IRAQ

‘Big Country…Big Problems’

The U.S. is wrongly accusing Iran of arming militant groups in Basra, says Tehran's top diplomat in the southern Iraqi city

By Babak Dehghanpisheh | Newsweek Web Exclusive
Jul 4, 2008 | Updated: 10:57  a.m. ET Jul 4, 2008

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  • Posted By: Sultan Ahmed @ 07/17/2008 1:24:35 PM

    No power on the earth,
    can defeat the nation,
    who has soliderity and harmony,
    among them.

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  • Posted By: Sultan Ahmed @ 07/13/2008 9:12:10 AM

    The secracy has been opened to all
    there is
    nothing remained hidden,
    from the world eyes.


    Skies has welcomed shahab 13,there are more dengrous,
    as made before,
    it is for defence they are saying,
    but reaction is more high,
    what is saying RICE ,
    allies would be defended,we know how to provide safety to them.

    I am ready to admitt that,
    Iran is creading war situation in the region,
    wrong absolutely wrong he is not doing do,
    self-defence meausures are being made
    because confidence building meaures has colapsed.

    There is some wait in the arguements,
    advanced by Iranian side,
    as awhole mankind has seen ,what happened with Iraq and Afghanistan

  • Posted By: observer101 @ 07/11/2008 11:40:47 AM

    Tian: A strong military does matter and has throughout history been a part of who does and does not win wars...Our military is prepared for for large scale wars, which will happen sooner or later. And the way China flaunts it military might looks like their not thinking of scaling down the military dept anytime soon..Smaller scale wars with insurgent gorillas, that hide amongst the civilian population has been a problem for all nations to fight, including your Mighty Russians...China would just arrest but mainly execute there own to weed out "possible" insurgency whether ppl are innocent or not..China and Russia use the SCARE tactics ( not even tactics, they make do on the threats)to keep the population in line. Preaching how great China is from a free society stand point just makes you look silly...No freedom of speech, no real press, limited human rights...Yup I want to be a chinese national...Not really..But I love the foods.

  • Posted By: Tian Qingyou @ 07/11/2008 3:38:22 AM

    If every country respects one another and if every value or religion respects each other, nothing cannot be resolved easily and the world will become more promising. It seems US and UK's excuses of not allowing Iran's possession of nuclear arms is so bleak and not convincing at all. I am not defending for Iran for what I have said but judging things from the perspective of western values. No wonder the saying of western double standards enjoys so much market for US and UK treat themselves with one standard and others with another one. Enough is enough. The point is that strong military might can bluff no one now and can't even set one country like Iraq since the world has undergone a complete change since the WW2 with so many countries possessing nuclear arms and technology and nuclear being no longer a secret and nuclear bluffing out-dated. The war of Iraq as well as the foreseeable one of Iran is not without the shadows of western media that tend to make sensational stories whether true or not as long as they may make money by attracting more readers or viewers regardless of professional ethics just as what they did about Tibet not long ago. The hooting there is unforgettable for the Chinese who are working hard for the success of holding the Beijing Olympic Games. The western media played the role of clown gloating over the sabotage of pro-Tibetan separatists while intending to incite more to boycott the Games, which turns out to be a failure unfortunately. The western media may play the role of bringing about another war against Iran by demonizing it and making it an immediate danger. They have the ability of infinite magnifying a trivial and make it true to believe. Now I've got to say' give me a break'.

  • Posted By: Tian Qingyou @ 07/11/2008 3:37:51 AM

    I would think sometimes the world will become more peaceful if every country has nuclear arms for no one fears the other for having it and everyone is afraid of one another for every one's owing it therefore no one dares to resort to it. Although I don't approve the idea that Iran should have nuclear arms, I cannot understand why Iran cannot have it since the west preaches equality and democracy. Iran is as same as the US and UK being a country, why isn't Iran allowed to have it while US and UK are allowed with no rations? Is that the countries are divided into first class and second class. This is quite against the the western theory of democracy and equality that should be true everywhere and in every country. That comes my understanding that the western democracy and equality are nothing but rubbish and an instrument against anyone that doesn't share with their values. In the name of democracy the west represented by US and UK imposes authoritarian democracy upon the world. To counter this, the world just as Iran's doing however preparing itself with nuclear arms against any imposition with the western garbage value upon its Islamic belief is nevertheless not without any reason.

  • Posted By: Tian Qingyou @ 07/11/2008 3:36:24 AM

    Stupid Americans struck the balance in the Gulf by invading Iraq, the enemy of Iran. Now we can see the outcome of the reckless decision that has trapped US fast on one side while being menaced on the other by Iran with no strength to counter. Even US, the most advanced country with the most advanced weapons,we can see, is hardly able to address the issue of Iraq, only one country much less Iran, one more country. Haven't the foolish Americans realised that whatever Americans say hardly count anything now? No people more stupid than Cheney and Rumsfeld that have ruined the US. Should Americans let those two thugs go unpunished there would be more brainless idiots plus goons taking offices of vice-president and secretary of defence. All in all, we can see US with its strong military might can solve nothing but feed those idiots dying for blood. The best way for US is to cancel the Department of Defence and cast away all its weapons and put itself under the Chinese umbrella or Russian umbrella for protection. This is the solution once for all. Blair is nevertheless another fool that endangered Britain by sending troops to Iraq the people of which will eventually revenge themselves, I am afraid. I just wonder if Iran will make a difference by having nuclear arms.

  • Posted By: Sultan Ahmed @ 07/10/2008 8:45:18 AM

    Conflict,
    moving toward flesh point.
    whiich is at distance coming to end fastly between 5+1 and Iran.


    Respond,received by 5+1,
    considered not confidence measure building,
    it make more tention,more angr,

    Iranian stance,it is not ready to compromise on its nuclear programm,
    inspite of signatory of the agreement ,non prolifration treaty,
    but it is saying,agreement don's not bar eriching uranium in generating electricity,
    for domestic purposes.


    Not acceptable,5+1 saying not acceptable,
    in fact,according them,uranium is being enriched for manufacturing nuclear weapons,
    targeting Israel especially,
    and israel is close ally of the united states.

    Incentive,
    presented by united states and its other allies,
    has been absolutelt rejected,
    Iranian described the incentives as ''cherity and bribe;


    Stage is set for destructive war,
    united nations,perhaps playing a role ,
    to some extent,
    really failed to stop them really failed bring the parties ,
    to the negotiable table,
    also failed to satified by the power of discussion,
    resignation from the post,
    as said the director general of IAEA is not solution of this solution.

    All the islamic ststes ,
    should stand and played a historical role ,
    stoping the expected war ,which take the Middle East ,Israel including united states to end..

    • Posted By: observer101 @ 07/10/2008 5:30:28 PM

      Ahmedinajhad will get the history he wants so badly...To start a war with a Superpower and become the martyr who started WW3....I for one will fight against his fanatical beliefs.

  • Posted By: getzel @ 07/07/2008 9:08:27 PM

    War ends We win: when we pass a law that makes the minimum price of gasoline at the pumps: $1.75/gallon.

    The ethanol investors do not build ethanol distilleries because monopoly OPEC would lower the price of crude/gasoline to rust out the billion dollar/million barrel a day ethanol stills.

    Brazil is energy independent: ethanol; All their cars come built running on ethanol; The gas station fills the tanks with ethanol, no gasoline.

    Archer Daniel Midland made millions in the USA selling $1.00 gallon ethanol in the 1990s;

    That trumps any canard/invalid objection to ethanol. Use Cellulose ethanol, not corn ethanol.

    Cellulose Ethanol energy independence in the USA, will balance the trade deficit, create full employment, bring down the price of fuel, break the monopoly on the pricing of fuel, balance the USA government budget, create less pollution, make the USA energy independent, and end the war because we will stop funding the bad guys everyday at the gas pumps.

    2. Sharia people are at war with The West because Arabs, Persians, & Sharia people believe Islam can not survive against a free market, free speech, republic with: womens rights & no honor killing: murdering women is legal in Sharia.

    Arab, if only Israel: is only an excuse, propaganda, for Islamic terror; as we see that wherever the Mohammedans bump against another culture the Mohammedans say the same thing they say about Israel. In India: same thing, in Kosovo: same thing, In Israel: same thing. In Darfur: same thing. In Thailand: same thing, the Philippines: same thing. Wherever the Moslems are contiguous with another people: The Moslems say the same thing they say about Israel: If only: Sharia and no freedom of speech to criticize Islam.




    international law, has defined a set of war rule parameters that guarantee no war can be won by good guys and that guarantee nice long lasting wars with lots of weapons sales.

    Generals: Patton. Eisenhower, Marshall , Sherman et al would all be war criminals under international law and Europe would be under Hitler; the American civil war would not be over if fought under the current rules; which, intentionally or unintentionally, are designed for a hundred year terror war.

    Cut off terrorist infested countries/areas: no phones, no lights, no motorcars not a single luxury. No food, no water, no ships/airplanes in and out, no trucks cross their borders; nothing till they give up the terrorism. Better the terrorist should die right there than have a war where the world is terrorized for 100 years.

    The leadership that sponsors these terrorist suicide murders are the Heads of state in Tehran, Riyadh, and Damascus. Get rid of these sponsors and the rest will crawl back under A-RAQ.

    If we got Hitler and Hirohito and their top staff, the war would have ended then.
    .

    Intelligence analyst: Getzel

    • Posted By: observer101 @ 07/08/2008 11:24:05 AM

      Your posts provide no new insight into anything...Just the same cut and paste crap...as soon as I see its your comment on the top i just skip and go to the next, as I am sure everyone dose now.

      • Posted By: getzel @ 07/08/2008 10:06:20 PM

        That is because you are dumb as dirt

        • Posted By: observer101 @ 07/09/2008 10:07:08 AM

          Im assuming you wasted time testing dirts intelligence? Silly unintelligent Anal ist.

  • Posted By: observer101 @ 07/07/2008 12:37:20 PM

    Stupid describes most on this post that suggest Iran is to stupid to make or possess nuke weapons...Let alone ignorantly think Iran couldnt hide it..Syria manages to build a nuke plant under the all knowing IAEAs nose and Israel is the only ones with the balls enough to find it and take it out, not to mention take out Saddams nuke ambitions...Hopefully they will take out that suicidal Irans nuke facilities in due time...Despite Israels downsides THEY wont take rogue regimes threats lightly and they definately wont let the world tell them how they can or cant defend themselves. Hopefully they will take out the site, then have an all out war with those ignorant clowns in the WestBank and Gaza...Enough of these little skirmishes just across the border..Im sure once the militants see serious artillery coming toward them they will know the game is on. And war is war...If the militants want to hide in the neighborhoods with innocents then they bring death to there own ...Accept nothing but complete withdrawl and disbanding of the thugs....All they understand is war anyway..give it to them...Besides all they (thugs)ever do is lob rockets in Israels towns during "peace" arrangements, goes to show they really have no interest in peace.

    • Posted By: getzel @ 07/07/2008 9:07:29 PM

      Stupid describes self-observer101

      • Posted By: observer101 @ 07/08/2008 11:21:52 AM

        Be sure to repeat that ten times getz the little parrot.

  • Posted By: getzel @ 07/07/2008 9:07:58 PM

    Terrorist &/or Islamis are at war with The West because terrorist believe Islam can not survive against a free market, free speech to criticize Islam, representative Republic. Yes, terrorist believe Islam is doomed to the trash heap unless freedom to criticize Islam and democracy are eliminated. That is why they send suicide murderers and attack the West. Propaganda, the big lie???

    ..if only Israel???is only an excuse, propaganda, for Islamic terror; as we see that wherever the Moslem terrorist bump against another culture they say the same thing they say about Israel. In India: same thing in Kosovo: same thing In Israel: same thing. In Darfur: same thing. In Thailand: same thing, the Philippines: same thing. Wherever the Moslem terrorist are contiguous with another people: They say the same thing they say about Israel: If only???Sharia???and no freedom of speech to criticize Islam???

    there is no such thing as "moderate Islam".... As Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan said the other day, and I quote, "There is no moderate or immoderate Islam. Islam is Islam and that's it".... Islam is in pursuit of dominance. It wishes to exact its imperialist agenda by force on a worldwide scale (8:39).

    Intelligence analyst: Getzel

    If The government operating out of Moscow was the Iron Curtain; Saudi Arabia is a hermetically sealed steel trap: WHERE IS THE PRESS!?

    The idea that Islamis are now: I am Ok and you are OK and if we just talk I am sure we can be good friends; and if westerners want to criticize and make fun of Islam that is OK. To write that Islam has moderated because he found a few people who say one thing in English; & no doubt have a completely different tune in their native language, is beyond irresponsible, & may be treasonous.

    The Islamis say openly that they use this type activity as a ruse to lull pacifist into encouraging pacification.

  • Posted By: Sultan Ahmed @ 07/07/2008 7:10:20 PM

    See incentive,
    highly remarkable,
    they want to stand Iran,
    on its on foots.

    But Iam very afraid,
    Iran insisting and putting other some conditions,

    Attractive incentive ,
    once gain has recenly been described as a BRIBE,
    its insisting continuty in the process is still stand,
    there is no change in its stsandpoint.

    One appeare a new,
    can be say it a rays in the darkness,
    I am afraid Iran is ready to have negotiationh,
    on its disputed neclear programm,
    but with condition,
    that is not a complicated one,
    its is too easy can be accepte easly.

    But so sorry that
    being delibrately ignored by 5+1,
    saying first stope uranium enrichement.

    The world people have political sense ,
    are afraide but having smile on their faces,
    because they know Iran can not make bomb with few days,
    and condition as has put for starting talke ,
    is hurdle delibrately so that justification can be made for striking.


    The experts ,
    having unique experience in this regard,
    saying Iran this time have not in position to make nuclear weapons,
    it take huge time for this purposes,
    huge time approximately 8 to 9,years.

    Now the question is that,
    how much time will be used on negotitions,
    3days?
    7 days?
    weeks?
    monthes?
    how much?
    let it do,reservations in this regards has no value,
    and there is answer of this question.

    Thae fact is that,
    red signale was exposed to Israel,
    resulting air excersize has begun,
    countdown has begun also.

    It is clear that ,
    United states and 5+1 wante to have third war,
    in the region,
    which would ended on millions deathes.

    God Bless All.

    • Posted By: getzel @ 07/07/2008 9:06:10 PM

      Such pleasant psychbabble!

      Intelligence analyst: Getzel

  • Posted By: Sultan Ahmed @ 07/05/2008 10:33:37 AM

    It is rightly to say that,
    U.S. is wrongly blaming Iran of providing arms to insurgents in Basra,
    no doubt,baseless allegations has been levelled against Iran.
    The charges which has no footings.


    legitimacy,the state department in search of legitimacy so that it may extend conflict to war with Iran.
    The whole world know its real and hidden desire,notwith standing the fact that there is no circumstantial evidence which can be produced for proving Iranian involvement in the unrest created since the American invasion.
    No arms recovered by poput iraqi government or U.S army oprating inside Basra.


    Some times ago,
    three Iranian were arrested by Iraqi police alleging they were supplier of arms to opposition groups but subsequently proved wrong and inspite of their innocence they were kept in custody and subjected to third method.


    On the other hand,
    Iranian coastgaurd arrested americans voilating sea area comes under Iranian control.
    They were kept in Iran just like guests,they were served properly and thereafter released honourably including a young woman no coersive method was employed .
    Vide their statements published by world media .they made no charge during the captivity in Iran.

    It is an admitted fact,
    millitants use arms but not made of Iran,there is no evidence in this connection.
    Millitants have their own technology of manufacturing explosive jacket and belt commonly used in attackes,secret agencies ,s report are open evidence in this regard.


    See all the statements issued by american authority,
    see all the activities being made on behalf of americans,
    from secretary to the war president,
    you come to the definite conclusion that state depart has serious desire to strike Iran but they forget it is not too easy as saying director general of IAEA the whole Middle East may converted into FIREBALL..


    Iranian foriegn minister has recently recognised that Iran is signatory of the agreement tiltled
    (CTBT) Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty,
    Iran is not violating the agreement social atomic technologhy its right granted by the said agreement.

    According to the experts and experienced figures,in case Iran want to make bomb, it will take long time at least 8 to 9 years inspite of it american cry has become a fresh news of every day.


    Iraq has made like hell,
    Afghan hill are burning,
    and now they are going to make Middle East a ball of fire,
    it is the prime duty of the United Nations to stop them,
    just stop them otherwise?

    • Posted By: observer101 @ 07/07/2008 12:47:36 PM

      Iran has proven time and time again that it approves of and supports terrorism...So painting the Iranian political puppets like the are innocent and looking for peaceful sources of energy is a blatant lie on your part....Ahmedinejad will stop at nothing to create the desired effect he wishes...Which is to be the martyr that started a 3rd world war...If allowed to proceed with this plan he will threaten and blackmail other nations around him and not hesitate to use it or sell them to a high bidder...And happily watch the desired effects of a terrorist deploy it somewhere in the world...God willing that will not be allowed to happen and his facilities are neutralized in one way or another.

  • Posted By: getzel @ 07/07/2008 7:24:39 AM

    War ends We win: when we pass a law that makes the minimum price of gasoline at the pumps: $1.75/gallon.

    The ethanol investors do not build ethanol distilleries because monopoly OPEC would lower the price of crude/gasoline to rust out the billion dollar/million barrel a day ethanol stills.

    Brazil is energy independent: ethanol; All their cars come built running on ethanol; The gas station fills the tanks with ethanol, no gasoline.

    Archer Daniel Midland made millions in the USA selling $1.00 gallon ethanol in the 1990s;

    That trumps any canard/invalid objection to ethanol. Use Cellulose ethanol, not corn ethanol.

    Cellulose Ethanol energy independence in the USA, will balance the trade deficit, create full employment, bring down the price of fuel, break the monopoly on the pricing of fuel, balance the USA government budget, create less pollution, make the USA energy independent, and end the war because we will stop funding the bad guys everyday at the gas pumps.

    2. Sharia people are at war with The West because Arabs, Persians, & Sharia people believe Islam can not survive against a free market, free speech, republic with: womens rights & no honor killing: murdering women is legal in Sharia.

    Arab, if only Israel: is only an excuse, propaganda, for Islamic terror; as we see that wherever the Mohammedans bump against another culture the Mohammedans say the same thing they say about Israel. In India: same thing, in Kosovo: same thing, In Israel: same thing. In Darfur: same thing. In Thailand: same thing, the Philippines: same thing. Wherever the Moslems are contiguous with another people: The Moslems say the same thing they say about Israel: If only: Sharia and no freedom of speech to criticize Islam.




    international law, has defined a set of war rule parameters that guarantee no war can be won by good guys and that guarantee nice long lasting wars with lots of weapons sales.

    Generals: Patton. Eisenhower, Marshall , Sherman et al would all be war criminals under international law and Europe would be under Hitler; the American civil war would not be over if fought under the current rules; which, intentionally or unintentionally, are designed for a hundred year terror war.

    Cut off terrorist infested countries/areas: no phones, no lights, no motorcars not a single luxury. No food, no water, no ships/airplanes in and out, no trucks cross their borders; nothing till they give up the terrorism. Better the terrorist should die right there than have a war where the world is terrorized for 100 years.

    The leadership that sponsors these terrorist suicide murders are the Heads of state in Tehran, Riyadh, and Damascus. Get rid of these sponsors and the rest will crawl back under A-RAQ.

    If we got Hitler and Hirohito and their top staff, the war would have ended then.
    .

    Intelligence analyst: Getzel

  • Posted By: getzel @ 07/07/2008 7:23:53 AM

    Terrorist &/or Islamis are at war with The West because terrorist believe Islam can not survive against a free market, free speech to criticize Islam, representative Republic. Yes, terrorist believe Islam is doomed to the trash heap unless freedom to criticize Islam and democracy are eliminated. That is why they send suicide murderers and attack the West. Propaganda, the big lie???

    ..if only Israel???is only an excuse, propaganda, for Islamic terror; as we see that wherever the Moslem terrorist bump against another culture they say the same thing they say about Israel. In India: same thing in Kosovo: same thing In Israel: same thing. In Darfur: same thing. In Thailand: same thing, the Philippines: same thing. Wherever the Moslem terrorist are contiguous with another people: They say the same thing they say about Israel: If only???Sharia???and no freedom of speech to criticize Islam???

    there is no such thing as "moderate Islam".... As Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan said the other day, and I quote, "There is no moderate or immoderate Islam. Islam is Islam and that's it".... Islam is in pursuit of dominance. It wishes to exact its imperialist agenda by force on a worldwide scale (8:39).

    Intelligence analyst: Getzel

    If The government operating out of Moscow was the Iron Curtain; Saudi Arabia is a hermetically sealed steel trap: WHERE IS THE PRESS!?

    The idea that Islamis are now: I am Ok and you are OK and if we just talk I am sure we can be good friends; and if westerners want to criticize and make fun of Islam that is OK. To write that Islam has moderated because he found a few people who say one thing in English; & no doubt have a completely different tune in their native language, is beyond irresponsible, & may be treasonous.

    The Islamis say openly that they use this type activity as a ruse to lull pacifist into encouraging pacification.

  • Posted By: Nins @ 07/06/2008 9:36:48 PM

    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.

  • Posted By: Nins @ 07/06/2008 9:37:08 PM

    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.

  • Posted By: Tian Qingyou @ 07/07/2008 2:45:07 AM

    The only way out for the US is to withdraw completely from Iraq as soon as possible.

    • Posted By: getzel @ 07/07/2008 7:21:57 AM

      Tian Qinkiyou: thank you for presenting the Iranian government view!

  • Posted By: getzel @ 07/06/2008 2:50:53 PM

    War ends We win: when we pass a law that makes the minimum price of gasoline at the pumps: $1.75/gallon.

    The ethanol investors do not build ethanol distilleries because monopoly OPEC would lower the price of crude/gasoline to rust out the billion dollar/million barrel a day ethanol stills.

    Brazil is energy independent: ethanol; All their cars come built running on ethanol; The gas station fills the tanks with ethanol, no gasoline.

    Archer Daniel Midland made millions in the USA selling $1.00 gallon ethanol in the 1990s;

    That trumps any canard/invalid objection to ethanol. Use Cellulose ethanol, not corn ethanol.

    Cellulose Ethanol energy independence in the USA, will balance the trade deficit, create full employment, bring down the price of fuel, break the monopoly on the pricing of fuel, balance the USA government budget, create less pollution, make the USA energy independent, and end the war because we will stop funding the bad guys everyday at the gas pumps.

    2. Sharia people are at war with The West because Arabs, Persians, & Sharia people believe Islam can not survive against a free market, free speech, republic with: womens rights & no honor killing: murdering women is legal in Sharia.

    Arab, if only Israel: is only an excuse, propaganda, for Islamic terror; as we see that wherever the Mohammedans bump against another culture the Mohammedans say the same thing they say about Israel. In India: same thing, in Kosovo: same thing, In Israel: same thing. In Darfur: same thing. In Thailand: same thing, the Philippines: same thing. Wherever the Moslems are contiguous with another people: The Moslems say the same thing they say about Israel: If only: Sharia and no freedom of speech to criticize Islam.




    international law, has defined a set of war rule parameters that guarantee no war can be won by good guys and that guarantee nice long lasting wars with lots of weapons sales.

    Generals: Patton. Eisenhower, Marshall , Sherman et al would all be war criminals under international law and Europe would be under Hitler; the American civil war would not be over if fought under the current rules; which, intentionally or unintentionally, are designed for a hundred year terror war.

    Cut off terrorist infested countries/areas: no phones, no lights, no motorcars not a single luxury. No food, no water, no ships/airplanes in and out, no trucks cross their borders; nothing till they give up the terrorism. Better the terrorist should die right there than have a war where the world is terrorized for 100 years.

    The leadership that sponsors these terrorist suicide murders are the Heads of state in Tehran, Riyadh, and Damascus. Get rid of these sponsors and the rest will crawl back under A-RAQ.

    If we got Hitler and Hirohito and their top staff, the war would have ended then.
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    Intelligence analyst: Getzel

  • Posted By: getzel @ 07/06/2008 2:50:21 PM

    Terrorist &/or Islamis are at war with The West because terrorist believe Islam can not survive against a free market, free speech to criticize Islam, representative Republic. Yes, terrorist believe Islam is doomed to the trash heap unless freedom to criticize Islam and democracy are eliminated. That is why they send suicide murderers and attack the West. Propaganda, the big lie???

    ..if only Israel???is only an excuse, propaganda, for Islamic terror; as we see that wherever the Moslem terrorist bump against another culture they say the same thing they say about Israel. In India: same thing in Kosovo: same thing In Israel: same thing. In Darfur: same thing. In Thailand: same thing, the Philippines: same thing. Wherever the Moslem terrorist are contiguous with another people: They say the same thing they say about Israel: If only???Sharia???and no freedom of speech to criticize Islam???

    there is no such thing as "moderate Islam".... As Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan said the other day, and I quote, "There is no moderate or immoderate Islam. Islam is Islam and that's it".... Islam is in pursuit of dominance. It wishes to exact its imperialist agenda by force on a worldwide scale (8:39).

    Intelligence analyst: Getzel

    If The government operating out of Moscow was the Iron Curtain; Saudi Arabia is a hermetically sealed steel trap: WHERE IS THE PRESS!?

    The idea that Islamis are now: I am Ok and you are OK and if we just talk I am sure we can be good friends; and if westerners want to criticize and make fun of Islam that is OK. To write that Islam has moderated because he found a few people who say one thing in English; & no doubt have a completely different tune in their native language, is beyond irresponsible, & may be treasonous.

    The Islamis say openly that they use this type activity as a ruse to lull pacifist into encouraging pacification.

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