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BREAKING NEWS State television says Iran has test-fired medium and long-range missiles in the Persian Gulf for a second day.
Thursday's report says the missiles have "special capabilities" but did not elaborate. They were launched throughout the night. The report comes a day after Iran test-fired at least nine missiles, including ones capable of hitting Israel.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Iran on Thursday that the United States will not back down in the face of Iranian threats
(CNN) -- Sen. John McCain said Wednesday that Iran's missile test shows the need for an effective missile defense system, while rival Sen. Barack Obama said it shows aggressive diplomacy, combined with sanctions, is necessary.
Originally posted by Leo Strauss
Something I have noticed more lately is how many people accept the idea of "preemptive war". I remember taking great pride in the fact we never attack another country unless we are attacked first.
"Preemptive war" as a doctrine would never have been accepted without 9/11.
The WOPR then cycles through all the nuclear war scenarios that it has devised, which all end with no winner. WOPR learns that "the only winning move is not to play" (due to mutual assured destruction) and simply ceases playing. In the end WOPR decides it would prefer "a nice game of chess."
In an Iranian Image, a Missile Too Many
As news spread across the world of Iran’s provocative missile tests, so did an image of four missiles heading skyward in unison. Unfortunately, it appeared to contain one too many missiles, a fact that had not emerged before the photo appeared on the front pages of The Los Angeles Times, The Financial Times, The Chicago Tribune and several other newspapers as well as on BBC News, MSNBC, Yahoo! News, NYTimes.com and many other major news Web sites.
Agence France-Presse said that it obtained the image from the Web site of Sepah News, the media arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, on Wednesday. But there was no sign of it there later in the day. Today, The Associated Press distributed what appeared to be a nearly identical photo from the same source, but without the fourth missile. SOURCE
Originally posted by Leo Strauss
reply to post by centurion1211
Perpetual war is required to use up all those expensive weapons so we can buy some more from our friendly defense contractors who are seemingly willing to supply both sides of any conflict.
The Russians, Chinese, Pakistani's, Indians, N.Koreans etc etc all have WMD's..should we attack them??
Remember MAD from the coldwar??
Originally posted by Wiz4769
I hate to say it but Iran is shooting itself in the foot with these displays.
Right or wrong this just proved they are not quite as smart as they thought playing this out.
I can imagine the "peace at any price" crowd saying, "It's only one city and we must have deserved it".