Comment Re:Cause for concern (Score 2, Insightful) 778
"Iran has vowed to annhiliate Israel"
Really? I haven't seen that position paper. What I have read about is that the weak president of Iran has made mutterings that can be interpreted that way; but being that I'm not fluent in Farsi, it's hard to judge. Either side could be lying (and at least one is) in a propaganda game.
Additionally, "Ahmadine-Jihad" doesn't have the authority to launch a war of any kind - at worst he can use black-ops to try to instigate one, but foreign policy is ultimately in the hands of the Ayatollah. What kind of nutcase he is, I'm not privy to, but have seen no evidence of "insane" actions in their foreign policy as of yet. Offensive, yes. Justifying radical means by Israel and the greater Jewish community, yes; but none so far by the US government, except as it is in the US interest to support an ally. And we see how this tough talk actually gets played out in practice - Menem, the ex-Argentinian president who appears to have had his hand in one of the most dastardly terrorist actions in recent memory continues to run around the world quite happily. Those kinds of guys are a real threat, but as part of an elite club continue to commit crimes in perfect freedom.
But mostly your posting is incoherent nonsense, the same propaganda that can be used against almost any state. If we are to really handle Iran, rather than let the ME situation continue to deteriorate, it really is time for everyone to start dismissing these kinds of ramblings and really think about how to integrate Iran into the international system.
Instead, half the people in the US believe these kinds of fantasies, rather than seeing where Iran really is our opponent, where Iran could be (and has been) our ally (Afghanistan), and what a reasonable foreign policy would be.
So the question is, do you not know what you're taking about, or are you simply mindlessly repeating propaganda?
Really? I haven't seen that position paper. What I have read about is that the weak president of Iran has made mutterings that can be interpreted that way; but being that I'm not fluent in Farsi, it's hard to judge. Either side could be lying (and at least one is) in a propaganda game.
Additionally, "Ahmadine-Jihad" doesn't have the authority to launch a war of any kind - at worst he can use black-ops to try to instigate one, but foreign policy is ultimately in the hands of the Ayatollah. What kind of nutcase he is, I'm not privy to, but have seen no evidence of "insane" actions in their foreign policy as of yet. Offensive, yes. Justifying radical means by Israel and the greater Jewish community, yes; but none so far by the US government, except as it is in the US interest to support an ally. And we see how this tough talk actually gets played out in practice - Menem, the ex-Argentinian president who appears to have had his hand in one of the most dastardly terrorist actions in recent memory continues to run around the world quite happily. Those kinds of guys are a real threat, but as part of an elite club continue to commit crimes in perfect freedom.
But mostly your posting is incoherent nonsense, the same propaganda that can be used against almost any state. If we are to really handle Iran, rather than let the ME situation continue to deteriorate, it really is time for everyone to start dismissing these kinds of ramblings and really think about how to integrate Iran into the international system.
Instead, half the people in the US believe these kinds of fantasies, rather than seeing where Iran really is our opponent, where Iran could be (and has been) our ally (Afghanistan), and what a reasonable foreign policy would be.
So the question is, do you not know what you're taking about, or are you simply mindlessly repeating propaganda?
