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"IRAN MUST STRIKE AT THE HEART OF THE UNITED STATES": RAFSANJANI
Iran Press Service ^ | July 17, 2002 | Unknown

Posted on 07/21/2002 6:10:37 AM PDT by Gemflint

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To: AmericaUnited
In Good Time, The Eagle Will Soar and RIP The Evil Axis A New One ..

U Didn't think we are going to just take Iraq and then leave, Did U? It isn't cheap marshalling all those troops and resources .. We are not just going after SaDDam .. IMO
61 posted on 07/21/2002 8:50:42 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: Savage Beast; TLBSHOW
re: your post #22
Very well said!

I agree that the word "heartland" was used with purpose, and I also agree with TLBShow that "heartland" can be equated with "food".

The use of the word "heartland" is extremely disturbing since you would think that the natural targets for terror would be the parasite centers (cities), where the population is dense. Maybe they figured out that bombing our parasite centers would ultimately have a beneficial effect for the United States, in the long run.

62 posted on 07/21/2002 9:05:25 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Banger
The first word in "fuel cell" is fuel. They require a source of fuel. If it is based on pure H2 technology then one needs a source of H2

See article about geneticly-engineered algae that give off hydrogen. Take an algae pond, put transparent cover over it, extract hydrogen. Use excess algae as fish food in adjoining fish farm ponds

63 posted on 07/21/2002 9:08:35 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor
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To: Gemflint

Bring it on, Boys !

64 posted on 07/21/2002 9:27:56 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP
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To: Eala
Which is hilarious because the American leftists actions and beliefs are what is in complete opposition to the Koran.
65 posted on 07/21/2002 9:30:54 AM PDT by goodieD
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To: iowaboy
The heat index today is 105.

Holy moly, it is about 59 here, northeast of San Francisco. I am thinking, sooner or later, we are going to have it out with these scum bags.

66 posted on 07/21/2002 9:35:43 AM PDT by Mark17
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To: Mark17
What happened to the beached whale up there? Imagine 105 degrees and that baby laying on your beach .. Sorry , din't mean to ruin breakfast
67 posted on 07/21/2002 9:42:14 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: Teacher317
I am also very hopeful about Iran. For one thing they are not Arabs--they are Persian--so they feel no immediate solidarity with the Arab regimes that surround them. Also the young people in Iran have been demonstrating against the oppressive government quite openly. I saw a recent documentary about Iran and the young generation are very modern--almost European--in their dress and manners. Nearly half ot the college students in the country are female--girls and guys can date who they want-the women wear moderate head scarves not veils--and they have a tremendous amount of national pride in their modernity. Also many Iranians have satellite dishes and they get news from around the world so their have much more access to information than your average Muslim living under a Wahabi regime. BTW they came out in large numbers to hold a pro American rally after 9/11.
68 posted on 07/21/2002 9:52:06 AM PDT by foreshadowed at waco
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To: TLBSHOW
Alright, hear me out. It seems that nearly 1/2 of the population of the Country resides in the blue zones, the majority of which are along coastal areas and up the Missisippi River and Ohio River valleys.

That leaves the other half scattered over thousands of miles of boondocks and "heatland cities", many of which a lot of blue zoners could never even find on a map. Supposed 9/11 had happened in Fargo, Boise or El Paso, would the outcry have been the same?

Had a connection between the OKC bombing and ME terrorists been established in the media and in the Gov't, would there have been the same outcome in terms of militarization (put aside the X42 factor) of forces?

My point is this. IMO, a great portion of blue zoners don't give a damn about fly-over country and would marginalize in their minds, any attacks there, and not give as wholehearted support for a war on terror as they do because it (9/11) happened in the heart of their "land"

69 posted on 07/21/2002 10:23:55 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Gemflint
From a purely logistical standpoint we should go after both Iran and Iraq at the same time. The close proximity of the two will allow full mobilization and marshalling of forces from within both countries leaving the rats no safe haven in the Persian Gulf area. That should do a lot to quiet the chanting of our demise. The Iron is White Hot so... Strike!!
70 posted on 07/21/2002 10:31:21 AM PDT by Windy-Dave
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To: CIB-173RDABN
We can not stop them from hating us, but we can take away their source of financing.

Al Qeada's primary financing came from honey, heroin, the stock market, counterfeiting, hostage-taking (the number one source of terrorist funding worldwide, a close match with drug money for top place), charities, the hawala system, and a multitude of schemes carried out by its operatives involving everything from check kiting to forgery.

The PLO, on the other hand, gets a lot of money from oil since the oil producing states would rather have the palestinians in Israel's hair than in theirs.

Oil is a minor part of the problem when it comes to the funding of terrorism- but it is a HUGE part fo the problem in that it twists the way oil-dependent nations deal with countries in the middle east. Instead of acting forcefully when people mess with us, we have to worry about the 'feelings' of those nearby nations which have a say in how much oil the US or its trading partners can buy. We wouldn't have to worry about any country's 'feelings' if our people were not worried about the occasional oil crunch, becuase it is the American politicians' need please the constituency on economics that makes them so sensitive to the oil market- not the oil itself. All politics IS local. Americans think only of their wallets and purses, but are too stupid to realize that the taxes made neccessary by the American desire for economic 'security' and a safety net have a bigger adverse effect on our wallets and national economic success than the price of oil ever could.

71 posted on 07/21/2002 11:52:39 AM PDT by piasa
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To: TLBSHOW
heartland=food

even more importantly...

heartland=our best baseball towns

heartland=the country's soul and oasis of common sense in an otherwise pusswhipped country.

But look at it this way- hitting the heartland would be the absolute worst thing a country like Iran could ever do. That's the one place where people won't weep and ask "why do they hate us?" It is the one part of the country that could cheerfully vote to nuke an entire country and then go barbeque a mess of pork steaks, boil up a pot of sweetcorn, ice down some beer, sit down and enjoy the show, and then get up the next morning to go to work, without shedding a single tear.

72 posted on 07/21/2002 12:00:37 PM PDT by piasa
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To: Diddle E. Squat
As a well known Freeper once said, "you need rest."
73 posted on 07/21/2002 12:34:43 PM PDT by Irwin Corey PhD
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To: Irwin Corey PhD
I'm not the one proposing to nuke an entire religion. How is what you suggest different from exterminating the Jews?
74 posted on 07/21/2002 12:41:04 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: piasa
Americans think only of their wallets and purses...

Thank you for the additional information. What ever the source of their money, we need to where possible stop it, or at least slow it down. It will not be easy, but it is not impossible.

I do think your statement that "Americans think only of their wallets.." is a little much. Certainly some are only concern with what it will cost them, but not all. And certainly the men and women on the front lines today who put their life on the line are not thinking only of their wallets. When the crunch comes, the American people will be willing to pay the price to put an end to these terroist thugs.

As for why they hate us, I don't care. Let them hate me as much as they want, but when they turn their hate into action and American citizens begin to die, I want them to pay a very heavy price even if it means more taxes.

75 posted on 07/21/2002 12:46:16 PM PDT by CIB-173RDABN
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To: Diddle E. Squat
You really do need rest. Take an aspirin and call me in the morning.
76 posted on 07/21/2002 12:51:49 PM PDT by Irwin Corey PhD
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To: mhking
"They wouldn't know what or where the American Heartland is if you smacked him upside the head with an ear of corn."

Oklahoma City is in the American Heartland.

They may have found that alright....

77 posted on 07/21/2002 12:52:02 PM PDT by okie01
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To: Diddle E. Squat
I'm not the one proposing to nuke an entire religion

Pray tell, how does one nuke a religion?

78 posted on 07/21/2002 12:57:38 PM PDT by Cautor
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To: Irwin Corey PhD
So you are avoiding the question. Unable to defend what you carelessly advocate?
79 posted on 07/21/2002 1:00:00 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: Gemflint
More jealous, inferiority-complex ranting from the camel-ridin' 13th century third world underacheivers.
80 posted on 07/21/2002 1:00:06 PM PDT by Allegra
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