A nation of people who think doing this to toddlers glorifies Allah and is thus great, is capable of all kinds of crazy sh!t.
Posted on 06/22/2004 7:58:49 AM PDT by kattracks
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Regards, Ivan
And it's not like we (the English and Americans) don't have a nice launching pad a little to their south.
In London, British Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites)'s spokesman refused to speculate on whether the border incident was related to the IAEA resolution, which has deeply angered Iran's clerical rulers.
Took 'em long enough to mention it. This is the real point of Iran's actions. Hard to see how they intend to use it -- perhaps it's a way for them to escalate until they have a pretext to announce they've already got nukes.
This is going to erupt into something much more devastating then when China "detained" one of our aircraft back in 2000(2001?).
#1, Iran is not China.
#2, Iran needs an attitude adjustment and has been begging for one all year.
#3, The Jimmy Carter Syndrome died the day Reagan took office.
#4, Bush & Blair have extra, unopened cans of "whoop ass" at the ready.
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Comments such as "the way to resolve this is to talk to Iranians at all levels and see if we can resolve this..." does not put forward a very defiant attitude.
I doubt that Maggie would have been so "diplomatic".
Time for an old-fashioned ultimatum.
#1, Iran is not China
Yeah - a BLACK STAIN on America's reputation, and a unmesureable loss of intelligence information and procedure - codes, equipment, etc.
From cowardly pilots to ignorant chain of command. Yes, I said cowardly pilots - his orders are to NOT get captured. By the time line of what happened, he never informed the crew in back that he was, in fact, surrendering to communist china.
Like Gary Powers and his U-2 - letting the Russians have the latest intel and propoganda treasure
I agree. This makes little sense unless they already have a rather robust Nuke supply. On the other hand, often the Islamic wackos don't make much sense.
A nation of people who think doing this to toddlers glorifies Allah and is thus great, is capable of all kinds of crazy sh!t.
"....spiral into a major crisis."
Calling Edwin Newman. Is there ever a minor crisis?
No argument here. Are there any reports on exactly how the Brits were taken into custody?
Condi Rice is credited with resolving the EP-E3 incident. This would be tougher. They're more nuts.
I think England is reacting way too softly about this.
However, one never knows, England may be acting meek and mild while preparing to "open up a can" behind the scenes.
OH MY GOD! what is that they are doing to that poor baby? I have never seen that before, what exactly is that they are doing. Those freaking bastards....
care to elaborate? I thought all the cans were either in a combat theater, or refitting to rotate into one. I didn't realize we'd left any 'unopened'.
There's always room for jell-o and there's always an unopened can of "WA" somewhere! I carry 2 or 3 wherever I go, don't you?
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The Shiites annually celebrate the death of their favorite martyr (somehow related to Mohammed) by self-immolation. They all cut their scalps where a few scars don't relly mean much cosmetically. Besides, scalp really bleeds because of its rich vascular supply. It is difficult to see that done with the kids though. It is part of the early indoctrination.
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