Inside Tehran's Scheherezade strategy on nukes.
Comment: If Iran has nukes then maybe we couldn't bully them like we are doing now. That's why Bush & McCain want to invade now. Also it will drive up the price of oil for their buddies because production will get interrupted.
Comment: observer101 :'The only thing the extremist politicians have known is force..'
so true, that's why america scares me so much the last 20 years or so. God has grown so much, there is no speech without it and no disbelief in any politicians mind. Extremism and losing touch with reality is equal to American politics.
Comment: So true
Comment: Parvaz, China seems in no mood to be in a war with anyone especially since its economy is starting to take off...Not to say that they dont have underlying eurges to see use get annihalated...Russia will do what it does..Shady deals involving weapons and claim no responsibilties should they are discovered having sold them to rogue nations...Iran is desperate to acheive nuclear status and not for energy purposes...A blind man can see this..They (Iran) have been striving to arm and plant terrorists any where in the world to attack at a moments notice for years...And they have made this fact well known...Sanctions are a joke, the U.N.s letters of dissatisfaction for years on end are a joke...The only thing the extremist politicians have known is force..They use it on there own ppl, they use it to taunt other nations, and they display it like the nazis, and russians of old to intimidate...Strategic bombardments is they only way they will see that the U.S. and its allies are serious...Apparently the example of an idiot dictator saber rattling and challenging the U.S. into a war didnt teach those idiots in Iran that we wont tolerate much of the crap...But then again Iranian ideology teaches them to fight to the death no matter the enemy...Looks like they might get there wish...Id be happy to enlist and serve this country against such radical influences...Unlike the other chickensh*ts on these posts which would rather wait for someone to invade or blow up something thats dear to them....And then STILL hide and pretend nothing happened. Its not the Presidents fault that America is in the state its in today...Its the lazy, greedy, something for nothings in America that are bringing it down.
Comment: hi
as a persian i say that all this talks are bulshit as you say in your cultures
all our regim in iran is doing is playing with time and words
china and russia are behind iran and all these sanctions will not change anything
honesty,sooner and latter iran( my country) will obtained a atom bomb
but the problme is can you trust these MOLLAS????????
any one knows the answer. NO AND NO AND NO
parvaz from canada
Comment: Iran's foreign policies have worked relatively well against the USA over the last 30 years. Since Bush Jr. got into office their policies have worked well against Israel too. The sheer stupidity of isreali and american fundamentalists has led to a situation where Iran is becoming more determined to obtain a nuclear weapon even though they don't really want to have that intention. It happened to India then Pakistan, and because of agressive US and Israeli involvement in the Mid-East, it will probably happen to Iran whether or not they get bombed.
Comment: I don't trust Iran and to be completely honest I don't trust anyone in the middle east. Historically they (meaning most of the the indigenous peoples) have been around for very long time and wow imagine that they still havn't found a way to get along and exhibit tolerance of each other. I'm not saying that here in the states and of course other parts of the world have hit that nirvana button but we make honest attempts at reaching above our differences. If it wasn't for the fact that the middle east is sitting on a #%$@ load of oil the powers that be would have eliminated the mere prospect of them be anyone to even be concerned about. All the peacock dancing that they do for us means nothing, I DON"T TRUST THEM.
Comment: really now, finding a way to reach above your differences? In the short history of the Americas I believe there were some massacres, some slavery, a civil war...And the only reason that you get along now is that youre all immigrants who share the same history as a nation. There are no (except the natives...) people who can claim century-standing grudges against eachother. You are no race or tribe, you are the world combined on a fresh continent.
Comment: Iran has oil not nuclear weapons.Israel has nuclear weapons.So leave Iran out of the war,Iraq is bad enough.Just leave office and go rot somewhere.If Israel wants war with Iran let them fight it .U S soldiers should not die for Israel wants.
Comment: Did you know that if McCain is elected you will have to pay income tax on the value of the medical insurance that your employer gives you? Worse still, he is offering a tax break for people who pay their own insurance, BUT only $2,500 for individuals and $5,000 for families.
Let's say you have a family of four. Your insurance policy costs would be at least $1,500-2,500 per month under a self-pay plan, which cost more than employer group plans. So, you pay $18,000 -$30,000 per year for insurance, and you get to deduct only $5,000 of that. If you paid $25,000 for you insurance, you would be out of pocket $20,000 per year. This is FAR WORSE than the current system, where if you are self employed you can deduct 100% of you medical insurance costs.
So, if you're not self employed, you would stick with your Employer's plan. Employer plans for a family of four have a value of $900-$1,500 per month totaling 10,800-$18,000 per year. Surprise! On April 15th, you owe tax on all of that as INCOME to you. Say your bracket is 25%, and the value of your Employer medical plan is $14,000. You will OWE THE IRS an additional $3,500, and that's ON TOP of whatever monthly premium you already pay to your employer for your insurance.
Many analysts say that McCain's new rules would encourage employers to stop offering health benefits. If that happened, then far fewer Americans would be insured than are insured today, because what family of four can afford $18,000-$30,000 out of pocket per year for self-pay health insurance?
Furthermore, McCain's plan does not require insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions of people who self-pay their insurance. People under employer group plans have all of their pre-existing conditions covered. This is a hugely unfair aspect of the current system. Insurance companies can afford to cover the pre-existing conditions of the much larger pool of people with group insurance, but they refuse to pay the pre-existing conditions on the smaller pool of self-pay customers. They have been allowed to price gouge the self-pay customers, which is a form of market manipulation that should be illegal.
So let's say one of your kids had diabetes and you have high blood pressure, then your employer stops offering insurance. You now have to buy your own, but you and your child are INELIGIBLE due to pre-existing conditions. Oh, yeah, they will let you buy the insurance, but you can't use it for any pre-existing condition until you have paid on time every month for two years. And you know what happens at one year and 11 months? You get a letter saying your policy has been cancelled. I have many patients this has happened to.
McCain's plan SUCKS.
It does nothing to help middle class working Americans afford or obtain medical insurance. In fact, it makes the current system WORSE.
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Comment: whatever the action which may be come suitable by American hand against Iran nuclear program the fatal mistake the Israel association because pot anew reasons for new war against Israel for another hundred years and destroy the the moderate systems in the middle east and fired the energy of middle east - if America wants to facing must be by its self or international legal supports
Comment: Wisconsin's unique landmarks once again find themselves in the pages of the latest novel to be presented to readers of history, thrillers and religion in a work that combines all three genres into an adventurous global conspiracy.
The Epoch Point, just released on May 1 and written by Wisconsin native Spencer Zimmerman, is a fictional novel that includes historical facts, certain to intrigue history buffs who are interested in history from the local to the international level, especially as that history thrillingly plays out into what Zimmerman describes as a worldwide "conflict between God and the devil, good and evil."
According to the book's synopsis, the lead character, Robert Davis, is "a young Airman fresh out of Air Force basic training," reflective of Zimmerman's own recent service in the Air Force. "After being held captive in China, (Davis) suddenly finds himself unraveling the most immense conspiracy in history...soon uncovering hidden facts suggesting Russian and Iraqi involvement...discovering the diary of Lee Harvey Oswald...As the clues surface, an evil emerges powerful enough to rewrite the entire history of humanity...before long the conspiracy takes on a supernatural form, marked by [natural disasters] and the wrath of God...Nothing [prepares] (Davis) for the final suspenseful twist the story takes, a da Vinci style revelation that reaffirms his belief in Christ."
Comment: Zimmerman, having lived in several locations around Wisconsin, including near Lake Mills and Watertown, incorporated Wisconsin locations and history into his novel, among them a Viking cathedral on Washington Island and the events surrounding Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy. Also mentioned is a small village outside of Burlington, Wisconsin, founded by a Mormon religious leader who proclaimed himself king, the only monarchy to ever occur in the forty-eight continental states in American history. Among the other Wisconsin landmarks in The Epoch Point, and most notably, the famous national landmark Aztalan is discussed at length.
Zimmerman's discussion of Aztalan in his book in part follows what Zimmerman calls the "darker" side of Aztalan, including its cannibalism and religious practices, and the instantaneous disappearance of its thriving population. Zimmerman's writing also seeks to make connections between Aztalan's existence with that of the Minoan civilization from Ancient Greece and Zoroastrian culture of the Middle East. All three peoples had similar beliefs, worshipped fire (one of Aztalan's mounds is believed to have been the abode of an "eternal" flame) and practiced human sacrifice and cannibalism.
Zimmerman noted all of these "obscure (historical) connections," which ultimately inspired him to take the connections and formulate them into an adventurous plot. Writing his book took roughly two years.
The book's chapters are titled after the sixty-six books of the Bible, and the plot progresses as Davis reads through each chapter of the Bible, opening the Bible for the first time in chapter one of The Epoch Point. Each chapter follows a "flashback" style in structure, in which the book's characters experience revelations of historical events and experiences from 4000 B.C. to the present, which allow them to observe how those events contributed to the global conspiracy they are presently confronting. Zimmerman states that the book's events begin on New Year's Eve of 2000, and end on Christmas of 2006.
While writing novels remains at present a hobby for Zimmerman, he already has ideas for a second novel that he anticipates will follow a more scientific fiction path. The Epoch Point is currently available through Amazon.com, and Zimmerman is hoping to get copies of the book into some of Lake Mills's downtown novelty shops.
-Emily Ann Paape "The Lake Mills Leader"
Comment: With all due respect, SKD, I really doubt that President Bush was actually trying to further any kind of democratic humanitarian agenda when he invaded Iraq. He SAID that his motive was the "weapons of mass destruction" but we all know that wasn't true, and he himself knew it wasn't true long before the American people knew. When you say you want to spread democracy and ease the suffering that man inflicts upon man, I respect those values tremendously. BUT if you are going to indulge in war in the name of nation-building, then I think you should start first in the places where (1) we can actually win, set up a democracy and make a difference, (2) there is already war or civil war going on and (3) we have the support of the international community in what we do. Iraq did not qualify in any of those categories. In fact, Somalia and Darfur were much more likely spots for us to go to work. And particularly Somalia, since the civil war there was created by AlQueda in a power-grab to further the spread of radical Islam in Africa. Whatever bad things can be said of Saddam (and there are plenty), he was NOT radical Islam. He was a dictator and sometimes ruthless, but he was very progressive when it came to religion. The nut-jobs like Hammas and AlQueda were exterminated in Iraq under Saddam, who ran probably the most progressive Muslim nation in the world, albeit with an iron hand.
Honestly, I think that Bush was after the oil in Iraq. And he is such a bungler, that we didn't even get it, since the Iraqis blew up the wells and refineries. All we got was Halliburton companies (owned by Cheney) getting richer, our dollar devalued, our economy in tatters, and the National Debt increased beyond measure. This is not nation-building, this is nation destruction. Destruction of America as well as of Iraq, and a shot in the arm for the terrorists.
Bush is an idiot.
If you want more of the same, vote for McCain.
Comment: Im voting McCain!
Comment: Why did the US military cancel a news conference where they were going to display the "Iranian" weapons they found in Iraq? Because there WERE NO IRANIAN WEAPONS to display. Here are links supporting the fact that the weapons found in Iraq did not come from Iran:
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_05/013695.php
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/05/fire_next_time.html
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2008/05/iraq-the-elusiv.html
NOT TO MENTION that the Untied States itself has had a notable role in arming the insurgency. When the US dissolved the Iraqi Army, that flooded Iraq with weapons. More recently the Pentagon admitted that it had lost track of a third of the weapons distributed to Iraqi security forces in 2004-05, totaling 190,000 assault rifles and pistols that are currently on the streets of Iraq. The British paper that published this article got it's information straight from the US Government Accounting Office's public website:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/pentagon-admits-190000-weapons-missing-in-iraq-460551.html
Ask yourself, why would America want to pretend that Iran is pushing weapons in Iraq, when actually WE (the USA) has flooded Iraq's streets with weapons? Because Bush wants to declare war on Iran, and just like the fake "WMDs" in Iraq, he needs something to frighten Americans, so he comes out with this BS about Iran killing US soldiers in Iraq. He has also said that Iran is making nuclear weapons, but recent inspections have found NO EVIDENCE of nuclear weapons in Iran. JUST LIKE how repeated inspections found NO EVIDENCE of WMDs in Iraq. The reports of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN inspectors and nuclear experts at the Institute for Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) all agree that Iran DOES NOT have nuclear weapons. The IAEA report states that Iran only has "low enriched uranium, not the highly-enriched uranium necessary to produce a bomb." The ISIS reports states "It is important to note that they do not encompass the full scope of work required for a comprehensive nuclear weapons program. Missing is theoretical work on nuclear weapons, uranium metallurgy, and the development of a neutron initiator." http://www.yirmeyahureview.com/articles/2008/iaea_report_on_iran.htm#_ftn9
In case you think the idea that Bush wants to bomb Iran is reactionary, you should know that John Bolton, former US Ambassador to the UN, recently told FoxNews that he can "definitely envision Bush bombing Iran before he leaves office." By bombing Iran, Bush makes it more likely McCain will be elected. But can the US Treasury, can the US economy stand more war? Even if we could afford it, we don't have the manpower in uniform. You know what that means: draft and conscription. Vote for McCain. Watch your children come home in body bags. Watch America go into a Great Depression.
Comment: Did you know McCain has had 4 different campaign managers? McCain just can't get it right. He keeps changing managers, as if it is their fault that he can not succeed. Fact is, McCain is NOT a good candidate.
After his first run at the Presidency when he got swift boated by Bush, his manager John Weaver got McCain to play "Maverick" and cross party lines to become a NeoLiberal. McCain almost changed parties and became a Democrat and Kerry's running mate, but at the 11th hour he switched horses again and hired Terry Nelson to manage him. Nelson is a strong GOP establishmentarianist, and got McCain to throw himself behind Bush, with promises of the GOP giving him the 2008 nomination. But Nelson didn't last, because the strategy failed. The right wing was suspicious of McCain because McCain voted against abortion, for gay rights and for gun control during his "maverick" phase. They didn't know if they could trust him. Also, Nelson spent money hand over fist, nearly bankrupting McCain's campaign. So he replaced him with Rick Davis, who was at the helm for the past year. Davis is a fiscal conservative, made McCain sell that expensive big bus, and made McCain mind his manners and act polite in public. But now, Davis has been fired too. Why? Because McCain is getting desperate, and the gloves are coming off. His new manager is Steve Schmidt, a Rove disciple and former Rove employee. McCain has also hired Nicole Wallace and Greg Jenkins to head his "Communications Team." Nic and Greg are also former Rove employees, masters of the art of swift boat smear campaigns. McCain going to let the Rove bulldogs off the leash. Look out, America, this is going to get ugly.
My prediction: the 20% of America that is made up of ignorant jingoists will be cheering to see Rove's bloody tactics. But you know what? They were all going to vote for McCain anyway. The rest of America will be so disgusted by the hatchet work of the NeoCons that they will vote AGAINST McCain.
The "last resort" tactic of the GOP to win this election will be to bomb Iran, starting another war. Mark my words, if McCain is not doing well in September, Bush will bomb Iran. He is already setting the stage for this, by saying that Iran has nuclear weapons, even though inspections by the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency have both found NO EVIDENCE of nuclear weapons. REMIND YOU OF ANYTHING? It's the fake "weapons of mass destruction" all over again.
Did you know that on June 26, Bush, very quietly, declared a state of National Emergency? During a National Emergency the President can DECLARE WAR without waiting for the approval of Congress.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/06/20080626-4.html
It is going to be a very bumpy ride, America, so hold on, and DON'T LET BUSH AND ROVE STEAL ANOTHER ELECTION. I wouldn't mind so much if they were good for the economy, but let's face it, they are destroying America.
Comment: A nuclear Iran may bring peace to the world by bringing balance to the Middle East. With American tax Dollars and support Israel has no rival and no interest in peace. Israel would eliminate anyone close to a peace agreement including their own Isaac Robin. The Israeli controlled media and lobbing has indoctrinated the American mindset to a religious ideology and has engaged America in a holy war for a holy land for chosen people, while the American soldiers are exhausted fighting a proxy war on different fronts for Zionist ideology. May this Fourth of July be our independence from Israel.
Comment: OUR BELOVED ISRAEL WILL COME THROUGH AND SWAT THE FLY CALLED THE IRANIAN PRESIDENT AND WHILE THEY ARE THERE THAY WILL TAKE OUT THE NUCLEAR PROSPECTS OF IRAN GOD YOU GOTTA LOVE THOSE ISRAELI PEOPLE AND GOVERMENT THEY DON'T HAVE THE NAY SAYING LIBERAL CLOWNS THAT WE DO
IF OBAMA GETS IN THATS WHERE ME AND MY FAMILY WILL GO AND STAY UNTIL HE'S OUT OF OFFICE WHICH I PREDICT WILL BE SOON AFTER HE GETS IN !
Comment: Why wait? Leave now.
Comment: That's pretty derogatory.
Israel has committed horrendous human rights violations of its own against the Palestinians; do you just absolve the state of all blame it has for expelling half a million people from land they lived on for millenia and denying basic human necessities like medicine to those who remain?
I'm not sure many would miss you in Israel if you'd gladly drag 250 million Americans into a war not of their own making simply to protect your own people from consequences that they themselves need to be taking responsibility for. Israel's record in the Middle East is as filled with atrocities as any state there...there's not likely to be a lasting peace in the region until they start taking responsibility for them.
Comment: The so-called ''Palestinians''have committed horrendous human righhts violations against not only Israelis[as finally observed by the usually partisan AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL],but against their own people. You forget Vigil,that those allied with peace with the Palestinians among the Jews are tolerated. Indeed,several of them appeared before CSPAN in Washington only a few months ago pleading for a dialogue between the two sides. In Gaza,.any Palestinian to reach towards such a solution is shot to death.[hence,the long-past time for Human Rights Watch and AMNESTY to lodge complaint]. Who is really reaching towards ''peace''here?[And who uses CAT 966-D bucket loaders to go on deliberate rampages against innocent Jews at the very moment that are trying to reach an accord with the Syrians regarding the West Bank] for the first time in over three decades]?
Jesus Wept. . You people would tell the Jews to pack up and head for Siberia just to save your murderous,cutthroat,criminal,greedy,racist,homophobe,sexist,thieving,Palis. Why don't YOU Move To Gaza,since,after the rest of the region is Jew-free[heh. Where we heard THIS before]?,you and all of your Tinseltown pals,assorted American campus leftists,and ''human rights ''cronies can create a new Co-Palestinian Prosperity Sphere? Good luck. You will damned sure need it.[especially if you are a woman,a gay,a Christian....]
Comment: BOTH Israel and Palestine are at fault, and until they both admit it, no progress will be made.
As to your argument that "Tinseltown types" want to liberate Palestine, I have never heard anything so absurd. Are you not aware that most of Hollywood is Jewish? DUH.
Also, I find it beyond ironic when right-wingers like you stand up for gays and women. You know perfectly well that you personally AGREE with the Muslims when it comes to killing gays and oppressing women. You are such a huge hypocrite. Just like Holy Roller, who is talking up Larry Sinclair, a flaming skirt -wearing gay, just because Sinclair is trying to smear Obama. Normally, Holy Roller would use Sinclair as an example of leftist evil, but now, he thinks Sinclair is wonderful, despite the fact that Sinclair is a committed felon with outstanding warrants.
You guys have no moral compass.
Nevertheless, Lee, I think that you are an intelligent person with good things to contribute to this forum. Even though I don't agree with you, it is wonderful that you are here.
Comment: Nins:Neither do the Palestinians. I do not see Sinclair bulldozing through American communities killing innocents. Your assertion that I ''agree''with the Islamic murder of gays and women is hysterical,obscene,and beneath contempt,worthy of a lowly provacateur. Do not speak to me of ''hypocrisy''regarding these issues.Further,I was unaware that Gwynth Paltrow,Danny Glover,Susan Sarandon,Tim Robbins,George Clooney,Vanessa Redgrave,[who voiced her support of the PLO at the Academy Awards], Janene Garafalo,Martin Sheen,James Cromwell,Rob Reiner,or Ed Asner were denizens of anywhere but Tinseltown.
Comment:
Nins,
No progress will ever be made in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute anyway.
The biggest sticking point of all... is the Palestinian demand of the right to return to what is now Israel proper. Even though everyone thinks about Jerusalem, Israeli settlements in the West Bank, Palestinian rocket attacks from Gaza, etc. the right of return trumps them all!
Both sides know that Israel will never agree to this (don't blame them by the way) and so it is not going to get solved.
Comment: Don, the key here is to prevent Iran from ever aqcuiring nuclear weapons. This threat is real! Iraq was a miscalculation, and a huge blunder this administration will be remembered for. Historians will have a field day with Bush 43. The unfortunate fact is this current administration knew of the Iranian threat long before it chose to attack Iraq. It is also unfortunate now that no one in our country is interested in taking out a real threat to the west and our own national security. But as I mention in an earlier entry, the day of reckoning is fast approaching. Israel will not sit idly by and wait for the Iranians to acquire a nuclear weapon. The day is fast approaching. Oh, and it isn't months or the end of this year. I'd say it is more like days. You must also understand this, too, is political. Israel knows that an Obama win this November would mean trouble for them. 7/11
Comment:
Your comments are foolish.
Israel is not going to attack Iran just to keep Obama out of the White House. That is absurd.
The Iranian nuclear program is dispersed among more than a dozen sites, and all of them are strike-hardened. Even the U.S. would have a hard time trying to take out that capability.
Keep dreaming. It is not going to happen anytime soon!
Comment: It's no trouble not of their own making. Israel still offers no explanation or apology for the Palestinian exodus of more than half a million people, and ignores its own human rights violations while crying for war against their enemies for the same.
Our policies with Israel have been those of mutual manipulation rather than actual alliance. As far as I'm concerned, we badly need to disentangle with the country; we've needed to ever since Shimon Peres was sadly assassinated by a Jewish hardliner with no more morals than the Islamic jihadists you seem to hate so badly. I'm not saying there's not a moderate side of Israel I think is wonderful, but the way I see it, Israeli hardlliners have just as much chance of setting the world on fire as their enemies do.
Comment: Iran is similar to that bees nest right outside your front door. You walk bye and they get agitated flying around meanwhile you swat at them.Eventually you have to take the ol raid out from your cabinet and spary the nest just so they stop harassing you when you walk into your door.
Comment: ...if we invade Iran we're looking at $10/gallon gas or higher as a pitched battle ensues for the Straits of Hormuz and its oilways, effectively blocking supertanker traffic, and as the dollar plunges internationally against oil that will shoot up from the $140/barrel it's already at. Many of our major businesses are already seriously ailing due to the fuel and credit crises. FedEx and other shipping companies are in trouble due to gasoline costs, American automakers are struggling with product lines built for cheap oil and a slump in demand caused by the same gas costs, and food prices are inching higher due to our increasing reliance on biofuels (which needs to be dealt with anyway, because if bad weather can wipe out the fuel supply, that's a nightmare).
That seems like an awful lot of serious disaster to come out of your "the ol raid from your cabinet" analogy. I've never sprayed a bug and watched my house burn down and my car blow up as a result.
Comment: Patience... Israel will deal with the Persians soon... Pres Tom of Iran will be checkmated alright. His genocidal tendencies will be destroyed.... Persia must not be allowed to rise from its ashes..
Comment: Do you acrually know anything? What substances are you impaired by?
Comment: Patience... Israel will deal with the Persians soon... Pres Tom of Iran will be checkmated alright. His genocidal tendencies will be destroyed.... Persia must not be allowed to rise from its ashes..
Comment: "Too often Iran is depicted as a monolithic terror state hell bent on a bomb when in fact it has a history of mostly careful, reasonable behavior."
Gee, if Hirsch would only give our own country as much credit.
Comment: No dice. Hirsh is to the left of Che,with this article involving mostly wishful thinking. I find it curious that leftwingers who whine over the state of nuclear powers in the world are quite ready to accept another one,as if more nukes would bring more peace. Hirsh is also hedging. From his 2007 article in utter acceptance of the now-dangerously flawed NIE[which even had Democrats pounding on Mike McConnell the other day at a congressional hearing regarding this very paper],he now adopts a more unsure approach,yet ready to take the Mullahs and their smooth-talking Saville Row-suited cronies at their word.
Comment: This is a great article because it demonstrates just how good Iran is at manipulation and covert war fare. The West is always finding itself playing are reactive game of catch up to Iran. The game of chess was invented by the Pursians and they are masters at the game. This whole current situation between Iran and the West regarding neuclear technology and atomic bombs is being played by the Iranians like chess masters and the west, especially Bush, is playing the same old checkers game. Iran is just a few moves from declaring CHECKMATE, and the west doesn't have a clue, except for Isrial. If anyone thinks that Iran is difficult to deal with now, just waite until they have several neuclear bomb. Currently they are the world's leaders of state supported terror, with several bombs to give to its proxy bullly terrorist groups in the Middle East, Isrial and the rest of the world will really have a terrorist threat to contend with. These religious extremists running Iran will just feel so empowered that they will not hesitate to blow up several million people to just get some attention. I say, strike them first and hit them hard, even if it means using atomic bombs. Show them that the game that they are playing is a serious one . They need to experience the effects of atomic bombs first hand to realize just how much damage and pain they can cause. Japan certainly learned the lesson quickly and stoped all war fare. It ended World War II. If Iran is not stoped soon, they may well be the cause of World War III.
Comment: R Lawrence, this is a game of cat and mouse and the U.S. with this administration is hell bent of attacking Iran. Do youself and favore so you can know the truth of this administrations foreign policy. Look up the "Wolfowitz Doctine" written by Pauk Wolfowitz from 1988 - 1991 before the first gulf war. Afghanistan was first, next Iraq, then Iran and Syria. This is what is happening right now. Iran is next. Go to Google and look it up yourself. This counrty would smash Iran and so would Isreal if Iran attacked either country. 150 nukes in the Israel's arsonal, this is just a game of power and oil. Wolfowitz Doctine!!
Comment: Nins, nice speech. If America is being destroyed, it is because of laziness and complaceny among the people. Not enough people vote or become active in politics to make changes or keep corrupt politicians out of office. But, everyone sure voices their opinion on how horrible our country is right now!!
America is to blame for America's problems, not one President or one Congress. If people are unhappy, they should get off their butts and do something to change things!! That won't happen, though. People would rather just complain and remain politically lazy.
Comment: Why did the US military cancel a news conference where they were going to display the "Iranian" weapons they found in Iraq? Because there WERE NO IRANIAN WEAPONS to display. Here are links supporting the fact that the weapons found in Iraq did not come from Iran:
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_05/013695.php
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/05/fire_next_time.html
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2008/05/iraq-the-elusiv.html
NOT TO MENTION that the Untied States itself has had a notable role in arming the insurgency. When the US dissolved the Iraqi Army, that flooded Iraq with weapons. More recently the Pentagon admitted that it had lost track of a third of the weapons distributed to Iraqi security forces in 2004-05, totaling 190,000 assault rifles and pistols that are currently on the streets of Iraq. The British paper that published this article got it's information straight from the US Government Accounting Office's public website:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/pentagon-admits-190000-weapons-missing-in-iraq-460551.html
Ask yourself, why would America want to pretend that Iran is pushing weapons in Iraq, when actually WE (the USA) has flooded Iraq's streets with weapons? Because Bush wants to declare war on Iran, and just like the fake "WMDs" in Iraq, he needs something to frighten Americans, so he comes out with this BS about Iran killing US soldiers in Iraq. He has also said that Iran is making nuclear weapons, but recent inspections have found NO EVIDENCE of nuclear weapons in Iran. JUST LIKE how repeated inspections found NO EVIDENCE of WMDs in Iraq. The reports of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN inspectors and nuclear experts at the Institute for Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) all agree that Iran DOES NOT have nuclear weapons. The IAEA report states that Iran only has "low enriched uranium, not the highly-enriched uranium necessary to produce a bomb." The ISIS reports states "It is important to note that they do not encompass the full scope of work required for a comprehensive nuclear weapons program. Missing is theoretical work on nuclear weapons, uranium metallurgy, and the development of a neutron initiator." http://www.yirmeyahureview.com/articles/2008/iaea_report_on_iran.htm#_ftn9
In case you think the idea that Bush wants to bomb Iran is reactionary, you should know that John Bolton, former US Ambassador to the UN, recently told FoxNews that he can "definitely envision Bush bombing Iran before he leaves office." By bombing Iran, Bush makes it more likely McCain will be elected. But can the US Treasury, can the US economy stand more war? Even if we could afford it, we don't have the manpower in uniform. You know what that means: draft and conscription. Vote for McCain. Watch your children come home in body bags. Watch America go into a Great Depression.
Comment: HERE ARE SOME LINKS WITH PICTURES OF THE IRANIAN WEAPONS THAT ARE BEING USED TO KILL OUR BELOVED TROOPS THIS SHOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR YA UNLESS YOU NEED TO SEE THAT IRANIAN PRESIDENT HANDING THEM OUT !!!!www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17097658
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/11/iraq/main2458318.shtml http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2007/02/12/iran-weapon-cp-163504.jpg http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/02/12/iran-us.html
Comment: We support two different terrorist groups operating in Iran --thousands of miles from our country --MKO and PEJAK.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/military-action-would-destabilise-iraq-860509.html
Iran probably does give weapons to Shia groups with which it is affiliated in Iraq, who are next door, and with whose government it appears to have VERY amicable relations.
Giving NGO-type organizations is clearly undesirable. Leavink aside our own murky moral position, two questions, which I doubt that you personally are well informed enough or rational enough to answer:
1. Where will we get the troops to attack Iran? How will we pay for it? Or is this more war by IOU while the dollar flishes down the toilet? Will you personally accept a 20% surcharge on your income tax to pay for it?
2. How will we pay for anything when the Strait is closed, oil passes $10 a barrel, and we are in a DEpression, not a recession?
Comment: WillNotVote posts several links to refute my blog. The trouble is, the links are all a year and a half old. More importantly, all of his links actually say that there is no evidence that the weapons in question came from Iran. Here are the real facts about WillNotVote's links:
This article from CBS News shows a picture of some speaker wire connected to an American-made Rayovac smoke detector battery. Is that a weapon? Also mentioned in the article were "some lengths of pipe" that were not pictured. When the media pressed for more evidence that these items on display came from Iran, the US military official said "We know more than we can show." Here's WillNot's link: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/11/iraq/main2458318.shtml
In the MSNBC article, it discusses the controversy surrounding the authenticity of the weapons being from Iran. "Skeptical Congressmen said the Bush administration should move cautiously before accusing Iran of fomenting a campaign of violence against US troops in Iraq. Senate Intelligence Committee member Senator Ron Wyden said "The adminstration is engaged in a drumbeat with Iran that is much like the drumbeat they did with Iraq. We're going to insist on accountability."" This article also states that when pressed for tangible evidence that the weapons were in fact made in Iran, the military officials said "We know more than we can show."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17097658/page/2/
The other two links are to CBC, a Canadian news agency. Here's a quote from that article "Such accusations cannot be relied upon or be presented as evidence. The United States has a long history in fabricating evidence. These charges are unacceptable." http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/02/12/iran-us.html
WillNotVote posts these links as if they prove that my blog is wrong, when in fact ALL of his links only show exactly what I am talking about, that there is NO PROOF for the US allegations that Iran is giving weapons to Iraqi insurgents. WillNot's OWN links say the opposite of what he pretends that they say. He is hoping that people will believe him without bothering to actually read the articles.
Comment: Will Not, all of these links are from February 2007, a year and a half ago. My blog is about what is happening NOW.
Comment: Did you know McCain has had 4 different campaign managers? McCain just can't get it right. He keeps changing managers, as if it is their fault that he can not succeed. Fact is, McCain is NOT a good candidate.
After his first run at the Presidency when he got swift boated by Bush, his manager John Weaver got McCain to play "Maverick" and cross party lines to become a NeoLiberal. McCain almost changed parties and became a Democrat and Kerry's running mate, but at the 11th hour he switched horses again and hired Terry Nelson to manage him. Nelson is a strong GOP establishmentarianist, and got McCain to throw himself behind Bush, with promises of the GOP giving him the 2008 nomination. But Nelson didn't last, because the strategy failed. The right wing was suspicious of McCain because McCain voted against abortion, for gay rights and for gun control during his "maverick" phase. They didn't know if they could trust him. Also, Nelson spent money hand over fist, nearly bankrupting McCain's campaign. So he replaced him with Rick Davis, who was at the helm for the past year. Davis is a fiscal conservative, made McCain sell that expensive big bus, and made McCain mind his manners and act polite in public. But now, Davis has been fired too. Why? Because McCain is getting desperate, and the gloves are coming off. His new manager is Steve Schmidt, a Rove disciple and former Rove employee. McCain has also hired Nicole Wallace and Greg Jenkins to head his "Communications Team." Nic and Greg are also former Rove employees, masters of the art of swift boat smear campaigns. McCain going to let the Rove bulldogs off the leash. Look out, America, this is going to get ugly.
My prediction: the 20% of America that is made up of ignorant jingoists will be cheering to see Rove's bloody tactics. But you know what? They were all going to vote for McCain anyway. The rest of America will be so disgusted by the hatchet work of the NeoCons that they will vote AGAINST McCain.
The "last resort" tactic of the GOP to win this election will be to bomb Iran, starting another war. Mark my words, if McCain is not doing well in September, Bush will bomb Iran. He is already setting the stage for this, by saying that Iran has nuclear weapons, even thought inspections by the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency have both found NO EVIDENCE of nuclear weapons. REMIND YOU OF ANYTHING? It's the fake "weapons of mass destruction" all over again.
Did you know that on June 26, Bush, very quietly, declared a state of National Emergency? During a National Emergency the President can DECLARE WAR without waiting for the approval of Congress.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/06/20080626-4.html
It is going to be a very bumpy ride, America, so hold on, and DON'T LET BUSH AND ROVE STEAL ANOTHER ELECTION. I wouldn't mind so much if they were good for the economy, but let's face it, they are destroying America.
Comment: Um, that's for North Korea, not Iran. And do you know how many National Emergency states we're in right now? Some of them are from the Clinton era, like this one for Cuba:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/02/20010227-1.html
Or the National Emergency with Respect to Significant Narcotics Traffickers Centered in Colombia:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/10/20071018-7.html
Or this one is for Zimbabwe, should we be worried about war with them next?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/03/20080304-6.html
The reason it's been so quiet is that it's not that big of a deal. But if you want to use the fear tatics, go ahead.
Fear: It's not just for right-wing Republicans anymore.
Comment: The pint, Stars, is that the President can, and does, declare a "State of National Emergency" and that emergency can be used as an excuse to declare war without the approval of Congress. The link I gave is to a "National Emergency" proclamation that was in reference to the nuclear capacity in North Korea. Oddly enough, the day that Bush declared the "Emergency" he also gave a speech about normalizing relations with North Korea. Clearly, he is talking out of both sides of his mouth.
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