tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135100.post7397430482833698716..comments2024-01-21T02:42:13.447-05:00Comments on Middle East Reality: But how do we know they haven't assembled?Arnold Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11445744338502151561noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135100.post-44856010864282045032010-04-11T23:54:55.259-04:002010-04-11T23:54:55.259-04:00Lysander, actually there were "three deuces&q...Lysander, actually there were "three deuces" in the hand played by America in 2007:<br /><br />USS Stennis (CVN-74)<br />USS Nimitz (CVN-68)<br />USS Enterprise (CVN-65)<br /><br />(It still didn't work.)<br /><br />-PirouzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135100.post-82262815912622597702010-04-11T11:07:32.496-04:002010-04-11T11:07:32.496-04:00"Gates says Iran is not nuclear capable for t..."Gates says Iran is not nuclear capable for two reasons: Israel still has not publicly come to accept that it will have to proceed from now on without a regional monopoly of nuclear capability and the United States has no way to reverse Iran's nuclear capability, so denying it exists is a way to justify the fact that the US can not take tangible action against it."<br /><br />Very true. I would add that the US **must** deny Iran's capability already exists because to admit it would be to yield substantial prestige to Iran. It is to admit that after 8 years of directing enormous media attention, making loud threats of war and sanctions, expending infinite amounts of hot air on the subject, Iran still got everything it wanted. It is to admit that the decision whether to go fully nuclear or not is entirely Iran's to make. And if they choose not to, it is the ultimate proof they were telling the truth all along.<br /><br />It appears the US put a lot of chips on the table trying to bluff on a pair of deuces.<br /><br />With time, as Iran's program expands, denying the capability exists will be like pretending Israel doesn't have nukes. Everyone knows otherwise. Like hiding behind a clear glass plate and pretending no one can see you.Lysandernoreply@blogger.com