January 14, 2006
PAPER ARMADAS
In 1588 the Spanish sent a great armada north to decimate the English. So great was the fear amongst the English populace that the great philosopher Thomas Hobbes was born prematurely due to the great stress, imprinting him with his lifelong obsession with the nature of fear, and stress, upon the soul.
As we know the Spanish suffered defeat at Gravelines, though not badly; most losses were inflicted by storm on the return to Spain.
The story brings to mind Iran, however, and the mullings of the mad mullahs. They consider us a paper tiger, a faux armada. They foment insurgents in Iraq, in Lebanon, in Syria, in Egypt. Hezbollah is their offspring.
Now they build the bomb. All options at this point are shitty. But if we don't unleash Hell on these crazed fuckers we will eventually lose a city. And it will only take one truck nuke to destroy Israel. The land will be uninhabitable for thousands of years, but these fucked bastards don't want the land. They want to kill Jews, and us.
Yep. We have to strike. And their nuclear facilities are spread everywhere, so carpet bombing will be necessary.
The World will condemn us. Who cares? It is a shitty option, many civilian casualties, but we have to whack those fuckers. There is no other option. They won't heed our warnings. They are fucking insane with Islamicism.
How many Persians does it take to screw in a light bulb? Three. One to screw it in and two to drive a goddam dirty bomb into Manhattan. We have to obliterate these people, sad as that is.
And so I'm chipper tonight. Sleep tight, Intrepids!
Nuke 'em all. THe oil we take from them will be radioactive, and Los Angeles will glow at night. Good for tourism.
Seriously- I work with robotics and industrial machines all day. Why the fuck aren't we making engines of death that will wade through Ira(q)(n) and peel the scumbags off the planet and fling them headlong into space? we should be saving the nukes for the first wave of Greys.
Posted by: og at January 14, 2006 9:06 PMFrom what I read the facilities are deep underground and our so called "intelligence agencies" do not know for sure where they are at. It may take nukes just to take them out.
One option is an invasion. I can't see that any action such as an economic boycott will do much good. China nor Russia will abide by it and we already know that France will just trade under the table for their oil just as they did with Iraq.
At least the new German leader appears to understand the risk of letting Iran continue on its current path. An alliance with Germany Brittian and some other countries to invade and overthrow the mullahs-at least long enough to find and destroy the nuke facilities might be our only option.
Posted by: GUYK at January 14, 2006 11:47 PMInvasion aint an option. Plus, these peeps love us. Sad fact? Many Lovers of America in Iran gonna have to die. Sad fact. We have to carpet bomb.
Posted by: Velociman at January 15, 2006 12:41 AMaye, my favorite pastime... whack a mullah..
Posted by: ben tzu at January 15, 2006 2:12 AMCarpet bomb, hell.
Green glowing glass will be the only relief.
They want nukes?
Give it to 'em.
Bombing won't work. Our intelligence is spotty, and some of the sites may be mere decoys. The only options, as I see it, are invasion on the ground or nuclear warheads. But the people of America do not have the stomach for either, so we will, in the end, be the victims.
Posted by: Jack Straw at January 15, 2006 8:10 AMOg, the most powerful robotic device of all is the Black & Decker Workmate.
Posted by: Steve H. at January 15, 2006 10:26 AMI agree with Jack. We'll have to forfeit a major European or Israeli or American city before the left shuts the fuck up and the wishy-washy middle realizes the stakes we are playing for.
Posted by: rankin' rob at January 15, 2006 10:43 AMI have to agree that there are many Iranians that are not radicals and still remember the close relationship Iran had with the US until the Mullah uprising in 1979.
I grew up outside Ft. Rucker Alabama where the Iranian military sent their people to learn to fly American made helicopters and no rational person should have a problem with the Persians in general.
I also went to college at Georgia Tech with and later worked with many Iranian engineers that loved the US and hated the loss of their family's property and finances when the radical Islamists took over their country.
That said, if it were up to me, and learning from the Israelis efforts in the early 1980's and our own experience in Iraq to date...I say that we:
1.Surround the country with troops and air coverage (can you say Embargo or SEIGE),
2.Announce our intentions to take out the nuclear facilities,and let the innocent citizens run the hell out of the way of our efforts.
3. Bomb the shit out of anything we suspect could be used to make weapons that can later be handed to some wild eyed suicide Jihadist.
4. Demand the resignation of that stupid little fucker they call President that is runing his mouth. Then we try him in court for his involvment in the 1979 US Embassy hostage ordeal.
Next would come Syria and Korea, employing the same strategy. (That aught to quiet things down in the world for a while, and Venezuela's Chavez would resign and run off to Antartica else face the same plight)
Posted by: Virgil at January 15, 2006 1:54 PM
I forgot to mention starting a new program giving any Iranian citizen that signs a peace treaty with the US a Workmate portable work bench, courtesy of the US military...sort of a new twist on disaster relief.
Posted by: Virgil at January 15, 2006 1:58 PMWheeeee, Virgil for.. well never mind.
Posted by: ronald at January 15, 2006 7:54 PMWhile an interesting way to toddle off to bed, mind a-tilt with such, what makes anyone think that those nukes aren't already here?
Personally, I believe enough materiel is already present to ensure at least one city (likely a port)will fall.
Of course, the left will not suddenly see the error of their ways. Rather, they will bend over even more and hand back the lube with a hopeful glance at their '6'.
Get to the range often - that is my advice. Practice, acquire more weapons, practice some more.
Posted by: LauraN at January 16, 2006 12:41 PMDude, carpet bombing is sooo 1975. Mr. JDAM and Mr. LGB have made it so. Why drop 100 bombs when one will do ? Of course, this presupposes knowledge of the precise location of your target. Lacking that, lobbing nukes in the general direction of the foe has much to recommend it, but that presupposes a population pissed-off enough to see the photos of incinerated baby bodies (theirs) as a good thing, and we as a country aren't there - yet.
Posted by: Gary at January 16, 2006 3:27 PMIf one city has to go, I say...
San Francisco.
No wait, make that Las Vegas...
No, how about Seattle...or Portland...oh what the hell, there's really no point to Miami, is there???
Posted by: WitNit at January 16, 2006 4:19 PMNone of those would be as bad to me as LA or San Diego, seeing as I happen to be downwind of both...
Wherever it happens, if it happens, think NOLA after Katrina, except nationwide. Chaos, panic. Martial law declared almost instantly. Kiss your rights a sad goodbye, 'cause they're not coming back anytime soon.
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