If you wanted more than revenge for 9/11, then you got what you wanted today..I recall olive branches being extended worldwide, a chance for revenge and peace. What a frickin' loser argument! Israel will always defend itself.
Bomb Iran Back to the Stone Age: U.S. Army Journal Cover Story by BabakSabzevari 24-Jun-2010
Back in March, Colin Powell's former chief of staff Lawrence Wilkerson said that the U.S. plan is round the clock bombing of 10,000 targets in Iran over 70 days: http://bit.ly/dCIKUp .. (leads to)
This month, the cover story of the U.S. Army bi-monthly journal Military Review is an article by Amitai Etzioni, professor of international relations at George Washington University, in which he basically argues that the only way to deal with Iran is to bomb it back to the Stone Age, citing a comparison with WWII bombing of Dresden and Tokyo: "the bombing of select dual-use assets will be undertaken, including key elements of the infrastructure, like bridges, railroad stations, and other such assets.": .. http://usacac.army.mil/CAC2/MilitaryReview/Archives/English/MilitaryReview_20100630_art016.pdf
As French President Jacques Chirac and a number of top Israeli officials and others have already stated (and any rational mind can independently conclude), a nuclear armed Iran is not a serious threat, because others have far superior command and control systems, nuclear (and non-nuclear) arsenals, and highly effective means of delivering them. This, together with Wilkerson's revelations in March, and open advocacy of demolishing Iran in a reputable U.S military journal, indicates that the nuclear dog and pony show that has been run by successive U.S. administrations has nothing to do with security and nukes, and everything to do with geopolitics.
The Mafia Principle that drives U.S. foreign policy means that the power elites cannot tolerate the slightest open defiance from any entity, even when that entity is not a serious threat to their global interests. This mafia principle is the overwhelming driver for the U.S. war preparations against Iran. The possibility of gaining effective control over Iran's vast hydrocarbon resources, educated workforce, and substantial market, however remote, is but an added bonus that could turn the ruling elites' wildest wet dream into reality. Failing that, there is always the exciting prospect of breaking up the country into more managable pieces.
Shelley's posted some pictures of nerd cakes. She calls 'em geek cakes, but I see no headless chickens. Anyway, I've got my own little nerd cake:
We had it made for a party we threw during recruitment weekend for our grad program this past spring. Sadly, the icer responsible for the art couldn't spell, so I put a sprig of something green on the cake for the missing "C" in Lamarck. And, if you don't get it, see here. .. http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evosite/history/evol_happens.shtml
"no government shall make any law relating to religion..."
Cause we don't do that here?
You telling me in your state you can buy a bottle of liquor on Sunday and take it to Adam and Steve's wedding reception? (credit to Jon Stewart there) Cuz I gotta tell ya... It ain't like that in a lot of places.