Posted on 02/21/2006 5:20:25 AM PST by TheForceOfOne
FOOLISH FORCE VS. DUMB DIPLOMACY HAVING resumed uranium enrichment, has the Islamic Republic crossed the Rubicon?
The question is dividing commentators and decision makers both inside and outside Iran.
Some, like former Vice President Al Gore, believe that the Islamic Republic is a threat to world peace and must be checked, by force if necessary. Others — like Gore's former boss, ex-President Bill Clinton — are convinced that the best way to deal with Iran is to negotiate.
Yet both may be missing the point.
If military action means a few brief airstrikes or missile attacks, it is certain to be counterproductive.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad might even welcome such attacks in the hope that they would lift the uncertainty that is damaging the Iranian economy and undermining his authority. And he would not be wrong.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Bill Clinton would also like to send in ninjas.
'Some, like former Vice President Al Gore, believe that the Islamic Republic is a threat to world peace and must be checked, by force if necessary'
Excuse me? Did I misss something? Where did algore EVER say anything like that?
Last I hear, we were the terrorists and he was apologizing to the arab world for our heinous behavior.
heard
I'm thinking that about 500,000 heavilly armmed assassins could get the job done.
I wonder if a promise to give nuclear weapons to Armenia in the event that Iran develops them would be a deterrent?
Just pointin' out - Algore's mouth has TWO sides.
The famous ninja quote, five paragraphs down (about al Qaeda):
He approached Gen. Hugh Shelton, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and said, according to the book, "It would scare the (expletive) out of al Qaeda if suddenly a bunch of black ninjas rappelled out of helicopters in to the middle of their camp. It would get us an enormous deterrence and show those guys we're not afraid."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/11/13/print/main529223.shtml
By force? Al Gore?
What alternate reality is this guy living in?
Even Al Gore doesn't know what he has said, the guy is insane.
To think he almost became...oh never mind it gives me the creeps.
Or maybe slightly "used" cigars.
I'm hoping the younger ones rise up.
extremely scary thought, algore anywhere near the Oval Office. Nutty as a fruitcake.
Excuse me, but why does the opinion of these two washed up has beens even matter? We've all seen where Clinton and Gores foriegn policies has led.
Yes, but John Kerry has the solution to this Iran bruhaha... Just give them the uranium, and we'll see if they use it for peaceful purposes.
They say football is a game of inches.
Politics too I imagine.
Me too.
Everyone says they love western culture, but silence from the lambs is all we get. It makes me appreciate the freedom of speech we have here even more. These people must be terrified to speak out.
Well, since the mullahs gave a seminar on suicide bombing to 1000 UNIVERSITY STUDENTS last week, finishing off with an event where a good number of the students signed pledges to go off and be suicide bombers, I'm not sure we necessarily want that.
A lot of the younger ones supported and worked for the election of the current nutcase and were dissatisfied with the prior leaders only because they felt they are not extreme enough.
That said, there are certainly some who are opposed to the regime and its craziness. It's a complicated situation, but I don't think we should pin our hopes on them; we've been engaging in that wishful thinking for some time now.
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