Posted on 09/25/2007 7:15:02 AM PDT by Thorin
To the hysteriacs, Ahmadinejad is the new Hitler and we are all at Munich – and we should behave like Churchill and gird for war.
This is absurd.
Hitler could destroy the Jewish population of Europe because he was able to conquer Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals. Iran has no air force or navy we could not dispatch in a week and no nukes. Israel has 200 to 300 nuclear warheads and, if it believed its survival was at stake, could turn Tehran into toast in 10 minutes.
America and Iran have great differences, but also common interests. Among the latter, no Taliban in Kabul, no restoration of a Sunni Baathist dictatorship in Baghdad and support for the present governments. Iran cannot want a Sunni-Shia war in the region, which would make her an enemy of most Arabs, and she cannot want a major war with America, which could lead to the destruction and breakup of the nation where only half the people are Persians.
That is plenty to build a cold peace on, if the hysteriacs do not stampede us into another unnecessary war.
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‘Don’t blame Ahmadinejad for something that should be laid squarely at the feet of this administration. Iran became a far more potent threat to the region AFTER the U.S. invasion of Iraq than it ever was before. ‘
This is only viable if you pretend Iran didn’t exist as it does today since 1979.
Iran is the largest financial backer of global terrorism, by miles and miles and miles. Its been that way for well over a decade, and shows no signs of slowing down.
Blaming the administration for Iran’s actions that predate the administration by two full decades is ridiculous in short.
Yep.
I seem to recall the Russkies being all about taking over the world too. How did that work out for them? You can counter Patty’s arguments, but not with those talking points.
Nice you have feelings. Too bad they are completely ignorant ones. Read post 32 and 39 this thread.
Winston Churchill
Amen! If only that great man were still alive to provide a stalwart companion in this war...instead of that pansy prime minister heading Britain now...
So basically what Paddy and his Freeper stooges are advocating is we run away and hide under our beds and create a power vacuum in the ME so that the Chinese and the Russians can dominate the Western world’s Oil supply thru their proxy Iran.woot woot! Finally somebody who's getting closer to the truth of the matter. If you'd dispense with all the silly talking points about caliphates, killing terrorists and whatnot I just might agree with you ;)
Well said. I just hope that it sinks in to those who heretofore have been blinded by ignorance.
And the alternative to talking to them was... what?
Global Thermonuclear Exchange, mebbee?
You talk to equals. You give orders to unequals...
>>Buchanan nails it. Iran is a Third World backwater, not a grave threat to the United States. And if it does become a threat, Israel has the military might to deal with it.<<
Iran is easily the largest supporter and supplier of state sponsored terrorism. The case for war with Iran is many times stronger than it was with Iraq.
God how I wish General Patton was still around! This war would have been over already had Patton been in charge and had the ROE given him the opportunity to do his job...
You slay strawmen. Buchanan was for taking out bin Laden who attack us. If Bush and the neocons didn't cut and run from getting bin Laden dead or alive, we would be a lot safer today.
Pretending that our problems with Iran only date back to 1979 is ridiculous, too. The U.S. had been involved in Iranian affairs all the way back in the Eisenhower administration, and we were instrumental in toppling the duly-elected Mossadegh government in the early 1950s.
you may be right (now there is a scary thought)
maybe the Israelis don’t have nukes (and have only been bluffing-lying, kinda like Saddam)
that would sure explain their hyperventilating at Iran’s enrichment program
Iran is easily the largest supporter and supplier of state sponsored terrorism. The case for war with Iran is many times stronger than it was with Iraq.And it was even stronger for North Korea. But neither Iran nor NK are "low hanging fruit" like Iraq. Iran has just enough soft and hard power now to make a US/Israeli attack not worthwhile. So now we have to deal with silly p***ing matches like we're having now until the middle east settles into its new American/Persian balance of power.
One interesting aspect of the situation in the Middle East is that every criticism of the Clinton administration with regard to the threat posed by al-Qaeda would also apply to the “neo-conservative” hacks in the Defense Department under this administration.
Don’t worry your pretty little head about that. They have nukes and plenty of them.
As been explained to you a few thousand times before. Counter Insurgency is not Total War. Learn the differences.
As been explained to you a few thousand times before. Counter Insurgency is not Total War. Learn the differences.lol... if Rummy had known the difference Jorge would have a 99% approval rating now.
Buchanan was for taking out bin Laden who attack us. If Bush and the neocons didn’t cut and run from getting bin Laden dead or alive, we would be a lot safer today. Explain that one more time.
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