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Author Topic:   Iran, Nukes, and the End of the World
Chiroptera
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Message 9 of 38 (422809)
09-18-2007 12:13 PM
Reply to: Message 3 by Taz
09-18-2007 11:16 AM


For Iran to go against the US military in the conventional way is like me going against Muhammed Ali in a hand fight. It's an unfair fight.
And remember that Iran does have legitimate reasons to fear the U.S.

You can observe a lot by watching. -- Yogi Berra

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Chiroptera
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Message 10 of 38 (422812)
09-18-2007 12:17 PM
Reply to: Message 7 by Archer Opteryx
09-18-2007 12:05 PM


But that's a different thing.
Heh. And not necessarily a bad one.
Of course, I would always hope that the inevitable demise of our species would be relatively painless, but oh well.

You can observe a lot by watching. -- Yogi Berra

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Chiroptera
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Message 21 of 38 (423045)
09-19-2007 12:29 PM
Reply to: Message 20 by Phat
09-19-2007 12:23 PM


Re: incite attack?
We helped stop Hitler and the aggressive powers in WW II. That was necessary and honorable.
But only after US colonies in the Pacific were attacked by Japan.
I'll point out that the "democratic" nations the US allied with controlled vast undemocratic colonies in the world -- I suspect that the majority of people under British or French rule had no say in how they were ruled).
But maybe I'll give this one to you anyway.
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Had we failed to stop Communism, what would have been the end result?
First, the U.S. did not stop Communism. Second, it's debatable whether Communism was really such a grave threat that it needed to be stopped.
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Now, with Islam spreading throughout the world, what would you have us do?
Huh? What are you talking about?

You can observe a lot by watching. -- Yogi Berra

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Chiroptera
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Message 37 of 38 (424064)
09-25-2007 12:28 PM
Reply to: Message 34 by Tal
09-25-2007 12:58 AM


Re: U.S.: Iran Smuggling Missiles and Other Advanced Weapons Into Iraq
Huh. So the reason that Iran is bad is because they are assisting a resistance movement against an illegal foreign military occupation? That's pretty much what I figured.
But I thought the Official Reason Iran Is Bad is because they are developing nuclear weapons that they will then use to utterly destroy Western Christiandom.

You can observe a lot by watching. -- Yogi Berra

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