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Originally posted by chrismarco
reply to post by filosophia
The same things we gain from denying some test going wrong or someone screwing something up within the military...it's called the appearance of competency...nobody wants to look like a boob while on the world stage...
Originally posted by jcord
reply to post by filosophia
Imagine that you are embroiled in a feud with a lying, thieving ahole. Said ahole is constantly throwing rocks at your house. Are you going to advertise a direct hit? No. Becaue although you too are an ahole you realize that the other ahole holds all of the cards and you can scream all that you want and no one cares. All that advertising would accomplish is that the other ahole would start all kinds of conspiracies about you...in addition to the lies they have already told.
Originally posted by chrismarco
reply to post by jcord
one theory but again we give to much credit to Iran...could their soldiers just have screwed up setting up something or test firing a weapon...we have no idea how large the depot is or where exactly it is located that would make it logistically appealing...we or israel could blow up much smaller things to send a message than a weapons depot...
Originally posted by jcord
reply to post by filosophia
Motives are like the hands of a clock. They change over time.
Originally posted by filosophia
Originally posted by chrismarco
reply to post by jcord
one theory but again we give to much credit to Iran...could their soldiers just have screwed up setting up something or test firing a weapon...we have no idea how large the depot is or where exactly it is located that would make it logistically appealing...we or israel could blow up much smaller things to send a message than a weapons depot...
If it was an accident it shows iran is incompetent militarily, not a good thing. It would be more likely they would blame the cia to cover up their own incompetence. Plus this will backfire on the msm because it makes iran look passive, turning the other cheek, which goes against the view of a hostile iran.
Originally posted by chrismarco
reply to post by jcord
ahhh..was unaware that it was a fuel tank....