From: Jeff Shultz 

On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 10:48:07 -0500, John Beamish wrote:

> Funnily enough, that was (approximately) the plot in this week's West
> Wing.
>
> IntelSat spots nuclear detonation.  Great White House consternation.
> Probabilities point to Iran.  President calls in Iran ambassador and reads
> the riot act to him.  Ambassador denies *everything*.  President orders
> bombers aloft to wait for the go signal to take out a bunch of Iranian
> sites related to nuclear development.
>
> (But wait!  Serendipitously, it is confirmed that the detonation was an
> Israeli nuke submarine launch test.  President calls in Israeli PM and
> reads the riot act to him.  PM acknowledges *everything*.  He refuses to
> stop development work.  President recalls bombers.)
>

And how many Americans now believe that Israel has SLBM's, thanks to that episode?

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