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Iran Launches Airstrikes Into Iraq
The Weekly Standard Blog ^ | May 4, 2009 | Weekly Standard

Posted on 05/06/2009 6:20:13 AM PDT by penelopesire

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"To say this complicates the Obama administration's diplomatic outreach is to put it mildly. This administration -- in fairness, not unlike the last few years of the Bush administration -- seems prepared to make an endless series of concessions to Tehran in order to secure a peaceful resolution of the nuclear issue. Yet despite these repeated overtures, the Iranians refuse to budge even an inch and instead make announcements of more centrifuges and new missiles. Now they're launching airstrikes in Iraq."

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abovemypaygrade; alreadyposted; cheeseeating; duckandcover; iran; iraq; middleeast; spartansixdelta; surrendermonkey; thirdtimesthecharm; worldwar4; worldwariv; ww4; wwiv
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To: penelopesire

Hope and Change.


101 posted on 05/06/2009 9:35:17 AM PDT by Frantzie
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To: penelopesire

Where the h$ll is our teleprompter when we need it?


102 posted on 05/06/2009 9:39:11 AM PDT by Go Gordon
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To: penelopesire

Iran recognizes a gutless coward when it sees one.

And it sees one in the Oval Office.


103 posted on 05/06/2009 9:42:16 AM PDT by Yankee
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To: kabar

The Iraqi Kurds are the equivalent of Taliban in Pakistan.

I don’t fault Iran for shelling the Kurd bad guys. They need to be put down


104 posted on 05/06/2009 9:50:22 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Crucify ! Crucify ! Crucify him!!)
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To: Jonny foreigner
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105 posted on 05/06/2009 10:10:52 AM PDT by 1035rep ("The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.")
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To: Scythian

From what Sean Hannity has said...Obama’s Administration is to start a Say it and Claim it type front. they will say everything is good...therefore people will percieve it is good!!!! Begin to notice “good news” about everything starting to come up in the news!!! ITS ALL GOOD..BECAUSE THE KING SAYS IT IS!


106 posted on 05/06/2009 10:21:30 AM PDT by Texas4ever (God is Good!)
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To: penelopesire

These are probably targeted at the Kurdish PKK. They’re a Marxist terrorist group pushing for Kurdish independence and is a thorn in the side of Turkey and Iraq. Nobody likes the PKK. Not even Iran.

Although Kurds are ethnically related to Persians, they’re *Sunnis* not Shi’ites like the Iranians. It all comes down to sectarianism.


107 posted on 05/06/2009 10:21:53 AM PDT by G8 Diplomat (I'm learning Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, Pashtu, and Russian so someday you won't have to)
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To: kabar
There is a long history surrounding “Kurdistan” and the desire of some Kurds to have a separate country. There have been Kurdish raids from inside Iraq into Iran and Turkey.

Kurdistan of course extends into Turkey and Iran.

That's the main reason that Turkey would not let us enter Iraq through their country [nice ally].

Free Kurdistan!

108 posted on 05/06/2009 10:30:49 AM PDT by Syncro (Obama: the Muslim call to prayer is "one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.")
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To: penelopesire

Between this, the meltdown in Pakistan, and Russia threatening Georgia once again I would say Obama’s foreign policy and his ability to run the war is going just about as I expected. The leaders of other countries- especially the troubled ones know he is weak and they will continue to do as they please.

Please pray for our military- they desperately need our prayers.


109 posted on 05/06/2009 10:34:51 AM PDT by Tammy8 (Please Support & pray for our Troops; they serve us every day. Veterans are heroes not terrorists!)
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To: penelopesire
Iran hitting targets inside of Iraq? Obama is going to cause another WW. This is just another 'sign' of coming attractions.

The start of Zero's TEST.
110 posted on 05/06/2009 10:40:12 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barack Hussein 0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: penelopesire

Maybe the Obamas will get a cat now. That’ll fix things.


111 posted on 05/06/2009 10:44:17 AM PDT by loungitude (The truth hurts.)
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To: ichabod1

Makes sense then that Obama would want to immulate Lenin as much possible. Thanks for the post. I always learn so much from my fellow FReepers.


112 posted on 05/06/2009 10:48:39 AM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: penelopesire

Thanks! Will pray for your mom...mine is just a post-surgery followup (had surgery April 2) and should just be a few minutes or so, no biggie (except wagging the twins and their giant stroller takes the longest amount of time, LOL!)

As far as HolyO goes, I think when this administration comes to an end (and part of me feels like it won’t last the full term before the majority of Americans rise up in protest to his anti-American actions) we are going to find a lot of collusion going on in the background between his puppetmaster, him, and these dictatorial countries he’s so friendly with!

Part of me hopes that the investigation then will be known as “The Specter Commission”, LOL! :-)


113 posted on 05/06/2009 10:48:44 AM PDT by pillut48 (CJ in TX --"God help us all, and God help America!!" --my new mantra for the next 4 years)
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To: Ev Reeman
Obummer ruined it by appeasing sucking up to/brown nosing/kowtowing to/bowing deferentially before/palling around with/validating our enemies.

For those in Rio Linda. ;-)
114 posted on 05/06/2009 10:54:42 AM PDT by pillut48 (CJ in TX --"God help us all, and God help America!!" --my new mantra for the next 4 years)
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To: Gilbo_3
maybe thats the air corridor thats being reserved for the israelis...

Did you know that the Jews are more closely related to the Kurds than to any other Middle Eastern people ?

Abraham left that part of the Middle East, Ur, to go to the land that God showed him, present day Israel.

The KUrds were promised a homeland as part of the WWI treaties (like the Balfour Declaration), but it has never been accomplished.

The Kurds and the Israelis should make a secret alliance.

115 posted on 05/06/2009 10:54:45 AM PDT by happygrl (Hope and Change or Rope and Chains?)
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To: Jonny foreigner

In part the question is resolved in the context that Iran is itself a terrorist nation and Turkey is not...........


116 posted on 05/06/2009 10:57:17 AM PDT by scannell
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To: 1035rep

That’s a great cartoon—I hadn’t seen it before.


117 posted on 05/06/2009 10:57:48 AM PDT by Buck W. (The President of the United States IS named Schickelgruber...)
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To: Tammy8

“Please pray for our military- they desperately need our prayers.”

Don’t worry...I pray for our troops everyday and every night. Especially since ZERO was installed. I fear for them(with Obama as the CIC) as much as I do our country’s safety now.

Don’t forget that N. Korea is acting up and Chavez, Cuba and Ortega are looking for an opening to screw our country as well now that Zero is running things. I have probably left some other country out as well.


118 posted on 05/06/2009 10:59:03 AM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: happygrl

UR.........well that makes the Arabs equally related to the Kurds since Abraham is the father of Ishmaiel via Haggar.


119 posted on 05/06/2009 10:59:28 AM PDT by scannell
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To: a fool in paradise
Your FR tag looks like a caption for that picture "a fool in paradise."

Yeah that's what I want my president and vp spending their time on: burger runs.

120 posted on 05/06/2009 11:03:24 AM PDT by happygrl (Hope and Change or Rope and Chains?)
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