Posted on 02/01/2006 10:45:07 AM PST by GeneD
You bet your bippy pard.
I grew up in the cold war. Mutual Assured Destruction was the order of the day. We thought of nukes, but there was an undertone. Russia for all her faults was led by rational people. And we had no desire to let the nuke genie back out of the bottle.
Iran and muslims are different. They are stone age animals who would take extreme pleasure in the carnage created by a nuclear explosion. muslims are raised different, they think differently, and have different sensibilities. The radical part of islam is as evil as evil can be. I regret to say I firmly believe that in our lifetime, we will see these animals succeed in detonating a nuclear device somewhere in the civilized world.
I hope our leaders know this, and plan accordingly. The more I see of the muslims, the more I'm beginning to believe that it will eventually come to an all out war.
And a little birdie told me that the Kitty Hawk may be on her way.
Ping!
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"If only he'd make a similar statement about Taiwan..."
Have you been watching that closely? The US has backed away from Taiwan like they were radioactive.
Can't upset business with China, don't you know?
How about a line of Missiles pointed directly at Tehran?
Agreed. It's inevitable. I just get the feeling that a nuke will go off within the next few years. No real inside info, just a feeling. Hope I am wrong.
I hope the aych-ee-double-toothpicks there alreay are. If not, someone needs to get on the ball.
It's hard to defend a country that has been wiped off the map in a nuke strike.
I know. And it ticks me off. It's hard to talk about democracy when you won't stand up for one facing off against the last large Communist nation on Earth.
I did EXACTLY the same thing. GW's dad did the same thing with Iraq after Gulf War I, but we didn't have assets in place to provide backup for the freedom-fighters (mostly Kurds). Guess what...we do NOW!
I think it would be more fun to watch Israel whack their nuclear sites with nuclear weapons.
Let me be a warning to the rest of the Islamic world.
"It's hard to talk about democracy when you won't stand up for one facing off against the last large Communist nation on Earth."
Just because we're the best nation on Earth, doesn't mean we are flawless. Far from it. And that is one of our flaws that really gets to me too. It's just plain hypocracy. We attack Iraq and Afghanistan, but we give Saudi Arabia a pass. It seems to me, if you want to trace the roots of terror, wahabism and Saudi Arabia would be right there.
Taiwan has been a US ally. I visited Taipei when in the USN. (Interestingly, we refuelled in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and they wouldn't even let us off the ship onto the pier. Seems they didn't want infidels fouling their land). But, we've transferred our manufacturing to China. We LOVE China. If we have to sacrifice Taiwan to the Chinese, well, what are you going to do? We have to keep the flow of goods to our country coming! But China is communist?! Shhhhhhh. Don't tell. Grrrrrrrr.
We compromise ourselves militarily, and morally, but the free traders will tell you it's good for us.
Maybe they could accidently drop one on Syria on the way...
I think he also mentioned Syria and North Korea but he spoke directly to Iran.
Yep...all the Loserdopians'll start screaming about the USS Liberty etc, etc.
Blah, blah, blah...
excellent observation
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