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Kissinger: ‘Iran Is a Natural Ally of the United States’
Cybercast News Service ^ | October 13, 2014 - 11:49 AM | Melanie Hunter

Posted on 10/13/2014 9:15:19 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that “Iran is a natural ally” of the U.S.

“As long as Iran is ruled by the ayatollah and bases itself on its sectarian philosophy, we have to be careful. But basically, as a country, Iran is a natural ally of the United States. It’s the ideological, religious component that makes it an antagonist,” said Kissinger, who served as Secretary of State for the Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford administrations. …

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bombbombbombbombiran; cfr; iran; isis; islam; kissinger; kurdistan; lebanon; nucleariran; nwo; rop; turkey
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To: reg45

How many of them are Twelvers?


41 posted on 10/13/2014 10:00:41 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Chad_the_Impaler

Precisely so. No way the IRG could have suppressed that by itself.


42 posted on 10/13/2014 10:01:28 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Chad_the_Impaler

What’s your take on it then. 90% support?


43 posted on 10/13/2014 10:01:49 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Obama and the Left are maggots feeding off the flesh of the United States.)
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To: Norm Lenhart

Never mind several species of snakes.


44 posted on 10/13/2014 10:02:04 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: SecondAmendment

Sorry majority of pro-western Persians emigrated west after the fall of the Shah.


45 posted on 10/13/2014 10:02:50 PM PDT by SecondAmendment (Restoring our Republic at 9.8357x10^8 FPS)
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To: SecondAmendment

And they all moved to Los Angeles.


46 posted on 10/13/2014 10:06:06 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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To: Olog-hai

None of them and all of them.


47 posted on 10/13/2014 10:08:21 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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To: tumblindice

Is there any award in the world still untarnished and worthy of respect?


48 posted on 10/13/2014 10:08:26 PM PDT by Finalapproach29er (luke 6:38)
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To: a fool in paradise

acid


49 posted on 10/13/2014 10:16:10 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Bobalu

Carter was dumb evil awful President


50 posted on 10/13/2014 10:24:14 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: DoughtyOne

I don’t know the number. But come on! The reporters who are saying that Iranians are pro-American are walking around the streets of Tehran.


51 posted on 10/13/2014 10:26:52 PM PDT by Chad_the_Impaler
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To: reg45

That’s not an answer. What’s to hide?


52 posted on 10/13/2014 10:28:00 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The old nazi spews out another whopper, eh. ? Well, Iran was an ally of sorts before Carter ruined the place ( and his presidency ) by shoving in the islamonazis into power there. But Iran under the nazis is not even a possible friend or ally They’ve declared USA their Great Satan and their number one target for the nuclear bombs they’re now building (under the protection of, and with a ton Of money from, Obama).


53 posted on 10/13/2014 10:28:41 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..))
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To: Olog-hai

I tried to assume Kissinger was right in my mind to play devil’s advocate, and played out the endgame scenarios of Iran being the middle-east superpower, then it occurred to me that the very same sentiment could have been made about Nazi Germany in the mid thirties. Clean streets, order. What’s not to like?


54 posted on 10/13/2014 10:32:54 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: wetphoenix; joshua c
So long as America alienates Iranians, as it has done for over 3 decades, the Iranians, even those pro-West, will move away from America.

This isn't and never has been a one way traffic.

55 posted on 10/13/2014 10:38:12 PM PDT by odds
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To: odds

And, it’s all so very funny.


56 posted on 10/13/2014 10:40:00 PM PDT by odds
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To: joshua c
Ever wonder why Obama did not lift a finger when the Iranian people were fighting against the government?

As is well known, Obama stands with Mooselimbs, should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.

In the case of Iran, the Mooselimbs under assault in 2009 were the the leadership of Iran. The "political winds" were the ordinary people of Iran. Obama stood with the Mooselimbs (the leadership) by failing to assist those ordinary people. It's his world-view, his big picture. The President of the United States is scum. It's a fact. But we already knew that.

A President Kissinger would not have acted so stupidly. But he isn't natural born, dontcha know.

57 posted on 10/13/2014 10:41:05 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: Olog-hai

Now that I have your attention, let me explain. My Persian friends are not Muslims, they are Bahá’ís. But, since Bahá’u’lláh stated that Shi’ia (Twelver) Islam is the “true” branch of Islam, I guess that makes them “Twelvers” also.


58 posted on 10/13/2014 10:56:53 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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To: faithhopecharity
But Iran under the nazis is not even a possible friend or ally

Was Iran under the Nazis?! Had no idea! When did that happen?!

59 posted on 10/13/2014 11:04:07 PM PDT by odds
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To: Olog-hai

To be honest I’ve never met a Persian who didn’t like America. The running joke is while they are running over the US flag and yelling “Death to America” at the mandatory 2 minutes of hate, they are looking over head for US warplanes.


60 posted on 10/13/2014 11:10:17 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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