Robert DAH Bruce
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Sun Jun-27-10 12:21 PM
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This deja vu shit is depressing |
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I saw Panetta this morning on This Week. Both he and the host acknowledged the FACT that the 2007 National Intelligence Estimate stated that Tehran had abandoned its nuclear weapons program in 2003.
Then they went right on with "The Narrative:" Iran is indeed seeking the Bomb! We need tougher sanctions! The Israelis might preemptively attack if we fail to act!
Jesus! It was like getting punted back in time eight years! The only difference is that, today, Dis(information)neyland is under new management!
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Goldstein1984
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Sun Jun-27-10 12:30 PM
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1. This is about empire and power |
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not reality.
Fortunately, the U.S. is losing support around the globe. We're losing control of South America.
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Robert DAH Bruce
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Sun Jun-27-10 12:44 PM
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I voted for you, man! :evilgrin:
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bvar22
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Sun Jun-27-10 12:53 PM
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and observed what has happened to my neighbors (Iraq & Afghanistan), I would want a BOMB too.
The hostile occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan has helped radicalize Iran. Completely understandable.
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Ernesto
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Sun Jun-27-10 01:11 PM
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5. Don't forget the "axis of evil" speech! nt |
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Sun Jun-27-10 01:18 PM
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7. THAT was one of the BIGGEST blunders in Foreign Policy.... |
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Edited on Sun Jun-27-10 01:19 PM by bvar22
EVER!
Unless your intention is to radicalize a region, and escalate tensions prior to a call for an invasion and occupation. THEN it makes sense on a GeoPolitical level, but it was Psychotic in the Extreme on a Humanitarian level.
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Robert DAH Bruce
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Sun Jun-27-10 01:26 PM
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9. Plus the guy who coined that term isn't even an American |
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David Frum. I positively hooted when the AEI punted him recently!
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Robert DAH Bruce
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Sun Jun-27-10 01:16 PM
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You've got Israel with dozens of nukes (at least!), 150,000+ troops from Israel's satellite to your east and west, and Learned Hands in both countries rattling sabers in your direction.
You'd be crazy NOT to want atomic weapons!
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Sun Jun-27-10 12:55 PM
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It's deja *moo*..
The feeling that you have heard this bull before..
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Sun Jun-27-10 01:19 PM
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8. +1 but you owe me a keyboard for the tea I just spat out upon it. |
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