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Yes Amadenjad are how ever you spell it still has to answer to the head man. Kinda like you never saw Bush speak when Chenney was taking a drink. But seriously all the power is still with the ayatollah and his group.
Originally posted by TsukiLunar
reply to post by guohua
Isnt it up to Ayatollah Ali Hosseini-Khamenei if Iran attacks Israel?
Originally posted by jesiaha
Here's a nice experience to try out next summer for those who do not grasp the simplistic nature of the politics of this whole mess.
1: Find an hornet nest.
2: Proceed to shake the living crap out of it.
3: See what happens
Conclusion : Well...if you conclude by blaming the hornets by calling them violent, aggressive beast that should be dealt with...consider yourself a moron.
Originally posted by hoochymama
reply to post by Nucleardiver
Maybe you should spend some more time with our News and you might see true Peace!!! LOL.
Originally posted by mayabong
Originally posted by jesiaha
Here's a nice experience to try out next summer for those who do not grasp the simplistic nature of the politics of this whole mess.
1: Find an hornet nest.
2: Proceed to shake the living crap out of it.
3: See what happens
Conclusion : Well...if you conclude by blaming the hornets by calling them violent, aggressive beast that should be dealt with...consider yourself a moron.
Well said.
Originally posted by mayabong
I find Americans like you hilarious. With bases spanning the globe, with countless wars, coups... ect under your belt in the last 50 - 60 years. You actually have the nerve to make like Iran is the war mongering state.
No really don't try to explain yourself. lol. No need.
Originally posted by alienorgy
No spin needed at all if people know how to read.
But let me try to explain it to the members like a 3rd grader.
Iran is saying that if Israel attacks them,,,,,,,,,,,,,,if ISRAEL ATTACKS IRAN,,,,,,if ISRAEL STRIKES FIRST
Originally posted by popsmayhem
More beating of the war drum
from Iran. Iran is making a nuclear weapon and will use it. There is no conspiracy there.
There is no military in the midde east that can defeat Israel in war. That is the only
thing keeping them alive. Israel has proven they are mature enough to have nuclear weapons.
Iran is just not there. Pakistan and Israel having nuclear weapons is enough.
Would you give a loaded gun to a 2 year old to play with??
Excellent thread OP S and F right on the money...
Lets quit playing with fire (iran) and PUT IT OUT once and for all.
"We know where they are. They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad." - Donald Rumsfeld, March 30, 2003
There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — I can't get fooled again.
Originally posted by hoochymama
reply to post by OldCurmudgeon
So if Israel pays Assassins to kill Iranian Scientists, thats OK??
Originally posted by jesiaha
reply to post by guohua
Sigh...So when the Potus said we should destroy Saddam Hussein and his regime back around 2002 with God Blesses America speeches none stepped up to call him a very dangerous maniac...
Mammoud does something similar and the world should be outraged and afraid?...along with those Fox news jackasses adding a thick layer of fear and sensationalism...
I don't get it....
Sigh...So when the Potus said we should destroy Saddam Hussein and his regime back around 2002
On July 8, 1982, Saddam Hussein was visiting the town of Dujail (50 miles north of Baghdad) when a group of Dawa militants shot at his motorcade. In reprisal for this assassination attempt, the entire town was punished. More than 140 fighting-age men were apprehended and never heard from again. Approximately 1,500 other townspeople, including children, were rounded up and taken to prison, where many were tortured. After a year or more in prison, many were exiled to a southern desert camp. The town itself was destroyed; houses were bulldozed and orchards were demolished.
Officially from February 23 to September 6, 1988 (but often thought to extend from March 1987 to May 1989), Saddam Hussein's regime carried out the Anfal (Arabic for "spoils") campaign against the large Kurdish population in northern Iraq. The purpose of the campaign was ostensibly to reassert Iraqi control over the area; however, the real goal was to permanently eliminate the Kurdish problem.
The campaign consisted of eight stages of assault, where up to 200,000 Iraqi troops attacked the area, rounded up civilians, and razed villages. Once rounded up, the civilians were divided into two groups: men from ages of about 13 to 70 and women, children, and elderly men. The men were then shot and buried in mass graves. The women, children, and elderly were taken to relocation camps where conditions were deplorable. In a few areas, especially areas that put up even a little resistance, everyone was killed.
As early as April 1987, the Iraqis used chemical weapons to remove Kurds from their villages in northern Iraq during the Anfal campaign. It is estimated that chemical weapons were used on approximately 40 Kurdish villages, with the largest of these attacks occurring on March 16, 1988 against the Kurdish town of Halabja.
Beginning in the morning on March 16, 1988 and continuing all night, the Iraqis rained down volley after volley of bombs filled with a deadly mixture of mustard gas and nerve agents on Halabja. Immediate effects of the chemicals included blindness, vomiting, blisters, convulsions, and asphyxiation. Approximately 5,000 women, men, and children died within days of the attacks. Long-term effects included permanent blindness, cancer, and birth defects. An estimated 10,000 lived, but live daily with the disfigurement and sicknesses from the chemical weapons.
On August 2, 1990, Iraqi troops invaded the country of Kuwait. The invasion was induced by oil and a large war debt that Iraq owed Kuwait. The six-week, Persian Gulf War pushed Iraqi troops out of Kuwait in 1991. As the Iraqi troops retreated, they were ordered to light oil wells on fire. Over 700 oil wells were lit, burning over one billion barrels of oil and releasing dangerous pollutants into the air. Oil pipelines were also opened, releasing 10 million barrels of oil into the Gulf and tainting many water sources. The fires and the oil spill created a huge environmental disaster.
Originally posted by paxnatus
reply to post by webpirate
What is wrong with you people! Israel has not threatened to swipe Iran off the face of the earth, however, Iran has threatened and continues to threaten this very act every other day! Israel has said it will attack Iran's nuclearfacilities as a means of self defense, not kill every man women and child.
As for the US staying out of it, we have always had Israel's back and have pedg ed our allegiance to them since Israel became a state in 1948. Why when they are under the greatest threat, should we just abandon them?
Of course with Obama at the helm this may be a non issue.
Pax