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To: Jedi Master Pikachu

There is a lesson here: Don’t attack the United States of America and you won’t have to worry about being incinerated in a nuclear fireball! Are you listening, Iran?


9 posted on 07/01/2007 12:54:13 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Fred Thompson/John Bolton 2008)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
There is a lesson here: Don’t attack the United States of America and you won’t have to worry about being incinerated in a nuclear fireball! Are you listening, Iran?
Here's a little secret. Roosevelt forced the Japanese to attack. By denying the Japanese their oil imports the Japanese(with no native oil reserves and got their oil from America) he had basically given the Japanese economy a death sentence unless they found another source of oil. Roosevelt *knew* the Japanese would have to attack the US in order to secure the indonesian oil fields.

It's good realpolitik on Roosevelt's part, but don't assume the world is so simple.
12 posted on 07/01/2007 1:34:38 AM PDT by ketsu
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The MSM hyped-up outrage over this Japanese minister’s remarks is just that, hype. It is far more likely that this man was overtly putting a nuclear strike on Iran squarely back on the table. The Japanese have always been astonishingly ruthless when it comes to war. Maybe they are much more amenable to this hard decision than the crybaby people around the world.

We are going to have to deal with Iran’s nuclear capabilities soon. The minister just seems to be saying, “Look at the bigger picture, look at the reasons and the consequences”. I don’t think Japan will be too surprised if we take out Iran. Bear in mind that North Korea is far more reckless and right next door to Japan.


28 posted on 07/01/2007 4:16:02 AM PDT by ishabibble (ALL-AMERICAN INFIDEL)
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