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Old 07-21-06, 07:58 AM   #1
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in my position as expert military analyst for the Bland Corporation (ref. Sellers, Kubrick, Strangelove PHD, lit) i am noticing what might be movement towards the initial use of tactical nuclear weapons by the Isreali military in the current crisis over there...

the recent warnings for civilians to evacuate 20 miles away from the border region is where i'm centering this observation and conclusion...

why 20 miles...

anyways... this is not first hand info... so if anyone can confirm that this is in fact the case (it is 20 miles as opposed to 20 km) i'd be quite appreciative...

hey... the Bland Corporation, while very well funded, doesn't have the best intelligence gathering capabilites in the world... we've all got big homes and fast cars and yachts... but our intel is just a bit thin...

hey... what can i say...



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Old 07-21-06, 08:55 AM   #2
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I would be surprized if they would pull out tactical nukes at this point. Infact that would be utterly insane of them if they did.

Most likely they are planning on expanding their theater of operations and are giving warning to the civilians in an effort to minimise civilian casualties.
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Old 07-21-06, 10:19 AM   #3
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They won't use nukes, full stop. This thread is needless.
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Range of rockets would sound like a good reason to me.
Nukes? No there isn't a reason to use nukes. I'm sure Israeli nukes are for last stands.
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HAH. My reply is longer than Skybird's. I feel special now.
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well... i hope you are all right...



but the sentiment here at the Bland Corp is otherwise...


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well... i hope you are all right...



but the sentiment here at the Bland Corp is otherwise...


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Is "Bland " not just a other word for superficial?

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Old 07-21-06, 11:02 AM   #8
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close enough...

but the name BLAND was undoubtedly chosen due to it's more than passing phonetic simlarity to RAND...

the RAND Corp... the BLAND Corp...

get it... the RAND Corp... a hi tech, military industrial think tank...

google it... there's more there than just this


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They won't use nukes, full stop. This thread is needless.
Here, here.
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Old 07-21-06, 11:39 AM   #10
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well... time will tell... surely i hope that the BLAND Corporation is wrong in its assesment...

but, objective analysis of the military movements so far, and the subsequent responses by the
opposing sides, tend to make this a definite possibility which cannot be ignored...

remember where you heard it first when you wake up and there it is on the news...

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There are two conditions under which Israel will start dropping and launching nuclear weapons.

One is when they are nuked, first. If Israel is nuked, there's no telling what the hell is going to happen. If it was me, knowing as much about Islam and the Koran as I now do, I would recognize it as a perceived weakness when all the muslims would be immediately incited to invade. I was moderated in another thread for posting exactly what I'd do, so I'll just leave this particular paragraph as it is.

Two is when they are invaded by a conventional armed mass. Troops. And if the troops had passed into the borders, and Israel was facing annhilation of it's population through conventional warfare, they would launch. Again, because it would be Jordan/Syria/Lebanon/Saudi Arabia/Qatar/Egypt against Israel, they are likely to retaliate against all of them. The muslim clergy stand united against the Jews, so it's highly probable they'll fall together, too.

There is the distinct possibility that, given certain targets, this would have the after effect of fracturing Islam -- not along sectarian lines, but along gang affiliation. There would be thousands of ambitious imams attempting to gain greater influence and become an ayatollah, leading to an entirely new inter-muslim conflict that Islam hasn't seen since it's founding.
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The use of nuclear weapons on a country that doesnt have nuclear weapons is unfair and unjust
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Eevry kind of war is always and necessarily unfair and unjust, kapitan. not only nuclear ones - every kind of war causes innocent victims. That's why they call it "war". Fairness and justice are categories by which war cannot be defined.
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it's worse than that... it's suicide...

the fallout has no political affiliation... last time i heard...

this next war will be quite fair... everyone will die...

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