Scary thing about this, is that there is a madman in a position to try and make it happen.

http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/...444.shtml?s=ic

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Wonderful....

On the bright side I won't have to feel guilty anymore about that half-quart of ice cream I pigged out on tonight.

Nup. Not a chance. Not this year. Even if they wanted to, they don't have the capability at the moment.

Maybe at some point at least 2 years down the track, but a lot of other things would have to happen, and that `madman' doesn't have as much power in his country as many make-out.

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Given that Isreal is already on a war security footing, albeit not on a full-scale level as in 1973 or 1967, Iran could not likely pull off any sort of surprise attack. Also, assuming that they don't yet have nuclear weapons, their ability to inflict serious damage is rather limited.

If they try some sort of biological or toxic substance attack attack, I have no doubt that Isreal would procede to turn Tehran into a large glass-topped parking lot. And Iran knows that.

Like most doomsday scenarios, the August 22 prediction will fade into obscurity when nothing noteworthy happens..

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I'd suggest closing this thread fast or at least monitoring it closely, any thread starting off calling a head of state a madman is likely to derail fast.

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