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Christmas Bombs for Iran?

by Bill Dupray, Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 03:26:21 PM EST

Bill Kristol and John Bolton, in separate interviews, seem to be leaking a Bush plan to take out Iranian nuclear facilities before he leaves office. If it is done before the election, Obama is sunk.

http://patriotroom.com/?p=462

Tags: IAEA, United Nations, U.N., Nuclear Weapons, John McCain, Iran, Bush, Kristol, Bolton, Israel, Christmas, Election, Barack Obama (all tags)

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If it is done before the election, Obama is sunk.

And this, why?

If it's done before the election, John McCain will have to go on record supporting it.

It won't be popular.

Proud member of the Wikipedia Generation of American politics

by BishopRook on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 03:27:40 PM EST

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Bush would have Israel go in before the election, so that when Iran flips its lid and all hell (actual and potential) breaks loose, voters will choose the tested McCain and Obama will be sunk.

by Bill Dupray on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 04:28:21 PM EST
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Oh, he's "tested." I see. And Obama is just inexperienced and would have absolutely no idea how to answer that 3 AM phone call, I suppose?

Proud member of the Wikipedia Generation of American politics

by BishopRook on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 04:31:32 PM EST
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you go into an election with the electorate you have, not the electorate you'd like to have.

by the mollusk on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 05:10:45 PM EST
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This has already been diaried, (none / 0)

just a few diaries down the list.

http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/6/24/1184 6/5223

Just FYI.

by aggieric on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 03:33:55 PM EST

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Personally I appreciate the link. I have been busy and did not notice the other diary. As far as I am concerned, I would love to see a really thorough diary by someone more knowledgeable than me about this subject. The noises on Iran are scaring the poo out of me.

The Moose is on the loose. "And I scream at the top of my lungs, what's going on?"

by Hollede on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 03:42:33 PM EST

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Actually, it's if Obama is elected, Bush will drop bombs (hence Christmas Bombs and not Halloween Chocolate grenades) and if Obama is not elected, he may punt and let McCain take his time organizing the bombing.

Hey look at it this way, maybe the super right wing crazies will vote for Obama so Bush will bomb Iran? Weird huh? At the same time Bush or McCAin is going to do it one way or the other, so that shouldn't prevent people from voting for Obama as a way to stop bombing Iran because que sera sera.
The GOPD (rather neo-cons) didn't think this one through

by KLRinLA on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 03:53:51 PM EST

Of course... (none / 0)

A lame duck president bombing Iran without the express knowledge and consent of Congress totally wouldn't result in the administration being disgraced and possibly put on trial for war crimes.

This is bluffing. This is the Executive branch using their reputation as being an unstoppable and amoral force of nature to scare people into voting Republican.

In this avalanche, the pebbles get to vote.

That One/Another Fella '08

by Dracomicron on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 04:49:39 PM EST

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I wonder what it would actually take for Bush to be held to a reasonable standard for anything. Bombing Iran without the approval of Congress would not be that much of a stretch. He could start off with "pursuing al Queda" (I know...) which would then quickly morph into "pursuing al Quds" (again, I know...) which would then morph into "eliminating threats against our military and economic interests" which would then morph into "holding the Iranian regime accountable" which would then morph into "bombing the (non-existent) nuclear weapons factories", which would morph into "bomb strategic targets in Iran". I'm guessing it would take about six weeks and another outrage, maybe something related to climate change, to completely lose everybody (with the exception of Feingold). So this could all get gearing up after the second debate between McCain and Obama and come to fruition right in time for Christmas.

by the mollusk on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 05:09:25 PM EST
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Bush's hypothetical attack on Iran has been the dog that didn't bark in the liberal blogosphere for as long as I can remember. I can't remember how many times I've been promised it would happen within days, including after that horrible horrible Kyl-Lieberman amendment passed.

I have no crystal ball, but I nevertheless feel extremely confident that if Bush were to suddenly attack Iran before the election, it would NOT be to McCain's benefit.

"Another problem we have...is that in election years we behave somewhat as primitive peoples do at the time of the full moon." --Harry Truman

by Steve M on Tue Jun 24, 2008 at 07:34:45 PM EST

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