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Saturday, May 26, 2012
US Think Tank: Iran Has Enough Uranium for Five Bombs
The Institute for Science and International Security says Iran has produced enough enriched uranium to make at least five nuclear weapons. Read more.
To recap, appeasement and engagement of Iran (attempts to actually align with the monstrous mullahocracy) and the folly of sanctions--well meaning but wishy-washy measures--have made war with the imperialist, clerical fascist regime inevitable, much as a policy of appeasement made war with Nazi Germany inevitable in the years leading up to the Second World War. That conflict was fought on Germany's terms. Will the coming conflict with Iran be fought on its terms?
Time will tell. The notion that Israel, which Iran is bent on destroying, is somehow obligated to risk the rubbling of its cities and the resultant slaughter of masses of Israeli civilians from retaliatory Iranian and Hezbollah missile attacks defies reason. The point is worth repeating: given its presumed arsenals, Israel, if need be, can end the Iranian threat as easy as E-M-P.
Related: Key Lesson of 1967 and the Looming Iran War
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Again, Prisoners Will Perish in a N. Korean Nuclear Test
Regarding North Korea's next nuclear test, this much is certain: Iranian nuclear experts will observe the blast, as they have observed their proliferation partner's previous provocations, and a number of North Koreans--prisoners slated for execution--will die in the underground explosion. They will be put into a portion of the newly excavated test tunnel that will be under special video surveillance in order for their final moments of agony to be viewable in real time by North Korea's sadistic rulers, including the country's 20-something Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un.
The condemned list includes political prisoners and purged officials, according to Foreign Confidential™ analysts, who assert that Pyongyang has executed prisoners in each of its (Iranian observed) nuclear tests. Kim's father, Dear Leader Kim Jong Il, who died last December, is believed to have delighted in witnessing the nuclear executions--live and on video.
Related: 30 North Korean Officials Die in Staged Traffic Accidents
Revealed: North Korea's Gas Chambers
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Friday, May 25, 2012
China Limiting Purges Following Bo Scandal
Reuters reports:
Related: Key Bo Ally to be Tried for Treason
Chinese President Hu Jintao has demanded senior Communist Party officials stifle tensions over the ousting of ambitious politician Bo Xilai and show unity as they prepare for a change of leadership, sources briefed on recent meetings said.
Hu urged the party to close ranks at a meeting of about 200 officials early this month at a Beijing hotel, declaring the downfall of Bo--China's biggest political scandal in two decades--to be an "isolated case," the three sources said.Read more.
Related: Key Bo Ally to be Tried for Treason
German Austerity Drives Greek Mother, Son to Suicide
An ailing 90-year-old mother and her 60-year-old musician son jumped to their deaths in Athens this week. Read more.
Austerity, which has not worked anywhere, is pushing Greece … and Spain … to the edge of catastrophe. The middle classes are being pauperized; the poor, ground into dust under the iron heel, or jackboot, of German/EU austerity.
Israel: All Iran Options On the Table
Iran's ability to retaliate is a critical concern, given its formidable arsenal of long-range, ballistic missiles, the huge missile buildup of Iran's Lebanese proxy, Hezbollah, and their repeated threats to "burn Tel Aviv," etc.
But this, too, should be considered: should push come to shove and the clerical fascist regime in Tehran dare to try to make good on its Hitlerian threats, the Jewish State, in light of its presumed atomic arsenal … and related delivery systems … could end the Iranian threat as easy as … E-M-P.
As for Hezbollah, it should know that if Israel is forced to fight another defensive war with the terrorist group, World War II (rather than CNN) rules of engagement will apply.
So it goes.
Related: Clare Lopez on the Folly of Sanctions on Iran
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