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[QUOTE=snowman;4040952]One point I would like to make is that the US is NOT stretched for anything. No one in this country even knows there is a war going on. We all drink our lattes and go about our daily living with out any sacrifice whatsoever. Our military appears stretched, but only if you consider that they need to be comfortable and get their 8 hours sleep in an AC bunk (I know that this is not completely true, but it is more true than not).
If the US were to go on true war footing, as it did in WW2, then the Iranian situation would be a flyspeck on our windshield.
The US is NOT stretched. Iran is stretched, just to live day to day, l.et alone going to actual war.
All I am stating is that the US is not constrained by anything at this point and is not likely to be in any real crisis. The Iranians need to realize this for they are the ones who will lose, and for that matter the entire Arab world would lose its way of life as a consequence of such a war. Yes it would be bad. But we would win.
As to the straight. If for any reason it is closed, then the might of the entire world would come to bear on the problem and the straight would soon be open and Iran would never again be in position to even launch a sail boat there.[/QUOTE
Sounds stretched to me.
Don't bomb Iran, Bush warns Israel
BY RICHARD SISK
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU
Wednesday, July 2nd 2008, 9:47 PM
WASHINGTON - President Bush and the top U.S. military commander warned Israel Wednesday against bombing Iran, suggesting the U.S. doesn't want to get involved in a third war.
"This is a very unstable part of the world and I don't need it to be more unstable," Adm. Mike Mullen, the Joint Chiefs chairman, said at a briefing.
Bush said, "I have made it clear to all parties [including Israel] that the first option is diplomacy," in getting Iran to stop enriching uranium that could be used for a nuclear weapon.
The warnings came after the disclosure that Israel had conducted air operations over the Mediterranean that could simulate a strike on Iran.
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