Do you REALLY think an invasion of Iran would secure the election for bush

[malachibk]

I'd sooner believe that the American people simply wouldn't stand for it. Not without 100% positive proof (or at least proof that's significantly more positive than the 15% shit we had for Iraq) that they helped "do" 9/11.

We simply can't be that stupid anymore. Even people that like bush know "the intelligence was flawed". Even CNN says so. Certainly the majority of Republicans would like to be a bit more sure this time around.

Please don't destroy my last shred of optimism for my compatriots.

[LittleApple81]

1. No. It would make people so mad... at least me. He cannot handle

2 wars and he wants a third one? He would come out as the madman he is.

[malachibk]

Good, that's what I think...

Then why the hell is he floating the idea....?

Oh yeah, 'cause he IS a madman. Now I get it.

2. good chance it would

Jingoism usually works.
Just look at approval ratings at the time of the Iraq war.

Hopefully, things have changed, but I wouldn't bet on it.

[AlinPA]

13. They would do the "imbedded media", get some "boots on the ground"

and get WalMart to give away flags, come up with a slogan like "Shock and Awe" and have most of America eating out of their hand.

[aden_nak]

3. I think it will hurt him. But BushCo is sure it will help, I am sure.

[terrya]

4. No.

We're just too damn cynical this time around.

[DrWeird]

5. No.

That doesn't mean he wouldn't try it.

[WI_DEM]

6. No

People already think he is too much of a warmonger.

[Walt Starr]

7. I think they are replaying the 2002 crap

and it will work for them yet again.

[AVID]

Jimbob down at the Sinclair says to . . .

just NUKE'M all!!! :nuke:

[2Design]

8. if they thought it had to do with 911...and people passed that

email with the flash routine and all the pictures....and saying remember...do not forget....
and pictures of people jumping....this is someone sister, mother, daughter......

yes the fundies love a bully fight....

[Davis_X_Machina]

9. An air war is just the ticket....

A protracted air campaign scheduled to co-incide with the run-up to elections is all Junta Boy needs.

You get all the good stuff...

• Rally-round-the-flag.
  
• X-Box style gun camera video on CNN.
  
• Moslems dancing in the street denouncing us, also on CNN.
  
• A bunch of fifth columnists in SoCal to abuse.
  
• Wimpy-assed Europeans saying hurtful things.
  

And none of the bad stuff...

• Large numbers of white Christian casualties.
  
• Protracted ground combat.
  
• Occupation and democratization issues.
  
• A draft.
  

It's a done deal, IOW.

Besides, the Discovery Wings channel is in desperate need of new material and footage.

What's 'Wag the Dog' in Farsi?

[Spoon]

22. No doubt about the air war.

The writing is on the wall.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

10. If the American people didn't stand for it, what would that look like?

It seems that the voice of the people in the present moment has little to do with the personal agenda of Crusader Bush.

And if we (not meaning you or I or anyone posting here at DU) can't be that stupid anymore, why is Bush holding on to 50% or more in the polls? Why is it being called a "close race?" Why is there a headline story today talking about how Kerry and Edwards are going to have an "uphill battle" campaigning on what's wrong with the "rebounding economy?"

You're using logic to second-guess what Bush will do. Don't do that. Use your last shred of optimism to help get Kerry elected.

[Jacobin]

11. No. What troops would he use anyway?

Maybe he'll try it, go down in flames in the election and then leave Kerry to clean up a gawdawful mess worse than the one we have now.

[k in IA]

15. That was my question, too. Invade with who?

[iconoclastic cat]

34. Israel. But just using nukes.

[Brotherjohn]

12. An invasion of Iraq could very well put us at odds with Europe.

And I mean REALLY at odds. Germany, France, Spain, Russia et al and even Britain (a post-Blair govt.) would begin to see the U.S. as a threat and we could soon be talking war with them.

[Cleita]

14. I don't think Congress will fold easily this time around about

invading Iran, which means they will have to do it without any window dressing of legality. It would be a tricky move unless they very sure there is no way to stop them.

17. Good point -- now you're talking

If Congress grows a damn spine.....
We can dream.

[Jim__]

41. I believe Congress has already folded on this

My recollection is that Congress authorized Bush to take whatever action he deemed necessary against any country that was involved in 9/11. If he claims Iran was involved in 9/11, Congress has already given him authorization.

[Pathwalker]

16. "Well...you see..we just MIS-SPELLED the real terrorist's

country...yeah, that's the ticket."

[jdsmith]

20. It was a typo! An honest mistake!

[ieoeja]

18. No, but the anti-war protestors would. n/t

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

19. Honestly

except for the BIGGEST freepers out there who get a big hard on at the thought of blowing up Middle Eastern peoples, I think most Americans have a bit of "war fatigue" at this point. I am thinking of my neighbors who are just lukewarm supporters of bush now (actually the wife has decided to vote Kerry but the husband is still on the fence) and used to be BIG bush supporters in 2000 and 2001 and seriously, they would say enough is enough if we invaded Iran now.

Besides, what the hell would we invade them with? I can see air strikes etc, but we have no TROOPS to spare!

[against all enemies]

21. Bush will bomb the Iran nuke plant and say he saved us.

Bombing is war on the cheap. No lives (ours) lost and he can claim instant success. The hero war President protecting the USA from future nuclear attacks from terrorists. Bet on it.

[IronLionZion]

39. Then why didn't he bomb Pakistan?

Israel will take care of Iran. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1090121780879

If anything, Bush should have struck Pakistan's ONE nuclear weapons facility in 2002. But he didn't because:
1. Pakistan is an "ally"
2. He was focused on Iraq for no apparent reason
3. He is a pathetic and worthless piece of shit. If he he's our leader, I'm not following.

[Mika]

46. Cool. Yet another country to bomb

Great idea. NOT!

[IronLionZion]

47. It's better to have a nuclear attack here

NOT!!

I'd rather bomb one nuclear facility than have them use one nuke against us. They don't even have to enter the US. They can leave it on a container ship in a harbor somewhere and detonate it.

[Katherine2]

23. Who would he get

to do the invading? High school football teams?

[maggrwaggr]

24. you don't get it

It's all about a new MIHOP on America.

It will be blamed on Iran.

Elections will be postponed.

We will nuke Iran.

Bush will be emporer.

Millions will die.

Connect the dots.

[REVOLT823]

25. No, I think it would do the opposite

People already feel like they've been hoodwinked andsince the CIA is "broken", how can we get any reliable intelligence to confirm anything. People are getting tired of the lies and are probably not going to fall for this.

[whosinpower]

26. Elections do not matter

I am sorry - but either they will be postponed, cancelled or BBV'ed. Clearly Bush does not care one iota what the average American thinks or feels.

Americans won't stand for it?? And precisely how would we make it clear that we do not stand for it? Put a little x in front of John Kerry's name - but in the end it makes no difference if the vote is not counted.

How about protest? Oh sure - in free speech zones far away from the eyes and ears of those who need to hear it the most.

How about a revolution? I have NEVER ever precsribed to the use of violence - EVER.

If you really want to make a change to American politics in regards to wars and warmongerers - the only way I can think of that would make them all sit up and take notice is to withhold taxes - on a national scale.

[gollygee]

27. If he invaded another country, wouldn't he have to start up the draft?

If he did I think public opinion would spiral downward for him.

[malachibk]

28. People are saying airstrike,

So we wouldn't need ground troops.

[OKNancy]

33. We would need troops when the Iranians

invade Iraq. And they have an HUGE army.

I don't think it will happen though. I think the protests would be bigger than Vietnam.

[westsidexview]

29. the next bush invasion must get america victory drunk

iraq didn't turn into a high-fiving, slam-dunk victory fest. maybe if bush invaded equatorial guinea and took over the oil wells AND IF the price of oil would drop bush could bleed some political capital.

[TrustingDog]

30. This is what I believe is cooking...

1. chatter of late about 90% chance of another attack by a terrier before the 'election'.

2. whispers about postponing or cancelling elections just to climatize the great unwashed

3. new whispers about Iran being 'aginst us' and aiding the 911 terrorists

4. an event bigger than wtc will occur before November

5. bush will have 'evidence' it was Iran with the media pigs amplifying the lies

6. bush will invade Iran - air attack, not ground.

7. retal on US

8. red alert status in the US

9. dissidents will be punished severely and quickly (the list is already made)

10. elections postponed

11. the draft

12. bush is now secured as emperor

[malachibk]

31. YIKES

That's terrifying.

You really believe that? REALLY? And you think this will work? (If so, what are you doing about it?)

[TrustingDog]

32. I believe there is nothing they will not do...

to ensure the reign of the cabal as is. They will Not give up, not after so many years of waiting for the right circumstances as now to fullfill the PNACers desires.

What am I doing about it?
Not believing a word that comes out of that admin. 100% don't believe anything - I may be wrong 10% of the time and take that chance.

and storing rice and beans.

[RetroLounge]

35. 12. bush is now secured as emperor

I wouldn't think he would last long as emperor if 1-12 actually happenned. Just a guess, but most likely there would be

1) anarchy,
2) civil war
3) political assasinations.

RL

Disclaimer: I am not calling for any of the above.

[TrustingDog]

37. america as we have known it...

will change overnight. Once the red alert is called they will use every ace they have.

[IronLionZion]

36. Israel will use airstrikes and commando operations on Iran

Israel doesn't like a nuclear Iran, even though Israel is major nuclear power with over 200 warheads.

They WILL attack Iran. The plans are already drawn up. It will be a lot bigger an bloodier than when they attacked the nuclear facility in Iraq in 1981.

And then the Middle East will erupt in flames taking us down with them.

It's times like this when I miss Bush's daddy. He understood this perfectly.

Here's an Israeli article about their pre-emptive plan:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1090121780879
(It's the Jerusalem Post, so if you say it's anti-semitic, I will slap you)

links about Osirak
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/Osirak.html
http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/program/docs/41osi.html

[Cat Atomic]

38. They wouldn't do it like Iraq. It'd be "retaliation".

They'd provoke or outright fabricate an attack by Iran on US forces, and say we had no choice but to respond.

I seriously doubt Bush would try to sell another war. He'd just do it.

[IronLionZion]

40. There won't be a resolution or anything

He'll just do it.

And anyone who protests will not be allowed to vote or some shit like that.

[ElementaryPenguin]

42. It would secure it for Kerry!!!

And secure a spot for Bush/Cheney in the Hague!!

[mtnester]

43. All I know is that hubby and I

are a little freaked and are now stockpiling water, food and ammunition (and some other stuff)...just in case mind you

[Mr_Spock]

44. It would without a doubt secure the election

for Kerry. No ifs, ands or buts about it.

[librechik]

45. I think he will lie and say it is "urgent" and imply he might invade

in order to scare people into voting for him? Invade? I don't think he can, no matter how much he rattles the sabre. Not enough soldiers. But he will fool many people with this new campaign, just like in 2002.

It's outrageous. And CNN just goes happily along for the ride.

They have learned nothing.

[yardwork]

48. No way. People wouldn't stand for it.

Who is BushCo going to get, for starters? Are they going to go themselves? The military is about wrung-out.

They can't do it without a draft, and that would be equally poison.

This is just a lot of foolish chain-rattling and playing to their fundamentalist end-times base who believe in that Rapture shit.

[rfkrocks]

49. Can't be done

Turkey becomes fundamentalist overnight if we invade Iran and will invade northern Iraq.-Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria attack Israel-Mushariff falls overnight and Pakistan fires up its nukes-we have 130,000 troops max with a severely beat-up war machine (no ordinance to bomb with and no money to buy it)-we can't conquer land without an army-the military shot its bolt in Iraq-we are now a paper tiger-Translation-we are no longer safe thanks to Awol