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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:23 PM Original message |
When you hear people beating the Iran war drum, please remind them of these facts. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. All very good points - but, there is zero evidence this was an official act. |
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teddy51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I'm not so sure that this whole act is'nt meant to set up an attack by |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Not impossible, but there has been provocative rhetoric about an Israeli attack |
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Yooperman (123 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 04:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Agreed.... Israel has been itching for a war with Iran for years... |
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teddy51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. Excellent post... If the US is crazy enough to start a war like this, we are |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Not to mention that it would confirm to Muslims all over the world that the |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 01:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
25. YES. |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. 6) They haven't done a damn thing to us (nor credibly threatened to) |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 06:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. No, that one is not true. |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. And we had no business being in Iraq in the first place. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 07:11 AM Response to Reply #19 |
32. True, but a completely different claim to your first one. |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. Iran has also been taking part in war games with China and Russia for years now. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. War with Iran would polarize other countries against us. This better not be more of those |
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sixmile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. Here's some more facts |
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teddy51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Very good points! We should leave them the hell alone. n/t |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 05:08 AM Response to Reply #9 |
26. I think the Safavid dynasty conquered some adjacent areas that are not |
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Lint Head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. The war mongers, chicken hawks and war contractors are salivating. |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. The only reason for the US to go to war with Iran... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 05:13 AM Response to Reply #11 |
27. The real Iranian threat |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
12. Attacking Iran would not be consistent with current US policy |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. LOL, that's true enough to be unsettling as well as funny. Might not be us. Might be Israel that.. |
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Voice for Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
16. but the military industrial complex needs to feed their children!!! |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
17. They are apparently dependant on imported lamb from Australia and New Zealand. |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I just looked it up... |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. War with Iran=Death to America, imo. I mean it would finish us off as |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
22. Point number 2 is incorrect |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 01:35 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. You're correct, mostly. |
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yellowwood (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-11 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
23. Please Pay Attention! |
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bluebuzzard (98 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:02 AM Response to Original message |
28. another reason/threat |
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AverageJoe90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:10 AM Response to Original message |
29. Xithras, I agree with all but 2 things: |
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stillwaiting (591 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
30. ANYONE that says that our goal would be to impose freedom in Iran or that WE can impose freedom |
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octothorpe (358 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
31. I tend to agree with most of what you said, but wasn't Iraq technology advanced too? |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:17 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. No, it wasn't. |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-13-11 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
34. Kicked&Recommended... |
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