtpgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 08:03 PM
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5. What is humorous is the October Surprise
is now on the Repubs!!!!


SURPRISE!!!! Remember from Total Recall!!
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