Comments on: Old World blather and Ahmadinejad’s non-stop diplomacy http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2006/06/20/old-world-blather-and-ahmadinejads-non-stop-diplomacy/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:24:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jeff http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2006/06/20/old-world-blather-and-ahmadinejads-non-stop-diplomacy/#comment-202627 Jeff Wed, 21 Jun 2006 09:06:36 +0000 http://www.dinocrat.com/archives/2006/06/20/old-world-blather-and-ahmadinejads-non-stop-diplomacy/#comment-202627 'Both sides had bought time - but each used it differently. Hitler used his time to rebuild Germany’s war machine; Britain and France used theirs to deepen their illusions about an ever-elusive peace' ...well OK, but Britain also used the time to develop and construct the Spitfire and Radar. What's the worst case here? I'd suggest a nuclear weapon exploding in a piece of real estate that the West is fond of. Shortly thereafter, some retaliation goes in with an unanimous vote in Congress or the Knesset and it's all over. The acute war should take about 5 hours, the residual combat about 5 months. The assessment of intelligence failure should take about 5 years and the cleanup about 20 with the ordinary complaint that Halliburton is getting favorable treatment. Cable News viewing numbers will soar. You weren't seriously suggesting that military force would be used in a pre-emptive mode were you? ‘Both sides had bought time – but each used it differently. Hitler used his time to rebuild Germany’s war machine; Britain and France used theirs to deepen their illusions about an ever-elusive peace’

…well OK, but Britain also used the time to develop and construct the Spitfire and Radar.

What’s the worst case here?

I’d suggest a nuclear weapon exploding in a piece of real estate that the West is fond of.

Shortly thereafter, some retaliation goes in with an unanimous vote in Congress or the Knesset and it’s all over.

The acute war should take about 5 hours, the residual combat about 5 months.

The assessment of intelligence failure should take about 5 years and the cleanup about 20 with the ordinary complaint that Halliburton is getting favorable treatment. Cable News viewing numbers will soar.

You weren’t seriously suggesting that military force would be used in a pre-emptive mode were you?

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