IRAN PROPOSED REFERENDUM TO NORMALISE TIES WITH WASHINGTON

Iran Press Service ^ | 4.12.2003 | Safa Haeri

[Smile-n-Win]

Would this be a referendum like the one that "re-elected" Saddam Hussein a few months ago? It seems the Iranian leadership is trying to make us believe that their people would not welcome us as liberators, as the Iraqis did.

[dannyk]

Next stop, the US lib media and then the dims. Man! What a great time to be alive!

[SkyPilot]

"Weeelll Oiieeee Doggies! Lookin what we got here Jethro!

[George W. Bush]

...Still, to put the country in jeopardy on the ground that we are acting on an Islamic basis is not at all Islamic", he said,...

I hope I never understand this. People this confused need to be liberated spirtually far more than politically.

[Smile-n-Win]

I hope I never understand this.

LOL! Dittos for me!

[Smile-n-Win]

What a great time to be alive!

Indeed.

[dixiechick2000]

Oh, I totally agree with you.

So does an Iranian friend of mine who is itching to see the Iran regime go the way of Iraq's.

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

Disagree. If we have dialogue with them, and they see we are firm in our resolve.. (which I have NO DOUBT this administration would be) we may be able to encourage them to step down and save their own lives.

We may be able to change things in Iran without a shot being fired.

Iran is ready to "implode". Everyone knows that. Even the Ayatollahs do. Which explains them wanting to talk now!!

[NewRomeTacitus]

I love the sound of terrorists' shorts filling in the morning. It sounds like...Victory. (pardon the paraphrase)

[Semper Paratus]

International Strategery!

[Grampa Dave]

As Iran realizes that Soddomite is gone or powerless and that his top 54 thugs are powerless, their regime change is starting.

[11th Earl of Mar]

I thought the Democrats claimed that Bush's action in Iraq DIMINISHED America's influence abroad. WTH???

[DannyTN]

Lol, Yes they are suddenly acting like they need to get this resolved in the next "two weeks".

[Petronski]

Holy Cow!

[winner3000]

This is the true Middle East. They respect strength. What victory gives us is a new respect from the tyrants. Not attacking while continuously taking a beating from terrorists only invited more terrorism (of course democrats told us that attacking would increase terrorism).

I don't know how long we can wait for the people to topple the Iranian regime. They are enriching uranium as we speak.

[prisoner6]

Posted on another thread but applicable here...

Nothing promotes peace - I'm serious about this - more than kicking some little pissant country to hell and back. I know it sounds terrible, but really third world countries only have respect for power. Most of them are tribe or clan based and it was the most powerful tribes/clans that got respect from everyone else.

Until they move to the next level, the only way we can ensure peace in the world is to let 'em know we got The Big Stick and we're not adverse to suing it.

Lord, I miss The Gipper...

prisoner6

[doug from upland]

Iran could have played games with Bill Clinton. They cannot do so with George W. Bush, a real commander in chief, as opposed to someone who played one on television.

[KriegerGeist]

I saw an interview on CBN between Pat Robertson and an Iranian professor in London (that I wish there were a transcript to) concerning the Ayatollahs and Imams in Najaf and Karbala that basically describes them as being "senior" to the "junior" Ayatollahs and Imams and their declarations (or "fatwas") as carrying more weight with the faithful than those in Iran. And that, along with freedom in Iraq scares those in Iran who are sort of "nobodies" in comparrison.

From CBN News:
When the war began, Iran's ruling mullahs called on Iraqi Shiites to boycott the coalition forces and condemn President Bush. But the Iraqis not only ignored the advice, a leading Iraqi Shiite Cleric, the Ayatollah Sistani, issued a fatwa telling Shiites not to oppose the invading coalition forces.

And other statements indicate Iraqi Shiite clerics view the United States as a friend. They were pleased at the way coalition forces respected Muslim holy sites in Najaf and Karbala.

In the end, a split between Iraqi and Iranian Shiites could work to undermine Iran's brand of radical, politicized Islam that has fueled terrorism around the world.

[Publius]

Iran: Memo from the President to the Supreme Religious Leader

[Maedhros]

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