U.S. PLANNING TO NEUTRALIZE IRAN ?

We all know that Iran is just a few months away from developing full-scale thermonuclear devices (i.e. atom bombs). And it already has a sophisticated missile system. This is pretty dangerous for the entire Middle east.

Also, Iran had developed an intercontinental missile capable of delivering several small warheads that could reach Europe.

But what comes as news is that a U.S. panel has been created to plan a bombing attack that could be implemented within 24 hours of getting the go-ahead from President George W. Bush.

Now, what does that mean ?

If U.S. acts rashly, and takes out Iran’s nuclear facilities, it can have disastrous consequences.

Iran is a master of covert actions. This has been recorded in the past. It can ferry across nukes to different regions of its allies, like Syria, or even the Hezbollah of Lebanon.
Proof : the past Iran-made Hezbollah missiles that were used in the recent conflict with Israel.

So, an unilateral attack by the U.S. can lead to UNDETECTED NUKES being launched from Hezbollah-held positions in Lebanon. As well as parts of Syria, and even parts of southern Shia-dominated Iraq. Not to mention Iran.

IMHO, U.S. should consult its global allies before even thinking of unilaterally carrying out such action.

GLOBAL WARMING – SOLVE & GET $25 MILLION

Richard Branson, (with Al Gore by his side) has offered $25 million for ‘solving’ Global Warming. There’s a concrete proposal – you have to remove at least a billion tons of carbon dioxide a year from the Earth's atmosphere.

I’d say they are the right people to spearhead such a campaign……but the million $ question is :

Are we too late? Have we entered an IRREVERSIBLE TREND ?

We have strategies to capture carbon dioxide & greenhouse gases at industrial regions, but here is no strategy to REMOVE gases already released. These might be causing irreversible damage.

We are already witnessing effects of global warming throughout the globe :

Super hurricanes, like Hurricane Katrina.
Prolonged, persistent droughts in India.
Recurrent typhoons in South East Asia.
Rapid desertification in Africa.
Heat waves in Europe.
Melting of polar ice caps and glaciers in Himalayas & Alps.

My hunch is…….we already might have entered an irreversible process.

DOOMSDAY IS 5 MINUTES AWAY !

Quoting Reuters :


“The scientists who mind the Doomsday Clock moved it two minutes closer to midnight on Wednesday -- symbolizing the annihilation of civilization and adding the perils of global warming for the first time.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which created the Doomsday Clock in 1947 to warn the world of the dangers of nuclear weapons, advanced the clock to five minutes until midnight. It was the first adjustment of the clock since 2002.

We stand at the brink of a second nuclear age," the bulletin's board of directors said in a statement.

They pointed to

North Korea's first nuclear test,

Iran's nuclear ambitions, U.S. flirtation with "bunker buster" nuclear bombs, the continued presence of 26,000 American and Russian nuclear weapons and inadequate security for nuclear materials.”

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And here’s my analysis :

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This prediction is by an extremely RESPONSIBLE, MATURE organization. The world would do well to heed its warning.

We are indeed at the brink of a Second Nuclear Age. A second escalation of nuclear armaments, by certain irresponsible powers. Yes, when it all started USA & Soviet Union too lacked maturity. But the 5 (or 7) nuclear powers DID stand the test of time. After the terrible catastrophes of Hiroshima & Nagasaki, there were no usage of nukes.

But now we have a nightmare scenario of nukes in the hands of destabilized Islamic fundamentalists.

N. Korea has a deterrent in the form of China. But still it poses a grave threat to Japan with its Taepodong missile. (And soon Taepodong III & other variants can reach India or mainland USA). I believe the Indian bureaucracy is still sleeping on this piece of information.

But Iran poses a graver threat. Its president openly vows to annihilate Israel. I think that other countries are more at risk than Israel. Any guarantee that its nukes can’t go “eastwards” ? Israel has an excellent defence system. But what if Iran nukes “Sunni part” of Iraq after the US forces have left?

Another destabilizing factor is the prescence of “dirty bombs”. Some have even been acquired by the Mafia. These guys acquire it at a cheap price, and hold on to it. They wait to sell it at a high price to global terrorists. Some say few are in “global conflict hotspots”

Moving this clock, which is symbolic of the proximity of mankind with its own annihilation, is done by people who really do their research.

WE SHOULD DO EVERYTHING, AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS OF THIS WORLD, TO REVERSE THIS DANGEROUS NUCLEAR WEAPONS ESCALATION.

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