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  • Iran's Arsenal is Really Financial not Nuclear

    The US isn't afraid of Iran's ''Nuclear Arsenal'' but rather their ''Finacial Arsenal''... Iran has begun an ''Oil Bank'' that has let the air out of the Dollar, creating the first steps of a finacial freefall for the US and anyone sticking to the Dollar as ''Oil Currency''; not my opinion, fact!!! Read the Tehran newspapers... Can you see the ...
    Posted to Moneybox by blueybrink on June 10, 2008

  • News Flash: Christopher Hitchens Seeks Catholic Confessional

    I was surprised to read Christopher Hitchens today, riding high on his moral horse as to the political, cultural and economic predations of Maximum Leader Robert Mugabe in his current Country of Residence, Zimbabwe. What people like Hitchens never seem to understand, is that morality is never just for other people, or leaders, or religious types. ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by MichaelBernard1 on June 10, 2008

  • negotiating with tyranical enemies

    Stalin and Mao were two tyrants of the first degree. Both had body counts to their dishonor that rivaled Hitler's. Both proudly proclaimed their enmity toward the US. Roosevelt met with Stalin several times and even allied the US to Stalin's bloody, repressive regime. Roosevelt correctly judged this distasteful alliance served the US interest ...
    Posted to War Stories by tukikat on June 5, 2008

  • The hidden nature of America's power

    In all honesty, American power in the global sphere will continue to erode no matter what foreign policy we put into place. Empires always crumble. What's the nature of power? Max Weber proposed that it was the ability to inflict violence against others. Well. America has 12,000+ nuclear warheads, enough of which are mounted on three stage ...
    Posted to Foreigners by socsci387 on June 3, 2008

  • Extreme Likelihood of US Attack on Iran

    The shifting of generals indicates to me an increased likelihood of American military action against Iran. The Kyle Lieberman Act rendering the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist group provides legal cover for the DOD. Joints Chiefs of Staff have provided ample military justifications. It is all but signed and dotted. It will likely ...
    Posted to War Stories by Usama2 on April 28, 2008

  • Offensive Yellow Journalistic Propaganda

    I thought about this article of Explainer for a few minutes and then put it in context: Why would you instruct a public audience how to spot a prostitute except to promote sex tourism? Why would you instruct a public audience how to spot a prostitute except to undermine the social order? Why would you instruct a public audience how to spot a ...
    Posted to Explainer by Usama2 on April 24, 2008

  • Is it too late to talk to Iran?

    In 2003, Iran was anxious to talk to the US. Cheney rebuffed them. A year ago, with the build-up of our troops in Iraq, would have been a good time to talk to Iran. Cheney wasn't interested. This year, Iran is waiting for the end of Bush's term. They've gained more leverage in Iraq. They've already met the challenge of the UN/nuclear issue ...
    Posted to War Stories by parasiteofentropy on April 23, 2008

  • Re: No one has suggested we're at war with Iran? Yes they have.

    Interesting points. But the US embassy was used to support the Shah Pavhavi monarchy, including training his SAVAK in torture and police state action, not to mention all kinds of espionage. Given these violations of general diplomatic licenses and a change in Iranian government meant the Iranian govt had a legal right to sieze the embassy. Of ...
    Posted to War Stories by Usama2 on April 23, 2008

  • Clearly in this instance we nuke them first

    and if, in the process, we obliterate all evidence that there ever was a suitcase bomber heading for Israel so much the better. You and I both know that it doesn't make any sense to nuke Iran AFTER the bomb goes off so we use preemption and nuke them first. So what if it turns out that we were just as wrong about Iran's nuclear program as we ...
    Posted to Trailhead by Beaujoe on April 23, 2008

  • Better to keep our Iran ties secret

    Iran's president has changed his mind about 9/11. He used to accept it as the work of al-Qaida; but this week he turned around and sid it was a Jewish conspiracy. Who's most pissed off about this? Israel? Nope.The US? Nope. The answer's here. We have been cooperating closely with Iran ever since 9/11. They helped us rebuild the ...
    Posted to War Stories by GreenwichJ on April 23, 2008
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