He has Spoken! Thus Sayeth the L, er, Ah!

[Mr_Perceptive]

Iran's Ahmadinejad has 'proof' US won't attack  
 
Sep 3 04:10 AM US/Eastern
 
 
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sought to justify his confidence the United States will not attack Iran, saying the proof comes from his mathematical skills as an engineer and faith in God, the press reported on Monday.
Ahmadinejad told academics in a speech that elements inside Iran were pressing for compromise in the nuclear standoff with the West over fears the United States could launch a military strike.

"In some discussions I told them 'I am an engineer and I am examining the issue. They do not dare wage war against us and I base this on a double proof'," he said in the speech on Sunday, reported by the reformist Etemad Melli and Kargozaran newspapers.

"I tell them: 'I am an engineer and I am a master in calculation and tabulation.

"I draw up tables. For hours, I write out different hypotheses. I reject, I reason. I reason with planning and I make a conclusion. They cannot make problems for Iran.'"

Ahmadinejad has long expressed pride in his academic prowess. He holds a PhD on transport engineering and planning from Tehran's Science and Technology University and is the author several of scientific papers.

The deeply religious president said his second reason was: "I believe in what God says."

"God says that those who walk in the path of righteousness will be victorious. What reason can you have for believing God will not keep this promise."

Washington has never ruled out taking military action against Tehran, and its tone has sharpened again over the past week with President George W. Bush warning that Iran's nuclear programme could lead to a "nuclear holocaust."

Ahmadinejad said that "God willing" one day he would write his memoirs to put the record straight.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has already warned that Iran risks being bombed if the nuclear crisis is not resolved. Ahmadinejad last week brushed off the comments which he said were due to his French counterpart's inexperience.

 

[Amianthus]

OK, guess that's settled, then.

[Plane]

  The bombs it would take to halt Irans oil income could be carried on a Cessna 172.

    The bombs required to cut Irans military off from refined oil products could be carried on a camel.

[Mr_Perceptive]

Excellent point and so true.

[Xavier_Onassis]

The bombs it would take to halt Irans oil income could be carried on a Cessna 172.

    The bombs required to cut Irans military off from refined oil products could be carried on a camel.


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It would be interesting to see what would happen if you two were provided with the Cessnas and camels to carry this out.

If Iran were to have its oil income disrupted, within a week or so of your clever plans success (should Cessnas and camels actually be adequate, which I personally doubt), you would be paying $7.00 a gallon for Cesar Chavez' gas and waiting in line hours to buy it. Iran does have the power to shut down all oil tankers leaving the gulf by sinking a few in the proper places. You should look at the Straits of Hormuz on a map.

This would give you time to rejoice in your cleverness.

You might even win the Dick Cheney Prize for Cunning war planning.

[Plane]

The bombs it would take to halt Irans oil income could be carried on a Cessna 172.

    The bombs required to cut Irans military off from refined oil products could be carried on a camel.


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It would be interesting to see what would happen if you two were provided with the Cessnas and camels to carry this out.

If Iran were to have its oil income disrupted, within a week or so of your clever plans success (should Cessnas and camels actually be adequate, which I personally doubt), you would be paying $7.00 a gallon for Cesar Chavez' gas and waiting in line hours to buy it. Iran does have the power to shut down all oil tankers leaving the gulf by sinking a few in the proper places. You should look at the Straits of Hormuz on a map.

This would give you time to rejoice in your cleverness.

You might even win the Dick Cheney Prize for Cunning war planning.

You almost get it.

They are vunerable because the straights of Hormuz are easy to close , so are we vunerable because the straights of Hormouz are easy to close .

We all benefit from the trade ,but if the trade ended we have only to pay more for the gas we need (I thnk you are optomistic "$7.00 a gallon for Cesar Chavez' gas " I would guess higher ).

What could Iran do to get its people fed with no shipping on the Gulf?  How could they support a military project of any kind with their few refinerys shut down ?

This is a shared vunerability , but not an equally shared vunerability , shutting the straights is hardship to us and death to them.

[Mr_Perceptive]

The bombs it would take to halt Irans oil income could be carried on a Cessna 172.

    The bombs required to cut Irans military off from refined oil products could be carried on a camel.


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It would be interesting to see what would happen if you two were provided with the Cessnas and camels to carry this out.

If Iran were to have its oil income disrupted, within a week or so of your clever plans success (should Cessnas and camels actually be adequate, which I personally doubt), you would be paying $7.00 a gallon for Cesar Chavez' gas and waiting in line hours to buy it. Iran does have the power to shut down all oil tankers leaving the gulf by sinking a few in the proper places. You should look at the Straits of Hormuz on a map.

This would give you time to rejoice in your cleverness.

You might even win the Dick Cheney Prize for Cunning war planning.

The point Plane made was that only a few bombs at strategically-placed locations within the oil infrastructure can shut it down. Sorry, your draft-dodger mind couldn't grasp this.

I would loveto get into such a slugfest, both militariliy and emotionally, with Iran. Might wake up the average American. Some scarifices ARE worth it, such as the sacrifices needed to regain energy self-sufficiency as a nation. And, we never paid thme back for the Embassy drama either. 'bout time!