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Title: Neoconservative 'Hopes, Prays' Bush Will Bomb Iran
Source: RawStory
URL Source: http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Neoco ... prays_Bush_will_bomb_0530.html
Published: May 30, 2007
Author: RawStory
Post Date: 2007-05-30 11:15:34 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 320
Comments: 8

In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, prominent neoconservative Norman Podhoretz writes that he 'hopes' and 'prays' that President Bush will bomb Iran.

"Although many persist in denying it, I continue to believe that what Sept 11, 2001, did was to plunge us headlong into nothing less than another world war," writes the editor-at-large of Commentary, who also sits on the Council on Foreign Relations. "I call this new war World War IV, because I also believe that what is generally known as the Cold War was actually World War III, and that this one bears a closer resemblance to that great conflict than it does to World War II."

Podhoretz believes that "the plain and brutal truth is that if Iran is to be prevented from developing a nuclear arsenal, there is no alternative to the actual use of military force--any more than there was an alternative to force if Hitler was to be stopped in 1938."

"Since a ground invasion of Iran must be ruled out for many different reasons, the job would have to be done, if it is to be done at all, by a campaign of air strikes," the op-ed continues. "Furthermore, because Iran's nuclear facilities are dispersed, and because some of them are underground, many sorties and bunker-busting munitions would be required. And because such a campaign is beyond the capabilities of Israel, and the will, let alone the courage, of any of our other allies, it could be carried out only by the United States. Even then, we would probably be unable to get at all the underground facilities, which means that, if Iran were still intent on going nuclear, it would not have to start over again from scratch. But a bombing campaign would without question set back its nuclear program for years to come, and might even lead to the overthrow of the mullahs."

Podhoretz thinks that Bush "intends, within the next 21 months, to order air strikes against the Iranian nuclear facilities from the three U.S. aircraft carriers already sitting nearby....If this is what Mr. Bush intends to do, it goes, or should go, without saying that his overriding purpose is to ensure the security of this country in accordance with the vow he took upon becoming president, and in line with his pledge not to stand by while one of the world's most dangerous regimes threatens us with one of the world's most dangerous weapons."

"It now remains to be seen whether this president, battered more mercilessly and with less justification than any other in living memory, and weakened politically by the enemies of his policy in the Middle East in general and Iraq in particular, will find it possible to take the only action that can stop Iran from following through on its evil intentions both toward us and toward Israel," Podhorez writes in conclusion. "As an American and as a Jew, I pray with all my heart that he will."

Podhoretz has a book set for release on September 11 entitled World War IV: The Long Struggle Against Islamofascism.

FULL WSJ OP-ED CAN BE READ AT THIS LINK

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#1. To: Brian S (#0)

Related: Podhoretz: Bush to Bomb Iran Before Leaving Office
http://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=53371

Neo-Cons To Plot Iran Strategy Amid Caribbean Luxury
http://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=53039

"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." ~George Washington

robin  posted on  2007-05-30   11:24:31 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: All, *Lets Bomb Iran* (#1)

"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." ~George Washington

robin  posted on  2007-05-30   11:24:56 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Brian S (#0)

I fantasize, hope and pray that this asswipe and his America hating Zionist cohorts will take the one way El-Al flight out of New York.

Supporters of Bush and the Iraq war for Israel and oil are traitors to America and they hate American troops.

wbales  posted on  2007-05-30   11:53:27 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Brian S, all (#0)

In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, prominent neoconservative Norman Podhoretz writes that he 'hopes' and 'prays' that President Bush will bomb Iran.

To be fair, I want Israel turned into a sheet of glass.

Jethro Tull  posted on  2007-05-30   12:10:29 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Jethro Tull (#4)

To be fair, I want Israel turned into a sheet of glass.

Just about any other country that did the same WOULD be a sheet of glass right now:

http://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi? ArtNum=53512&Disp=1#C1

Rupert_Pupkin  posted on  2007-05-30   12:22:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Rupert_Pupkin (#5)

GMTA (great minds think alike)

Yes, that was an act of war and should have been responded to as such.

Jethro Tull  posted on  2007-05-30   12:39:27 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: Jethro Tull (#6)

It's funny isn't it, that our "friend and ally" Israel has actually attacked US military targets while the "Axis of Evil Nations" (and other countries that we've gone to war with) never have.

Rupert_Pupkin  posted on  2007-05-30   12:47:50 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: Brian S (#0)

Even then, we would probably be unable to get at all the underground facilities, which means that, if Iran were still intent on going nuclear, it would not have to start over again from scratch.

It's almost as good as Pringles.

Don't waste your pucker on some all-thing sucker.

Tauzero  posted on  2007-05-30   12:58:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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