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- i dont agree with lieberman's stance on the whole bomb iran idea, but i do support the existence of israel. Israel is the only example of a true democracy in the entire region (though i admit they messed up fighting the iranian proxy known as hezbollah [they shouldve stuck to the bekaah valley, and not beirut] since lebanon is TRYING to become a democratic state). They base their foreign policy on the basis of survivalism, they arent out to carve an empire, or they wouldve done so in the numerous wars that they have fought, and won, against the aggressive arab powers that surround them. bashing lieberman because he is jewish (HE IS NOT THE ONLY JEW IN THE SENATE, do a little research and you will find quite a few) is just dumb. that is pretty much saying the same thing as any catholic leader is a servant of the pope, or any mormon, protestant, hindu, buddhist, etc etc etc. get a brain. and ps, supporting israel is a GOOD thing, i dont know if you have ever been to israel, but it is not some apartheid state as some of you seem to believe. the arab / muslim / bahai / druuze citizens of israel all fight in the military, vote, have their own political parties, and agree that israel is the best thing place to live in the middle east. so if you think they should be wiped off the map, why do we care if anyone bombs the united states? im just someone who values the way we live here, and believes that we should support cultures with the same values.
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- Please, educate yourself;
"Barely a day goes by that one can avoid reading or hearing yet another Israeli, American or British warhawk regurgitate the broken record that Iran's President Ahmadinejad threatened to "wipe Israel off the map,"
Posted by t_barr at 05:39 PM : Jun 11, 2007
If Iran's Pres didn't mean what he said then where is the 'vehement' public denial and correction. Where is a soothing word for justifiably ruffled Jewish feathers. Where are the assurances from Iran that Israel has nothing to fear about Ahmadamnutjob giving Al Qaeda the 'bomb' after they make it? - Reply to this comment
- Unlike LieberBush and the demofags and the republiCONs I DON'T LIVE IN ISRAEL. USA FIRST! F*CK ISRAEL. THEY ACT LIKE THEY OWN THE US GOVERNMENT. OH WAIT. THEY DO! ENOUGH - LET ISRAEL FEND FOR ITSELF. USA FIRST!
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- Joe Lieberman is not really an American, in my opinion. He is a thinly disguised Israeli. I heartily despise the man, and pray that Iran may be preserved and defended from him and his fellow Israel-first, neoconservative Jew friends, disguised as American patriots.
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- Good, God. Don't we have a big enought mess without this nut Lieberman trying to stir up a bigger mess. I hope his home state is proud of electing this numb skull.
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- "Saying America's policies and "arrogance" ---
Iraq, and Syria as of about 9:00 AM on 9-11-01. Al Qaeda was merely one of their many proxies.
Posted by prepaid6 at 04:01 PM : Jun 11, 2007"
If you want to talk about values, then go back to 1956 when democratically elected Prime minister is ousted and Shah is given power by USA If you want to talk more recent one the military general of Pakistan Pervez Musharaff who is in power and want to be in power against the constitution of that country.
These words like "spreading democracy", "fighting global war on terror" are slogans to win elections here.
Go to root cause of the problem. Look at the US history of toppling/ trying to topple democratically elected governments in countries like Venezuela even before that President even opened his mouth against US.
These are called "Double standards". Other countries it is called abuse of Human rights if they put people in jails indefinitely and here either Guantanamo or Abu Ghraib are for fighting terrorism and retaining terrorists right ?
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- My plan was to let the IAEA complete its inspection and then build a Gulf War-style coalition to confront him. We had contained for 11 years with the no fly zone. If WMD had been found we would've had sufficient Arab and European support going in, like in the Gulf War.
Now that we're in a quagmire we still need a broad-based coalition to help us get out with our pants still on.
The same holds for Iran. Iran is geographically 3 times larger than Iraq. If we bomb Iran, we must be prepared for an expanded war. We don't have the troops or the armaments without International support. We made the mistake in Vietnam of bombing Viet Cong bases in Cambodia. It widened the war, complicated the peace process, but did not stop the supply of the Viet Cong.
We need to start learning from history. The definition of insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting a different result.
If we truly have better evidence of this than what we had against Sadaam, we need to go back to the U.N. with it. - Reply to this comment
- You're confusing what's perceived to be good for Israel with what's good for America. It's a common neocon affliction.
Posted by realpatriot1 at 11:55 AM : Jun 11, 2007
I don't think Israel has anything to do with it. It has been proven that Iran is shipping arms in to Iraq which are being used to kill our troops and Iraqi civilians.
What's your plan? Bury your head in the sand and pretend you don't see it? - Reply to this comment
- madash38,
Ask IAEA if they want us to bomb Iran...my guess is no.
So Democrats stayed home because of the page scandal? Your argument doesn't make sense.
The Republicans and independents of Connecticut screwed up royally. Like most Republicans, they were more concerned about *** Democrats than helping America.
What do those privileged rich *** care? When was the last time you saw someone from Connecticut among the listed casualties? - Reply to this comment
- Saying America's policies and "arrogance" (whatever that means) created the Iranian terrorists is like saying a rape victim "deserved" it because she wore suggestive clothing; it%u2019s repulsive and ignorant. The problem is your naiveti and hatred is going to get millions of us killed. We are in a Global war that is truly existential in nature, and massive in scope. Iran is at war with the U.S. not because of G.W. Bush, but has been since at least 1979, because they hate and despise our Western values. These aren't my words, Iran says so openly. For those who think this is Israel's problem, Iran not only vows to "wipe Israel off the face of the map", but openly boasts of being willing to take millions of casualties, and "letting this Country (Iran) burn" if it means creating a world without America. The fanaticism of the Iranian leadership makes the 9-11 hijackers seem as rational as Swiss diplomats. What do you think they will do with nukes? Do you honestly think conventional diplomacy and deterrence will work? They believe God is telling them to kill us all (yes, including Liberals!). You need to turn off NPR and start listening to what our enemies say. I bet in 1943 you people would have howled in protest at the invasion of Italy, saying it had nothing to do with WWII. Iran is and has always been the big dog in this fight. We were in a de facto state of war with Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria as of about 9:00 AM on 9-11-01. Al Qaeda was merely one of their many proxies.
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