From: "Phil Payne" 

"Robert Comer"  wrote in
message news:43fc7536{at}w3....
> > How many civil jets are mothballed?  How much money does Iran have?
>
> Not nearly enough, they'd never get through our fighters and SAM sites.
> (should we choose to blockade -- I'm not convinced we would.)

You'd shoot down a 747 freighter loaded with 100 tons of flour, certified
by UN observers at the point of departure not to be carrying anything else?

Well, perhaps you might.  But as a matter of record, the Soviets didn't.
And the tide of opinion in the world continues to turn, almost by the hour.

The day of dropping off the cliff approaches.  Real fast.  It might even be
weeks away - tiredness accumulates.

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