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Originally posted by freighttrain
reply to post by lpowell0627
So as to say why they started small... well before you can start running.. you need to learn how to crawl, then stand up and then walk... so spend enormous money and resources on something you never have build before is bad strategy, start small, experiment... then move up!
I believe the world can change based on silent protest of mind/heart ... if we all support one another, rather then taking defense on someone else perspective, maybe we can change the world... and be a free government society!
Originally posted by lpowell0627
Originally posted by freighttrain
reply to post by lpowell0627
So as to say why they started small... well before you can start running.. you need to learn how to crawl, then stand up and then walk... so spend enormous money and resources on something you never have build before is bad strategy, start small, experiment... then move up!
No offense, but you obviously don't know anything about building power plants.
But then you certainly shouldn't go on and on about the steps they are taking to produce power for their people. And using this as proof of the peaceful intentions of this country. The fact of whether or not they currently have nuclear weapons -- which is merely speculation of your part -- is rather moot in my opinion.
The problem with Iran as a whole is that frankly I think the actual people of Iran are the last on the list as far as Ahmadinejad is concerned.
How often are Americans blamed, ridiculed, lectured, etc., because of the actions of our government?
How often do I have to read about the terrible catastrophes that our 'zionist' government and the greedy 'zionist' fat Americans have done yet again?
When these foreign countries burn our flag and chant:
Death to America!
Do you really think they are only talking about our President? Maybe Congress too?
Of course not.
In the history of Iran there has never been a terrorist that was directly link to Iran.
Iran has consistently been described by the United States as the world's foremost state sponsor of terrorism. It actively supports terrorist groups, most prominently the Lebanese group Hezbollah. The Iranian relationship with Hezbollah demonstrates one accepted explanation of why states sponsor terrorism: to indirectly influence politics elsewhere.
Originally posted by poet1b
reply to post by freighttrain
In the history of Iran there has never been a terrorist that was directly link to Iran.
Nonsense, Iran sends terrorists into Iraq all the time, and has been linked to many international terrorist acts.
terrorism.about.com...
Iran has consistently been described by the United States as the world's foremost state sponsor of terrorism. It actively supports terrorist groups, most prominently the Lebanese group Hezbollah. The Iranian relationship with Hezbollah demonstrates one accepted explanation of why states sponsor terrorism: to indirectly influence politics elsewhere.
Originally posted by poet1b
reply to post by freighttrain
Would you be willing to fight in order to not become a slave, or would you embrace slavery rather than fight as a soldier?
Here is a FACT that you should embrace, Britain ended slavery around the world, with the help of the U.S..
If it wasn't for the influence of Britain and the U.S., slavery would probably be openly practiced today in most Islamic countries.
I believe the world can change based on silent protest of mind/heart ... if we all support one another, rather then taking defense on someone else perspective, maybe we can change the world... and be a free government society!
It would be great if this belief worked, but it does not, and blaming the people who have fought to establish what liberties we manage to enjoy, what levels of justice and decency that exist in this world, is not being a part of the solution, but being a part of the problem.
Originally posted by poet1b
reply to post by freighttrain
In the history of Iran there has never been a terrorist that was directly link to Iran.
Nonsense, Iran sends terrorists into Iraq all the time, and has been linked to many international terrorist acts.
terrorism.about.com...
Iran has consistently been described by the United States as the world's foremost state sponsor of terrorism. It actively supports terrorist groups, most prominently the Lebanese group Hezbollah. The Iranian relationship with Hezbollah demonstrates one accepted explanation of why states sponsor terrorism: to indirectly influence politics elsewhere.
Originally posted by Equinox99
Originally posted by poet1b
reply to post by freighttrain
So US news is not very biased? Not to consider the fact that 96% of the world's media is owned by 6 Jewish companies. Vivendi, Time Warner, Disney, Bartelsmann, Viacom, and News Corp.
How many times has Iran had a hand in western politics or bloody conflicts? How many times has US had a hand in Middle East conflicts? Few were justified, maybe, but the recent Iraq war was unjustified.
Thank you for clarifying what I'm trying to say... One thing I do like about Ahmadinejad is that he's not a push over... and let's not forget he's just a hand puppet like Bush and Obama, etc... But in one his recent interviews with RT he said something thought provoking about how the media operates...
about 4 min. in...
www.youtube.com...
The trans-Saharan slave trade grew significantly from the 10th to the 15th century, as vast African empires such as Ghana, Mali, Songhai, and Kanem-Bornu developed south of the Sahara and marshaled the trade. Arab slave raiders also penetrated south, up the Nile River to present-day Ethiopia, capturing thousands of slaves and sending them down the Nile to Egypt. Over the course of more than a thousand years, the trans-Saharan slave trade saw the movement of at least 10 million enslaved men, women, and children from West and East Africa to North Africa, the Middle East, and India. The slaves and their descendants contributed to the harems, royal households, and armies of the Arab, Turkish, and Persian rulers in those regions.
The Africans who facilitated and benefited from the Atlantic slave trade were political or commercial elites–generally members of the ruling apparatus of African states or members of large trading families or institutions. African sellers captured slaves and brought them to markets on the coast. At these markets European and American buyers paid for the slaves with commodities–including cloth, iron, firearms, liquor, and decorative items–that were useful to the sellers. Slave sellers were mostly male, and they used their increased wealth to enhance their prestige and connect themselves, through marriage, to other wealthy families in their realms.
While the Atlantic slave trade was dying down around 1850, the trans-Saharan and East African slave trades were at their peaks. In the 1850s the Ottoman Empire nominally outlawed slavery in much of the Islamic world, but this had only a minor effect on the slave trade. One of the main justifications European powers gave for colonizing nearly the entire African continent during the 1880s and 1890s was the desire to end slave trading and slavery in Africa. By the dawn of the 20th century, European forces had defeated most African slave trading states, and the trans-Saharan and East African slave trades came to an end.