World Net Daily is reporting some bad news. Seems Iran just might be planning a bit of an attack.
The good news is, gas prices are down for the moment. Yahoo Article
Thank goodness. Americans will be happy to know that our SUVs will be a little cheaper to fill, at least for the time being. Now, onto the real story...
"Iran is not only covertly developing nuclear weapons, it is already testing ballistic missiles specifically designed to destroy America's technical infrastructure, effectively neutralizing the world's lone superpower, say U.S. intelligence sources, top scientists and western missile industry experts.
The radical Shiite regime has conducted successful tests to determine if its Shahab-3 ballistic missiles, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead can be detonated by a remote control device while still in high-altitude flight."
Here's the really bad part:
"Scientists, including President Reagan's top science advisor, William R. Graham, say there is no other explanation for such test than preparation for the deployment of Electromagnetic Pulse weapons--even one which could knock out America's critical electrical and technological infrastructure, effectively sending the continental U.S. back to the 19th century with a recovery time of months or years."
Makes those rolling blackouts seem rather quaint Californians, huh? Oh, and the good news is, North Korea has this capability, too.
This should cause Ridge to raise the terror threat to the orange M&M. Or was it yellow? I always confuse these things.
We'll just have to watch and see how this plays out. I would personally like to avoid a war with either Iran or North Korea, or both. Hopefully the neo-cons have sobered since Iraq and will be less likely to throw us into another war.
Until then, I'll keep my eyes on the gas pumps. After all, it's very important that we have cheap gas with the possibility of being transported back to the 1800's looming in the distance.
On one hand, a little while without power could build some character. Our soft consumerist, entertain-us-at-all-costs society could probably use it, but I'm rather fond of electricity. The thought of spending "months to years" without it worries me a bit.
Maybe I'll just move to Hawaii.
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I'm not sure I understand what the purpose would be unless they intend to invade Israel at the same time. There may not be nuclear retaliation (or maybe there would be), but there sure would be a regime ending invasion.
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Hey, looks like we invaded every country in the region except the ones with WMDs.
It would be funny Loyal, but it's a little too serious for even my morbid sense of humor.
Tran sient: For what it's worth, according to the article, "experts" have said:
He also suggested such an attack makes a U.S. nuclear response against a suspected enemy less likely than the detonation of a nuclear bomb in a major U.S. city.
But yes, I can't see some form of invasion for such a mistake against the U.S. Israel would probably be glad to bomb Iran for us.
Which could be what they want, though that seems strange to me.
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