Comments on: Iran Still a Decade Away from Building an ICBM Able to Reach New York, D.C.: IISS http://defensetech.org/2010/05/10/iran-still-a-decade-away-from-building-an-icbm-able-to-reach-new-york-d-c-iiss/ The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security Sat, 26 May 2012 06:20:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MadMike http://defensetech.org/2010/05/10/iran-still-a-decade-away-from-building-an-icbm-able-to-reach-new-york-d-c-iiss/#comment-200693 MadMike Fri, 14 May 2010 03:00:44 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=7041#comment-200693 Caucasian males represent only about 30 percent of the current U.S. population. We are a minority that is getting smaller everyday. I guess we're not sittin' on the Catbird seat anymore. Caucasian males represent only about 30 percent of the current U.S. population. We are a minority that is getting smaller everyday. I guess we’re not sittin’ on the Catbird seat anymore.

]]> By: Day http://defensetech.org/2010/05/10/iran-still-a-decade-away-from-building-an-icbm-able-to-reach-new-york-d-c-iiss/#comment-200637 Day Thu, 13 May 2010 16:08:53 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=7041#comment-200637 yeah, and this one is potentially to big to risk. yeah, and this one is potentially to big to risk.

]]> By: Day http://defensetech.org/2010/05/10/iran-still-a-decade-away-from-building-an-icbm-able-to-reach-new-york-d-c-iiss/#comment-200636 Day Thu, 13 May 2010 16:07:46 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=7041#comment-200636 true id be interested to find the extent ahmedinijads power. i always just figured the "supreme leader" was something akin to the british queen, theoretically powerful, but in reality just a figurehead. true id be interested to find the extent ahmedinijads power. i always just figured the “supreme leader” was something akin to the british queen, theoretically powerful, but in reality just a figurehead.

]]> By: Day http://defensetech.org/2010/05/10/iran-still-a-decade-away-from-building-an-icbm-able-to-reach-new-york-d-c-iiss/#comment-200634 Day Thu, 13 May 2010 15:53:45 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=7041#comment-200634 1) considering the attitude towards the whole of islam you just espoused, the thought of you telling anyone else to educate themselves is laughable. 2) The Israeli government has done so many morally objectionable things in the middle east as of the last 10-20 years that the thought of leaving them on their own would have lost its repugnance were it not for the threat of massive loss of innocent israeli life. 3) as a citizen of a country allied to America, i can tell you that most of Australias political leadership would indeed continue to trust the US. 4) israel is far from the "only civilised country in the middle east" (read Turkey, Jordan, Dubai, Kuwait all of whom enjoy the support of both the current and previous US governments, if you remember, there was a war fought (at least in part) over one of them in which the US was the dominant power). 5) to say that the USG has a lot in common with the Israeli government is needlessly and undeservedly insulting to you own government. 1) considering the attitude towards the whole of islam you just espoused, the thought of you telling anyone else to educate themselves is laughable.

2) The Israeli government has done so many morally objectionable things in the middle east as of the last 10–20 years that the thought of leaving them on their own would have lost its repugnance were it not for the threat of massive loss of innocent israeli life.

3) as a citizen of a country allied to America, i can tell you that most of Australias political leadership would indeed continue to trust the US.

4) israel is far from the “only civilised country in the middle east” (read Turkey, Jordan, Dubai, Kuwait all of whom enjoy the support of both the current and previous US governments, if you remember, there was a war fought (at least in part) over one of them in which the US was the dominant power).

5) to say that the USG has a lot in common with the Israeli government is needlessly and undeservedly insulting to you own government.

]]> By: Day http://defensetech.org/2010/05/10/iran-still-a-decade-away-from-building-an-icbm-able-to-reach-new-york-d-c-iiss/#comment-200632 Day Thu, 13 May 2010 15:31:30 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=7041#comment-200632 i do not advocate all out war with iran and im no great supporter of israels political leadership. however, for a start i know what plebian means thankyou. also your argument lacks substance. you can build up a pretty accurate picture of the iranian leadership without ever seeing one of those "politically motivated and edited translations" and just basing your opinion on the actions of the iranian government over the past thirty or so years, eg the iranian hostage crisis, the iran iraq war, persistent attempts to create nuclear weapons, with only rudimentary attempts to conceal their actions, and the list goes on. if the iranians really had politically intelligent leaders, i dont think theyd be an international puriyah. i do not advocate all out war with iran and im no great supporter of israels political leadership. however, for a start i know what plebian means thankyou. also your argument lacks substance. you can build up a pretty accurate picture of the iranian leadership without ever seeing one of those “politically motivated and edited translations” and just basing your opinion on the actions of the iranian government over the past thirty or so years, eg the iranian hostage crisis, the iran iraq war, persistent attempts to create nuclear weapons, with only rudimentary attempts to conceal their actions, and the list goes on. if the iranians really had politically intelligent leaders, i dont think theyd be an international puriyah.

]]> By: Day http://defensetech.org/2010/05/10/iran-still-a-decade-away-from-building-an-icbm-able-to-reach-new-york-d-c-iiss/#comment-200629 Day Thu, 13 May 2010 15:19:03 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=7041#comment-200629 well his rhetoric seems to have stopped working somewhat as of late and the bastards just fallen back on that old dictator standby, brute force. as for his mental state, hes managed to advance through the iranian political system, so there has to be something deeply wrong with him. well his rhetoric seems to have stopped working somewhat as of late and the bastards just fallen back on that old dictator standby, brute force. as for his mental state, hes managed to advance through the iranian political system, so there has to be something deeply wrong with him.

]]> By: Day http://defensetech.org/2010/05/10/iran-still-a-decade-away-from-building-an-icbm-able-to-reach-new-york-d-c-iiss/#comment-200628 Day Thu, 13 May 2010 15:14:41 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=7041#comment-200628 while wouldnt advocate vaporising a whole country, i do think those iranian Nuke bunkers would make a perfect first combat test for the 15 ton MOP when it comes online this december. if they do whipe those bunkers off the face of the earth i just hope theres a camera around to catch the look on Ahmedinijads face. while wouldnt advocate vaporising a whole country, i do think those iranian Nuke bunkers would make a perfect first combat test for the 15 ton MOP when it comes online this december. if they do whipe those bunkers off the face of the earth i just hope theres a camera around to catch the look on Ahmedinijads face.

]]> By: Day http://defensetech.org/2010/05/10/iran-still-a-decade-away-from-building-an-icbm-able-to-reach-new-york-d-c-iiss/#comment-200626 Day Thu, 13 May 2010 15:09:26 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=7041#comment-200626 yeah but he sure as hell has a point. its like saying all christians are like those militant nutjobs that got busted in michigan (the hutaree, was it?) when as with the terrorists its just a bunch of violent whackos trying to use a culture/religion to justify their actions. yeah but he sure as hell has a point. its like saying all christians are like those militant nutjobs that got busted in michigan (the hutaree, was it?) when as with the terrorists its just a bunch of violent whackos trying to use a culture/religion to justify their actions.

]]> By: Trent Telenko http://defensetech.org/2010/05/10/iran-still-a-decade-away-from-building-an-icbm-able-to-reach-new-york-d-c-iiss/#comment-200615 Trent Telenko Thu, 13 May 2010 14:14:17 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=7041#comment-200615 I am reminded very much of the 1997 CIA report about North Korean's not being able to produce an ICBM for 10 years. The Republican Congress's competing Rumsfeld report that said two-three years at the outside for a Nork ICBM in, effect saying the CIA was full of it. And then the August 1998 Taepo Dong-1 missile launch that flew over northern Japan and restarted SDI in the Clinton Administration. The Obama Administration CIA seems set to repeat that performance in 2010-2011 with Iran. I am reminded very much of the 1997 CIA report about North Korean’s not being able to produce an ICBM for 10 years.

The Republican Congress’s competing Rumsfeld report that said two-three years at the outside for a Nork ICBM in, effect saying the CIA was full of it. And then the August 1998 Taepo Dong-1 missile launch that flew over northern Japan and restarted SDI in the Clinton Administration.

The Obama Administration CIA seems set to repeat that performance in 2010–2011 with Iran.

]]> By: William L. Sasman http://defensetech.org/2010/05/10/iran-still-a-decade-away-from-building-an-icbm-able-to-reach-new-york-d-c-iiss/#comment-200525 William L. Sasman Wed, 12 May 2010 17:02:39 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=7041#comment-200525 You better not make a bet on them not getting a ICBM before ten years. If they got money and are runniung slow then some of their good friends will help them. I don't take much stock in these people that go around saying that they can't do this and can't do that. To much bad info goes out every day. You better not make a bet on them not getting a ICBM before ten years. If they got money and are runniung slow then some of their good friends will help them. I don’t take much stock in these people that go around saying that they can’t do this and can’t do that. To much bad info goes out every day.

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