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Santorum Was Right About Iran—When It Was Unpopular
Wall Street Journal ^
| 02/24/12
| Michael Ledeen
Posted on 02/24/2012 4:40:35 PM PST by writer33
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posted on
02/24/2012 4:40:41 PM PST
by
writer33
To: Clint N. Suhks; American Constitutionalist; Antoninus; Colonel_Flagg; cripplecreek; ...
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posted on
02/24/2012 4:41:27 PM PST
by
writer33
(Mark Levin Is The Constitutional Engine Of Conservatism)
To: writer33
"The United States was always the last resort and hope for all other nations,"
True enough and we better get to saving ourselves fast because the cavalry isn't coming.
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posted on
02/24/2012 4:42:53 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: cripplecreek
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posted on
02/24/2012 4:43:22 PM PST
by
writer33
(Mark Levin Is The Constitutional Engine Of Conservatism)
To: writer33
well ...back to the top...
...I will admit to being under impressed with Rick Santorum at the start of the race....
...but, my mind has changed... He's been steadfast in the face of evil and bitter attacks from the Rino-center and the Looney-left (aka Dimwit=Democrats)... All that being stated...my check is in the mail...
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posted on
02/24/2012 4:45:16 PM PST
by
ptsal
(E)
To: writer33
If we are to accept this, why haven’t we been more forceful with Syria?
I agree with Santorum on this, but many conservatives seem opposed to stopping the mindless bloodshed in Homs.
To: writer33
Salvation won't be found in politics but a moral man in the white house sure helps.
It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.
- George Washington
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posted on
02/24/2012 4:50:33 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
“Former supporters of the Hugo Chávez regime in Venezuela, worried at the direction of events in their country, have told American officials that there are Iranian missiles in Venezuela capable of hitting the U.S. More obvious are the Shiite mosques suddenly popping up in Venezuela and its near neighborhood. “
shhh....nobody tell Ron Paul - it would destroy his fantasy of Iran being no danger to the U.S.
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posted on
02/24/2012 4:52:34 PM PST
by
nuconvert
( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
To: Downinthedixie
I certainly don't want to get too involved in Syria but I trust Rick Santorum to do what he really believes is right.
Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.
- George Washington
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posted on
02/24/2012 4:53:16 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: writer33
Santorum was single until 1990 and never thought of enlisting?
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posted on
02/24/2012 4:55:44 PM PST
by
ansel12
(Romney is unquestionably the weakest party front-runner in contemporary political history.)
To: cripplecreek
I don’t know what Walesa’s frame of reference was but I would guess he was looking at the USA some years ago when the people were working to form a more perfect union.
To: noinfringers2
Walesa knows that things are different. He turned down an invitation from the Occupy Wall Street crowd in the fall.
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:11:38 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: Downinthedixie
"I agree with Santorum on this, but many conservatives seem opposed to stopping the mindless bloodshed in Homs." If we don't stop the mindless bloodshed then there certainly be more of it.
If we do, and the Syria government falls, there is a good chance they will be replaced by Muslim fundamentalists who will go on a vengeful killing spree of their own. Among the dead will be Syria's Christians.
Between Iraq and a hard place.
To: who_would_fardels_bear
I mean it’s a lose lose. But Assad is an Iranian puppet.
I say kick his ass and let Akmadinajad condemn us.
To: who_would_fardels_bear
Part of the problem is that there is no strong America out there holding a stick these days. Just the threat of military intervention used to be enough to bring both sides to the negotiating table.
These days, America is Barney Fife shooting ourselves in the foot at every opportunity while our enemies simply ignore us.
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:23:57 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: Downinthedixie
The end game of a Syrian civil war is lose-lose in so far as both sides hate us. However, the Ba'athist Syrians and the Iranians already hate us.
The conflict is win-win. The war alienates fundamentalist Sunni and Shia and the more Iranian Qom's unit and Hizbullah who die fighting the Muslim Brotherhood, the better. Let them all kill each other,
Hama rules. Already, Hamas is breaking away from Iran and Hizbollah.
I happen to think that the best way to undermine Iran and end their nuclear program, or allow the ability to strike it, is to let the conflict continue. http://nycright.blogspot.com/2012/02/best-way-to-stop-iranian-nuclear-weapon.html Unlike North Africa
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:36:59 PM PST
by
rmlew
("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
To: ansel12
And just what war required us to have everyone enlist in 1990???? You are beyond duplicitous.
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posted on
02/24/2012 5:40:50 PM PST
by
Paul Ross
(Ronald Reagan-1987:"We are always willing to be trade partners but never trade patsies.")
To: Paul Ross
duplicitous? War? required? 1990?
Since when does it take a war for a guy who stays single until age 32, to pull a hitch at some point during those long, long, long, bachelor years?
I am curious why Santorum never felt the draw, he wasn’t married, I doubt that he was physically unfit, even his education was in a high demand area for both the active military and the Reserves.
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posted on
02/24/2012 6:46:12 PM PST
by
ansel12
(Romney is unquestionably the weakest party front-runner in contemporary political history.)
To: Downinthedixie
“If we are to accept this, why havent we been more forceful with Syria?”
One reason not to be involved there is that the opposition is an Taliban-type bunch, and that will cause the 2.3 million Christians there to have to run for their lives (just as they’re doing in Egypt).
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posted on
02/24/2012 6:46:45 PM PST
by
BobL
(I don't care about his past - Santorum will BRING THE FIGHT to Obama)
To: cripplecreek
How long before we hear the critics of Rick go on and say that this message from Rick will alienate and scare the Independents and the Reagan Democrats ?
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