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Nuclear Capacity Needed to Deter America
Washington Post ^ | December 10, 2007 | Mustafa Domanic

Posted on 12/10/2007 7:21:54 PM PST by NCjim

The American intelligence reports’ recent assertion that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 does not change anything about the current situation as long as it does not fundamentally change the minds of American policymakers. Judging from President Bush's dismissive response, this doesn't seem to be the case. The truth is, Americans do not need a pretext to continue their bullying of Iran, which is precisely why Iranians want to and in fact should build nuclear capacity.

The National Intelligence Estimate report is only one interesting development that seemingly reveals cracks on the American front in the bound-to-be-long history of conflict over Iran's right to nuclear armament. I am curious about how such a vague report that doesn't rule out any possibility was co-signed by all American intelligence groups and submitted to the White house in the midst of American efforts to isolate Iran internationally. It is not hard to imagine that once the report was submitted, the White House did not have much choice but to release it given the leak scandals it has faced before. Looking at this from the Middle East perspective, such a break during a time of struggle seems way too un-American. That leads me to think that there is something larger at work here.

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Therefore I believe the Iranians should find much wider support from international community to protect themselves from this unending American aggression and the only way to do that is to have a nuclear deterrent. The greatest danger in the Middle East is American meddling. Bush's earlier remarks about assuming the Middle East was a chaotic place before American intervention were a grave distortion of truth. Without America and with its own commodity wealth, the Middle East can still be a prosperous and peaceful region.

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1 posted on 12/10/2007 7:21:55 PM PST by NCjim
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To: NCjim

More Anti American nonsense from a hyper Turkish nationalist.


2 posted on 12/10/2007 7:26:05 PM PST by lonestar67 (Its time to withdraw from the War on Bush-- your side is hopelessly lost in a quagmire.)
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To: NCjim

“Therefore I believe the Iranians should find much wider support from international community to protect themselves from this unending American aggression and the only way to do that is to have a nuclear deterrent. The greatest danger in the Middle East is American meddling. Bush’s earlier remarks about assuming the Middle East was a chaotic place before American intervention were a grave distortion of truth. Without America and with its own commodity wealth, the Middle East can still be a prosperous and peaceful region.”

OK, who wrote it? It sounds as if it came from the Iranian PR department.


3 posted on 12/10/2007 7:27:05 PM PST by marktwain
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To: NCjim
france has the bimb. Isn’t that enough deterrence?
4 posted on 12/10/2007 7:27:33 PM PST by null and void (No more Bushes/No more Clintons)
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To: NCjim
"...Americans do not need a pretext to continue their bullying of Iran, which is precisely why Iranians want to and in fact should build nuclear capacity. ..."

As far as I am concerned, we owe the Islamofascist mullas in Iran big time for 1979, starting with the weasel Imahandjob who I do believe was one of those who took over the Embassy.

This dumb ass who wrote this seems not to realize how life would be for him under an Islamic regime. Here is from his bio: "...Mustafa Domanic is a financial analyst at the London office of a global hedge fund..."

A capitalist. He would be the first idiot to get his head sawed off. Just unbelievable.

5 posted on 12/10/2007 7:28:52 PM PST by rlmorel (Liberals: If the Truth would help them, they would use it.)
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To: NCjim

No author listed in your header. Who wrote it? Better question, what purpose does the editorial board of the WaPo think this nonsense serves?


6 posted on 12/10/2007 7:29:19 PM PST by saganite
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To: marktwain

“OK, who wrote it? It sounds as if it came from the Iranian PR department.”

My first guess was it’s a leaked DNC internal memo. And, I’m not really kidding, much.


7 posted on 12/10/2007 7:30:43 PM PST by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: Admin Moderator

Please add the author’s name which I accidentally omitted. It is Mustafa Domanic. Thanks!


8 posted on 12/10/2007 7:31:07 PM PST by NCjim (The more I use Windows, the more I love UNIX)
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To: NCjim
Mustafa Domanic

Need one say more?

9 posted on 12/10/2007 7:36:54 PM PST by Red6 (Come and take it.)
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"...Without America and with its own commodity wealth, the Middle East can still be a prosperous and peaceful region..."

Just like Europe would be a better place after the Nazis took over. But at least the fascists had the trains running on time thing going for them.

Yeah...the Middle East is one big oasis of love, and the only thing this moron has going for him is that he doesn't have to live in it. This is just pathetic. Let's see...the last time the Islamic world did something positive in ANYTHING, literature, government, innovation...ANYTHING, was long before the fall of the Ottoman Empire. They did back then what the islamofascists want all muslims to do today, which is forsake anything Western. We saw how well that worked for them when they became the "sick man of Europe"...now, we will be lucky if it isn't a mushroom cloud somewhere.

10 posted on 12/10/2007 7:37:27 PM PST by rlmorel (Liberals: If the Truth would help them, they would use it.)
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To: NCjim

Ahh man, you beat me to the punch.


11 posted on 12/10/2007 7:37:53 PM PST by Red6 (Come and take it.)
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To: NCjim
More fertilizer from the compost heap!
12 posted on 12/10/2007 7:39:22 PM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (Rudy,Romney,McCain, Huckabee will send a self-abused stomped elephant to the DRNC.)
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To: Red6
See what happens when I don't adhere to Measure twice, cut once... :-)
13 posted on 12/10/2007 7:40:16 PM PST by NCjim (The more I use Windows, the more I love UNIX)
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To: Red6
You misspelled Demonic
14 posted on 12/10/2007 7:44:48 PM PST by null and void (No more Bushes/No more Clintons)
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To: NCjim

When I do a search for ‘Mustafa Domanic’ I see a lot of washington post links, and a linkedin link with 1 connection, and his blog, but I don’t find much else that really connects him to a hedge fund. Perhaps someone more diligent can track down his authenticity.


15 posted on 12/10/2007 7:46:46 PM PST by DancesWithBolsheviks (If someone is 'turning his life around' you best stay away.)
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To: NCjim

So lets assume that Country A gets nukes and Country USA “forces” them to defend themselves.... I understand better now


16 posted on 12/10/2007 7:51:47 PM PST by Jumper
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To: NCjim

At first I though Madeline Half-bright wrote this article.


17 posted on 12/10/2007 7:52:50 PM PST by Nachoman (My guns and my ammo, they comfort me.)
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To: saganite
It's right here:

http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/mustafa_domanic/2007/12/iran_shoudl_build_nuclear_capa.html

18 posted on 12/10/2007 8:08:23 PM PST by Turret Gunner A20 (Tolerating intolerance is not a "value," it's self-destructive stupidity.)
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To: NCjim

Why am I not surprised that newsweek and wapo would publish this enemy propaganda?


19 posted on 12/10/2007 8:20:58 PM PST by Eagles6
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To: DancesWithBolsheviks
but I don’t find much else that really connects him to a hedge fund.

It's so much easier to just say 'hedge fund analyst' and give him a whiff of credibility in some abstract sense. There doesn't seem to be any readily available info on which fund, of course. The guy just seems to be the tool of the moment for an anti-American diatribe or two. More BS from a nobody that agenda driven editors consider 'newsworthy'.
20 posted on 12/10/2007 8:31:07 PM PST by kinoxi
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