Unlike Israel, Iran does not and neve has occupied anyone.

Unlike Israel who abuses both Israeli Arabs and those subject to it iron fisted rule in the territories, Iran does not abuse non-Muslims, including Jews, who are Iranian citizens.

Unlike Israel, who has the "Sampson Option"-- ie kill all the rest of us if they feel sufficiently miffed-- Iran does not have over 200 nuclear warheads created in violation of the NPT.

Unlike Israel, Iran has never invaded another nation.

Unlike Israel, Iran does not intentionally flood the world with lies distorting translations of Israeli leaders, as in mistranslating "removing the Zionist regime from the page of history" into "wiping Israel off the face of the map."

Our political dialectic is polluted and poisoned by lies, half truths and full out distortions of the historical record by Zionists who conspire to stamped us all into a war with the Muslim world, and particularly now with Iran. I can see from this board that I am far from alone in this understanding.

The cognitive dissonance must be startling to people like Rosenbaum, who still think that half assed attack pieces will still do the trick of silencing those of us who've had enough of Zionist crap-- be it from AIPAC (Agents of Israel Pretending to be American Citizens), or Christian Zionist hoping to throw the whole earth in the shitter so Jesus will come down and make them all princes over the rest of us.

Ya'll need a new game plan, because the old one is just making things worse for ya.

Though I agree American political discourse is polluted or at least skewed. I think the cold hard facts about the Iran-Iraq War negate most of your assertions. Iran is not the Switzerland of the Middle East.

Honestly though, you really don't think Iran has at least vocal fringe groups who want Israel destroyed? And there have been no less that 4 attempted invasions of Israel by its neighbors, so honestly who can blame them for being a tad paranoid.

I agree Iran is just a sideshow largely, I think most of the perceived tough talk is just that, but you have to be blind to admit they don't have a nuclear program capable of making weapons grade material (which could be used for peaceful purposed).

Also, as Iranians should know oh so well (as in 1953), it only takes a determined few to change things completely.

"Unlike Israel, Iran does not and neve has occupied anyone."

Tell that to the Kurds.

"Unlike Israel who abuses both Israeli Arabs and those subject to it iron fisted rule in the territories, Iran does not abuse non-Muslims, including Jews, who are Iranian citizens."

Tell that to the Kurds.

"Unlike Israel, who has the "Sampson Option"-- ie kill all the rest of us if they feel sufficiently miffed-- Iran does not have over 200 nuclear warheads created in violation of the NPT."

No proof of that.

"Unlike Israel, Iran has never invaded another nation."

Tell that to the Kurds.

"Unlike Israel, Iran does not intentionally flood the world with lies distorting translations of Israeli leaders, as in mistranslating "removing the Zionist regime from the page of history" into "wiping Israel off the face of the map.""

Then you haven't ever read a Farsi newspaper.

Fuck you and the Kurds. Who the fuck are the Kurds? Just another out of dozens of tribal groups who got shut out of the imperial redrawing of the world by the european powers. Does this mean Iran is occupying them? Fuck no. It means they don't have a country. Boo fucking hoo.

On the other hand, the Palestinians were explicitly recognized as having sovereignty by those same imperial parties until Israel redrew the map pursuant to its wars of 1948 and 1967.

As for reading a Farsi newspaper, I'll bet you can't even read an English paper. Quote one, fucko, or eat shit.