Does Chirac's slip reflect France's real position on a nuclear Iran?

[Krill]

I look forward to Nuclear War. Maybe I won't have to pay back my student loans.

[BlackCat]

@LoA

Radiation range doesn't probably count much - doesn't damage buildings and kills lots of evil israelis.

Considering the jordans, Syrians and Egyptians, well, that is just gods will. so no problem. Ouch, if it really is a problem, wel, the threat of sending yet anoter nuke may be pacifying.

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
why would iran nuke israel? some of islams holiest sites are there.

because no muslims apart from palestinians thinks of them as holy.

Even the palestinian muslims show their arses to those 'holy sites' when they say their prayers. They all face towards saudia arabia. None of them turn to face *any* location in palestine/israel.

Furthermore, there are muslim pilgramages to Mecca and Medina and that's essentially it.

Muslims like to claim other religions 'holy sites' as their own but then pay them little heed when they get them.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

you telling me that the place where mohammed ascended to heaven is not a holy place in islam?

Radiation range doesn't probably count much - doesn't damage buildings and kills lots of evil israelis.

Considering the jordans, Syrians and Egyptians, well, that is just gods will. so no problem. Ouch, if it really is a problem, wel, the threat of sending yet anoter nuke may be pacifying.

actually thats a big problem, iran and syria both support hezbollah, syria wouldnt want their ally against israel to kill thousands of their citizerns. so yeah, it is a problem is spread nuclear radiation all over your allies.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

you telling me that the place where mohammed ascended to heaven is not a holy place in islam? where he was given the holy prayers?

Radiation range doesn't probably count much - doesn't damage buildings and kills lots of evil israelis.

Considering the jordans, Syrians and Egyptians, well, that is just gods will. so no problem. Ouch, if it really is a problem, wel, the threat of sending yet anoter nuke may be pacifying.

actually thats a big problem, iran and syria both support hezbollah, syria wouldnt want their ally against israel to kill thousands of their citizerns. muslims killing other muslims is not good either. so yeah, it is a problem is spread nuclear radiation all over your allies.

[Ned]

Originally posted by BlackCat


Ned, their hitting capability may be at the speed of light, but the targetting will never be.

Agreed if they have to move something physical to aim the laser. But if they used phase arrays to aim, the whole system could be very, very fast.

Which brings be to an obvious question, since the US and Israel are equipping themselves with these defensive lasers, are the Euro's, the SK and Japanese going to do the same?

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Ned


Agreed if they have to move something physical to aim the laser. But if they used phase arrays to aim, the whole system could be very, very fast.

Which brings be to an obvious question, since the US and Israel are equipping themselves with these defensive lasers, are the Euro's, the SK and Japanese going to do the same?

You know as much about anti-missile lasers as you do about cosmology.

[Ned]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


You know as much about anti-missile lasers as you do about cosmology.

I never said I did, did I?

[KrazyHorse]

Yet you continue to post your opinions about their effectiveness in addition to some meaningless bitsa of jargon about "phase arrays"...s

[TCO]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
I have the bad feeling nobody's going to do anything effectual about Iran's development of nuclear weapons.

That's because you are a realist. I "remember" before Hiroshima that sci fi writers speculated that the first government to get the bomb would be required to rule the world and stop anyone else from getting it. They had no idea how man really slouches towards history...

[TCO]

Re: Pekka

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
No strike they do with the exception of a significant nuclear strike (more than just a couple of warheads) will have enough of an effect against the Iranians to be called effectual. If anybody's going to hit Iran it needs to be US/NATO and it needs to be now.

You seem to be "speculating" along some quite running dog lines. Perhaps it's good that you are not at Lisa's uni.

[KrazyHorse]

Just because socialism and pacifism go hand in hand in some people's minds does not mean that I buy into that ****.

Sometimes wars have to be fought, and sometimes they don't.

[TCO]

Yes. But that is a side issue. I'm digging into ad hominems here.

[KrazyHorse]

I understand you're making fun of me for not getting in to Harvard. I just don't understand the connection to my running doggedness.

[TCO]

That's what I was making fun of you for. I'm not making fun of you for not getting into Harvard. I think Harvard missed out.l