the USS Eisenhower Carrier Battle Group doesn't make for a 'massive' build-up for war with Iran

Al Dykes wrote:
In article NAuYg.22645$H7.14216@edtnps82,
Al Smith wrote:
What make you think that the US WILL invade Iran? As far as I know,
nobody has made any such suggestion, unless you count certain people in
this group, even if the US decided to invade, don't you think that they
will at least wait until after the mid-term election?

A sensible general will wait for the dust storms rains to finish.
January is a better time to invade.

Andrew Swallow


They're not going to invade, they're going to launch a quick air
assault on what they believe to be the Iranian nuclear facilities,
and probably they will throw in a few other strategic targets just
because the are in the area. When I say "they" I mean Israel and
the United States.

This is nothing more than a couple of bored, stupid delinquents
who decide to thrust a stick into a hornet's nest to see what happens.


If we chuck so much as *one* missile at Iran their leadership will use
it as an excuse to round up all the opposition politicians, students
and intellectuals into prison as spies and collaborators. This will
set back liberalization by years.

Iran *is* a working democracy, at least by mid-eastern standards. The
problem is that their constitution gives a bunch of unelected mullahs
veto power over decisions that the President makes. Domestic
political process, not bombing, is the way to bring change to Iran.

Who gives a **** "about domestic progress"? WTF are you talking about?
We're talking about nuking their sites to stop a terrorist state
getting the bomb and causing a 9/11 with nukes! Iran as a democracy?
Yeah that's why the guardian council screens out half the candidates
because they don't fit whatever Islamic critera they deem appropriate.
Wake up!