tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post294723874060857549..comments2024-03-28T04:08:45.199-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Newton warned about this centuries agoPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-75779344675817152222016-05-23T09:06:04.309-05:002016-05-23T09:06:04.309-05:00"I continue to be astonished that we haven..."I continue to be astonished that we haven't seen a major international conflict erupt in the Middle East . . .". Me too. I'm thinking it's because the musslemen can't get themselves organized enough to be a real threat, they're all about flapping their jaws and making threats, but as for actually doing anything they are more likely to attack their own family than to actually stir outside their borders. Kind of reminds me of the Spanish navy fighting the English in sailing ships. The Spaniards wanted to close, grapple, and board. The English stood off and blasted them with cannon fire.Chuck Pergielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14473338620167201696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-22397076784380562082016-05-23T02:46:34.450-05:002016-05-23T02:46:34.450-05:00The Iranians are masters of brinkmanship. They kno...The Iranians are masters of brinkmanship. They know an idiot when they see one, and made Carter dance like an organ grinder's monkey just as Barkie is doing his simian jig today. Iran will not 'put a foot wrong'. They know what the game is and exactly how far they can push it.<br /><br />Israel, like America - is it's own worst critic and enemy.Glen Filthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03256741311142364722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-5799352593195066232016-05-22T22:47:17.382-05:002016-05-22T22:47:17.382-05:00I'm not so sure that if the entire middle east...I'm not so sure that if the entire middle east were fried to a crisp by a cosmic gamma ray burst or squashed flat and by a swarm of comets, much of the rest of the world might just shrug and give the old "yes, terrible business that. a real shame" response. Kinda like when the crew of loud, pit bull owning, drunken,violent neighborhood criminal menaces blow up the half-assed meth lab in their basement and burn themselves and their dilapidated crack house eyesore down to a smoldering pit of charred rubble. Yeah that odd popping and hissing sound you're hearing isn't from the fire, it's from a few dozen champagne corks and Schlitz bottles being opened simultaneously. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-75783015416700804192016-05-22T16:54:29.870-05:002016-05-22T16:54:29.870-05:00The coalition against Iran will likely be led by I...The coalition against Iran will likely be led by Israel and the Saudis.Barkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17401601997081326249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-85891374581397202016-05-22T14:03:08.314-05:002016-05-22T14:03:08.314-05:00Tehran, Baghdad, Riyadh, Ankara, and Islamabad wou...Tehran, Baghdad, Riyadh, Ankara, and Islamabad would be logical retaliation strikes if Tel Aviv is destroyed. Hitting all of them would cut the heart out of organized militant Islam for a long time.<br /><br />I'm sure Medina would be next as a final warning before they turn Mecca into glass and end the Haj for generations...Rick Tnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-5210587708297883542016-05-22T13:14:56.179-05:002016-05-22T13:14:56.179-05:00I would add to your list seven and a half years of...I would add to your list seven and a half years of lip service in Israel's support while doing everything possible to undermine their position in the world by what was once one of their staunchest allies.<br />And should Clinton win in November, at least four more years of the same.<br /><br />Teheran is a secular, albeit high value target. Mecca would be the opening salvo in total war between Israel and two billion Muslims. May in fact come to that, but I see no way that Israel would take that step short of them being faces with the total loss of their country.Uncle Larhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04008207593205949098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-5235583685622294092016-05-22T12:55:53.606-05:002016-05-22T12:55:53.606-05:00Teheran? Why not Mecca?Teheran? Why not Mecca?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com