Lamis Andoni is a Middle East consultant for Al Jazeera, the Qatar-based news station. She has been covering the Middle East for 20 years. She has reported for the Christian Science Monitor, the Financial Times and the main newspapers in Jordan. She was a professor at the Graduate School in UC Berkeley.
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According to "Raw Story" Zogby International reports that 52% of Americans polled support air strikes against Iran.
In spite of all the talk on this site about Bush's approval ratings tanking, Bush "best Democratic strategist ever", and so on, this poll is absolutely devastating. The American public is ignorant, fearful, and violent as ever. I've never felt this way before, but what this 52% number means is that we - the progressive, reality-based community have lost. Media consolidation, the concentration of power in the hands of a corporate elite, the military industrial complex, the hubris of empire - all of this institutional power that the reactionary right has - is too much for us.
This country is on a glide path to a bloody, reactionary, anti-democratic late imperial demise. I'm sick to my frickin' stomach.
“JUDY WOODRUFF: And the debate goes on outside Congress with perhaps even more intensity. Commentary magazine editor Norman Podhoretz wrote in June that military force was "required" to stop Iran from getting a bomb and offered this description of Iranian President Ahmadinejad. Quote, "Like Hitler, he is a revolutionary whose objective is to overturn the going international system and to replace it with a new order dominated by Iran and ruled by the religio-political culture of Islamofascism," end quote.”...
...“Gentlemen, thank you very much for being with us.
Norman Podhoretz, let me begin with you. You wrote over the summer that, if Iran is to be prevented from going ahead with a nuclear program, then the United States has "no alternative" but to strike against Iran. Do you still believe that? And if so, why?”
“NORMAN PODHORETZ, Foreign Policy Adviser, Rudy Giuliani: Very much so. It seems to me that most people in the world, at least until recently, agreed that it would be catastrophic to allow the Iranians to develop a nuclear capability. The only debate was over what the best means to prevent this from happening might be.
Well, for over four years, diplomacy has been tried, first by the Europeans and then with some American participation, and all they've accomplished, these negotiations, is to buy the Iranians more time with which to move forward inexorably toward a nuclear capability...
...So that leaves us with only one terrible choice, which is either to bomb those facilities and retard their program or even cut it off altogether or allow them to go nuclear. And I agree with what Senator McCain has said in the past: The only thing worse than bombing Iran is to allow Iran to get the bomb.”
“JUDY WOODRUFF: Fareed Zakaria, the choice, either strike Iran or allow them to go nuclear, are those the only two choices?”
FAREED ZAKARIA, Editor, Newsweek International: Well, there is a third choice, Judy, which is the choice we have used for pretty much every other country that has developed nuclear weapons, and that is deterrence.”...
... “This would be the third invasion of a Muslim country that the United States would have undertaken in the last five years; that seems to me a pretty serious business. And we've seen deterrence work against all these other countries...
...Let us even assume that Iran gets the bomb, and it's not clear that it will. Why are they more crazy than Kim Jong Il, a man who let two million of his own people starve in the last decade?”
“JUDY WOODRUFF: Well, you pose several points that I want to bring to Norman Podhoretz, but, number one, this question of deterrence. If these other countries Mr. Zakaria is listing have listened to the argument to use nuclear weapons they be destroying themselves, why do you think that argument doesn't work with Iran?”
“NORMAN PODHORETZ: Well, I'll tell you why. First, I want to say that I think the attitude expressed by Fareed Zakaria represents an irresponsible complacency that I think is comparable to the denial in the early '30s of the intentions of Hitler that led to what Churchill called an unnecessary war involving millions and millions of deaths that might have been averted if the West had acted early enough...
...The reason deterrence can't work with Iran is that there's a different element involved here than was involved with either Mao or even Kim Jong Il or Stalin, and that is the element of religious fanaticism.
The fact of the matter is that, with a religious fanatic like Ahmadinejad and the "mullahcracy" ruling Iran generally, there's no assurance that self-preservation or the protection, preservation of the nation, will deter them.
And let me tell you why. Here is what the Ayatollah Khomeini, of whom Ahmadinejad is a devoted disciple, once said. He said: We do not worship Iran. We worship Allah, for patriotism is another name for paganism. I say let this land of Iran burn. I say let this land go up in smoke, provided Islam emerges triumphant in the rest of the world.
Well, you can't deter a nation that is led by people with that kind of attitude...”
FAREED ZAKARIA: “You know, I had a feeling Norman would bring up that one quotation that he's used before, so I have one from now. "If the worst came to worst and half of mankind died, the other half would remain, while imperialism would be razed from the ground." This is what Mao said.
And it wasn't just his words. It was his actions. He was actively aiding revolutionary movements and killing Americans all over the world.
So the question about Iran's rationality rests on this: They've been in power for 30 years. What have they done? Iran has followed a pretty rational, national interest-oriented foreign policy.
If you look at the way in which they opposed al-Qaida and the Taliban, this was another Islamic revolutionary movement. You'd think that they would find them sympathetic, but, no, they were the sworn enemies of al-Qaida and they helped the United States depose the Taliban.
By and large, over the last 30 years they've been fairly calculating, they have followed their national interest. When it has bumped up against the United States, they have worked against us. When they have thought that our interests were in common, as in Afghanistan, they've worked with us.”...
JUDY WOODRUFF: Gentlemen, we would love to have this go on for an hour. Unfortunately, we have only a minute or less left, so I have one final question...
I do want to ask you both, because I think it's important. Mr. Podhoretz, do you think that, as you wrote a few months ago, this administration, this president intends before he leaves office to strike Iran?”
NORMAN PODHORETZ: “Yes, I do believe he will, because he has said many times -- or at least two times that I know of in public -- that, if we allow Iran to get the bomb, people 50 years from now will look back at us the way we look back at the men who made the Munich pact with Hitler in 1938 and say, "How could they have let this happen?"
Well, unlike Fareed Zakaria and the foreign policy establishment that is complacent and irresponsible, in my opinion, I think the president recognizes the danger. I think he knows that time is short, that time is not on our side. And I think he will take military action, not an invasion, but air strikes before he leaves office.”
JUDY WOODRUFF: “And, Fareed Zakaria, if you would, a brief response.”
FAREED ZAKARIA: “Oh, I would doubt it. Look, in the early 1980s, Norman Podhoretz and the neoconservatives believed the Soviet Union was going to take over the world and Finlandize Europe. When Reagan started talking to the Soviets, started talking to Gorbachev, Mr. Podhoretz excoriated him, called it the "Reagan road to detente" and such.
It turned out he was wrong. It turned out that the Soviets were not that powerful, and that history was on our side, and that things were going to work out as long as we kept our cool.
I believe in just the way that we have deterred the Soviet Union, Mao's China, Kim Jong Il, history will prove that we can use deterrence and containment to contain the problem of Iran and that we do not need to launch a third unilateral invasion just to do that.”
NORMAN PODHORETZ: “God help us if we follow that counsel.”
JUDY WOODRUFF: “Norman Podhoretz, we thank you. Fareed Zakaria, gentlemen, we thank you both very much.”
“Talk of an American war against Iran has provoked anxiety and uncertainty here in the Arab world, especially in the Gulf Region, Jordan, Palestine, Syria and Lebanon. People are still reeling from the effects of the continuing war in Iraq and the lack of resolution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.”
You should be worried. The inmates are in charge of the insane asylum.
Why do Americans irrationally support Israel unconditionally against our own best interests?
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy[1] (a condensed version used the title The Israel Lobby[2]) is the title of a work by John Mearsheimer, the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and Stephen Walt, The Robert and Rene Belfer Professor of International Relations at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, that has gone through several versions from 2002 to 2007. The most recent version is The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, a New York Times Best Seller, published in September 2007 by Farrah, Strauss, and Giroux.
The work claims that "the United States has been willing to set aside its own security in order to advance the interests of another state [Israel]", and further that U.S. Middle East policy is driven primarily by the "Israel Lobby," defined as a "loose coalition of individuals and organizations who actively work to steer U.S. foreign policy in a pro-Israel direction."[2]
The authors state that the "core of the Lobby" is "American Jews who make a significant effort in their daily lives to bend U.S. foreign policy so that it advances Israel's interests." They note that "not all Jewish-Americans are part of the Lobby," and that "Jewish-Americans also differ on specific Israeli policies."
The paper was originally commissioned in 2002 by The Atlantic Monthly, which then rejected it.[3] It became available as a working paper at the Kennedy School's website in 2006. The paper was finally published in March 2006 by the London Review of Books. Philip Weiss discusses some of the background to the creation of the paper in an article in The Nation.[4] A third, revised version addressing some of the criticism was published in the Fall 2006 issue of Middle East Policy. The authors state that "In terms of its core claims, however, this revised version does not depart from the original Working Paper."[5] In late August 2007 an enlarged version was published as a book.[6][7]
Get real! No one really thinks that the USA will attack Iran do you? Didn't you see the Tim Russert interview of Darth Vader this weekend?
October 28, 2007
Op-Ed Columnist
W.M.D. in Iran? Q.E.D.
By MAUREEN DOWD
TIM RUSSERT: Mr. Vice President, welcome to “Meet the Press.”
VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY: Good morning, Tim.
RUSSERT: How close are we to war with Iran?
CHENEY: Well, I think we are in the final stages of diplomacy, obviously. We have done virtually everything we can with respect to carrots, if you will. It’s time for squash. Not to mention mushrooms, clouds of them.
RUSSERT: But you squashed Iraq and that didn’t work out so well.
CHENEY: Iraq will be fine, Tim. It just needs a firmer hand. We learned that lesson. We’re not going to get hung up on democracy this time. (Expletive) purple thumbs.
RUSSERT: Isn’t Secretary Rice still pushing carrots for Iran?
CHENEY: The more carrots Condi feeds ’em, the better they’ll be able to see the bombs coming.
If any body ever bother to study and analyse the Camel's life style? Err.. rather Camel society, their social structures, their upbringing, their social bindings, social interactions, marriage or love lives? how they rear their offsprings and bringing them to "Camel Hood" maturity? I am talking about total Camel civilization.
After reading my intellectual deliberation on " Camel dome", you will immediately jump and try to mark me as a "Pure Nut"? And with sheer momentum, you will try to move my "Gibberish Jaron's",and immediately try to open my wisdom Eyes, and tell me that , there is no such thing called Camel's social structures.
I like to know from you then, what type of Hypothetical structure do they have?
you may say that camels are totally dependent to their Human Masters. and the conditions work like these:- From day one, Camel baby, who cannot suckle, and unable reach their mother's breast, and the mother Camel doesn't know how to breast feed her baby? Here Her master helps her how to do it. When these camels are grown to teen age, most male teens are castrated and fattened for producing meat for their masters' consumptions. Most of the Teen females are selectively reared for breeding purpose, and they have to wait for their menstrual cycles to begin with. Their masters also pamper two to three Bull Camels [are not castrated] and allow them to reach full maturity. And these bulls' main function is to breed. Most unfortunate events then followed, since in Camel society- these bulls have lost the capacity of mounting their fresh virgin and receptive cow Camels. Reason is that they don't know how to do it, and at this juncture, their Human masters led their helping hands in making successful camel mating rituals and with satisfactory out comes - I mean successful breading cycles ensue.
So fundamental rationale is - The Camel society is totally dependent to their benevolent Masters' gracious presence, otherwise these Camel civilizations could be totally extinct or obliterated from mother earth.
So Camel Civilizations of semi desert Arabic peninsula, have to have their Masters, from far north or Wests, to help them in all spheres of their lives.
Some time few misguided rebellious Camel Youths do protest and think of harming their masters, but Majority of the camel societies have develop tolerance to wards their Benevolent Masters.
Your country only taught you how to copy & past the propaganda? If the case you & your kinds are really rated in the lowest intelligent specie in the earth. not a single word you wrote is intelligible,
I should sais that Monkey & rat are much welcome than you and your kind on the talk show. at least these pets know more tan just copy & past of western propaganda.
Heads may bow but not the mind
To call Iraq invasion a war of freedom of Iraqi people by United States forces is ludicrous and a bizarre anomaly. After destroying the entire Iraq and turning into rubble; US new quest for a 'victory' there; looks absurd? As probably people don't know that what the factual position in Iraq is?
Why we tend to disregard the fact that we are out there to illegally occupy a sovereign country by thrusting an atrocious havoc upon them and bringing the destruction and anarchy to the feeble and defenceless, destitute people of Iraq. Disintegrating the very basic weaves and grains of the society and making them flee their home land; so that consolidation of American mega, mega bases in Iraq and grand US plan of Greater Middle East to fully occupy and bring the entire area into US folds becomes easier.
US Armed Forces deployed are ruthlessly exterminating every one who so ever comes in range; declaring every citizen there a terrorist; thus creating enemies all over the places. In order to prolong their stay, a subsequent phase of provoking Iranians to react and be punished on lame excuses has been opened. A provocative one sided US sanctions against Iran are already in place. US Media machinery is all out to bring about another war in this area. These deceitful, crafty efforts are illusionary and making US lead-mighty armed forces to fight yet another 'phoney war’.
Armies may not be able to bring about victory in phoney wars. They can bring havoc and destruction in the land only but can’t win by declaring some imaginary shadows and illusions as their enemies.
We all know that Oil supply from Middle East wells is a life line and is keeping western economies rolling. US may be in hurry to fully bring the entire Middle Eastern enclave in to their folds; before this that their old adversary Russia; sooner, she wakes up and snatches away this opportunity from them.(Signs are there)
It is God designs that on this planet earth; the rich, flourishing and technologically advanced economies lie in the west but their life line feed (oil) stems from the East. It demands striking a fair deal to bring about some Barter systems and be put in place to be run with all the fairness its business.
This may need a visionary to bring about and set up a justifiable systems and also to win the hearts and mind of people in the Middle East. Invading the countries and thrusting the policy of extermination of innocent inhabitants dotting around their pits of oil resources or creation of terror and imposing of famine may not be the solution. It may make the heads of feeble bow but it does not bend the mind.
The Balkans,Persian Gulf,West Africa,and Sri Lanka can be lumped into the "messy divorce" category.No one country or UN can manage and satisfy most or all participants,nor will there ever be a "best solution" for anyone ignorant enough to intervene.
Eliminate all doubt,pull out your military, halt all alliances and watch them destroy each other in a festival of hatred and distrust.
This may mean incur painful and expensive searches for substitutes,but the rewards will be gratifying for everyone.
They will maintain their pride and indifference,and you will satisfy your need to move forward.
Será que a população mundial está realmente cobrando gastos de alguns bilhões de dólares com guerras, ou verdadeiramente está cobrando de nações desenvolvidas, como os Estados Unidos, o direcionamento desse expressivo volume de recursos para minorar a pobreza nos países pobres?
Estamos vendo os americanos mantendo regimes totalitários em vários países do continente e, em outros, em que perdeu o controle das riquesesas, como a Venezuela, lutar para a queda de governantes.É transparente que a america central e latina, passam por grandes transformações economicas, sociais e políticas e que estão refletindo positivamente na vida da sociedade.Governos totalitários continuam interessando aos estados unidos, só quando cumprem recomendações diretas do seu aliado, o Banco Mundial ( FMI - BIRD - BID ).Sòmente agora, quando perderam o controle, os EE UU dispertaram para a importancia da america latina no contexto do potencial economico americano. Mas, os americanos devem se penitenciar dos males que causaram, endossando a concentração de riqueses, governos totalitários e ampliando o nível de pobreza nessas nações. Esses países e, com muita celeridade, estão saindo da dependencia da economia americana para o seu crescimento, em razão da economia mundial globalizada. Países como o Brasil, Rússia, Índia e China ( BRIC), a curtíssimo prazo, darão um novo conceito p/a economia mundial. Portanto, os americanos deixarão de exercer o controle dos países da america do sul e central e, para mante-los verdadeiros aliados, deve pensar MENOS NA GUERRA e MAIS NAQUILO QUE PODERÁ FAZER PARA A REDUÇÃO DA POBREZA E DAS DESIGUALDADES ECONOPMICAS E SOCIAIS
Será que a população mundial está realmente cobrando gastos de alguns bilhões de dólares com guerras, ou verdadeiramente está cobrando de nações desenvolvidas, como os Estados Unidos, o direcionamento desse expressivo volume de recursos para minorar a pobreza nos países pobres?
Estamos vendo os americanos mantendo regimes totalitários em vários países do continente e, em outros, em que perdeu o controle das riquesesas, como a Venezuela, lutar para a queda de governantes.É transparente que a america central e latina, passam por grandes transformações economicas, sociais e políticas e que estão refletindo positivamente na vida da sociedade.Governos totalitários continuam interessando aos estados unidos, só quando cumprem recomendações diretas do seu aliado, o Banco Mundial ( FMI - BIRD - BID ).Sòmente agora, quando perderam o controle, os EE UU dispertaram para a importancia da america latina no contexto do potencial economico americano. Mas, os americanos devem se penitenciar dos males que causaram, endossando a concentração de riqueses, governos totalitários e ampliando o nível de pobreza nessas nações. Esses países e, com muita celeridade, estão saindo da dependencia da economia americana para o seu crescimento, em razão da economia mundial globalizada. Países como o Brasil, Rússia, Índia e China ( BRIC), a curtíssimo prazo, darão um novo conceito p/a economia mundial. Portanto, os americanos deixarão de exercer o controle dos países da america do sul e central e, para mante-los verdadeiros aliados, deve pensar MENOS NA GUERRA e MAIS NAQUILO QUE PODERÁ FAZER PARA A REDUÇÃO DA POBREZA E DAS DESIGUALDADES ECONOPMICAS E SOCIAIS
Será que a população mundial está realmente cobrando gastos de alguns bilhões de dólares com guerras, ou verdadeiramente está cobrando de nações desenvolvidas, como os Estados Unidos, o direcionamento desse expressivo volume de recursos para minorar a pobreza nos países pobres?
Estamos vendo os americanos mantendo regimes totalitários em vários países do continente e, em outros, em que perdeu o controle das riquesesas, como a Venezuela, lutar para a queda de governantes.É transparente que a america central e latina, passam por grandes transformações economicas, sociais e políticas e que estão refletindo positivamente na vida da sociedade.Governos totalitários continuam interessando aos estados unidos, só quando cumprem recomendações diretas do seu aliado, o Banco Mundial ( FMI - BIRD - BID ).Sòmente agora, quando perderam o controle, os EE UU dispertaram para a importancia da america latina no contexto do potencial economico americano. Mas, os americanos devem se penitenciar dos males que causaram, endossando a concentração de riqueses, governos totalitários e ampliando o nível de pobreza nessas nações. Esses países e, com muita celeridade, estão saindo da dependencia da economia americana para o seu crescimento, em razão da economia mundial globalizada. Países como o Brasil, Rússia, Índia e China ( BRIC), a curtíssimo prazo, darão um novo conceito p/a economia mundial. Portanto, os americanos deixarão de exercer o controle dos países da america do sul e central e, para mante-los verdadeiros aliados, deve pensar MENOS NA GUERRA e MAIS NAQUILO QUE PODERÁ FAZER PARA A REDUÇÃO DA POBREZA E DAS DESIGUALDADES ECONOPMICAS E SOCIAIS
Será que a população mundial está realmente cobrando gastos de alguns bilhões de dólares com guerras, ou verdadeiramente está cobrando de nações desenvolvidas, como os Estados Unidos, o direcionamento desse expressivo volume de recursos para minorar a pobreza nos países pobres?
Estamos vendo os americanos mantendo regimes totalitários em vários países do continente e, em outros, em que perdeu o controle das riquesesas, como a Venezuela, lutar para a queda de governantes.É transparente que a america central e latina, passam por grandes transformações economicas, sociais e políticas e que estão refletindo positivamente na vida da sociedade.Governos totalitários continuam interessando aos estados unidos, só quando cumprem recomendações diretas do seu aliado, o Banco Mundial ( FMI - BIRD - BID ).Sòmente agora, quando perderam o controle, os EE UU dispertaram para a importancia da america latina no contexto do potencial economico americano. Mas, os americanos devem se penitenciar dos males que causaram, endossando a concentração de riqueses, governos totalitários e ampliando o nível de pobreza nessas nações. Esses países e, com muita celeridade, estão saindo da dependencia da economia americana para o seu crescimento, em razão da economia mundial globalizada. Países como o Brasil, Rússia, Índia e China ( BRIC), a curtíssimo prazo, darão um novo conceito p/a economia mundial. Portanto, os americanos deixarão de exercer o controle dos países da america do sul e central e, para mante-los verdadeiros aliados, deve pensar MENOS NA GUERRA e MAIS NAQUILO QUE PODERÁ FAZER PARA A REDUÇÃO DA POBREZA E DAS DESIGUALDADES ECONOPMICAS E SOCIAIS
According to the latest International Pew Poll, the BRITISH people , by 60%, now believe that the Bush administration is a bigger threat to world peace than Osama Bin Laden. They also believe that China and Russia have more credibility than the Bush administration.
Read that again slowly, Conscience. Mouth the words out loud if it helps you understand what this administration has done to your country.
And that's the BRITISH, Conscience, our greatest ally.
That's not even a Muslim country poll.
Time for you and your ilk to get a grip and face reality.
Hello World! and especially to the Developing Nations!
The real terrible facts found in this present world to all to view and think as:
Fact-1: China and Russia are two most terrible and most treacherous and harmful nations sitting in UNSC, exploiting this organization inhumanly and dangerously to flare up, initiate and promote devastations to several nations, and to influence, convince, condone and support the world criminals and tyrants, especially those naive and mindless nations (i.e., Syria, Iran, Sudan, Venezuela, Burma, N. Korea, etc.,) to practice violence of all sorts, domestically and globally, and all acting like their Russia and China terrorizing communist masters such as: Iran, Syria, N. Korea, Burma, Venezuela, Central Asian nations, etc., to follow their brutal violences, lawless and uncivilized ways to run their terrorizing businesses at home and to other nations!
Fact-2: Iran, the land of fanatic terrors and terrorists that relentlessly loves to apply the murderous deeds and efforts to devastate other nations and including its own unfortunate brainwashed citizens, who suddenly turn themselves naively from harmless innocents previously into the present very blood-thirsty crazy murderers and terrorists! as proven worldwide!
These Fact-1 and Fact-2 are the main ingredients to boil up this world and all unfortunate nations and their citizens have directly and indirectly become infested by these world diseases caused by the both offending, very bloodly communist Russia, China and the mindless and shallow-minded followers as shown to the world that the unfortunate and foolish tyrants have volunteerly become slaves for their China and/or Russia or both masters in order to be able to exploit all resources and lives in their own nations!
The problem partly is due to this world is full with naive and mindless and have-no-value tyrants who are very easily to be corrupted by their masters, that these naive tyrants have forcibly gained controls their own nations and have deadly opportunities be able to enslave and devastate their own innocent citizens like animals and no-more-and-no-less than the millions of suffered animals in this world today!. And sadly, these very little valuable UN and UNSC can do nothing to help them while the both harmful and treacherous China and Russia that only want them to die in suffering, in torturing of all sorts in their own lands as the entire world have seen for years!
In essence, the entire mindless nations ruled by their own bloody, iron-fisted tyrants these devastating folks are nothing more than the volunteered victims for both China and Russia!, and unfortunately, only China and Russia can harvest all benefits greedily for themselves at the cost of millions of innocents suffering mentally and physically and endlessly as seen by all mankind!
And these are the very sad things of human misery that all mankind have to see in the days in and days out in several unfortunate nations where people here should deserve the better lives instead of valueless life of the slaves or born to be automatically become slaves as seen!
Conscience-of-the-world represents the typical, one-dimensional Rush Limbaugh listener in America who has bought the entire Bush/Cheney propaganda sales job based on Western movies with America always, always, wearing the good-guy white hat.
Informed, educated adults know better.
When Conscience finally realizes that he and his childre and grandchildren have been left with the tax burden of all these overseas "adventures," (paid for with borrowed money from China, while Bush and his corporate supporters make off with the profit), he won't even know what hit him.
It isn't Iran the world really fears as unstable. It's the United States under George Bush and Dick Cheney operating in secrecy, with no oversight, and outside the rule of law.
You can thank Fred Hiatt and the Washington Post editorial staff for helping create that un-American environment.
iranians are not arabs, they are persian. pakis are not arab, either; pakis are persian. i believe this author has misconstrued the arguement: the argument is about muslims vs orthodox jews, conservative jews and american evangelical christians. many muslims and arabs are progressive, persians included.
For the time being, Iranian nuclear program is certified by the IAEA as fully civilian and within the framework of NPT. What the world and the mid east need are safeguards to insure that it stays this way. The current policy of Bush administration is not to find an accommodation, it wants full suspension of their program that is incidentally fully legal, before engaging in negotiations. Now, I do not know about others, but if someone came to me and said, do as I say and then I will talk to you about why you should do as I say, I wouldn’t give in either.
Would you please tell us how many countries have been invaded by China and Russia in the last half a century?
How many troops do China and Russia have in the Middle East right now?
How many Iraqis have died as a result of China/Russia invading their country?
How much oil has been stolen from Iraq by China and/or Russia?
Probably you are aware that some 3000 Americans were murdered on 9/11. Would you please let us know how many Iranian, Chinese or Russian citizens were involved in such a terrorist attack? Do you think that maybe, just maybe, most of them may have come from some other country such as Saudi Arabia?
You're the most low class in the human race, hidding your true national identity and keep attack nations such Russia and China, Iran with bush**T propaganda
I bet your country and your kinds are not better then Russian, Chinese and Iranian and still enslave by western countries, so keep up with your propaganda in exchange for food to save you few days from stavation.
the residents should be worried and anxious about washington's intentions. the bush administration is hell bent on controlling all of the regions energy supplies and it is doubtfull as to whether the white house will exhibit any favoritism whatsoever in achieving their goals. the only thing that remains to be seen is whether or not the people of the gulf will finally resign themselves as to the true intentions of their so-called "protectors". regardless of what the american people think, bush and cheney have always placed their agenda ahead of world opinion and the wishes of the american people. if the gulf states believe this to be untrue then they should continue to procrastinate and refuse to embed the mechanisms necessary to protect themselves. as to the chances of a wmd free middle east, well, we all know that the opinions of the zionists always come first. if the u.n. were to finally and miraculously develop a backbone then there might be a slim chance that a regional solution might be achieved. what is necessary is constant pressure as opposed to a process which has stumbled along in fits and starts. who wouldn't really love to see a wmd free middle east other than washington and tel aviv?
Hello world! and especially the Developing nations!
The real terrible facts to the present world to all to view and think as:
Fact-1: China and Russia are two most terrible and most treacherous and harmful nations sitting in UNSC, exploiting this organization inhumanly and dangerously to flare up, initiate, influence, convince, condone and support the world criminals and tyrants, especially those naive and mindless nations (Syria, Iran, Sudan, Venezuela, Burma, N. Korea, etc.,) to practice violence of all sorts domestically and globally and acting like their Russia and China terrorizing masters such as: Iran, Syria, N. Korea, Burma, Venezuela, Central Asian nations, etc., to follow their brutal violences, lawless and uncivilized ways to run their terrorizing businesses at home and to other nations!
Fact-2: Iran, the land of fanatic terrors and terrorists that relentlessly love to apply the murderous deeds and efforts to devastate other nations and including its own unfortunate brainwashed citizens, who suddenly turn themselves naively from harmless innocents previously into the present very blood-thirsty crazy murderers and terrorists! as proven worldwide!
These Fact-1 and Fact-2 are the main ingredients to boil up this world and all nations and their citizens have ditectly and indirectly become infested by these world diseases caused by offending Russia, China and the mindless and shallow-minded followers as the unfortunate and foolish tyrants volunteerly to become slaves for their China and/or Russia or both masters!
The problem partly is due to this world is full with naive and mindless and have-no-value tyrants that they have controlled their own nations and have opportunities be able to enslave and devastate their own innocent citizens like animals and no-more-and- no-less than suffered animals in this world today and sadly, these non-valuable UN and UNSC can do nothing to help them while these both harmful China and Russia only want them to die in suffering in their own lands!
In essence, the entire mindless nations ruled by their own tyrants are nothing more than volunteered victims for both China and Russia, and only China and Russia can harvest all benefits for themselves at the cost of millions of innocents suffering endlessly as seen by all mankind!
"Iran as a buffer against Israel? A buffer aginst what, invading Egypt?". You sound so incredulous. I wonder why, given that Israel HAS invaded Egypt several times. Syria, Jordan and Lebanon, too. You forget last summer? But that's not the point. Ariel Sharon once supposedly said, "they have the oil, but we have the matches". That's the kind of threat, from a nuclear armed country, that would make anyone feel a little insecure. And I'd think the average Sunni Arab citizen would love a deterrent, any kind of deterrent, even from a Persian Shiite source. You know what they say, the enemy of my enemy may not be my friend, but he may make a convenient ally. Have we forgotten how we embraced Stalin during WWII?
Iran as a buffer against Israel? A buffer aginst what, invading Egypt? Using nuclear weapons? If they were crazy enough to do that, it would have happened already.
I certainly don't agree with many of Israel's policies but Iran's actions only serve to destabilize the entire region, not make it better.
This administration backed by crazy evangelicals believe they will kick off "armaggedon" leading to the "rapture". Apparently, these idiots believe God works in Bush time. They also need another war, somewhere where details, actions, expense and procedures can remain cloudy and unauditable and punch up support for civil liberties curtailment and secrecy. They are also furious that Iran won't buckle like the other Middle East countries have done and allow the US and Israel to dictate policy and type and number of weapons allowed in country. The other Arab countries mouth whatever the US tells them but every once in a while, some spokesperson will say something admiring about the strength of Iran. Why are the Gulf States not more afraid of Israel's nuclear weapons and America's backing for any actions Israel would take against any of them if so they chose? Israel doesn't have to threathen these other countries, they are subjugated by fear and the knowledge that they can do anything in their own countries and be upheld by the US. They go along to get along. They made a bargain with the devil and the leaders of these countries look weak. I am sure this administration and Israel will do anything to win in Iran. Neither cares anything about people and both believe the strongest will prevail. Neither leadership cares about any future problem that may ensue for their countries. It is all about themselves. I believe many of the Arab leaders made the same calculation and now they find themselves slowly pressed internally or externally. Whenever the Iraq conflict winds down, we will probably find that every number given by this administration is astronomically lower in terms of lives and treasure because they are fundamentally and willfully untruthful. But we kinda already know that, don't we.
No country governed by people of the book -Jewish, Christian, Islam, has ever really done policy from it's faith. We all are always living the Crusades when it comes to state policy. The only possible way to stop the use of nuclear weapons is to not have any. Jesus said he who lives by the sword will die by the sword. Realistically we need to come to grips with, and try to prepare for, the fact that sooner or later, nuclear weapons will be used. Probably against the United States, and likely on New York City. War with Iran will not change that.
I am sick and tired of the corporatism of America dictating the foreign policy of America! What interest or right does America have to do anything outside of our own boundaries? The only legitimate interest of America is reasonable and free access to the world's resources, assuming we have any ability remaining to afford anything! As far as I can tell, there has never been any threat to America to bar any such access; contrary, the borrowing of monies on a hugh scale to pay for a useless and stupid war presumably for Corporate access and control if Iraqi oil has resulted in the decreased economic capability of America. American corporations may be doing well, where do you suppose all of that war money actually goes?); but the poeples of America are much less well off and less able to afford any goods or services. American corporations can move overseaes, transfer jobs and income to foreign lands, etc.; but Americans remain in the backwater of corporatism, merely a market to exploit for these corporations!
Wyan Gildt & wobble: I am always amused by my (US) countrymen complaining that WE are the world's policemen. The reason is that WE, the US, choose to be. We expect others to behave the way we want them to, and cannot bear the very concept that they do NOT. The worse part is that we are not perfect in our 'solutions'.
Let the Arab world eat cake. I am sick and I am tired of the USA always getting blame for the problems of the world. The Arab world has shown for decades that they can't get their acts together. Let the chips fall where they may.
What kind of Middle East do we want?
The present Republican administration contends that above all, a nation like Iran would not fit into our picture. The Iranian government would not accept our administration policy as the sole policy for the Middle East. The administration wants the natural resources of the area and a market where our corporations would sell our hardware and second-class arsenals.
Iranian potential to develop nuclear arsenals would be of minimum consequence to our national defense. US finds it much easier to deal with a single ruler than to deal with a whole nation. We just pretend to desire the concept of messy democracy for these nations, knowing well the hostility of the regional population to our American foreign policy.
Are we trying to make an example of Iran? Iran under Shah was incapable to produce a sewing needle; in contrast, Iran today is developing a strong population of educated men and women, a solid industrial base and national pride. Iranian democracy must develop from the Iranian base, a brand of democracy suited to the historical and cultural sense of the population. Like our American Republic, democracy in Iran will nurture with time, experiencing up and down until the Bill of Rights of Iran will be established.
If it is not about domination of the Persian Gulf countries, and exploitation of their natural resources, then what is that we want?
How about NO foreign power ruling over the middle east?
You frame it as middle east MUST have a foreign overlord, and therefore, better us than the chinese or the russians.
How about no interference?
A young republic once decried "no taxation without representation" to shed herself of an indifferent master across the ocean. Those principles stood true then and stand true now.
The new version should be "no interference without representation".
So the Sunnites in the MidEast might prefer a success of the Shiites to a success of the USA ...
What will happen in case the hatred and disgust about US politics in the MidEast (Palestine, Iraq, Iran) will get hotter and hotter?
Might the Arab nations be tempted - in a few years - to ask CHINA (in cooperation with Russia?) to replace US power in the MidEast? Could China play this role - against desperate attempts of the USA to keep leverage there? Could MidEast oil be paid in Euro soon?
As it seems, the US role in the MidEast is mainly destructive (and self-destructive?). From mere incompetence - or from design?
The western countries in general, and the US in particular, DO NOT like to see the fact of the matters, they want to see the issues as it fits their interests. And they are trying to impose their distorted views to the rest of the world.
I need somebody to explain to me how a "promise in the holy book" gives some people the right to other people's land. Is the int'l law based on the holy book? or are we still living in the era of the Crusades?
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What World War III May Look Like:
http://antiwar.com/orig/giraldi.php?articleid=11666
October 31, 2007 1:41 PM | Report Offensive Comments
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Yup, we are all nuts!
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/10/31/104328/05
Americans support bombing Iran
by Hiraga
Wed Oct 31, 2007 at 07:48:55 AM PDT
According to "Raw Story" Zogby International reports that 52% of Americans polled support air strikes against Iran.
In spite of all the talk on this site about Bush's approval ratings tanking, Bush "best Democratic strategist ever", and so on, this poll is absolutely devastating. The American public is ignorant, fearful, and violent as ever. I've never felt this way before, but what this 52% number means is that we - the progressive, reality-based community have lost. Media consolidation, the concentration of power in the hands of a corporate elite, the military industrial complex, the hubris of empire - all of this institutional power that the reactionary right has - is too much for us.
This country is on a glide path to a bloody, reactionary, anti-democratic late imperial demise. I'm sick to my frickin' stomach.
October 31, 2007 1:33 PM | Report Offensive Comments
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Did you see PBS’s News Hour yesterday? Here’s the link to the transcript:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec07/iran_10-29.html
“JUDY WOODRUFF: And the debate goes on outside Congress with perhaps even more intensity. Commentary magazine editor Norman Podhoretz wrote in June that military force was "required" to stop Iran from getting a bomb and offered this description of Iranian President Ahmadinejad. Quote, "Like Hitler, he is a revolutionary whose objective is to overturn the going international system and to replace it with a new order dominated by Iran and ruled by the religio-political culture of Islamofascism," end quote.”...
...“Gentlemen, thank you very much for being with us.
Norman Podhoretz, let me begin with you. You wrote over the summer that, if Iran is to be prevented from going ahead with a nuclear program, then the United States has "no alternative" but to strike against Iran. Do you still believe that? And if so, why?”
“NORMAN PODHORETZ, Foreign Policy Adviser, Rudy Giuliani: Very much so. It seems to me that most people in the world, at least until recently, agreed that it would be catastrophic to allow the Iranians to develop a nuclear capability. The only debate was over what the best means to prevent this from happening might be.
Well, for over four years, diplomacy has been tried, first by the Europeans and then with some American participation, and all they've accomplished, these negotiations, is to buy the Iranians more time with which to move forward inexorably toward a nuclear capability...
...So that leaves us with only one terrible choice, which is either to bomb those facilities and retard their program or even cut it off altogether or allow them to go nuclear. And I agree with what Senator McCain has said in the past: The only thing worse than bombing Iran is to allow Iran to get the bomb.”
“JUDY WOODRUFF: Fareed Zakaria, the choice, either strike Iran or allow them to go nuclear, are those the only two choices?”
FAREED ZAKARIA, Editor, Newsweek International: Well, there is a third choice, Judy, which is the choice we have used for pretty much every other country that has developed nuclear weapons, and that is deterrence.”...
... “This would be the third invasion of a Muslim country that the United States would have undertaken in the last five years; that seems to me a pretty serious business. And we've seen deterrence work against all these other countries...
...Let us even assume that Iran gets the bomb, and it's not clear that it will. Why are they more crazy than Kim Jong Il, a man who let two million of his own people starve in the last decade?”
“JUDY WOODRUFF: Well, you pose several points that I want to bring to Norman Podhoretz, but, number one, this question of deterrence. If these other countries Mr. Zakaria is listing have listened to the argument to use nuclear weapons they be destroying themselves, why do you think that argument doesn't work with Iran?”
“NORMAN PODHORETZ: Well, I'll tell you why. First, I want to say that I think the attitude expressed by Fareed Zakaria represents an irresponsible complacency that I think is comparable to the denial in the early '30s of the intentions of Hitler that led to what Churchill called an unnecessary war involving millions and millions of deaths that might have been averted if the West had acted early enough...
...The reason deterrence can't work with Iran is that there's a different element involved here than was involved with either Mao or even Kim Jong Il or Stalin, and that is the element of religious fanaticism.
The fact of the matter is that, with a religious fanatic like Ahmadinejad and the "mullahcracy" ruling Iran generally, there's no assurance that self-preservation or the protection, preservation of the nation, will deter them.
And let me tell you why. Here is what the Ayatollah Khomeini, of whom Ahmadinejad is a devoted disciple, once said. He said: We do not worship Iran. We worship Allah, for patriotism is another name for paganism. I say let this land of Iran burn. I say let this land go up in smoke, provided Islam emerges triumphant in the rest of the world.
Well, you can't deter a nation that is led by people with that kind of attitude...”
FAREED ZAKARIA: “You know, I had a feeling Norman would bring up that one quotation that he's used before, so I have one from now. "If the worst came to worst and half of mankind died, the other half would remain, while imperialism would be razed from the ground." This is what Mao said.
And it wasn't just his words. It was his actions. He was actively aiding revolutionary movements and killing Americans all over the world.
So the question about Iran's rationality rests on this: They've been in power for 30 years. What have they done? Iran has followed a pretty rational, national interest-oriented foreign policy.
If you look at the way in which they opposed al-Qaida and the Taliban, this was another Islamic revolutionary movement. You'd think that they would find them sympathetic, but, no, they were the sworn enemies of al-Qaida and they helped the United States depose the Taliban.
By and large, over the last 30 years they've been fairly calculating, they have followed their national interest. When it has bumped up against the United States, they have worked against us. When they have thought that our interests were in common, as in Afghanistan, they've worked with us.”...
JUDY WOODRUFF: Gentlemen, we would love to have this go on for an hour. Unfortunately, we have only a minute or less left, so I have one final question...
I do want to ask you both, because I think it's important. Mr. Podhoretz, do you think that, as you wrote a few months ago, this administration, this president intends before he leaves office to strike Iran?”
NORMAN PODHORETZ: “Yes, I do believe he will, because he has said many times -- or at least two times that I know of in public -- that, if we allow Iran to get the bomb, people 50 years from now will look back at us the way we look back at the men who made the Munich pact with Hitler in 1938 and say, "How could they have let this happen?"
Well, unlike Fareed Zakaria and the foreign policy establishment that is complacent and irresponsible, in my opinion, I think the president recognizes the danger. I think he knows that time is short, that time is not on our side. And I think he will take military action, not an invasion, but air strikes before he leaves office.”
JUDY WOODRUFF: “And, Fareed Zakaria, if you would, a brief response.”
FAREED ZAKARIA: “Oh, I would doubt it. Look, in the early 1980s, Norman Podhoretz and the neoconservatives believed the Soviet Union was going to take over the world and Finlandize Europe. When Reagan started talking to the Soviets, started talking to Gorbachev, Mr. Podhoretz excoriated him, called it the "Reagan road to detente" and such.
It turned out he was wrong. It turned out that the Soviets were not that powerful, and that history was on our side, and that things were going to work out as long as we kept our cool.
I believe in just the way that we have deterred the Soviet Union, Mao's China, Kim Jong Il, history will prove that we can use deterrence and containment to contain the problem of Iran and that we do not need to launch a third unilateral invasion just to do that.”
NORMAN PODHORETZ: “God help us if we follow that counsel.”
JUDY WOODRUFF: “Norman Podhoretz, we thank you. Fareed Zakaria, gentlemen, we thank you both very much.”
October 31, 2007 12:36 PM | Report Offensive Comments
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Lamis says:
“Talk of an American war against Iran has provoked anxiety and uncertainty here in the Arab world, especially in the Gulf Region, Jordan, Palestine, Syria and Lebanon. People are still reeling from the effects of the continuing war in Iraq and the lack of resolution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.”
You should be worried. The inmates are in charge of the insane asylum.
Why do Americans irrationally support Israel unconditionally against our own best interests?
See this link for answers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Israel_Lobby_and_U.S._Foreign_Policy
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy[1] (a condensed version used the title The Israel Lobby[2]) is the title of a work by John Mearsheimer, the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and Stephen Walt, The Robert and Rene Belfer Professor of International Relations at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, that has gone through several versions from 2002 to 2007. The most recent version is The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, a New York Times Best Seller, published in September 2007 by Farrah, Strauss, and Giroux.
The work claims that "the United States has been willing to set aside its own security in order to advance the interests of another state [Israel]", and further that U.S. Middle East policy is driven primarily by the "Israel Lobby," defined as a "loose coalition of individuals and organizations who actively work to steer U.S. foreign policy in a pro-Israel direction."[2]
The authors state that the "core of the Lobby" is "American Jews who make a significant effort in their daily lives to bend U.S. foreign policy so that it advances Israel's interests." They note that "not all Jewish-Americans are part of the Lobby," and that "Jewish-Americans also differ on specific Israeli policies."
The paper was originally commissioned in 2002 by The Atlantic Monthly, which then rejected it.[3] It became available as a working paper at the Kennedy School's website in 2006. The paper was finally published in March 2006 by the London Review of Books. Philip Weiss discusses some of the background to the creation of the paper in an article in The Nation.[4] A third, revised version addressing some of the criticism was published in the Fall 2006 issue of Middle East Policy. The authors state that "In terms of its core claims, however, this revised version does not depart from the original Working Paper."[5] In late August 2007 an enlarged version was published as a book.[6][7]
October 31, 2007 10:41 AM | Report Offensive Comments
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Get real! No one really thinks that the USA will attack Iran do you? Didn't you see the Tim Russert interview of Darth Vader this weekend?
October 28, 2007
Op-Ed Columnist
W.M.D. in Iran? Q.E.D.
By MAUREEN DOWD
TIM RUSSERT: Mr. Vice President, welcome to “Meet the Press.”
VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY: Good morning, Tim.
RUSSERT: How close are we to war with Iran?
CHENEY: Well, I think we are in the final stages of diplomacy, obviously. We have done virtually everything we can with respect to carrots, if you will. It’s time for squash. Not to mention mushrooms, clouds of them.
RUSSERT: But you squashed Iraq and that didn’t work out so well.
CHENEY: Iraq will be fine, Tim. It just needs a firmer hand. We learned that lesson. We’re not going to get hung up on democracy this time. (Expletive) purple thumbs.
RUSSERT: Isn’t Secretary Rice still pushing carrots for Iran?
CHENEY: The more carrots Condi feeds ’em, the better they’ll be able to see the bombs coming.
The rest is at this link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/opinion/28dowd.html?n=Top/Opinion/Editorials%20and%20Op-Ed/Op-Ed/Columnists/Maureen%20Dowd&pagewanted=print
October 31, 2007 9:42 AM | Report Offensive Comments
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If any body ever bother to study and analyse the Camel's life style? Err.. rather Camel society, their social structures, their upbringing, their social bindings, social interactions, marriage or love lives? how they rear their offsprings and bringing them to "Camel Hood" maturity? I am talking about total Camel civilization.
After reading my intellectual deliberation on " Camel dome", you will immediately jump and try to mark me as a "Pure Nut"? And with sheer momentum, you will try to move my "Gibberish Jaron's",and immediately try to open my wisdom Eyes, and tell me that , there is no such thing called Camel's social structures.
I like to know from you then, what type of Hypothetical structure do they have?
you may say that camels are totally dependent to their Human Masters. and the conditions work like these:- From day one, Camel baby, who cannot suckle, and unable reach their mother's breast, and the mother Camel doesn't know how to breast feed her baby? Here Her master helps her how to do it. When these camels are grown to teen age, most male teens are castrated and fattened for producing meat for their masters' consumptions. Most of the Teen females are selectively reared for breeding purpose, and they have to wait for their menstrual cycles to begin with. Their masters also pamper two to three Bull Camels [are not castrated] and allow them to reach full maturity. And these bulls' main function is to breed. Most unfortunate events then followed, since in Camel society- these bulls have lost the capacity of mounting their fresh virgin and receptive cow Camels. Reason is that they don't know how to do it, and at this juncture, their Human masters led their helping hands in making successful camel mating rituals and with satisfactory out comes - I mean successful breading cycles ensue.
So fundamental rationale is - The Camel society is totally dependent to their benevolent Masters' gracious presence, otherwise these Camel civilizations could be totally extinct or obliterated from mother earth.
So Camel Civilizations of semi desert Arabic peninsula, have to have their Masters, from far north or Wests, to help them in all spheres of their lives.
Some time few misguided rebellious Camel Youths do protest and think of harming their masters, but Majority of the camel societies have develop tolerance to wards their Benevolent Masters.
October 29, 2007 4:02 PM | Report Offensive Comments
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Your country only taught you how to copy & past the propaganda? If the case you & your kinds are really rated in the lowest intelligent specie in the earth. not a single word you wrote is intelligible,
I should sais that Monkey & rat are much welcome than you and your kind on the talk show. at least these pets know more tan just copy & past of western propaganda.
October 28, 2007 1:41 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 28, 2007 13:41
Heads may bow but not the mind
To call Iraq invasion a war of freedom of Iraqi people by United States forces is ludicrous and a bizarre anomaly. After destroying the entire Iraq and turning into rubble; US new quest for a 'victory' there; looks absurd? As probably people don't know that what the factual position in Iraq is?
Why we tend to disregard the fact that we are out there to illegally occupy a sovereign country by thrusting an atrocious havoc upon them and bringing the destruction and anarchy to the feeble and defenceless, destitute people of Iraq. Disintegrating the very basic weaves and grains of the society and making them flee their home land; so that consolidation of American mega, mega bases in Iraq and grand US plan of Greater Middle East to fully occupy and bring the entire area into US folds becomes easier.
US Armed Forces deployed are ruthlessly exterminating every one who so ever comes in range; declaring every citizen there a terrorist; thus creating enemies all over the places. In order to prolong their stay, a subsequent phase of provoking Iranians to react and be punished on lame excuses has been opened. A provocative one sided US sanctions against Iran are already in place. US Media machinery is all out to bring about another war in this area. These deceitful, crafty efforts are illusionary and making US lead-mighty armed forces to fight yet another 'phoney war’.
Armies may not be able to bring about victory in phoney wars. They can bring havoc and destruction in the land only but can’t win by declaring some imaginary shadows and illusions as their enemies.
We all know that Oil supply from Middle East wells is a life line and is keeping western economies rolling. US may be in hurry to fully bring the entire Middle Eastern enclave in to their folds; before this that their old adversary Russia; sooner, she wakes up and snatches away this opportunity from them.(Signs are there)
It is God designs that on this planet earth; the rich, flourishing and technologically advanced economies lie in the west but their life line feed (oil) stems from the East. It demands striking a fair deal to bring about some Barter systems and be put in place to be run with all the fairness its business.
This may need a visionary to bring about and set up a justifiable systems and also to win the hearts and mind of people in the Middle East. Invading the countries and thrusting the policy of extermination of innocent inhabitants dotting around their pits of oil resources or creation of terror and imposing of famine may not be the solution. It may make the heads of feeble bow but it does not bend the mind.
October 28, 2007 8:47 AM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 28, 2007 08:47
The Balkans,Persian Gulf,West Africa,and Sri Lanka can be lumped into the "messy divorce" category.No one country or UN can manage and satisfy most or all participants,nor will there ever be a "best solution" for anyone ignorant enough to intervene.
Eliminate all doubt,pull out your military, halt all alliances and watch them destroy each other in a festival of hatred and distrust.
This may mean incur painful and expensive searches for substitutes,but the rewards will be gratifying for everyone.
They will maintain their pride and indifference,and you will satisfy your need to move forward.
October 28, 2007 8:40 AM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 28, 2007 08:40
Será que a população mundial está realmente cobrando gastos de alguns bilhões de dólares com guerras, ou verdadeiramente está cobrando de nações desenvolvidas, como os Estados Unidos, o direcionamento desse expressivo volume de recursos para minorar a pobreza nos países pobres?
Estamos vendo os americanos mantendo regimes totalitários em vários países do continente e, em outros, em que perdeu o controle das riquesesas, como a Venezuela, lutar para a queda de governantes.É transparente que a america central e latina, passam por grandes transformações economicas, sociais e políticas e que estão refletindo positivamente na vida da sociedade.Governos totalitários continuam interessando aos estados unidos, só quando cumprem recomendações diretas do seu aliado, o Banco Mundial ( FMI - BIRD - BID ).Sòmente agora, quando perderam o controle, os EE UU dispertaram para a importancia da america latina no contexto do potencial economico americano. Mas, os americanos devem se penitenciar dos males que causaram, endossando a concentração de riqueses, governos totalitários e ampliando o nível de pobreza nessas nações. Esses países e, com muita celeridade, estão saindo da dependencia da economia americana para o seu crescimento, em razão da economia mundial globalizada. Países como o Brasil, Rússia, Índia e China ( BRIC), a curtíssimo prazo, darão um novo conceito p/a economia mundial. Portanto, os americanos deixarão de exercer o controle dos países da america do sul e central e, para mante-los verdadeiros aliados, deve pensar MENOS NA GUERRA e MAIS NAQUILO QUE PODERÁ FAZER PARA A REDUÇÃO DA POBREZA E DAS DESIGUALDADES ECONOPMICAS E SOCIAIS
October 28, 2007 7:45 AM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 28, 2007 07:45
Será que a população mundial está realmente cobrando gastos de alguns bilhões de dólares com guerras, ou verdadeiramente está cobrando de nações desenvolvidas, como os Estados Unidos, o direcionamento desse expressivo volume de recursos para minorar a pobreza nos países pobres?
Estamos vendo os americanos mantendo regimes totalitários em vários países do continente e, em outros, em que perdeu o controle das riquesesas, como a Venezuela, lutar para a queda de governantes.É transparente que a america central e latina, passam por grandes transformações economicas, sociais e políticas e que estão refletindo positivamente na vida da sociedade.Governos totalitários continuam interessando aos estados unidos, só quando cumprem recomendações diretas do seu aliado, o Banco Mundial ( FMI - BIRD - BID ).Sòmente agora, quando perderam o controle, os EE UU dispertaram para a importancia da america latina no contexto do potencial economico americano. Mas, os americanos devem se penitenciar dos males que causaram, endossando a concentração de riqueses, governos totalitários e ampliando o nível de pobreza nessas nações. Esses países e, com muita celeridade, estão saindo da dependencia da economia americana para o seu crescimento, em razão da economia mundial globalizada. Países como o Brasil, Rússia, Índia e China ( BRIC), a curtíssimo prazo, darão um novo conceito p/a economia mundial. Portanto, os americanos deixarão de exercer o controle dos países da america do sul e central e, para mante-los verdadeiros aliados, deve pensar MENOS NA GUERRA e MAIS NAQUILO QUE PODERÁ FAZER PARA A REDUÇÃO DA POBREZA E DAS DESIGUALDADES ECONOPMICAS E SOCIAIS
October 28, 2007 7:42 AM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 28, 2007 07:42
Será que a população mundial está realmente cobrando gastos de alguns bilhões de dólares com guerras, ou verdadeiramente está cobrando de nações desenvolvidas, como os Estados Unidos, o direcionamento desse expressivo volume de recursos para minorar a pobreza nos países pobres?
Estamos vendo os americanos mantendo regimes totalitários em vários países do continente e, em outros, em que perdeu o controle das riquesesas, como a Venezuela, lutar para a queda de governantes.É transparente que a america central e latina, passam por grandes transformações economicas, sociais e políticas e que estão refletindo positivamente na vida da sociedade.Governos totalitários continuam interessando aos estados unidos, só quando cumprem recomendações diretas do seu aliado, o Banco Mundial ( FMI - BIRD - BID ).Sòmente agora, quando perderam o controle, os EE UU dispertaram para a importancia da america latina no contexto do potencial economico americano. Mas, os americanos devem se penitenciar dos males que causaram, endossando a concentração de riqueses, governos totalitários e ampliando o nível de pobreza nessas nações. Esses países e, com muita celeridade, estão saindo da dependencia da economia americana para o seu crescimento, em razão da economia mundial globalizada. Países como o Brasil, Rússia, Índia e China ( BRIC), a curtíssimo prazo, darão um novo conceito p/a economia mundial. Portanto, os americanos deixarão de exercer o controle dos países da america do sul e central e, para mante-los verdadeiros aliados, deve pensar MENOS NA GUERRA e MAIS NAQUILO QUE PODERÁ FAZER PARA A REDUÇÃO DA POBREZA E DAS DESIGUALDADES ECONOPMICAS E SOCIAIS
October 28, 2007 7:42 AM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 28, 2007 07:42
Será que a população mundial está realmente cobrando gastos de alguns bilhões de dólares com guerras, ou verdadeiramente está cobrando de nações desenvolvidas, como os Estados Unidos, o direcionamento desse expressivo volume de recursos para minorar a pobreza nos países pobres?
Estamos vendo os americanos mantendo regimes totalitários em vários países do continente e, em outros, em que perdeu o controle das riquesesas, como a Venezuela, lutar para a queda de governantes.É transparente que a america central e latina, passam por grandes transformações economicas, sociais e políticas e que estão refletindo positivamente na vida da sociedade.Governos totalitários continuam interessando aos estados unidos, só quando cumprem recomendações diretas do seu aliado, o Banco Mundial ( FMI - BIRD - BID ).Sòmente agora, quando perderam o controle, os EE UU dispertaram para a importancia da america latina no contexto do potencial economico americano. Mas, os americanos devem se penitenciar dos males que causaram, endossando a concentração de riqueses, governos totalitários e ampliando o nível de pobreza nessas nações. Esses países e, com muita celeridade, estão saindo da dependencia da economia americana para o seu crescimento, em razão da economia mundial globalizada. Países como o Brasil, Rússia, Índia e China ( BRIC), a curtíssimo prazo, darão um novo conceito p/a economia mundial. Portanto, os americanos deixarão de exercer o controle dos países da america do sul e central e, para mante-los verdadeiros aliados, deve pensar MENOS NA GUERRA e MAIS NAQUILO QUE PODERÁ FAZER PARA A REDUÇÃO DA POBREZA E DAS DESIGUALDADES ECONOPMICAS E SOCIAIS
October 28, 2007 7:42 AM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 28, 2007 07:42
Earth to Conscience:
According to the latest International Pew Poll, the BRITISH people , by 60%, now believe that the Bush administration is a bigger threat to world peace than Osama Bin Laden. They also believe that China and Russia have more credibility than the Bush administration.
Read that again slowly, Conscience. Mouth the words out loud if it helps you understand what this administration has done to your country.
And that's the BRITISH, Conscience, our greatest ally.
That's not even a Muslim country poll.
Time for you and your ilk to get a grip and face reality.
October 27, 2007 3:53 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 27, 2007 15:53
Hello World! and especially to the Developing Nations!
The real terrible facts found in this present world to all to view and think as:
Fact-1: China and Russia are two most terrible and most treacherous and harmful nations sitting in UNSC, exploiting this organization inhumanly and dangerously to flare up, initiate and promote devastations to several nations, and to influence, convince, condone and support the world criminals and tyrants, especially those naive and mindless nations (i.e., Syria, Iran, Sudan, Venezuela, Burma, N. Korea, etc.,) to practice violence of all sorts, domestically and globally, and all acting like their Russia and China terrorizing communist masters such as: Iran, Syria, N. Korea, Burma, Venezuela, Central Asian nations, etc., to follow their brutal violences, lawless and uncivilized ways to run their terrorizing businesses at home and to other nations!
Fact-2: Iran, the land of fanatic terrors and terrorists that relentlessly loves to apply the murderous deeds and efforts to devastate other nations and including its own unfortunate brainwashed citizens, who suddenly turn themselves naively from harmless innocents previously into the present very blood-thirsty crazy murderers and terrorists! as proven worldwide!
These Fact-1 and Fact-2 are the main ingredients to boil up this world and all unfortunate nations and their citizens have directly and indirectly become infested by these world diseases caused by the both offending, very bloodly communist Russia, China and the mindless and shallow-minded followers as shown to the world that the unfortunate and foolish tyrants have volunteerly become slaves for their China and/or Russia or both masters in order to be able to exploit all resources and lives in their own nations!
The problem partly is due to this world is full with naive and mindless and have-no-value tyrants who are very easily to be corrupted by their masters, that these naive tyrants have forcibly gained controls their own nations and have deadly opportunities be able to enslave and devastate their own innocent citizens like animals and no-more-and-no-less than the millions of suffered animals in this world today!. And sadly, these very little valuable UN and UNSC can do nothing to help them while the both harmful and treacherous China and Russia that only want them to die in suffering, in torturing of all sorts in their own lands as the entire world have seen for years!
In essence, the entire mindless nations ruled by their own bloody, iron-fisted tyrants these devastating folks are nothing more than the volunteered victims for both China and Russia!, and unfortunately, only China and Russia can harvest all benefits greedily for themselves at the cost of millions of innocents suffering mentally and physically and endlessly as seen by all mankind!
And these are the very sad things of human misery that all mankind have to see in the days in and days out in several unfortunate nations where people here should deserve the better lives instead of valueless life of the slaves or born to be automatically become slaves as seen!
Thanks and have a good weekend to all!
October 27, 2007 12:07 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 27, 2007 12:07
Well, there we all are.
Conscience-of-the-world represents the typical, one-dimensional Rush Limbaugh listener in America who has bought the entire Bush/Cheney propaganda sales job based on Western movies with America always, always, wearing the good-guy white hat.
Informed, educated adults know better.
When Conscience finally realizes that he and his childre and grandchildren have been left with the tax burden of all these overseas "adventures," (paid for with borrowed money from China, while Bush and his corporate supporters make off with the profit), he won't even know what hit him.
It isn't Iran the world really fears as unstable. It's the United States under George Bush and Dick Cheney operating in secrecy, with no oversight, and outside the rule of law.
You can thank Fred Hiatt and the Washington Post editorial staff for helping create that un-American environment.
October 27, 2007 9:29 AM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 27, 2007 09:29
iranians are not arabs, they are persian. pakis are not arab, either; pakis are persian. i believe this author has misconstrued the arguement: the argument is about muslims vs orthodox jews, conservative jews and american evangelical christians. many muslims and arabs are progressive, persians included.
October 26, 2007 10:27 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 26, 2007 22:27
For the time being, Iranian nuclear program is certified by the IAEA as fully civilian and within the framework of NPT. What the world and the mid east need are safeguards to insure that it stays this way. The current policy of Bush administration is not to find an accommodation, it wants full suspension of their program that is incidentally fully legal, before engaging in negotiations. Now, I do not know about others, but if someone came to me and said, do as I say and then I will talk to you about why you should do as I say, I wouldn’t give in either.
October 26, 2007 10:00 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 26, 2007 22:00
Hello "conscience-to-the-world" !!!
Would you please tell us how many countries have been invaded by China and Russia in the last half a century?
How many troops do China and Russia have in the Middle East right now?
How many Iraqis have died as a result of China/Russia invading their country?
How much oil has been stolen from Iraq by China and/or Russia?
Probably you are aware that some 3000 Americans were murdered on 9/11. Would you please let us know how many Iranian, Chinese or Russian citizens were involved in such a terrorist attack? Do you think that maybe, just maybe, most of them may have come from some other country such as Saudi Arabia?
I look forward to reading your response.
October 26, 2007 8:29 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 26, 2007 20:29
You're the most low class in the human race, hidding your true national identity and keep attack nations such Russia and China, Iran with bush**T propaganda
I bet your country and your kinds are not better then Russian, Chinese and Iranian and still enslave by western countries, so keep up with your propaganda in exchange for food to save you few days from stavation.
October 26, 2007 7:03 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 26, 2007 19:03
the residents should be worried and anxious about washington's intentions. the bush administration is hell bent on controlling all of the regions energy supplies and it is doubtfull as to whether the white house will exhibit any favoritism whatsoever in achieving their goals. the only thing that remains to be seen is whether or not the people of the gulf will finally resign themselves as to the true intentions of their so-called "protectors". regardless of what the american people think, bush and cheney have always placed their agenda ahead of world opinion and the wishes of the american people. if the gulf states believe this to be untrue then they should continue to procrastinate and refuse to embed the mechanisms necessary to protect themselves. as to the chances of a wmd free middle east, well, we all know that the opinions of the zionists always come first. if the u.n. were to finally and miraculously develop a backbone then there might be a slim chance that a regional solution might be achieved. what is necessary is constant pressure as opposed to a process which has stumbled along in fits and starts. who wouldn't really love to see a wmd free middle east other than washington and tel aviv?
October 26, 2007 6:04 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 26, 2007 18:04
Hello world! and especially the Developing nations!
The real terrible facts to the present world to all to view and think as:
Fact-1: China and Russia are two most terrible and most treacherous and harmful nations sitting in UNSC, exploiting this organization inhumanly and dangerously to flare up, initiate, influence, convince, condone and support the world criminals and tyrants, especially those naive and mindless nations (Syria, Iran, Sudan, Venezuela, Burma, N. Korea, etc.,) to practice violence of all sorts domestically and globally and acting like their Russia and China terrorizing masters such as: Iran, Syria, N. Korea, Burma, Venezuela, Central Asian nations, etc., to follow their brutal violences, lawless and uncivilized ways to run their terrorizing businesses at home and to other nations!
Fact-2: Iran, the land of fanatic terrors and terrorists that relentlessly love to apply the murderous deeds and efforts to devastate other nations and including its own unfortunate brainwashed citizens, who suddenly turn themselves naively from harmless innocents previously into the present very blood-thirsty crazy murderers and terrorists! as proven worldwide!
These Fact-1 and Fact-2 are the main ingredients to boil up this world and all nations and their citizens have ditectly and indirectly become infested by these world diseases caused by offending Russia, China and the mindless and shallow-minded followers as the unfortunate and foolish tyrants volunteerly to become slaves for their China and/or Russia or both masters!
The problem partly is due to this world is full with naive and mindless and have-no-value tyrants that they have controlled their own nations and have opportunities be able to enslave and devastate their own innocent citizens like animals and no-more-and- no-less than suffered animals in this world today and sadly, these non-valuable UN and UNSC can do nothing to help them while these both harmful China and Russia only want them to die in suffering in their own lands!
In essence, the entire mindless nations ruled by their own tyrants are nothing more than volunteered victims for both China and Russia, and only China and Russia can harvest all benefits for themselves at the cost of millions of innocents suffering endlessly as seen by all mankind!
Thanks
October 26, 2007 5:44 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 26, 2007 17:44
"Iran as a buffer against Israel? A buffer aginst what, invading Egypt?". You sound so incredulous. I wonder why, given that Israel HAS invaded Egypt several times. Syria, Jordan and Lebanon, too. You forget last summer? But that's not the point. Ariel Sharon once supposedly said, "they have the oil, but we have the matches". That's the kind of threat, from a nuclear armed country, that would make anyone feel a little insecure. And I'd think the average Sunni Arab citizen would love a deterrent, any kind of deterrent, even from a Persian Shiite source. You know what they say, the enemy of my enemy may not be my friend, but he may make a convenient ally. Have we forgotten how we embraced Stalin during WWII?
October 26, 2007 5:35 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 26, 2007 17:35
Iran as a buffer against Israel? A buffer aginst what, invading Egypt? Using nuclear weapons? If they were crazy enough to do that, it would have happened already.
I certainly don't agree with many of Israel's policies but Iran's actions only serve to destabilize the entire region, not make it better.
October 26, 2007 3:20 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 26, 2007 15:20
This administration backed by crazy evangelicals believe they will kick off "armaggedon" leading to the "rapture". Apparently, these idiots believe God works in Bush time. They also need another war, somewhere where details, actions, expense and procedures can remain cloudy and unauditable and punch up support for civil liberties curtailment and secrecy. They are also furious that Iran won't buckle like the other Middle East countries have done and allow the US and Israel to dictate policy and type and number of weapons allowed in country. The other Arab countries mouth whatever the US tells them but every once in a while, some spokesperson will say something admiring about the strength of Iran. Why are the Gulf States not more afraid of Israel's nuclear weapons and America's backing for any actions Israel would take against any of them if so they chose? Israel doesn't have to threathen these other countries, they are subjugated by fear and the knowledge that they can do anything in their own countries and be upheld by the US. They go along to get along. They made a bargain with the devil and the leaders of these countries look weak. I am sure this administration and Israel will do anything to win in Iran. Neither cares anything about people and both believe the strongest will prevail. Neither leadership cares about any future problem that may ensue for their countries. It is all about themselves. I believe many of the Arab leaders made the same calculation and now they find themselves slowly pressed internally or externally. Whenever the Iraq conflict winds down, we will probably find that every number given by this administration is astronomically lower in terms of lives and treasure because they are fundamentally and willfully untruthful. But we kinda already know that, don't we.
October 26, 2007 3:16 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 26, 2007 15:16
No country governed by people of the book -Jewish, Christian, Islam, has ever really done policy from it's faith. We all are always living the Crusades when it comes to state policy. The only possible way to stop the use of nuclear weapons is to not have any. Jesus said he who lives by the sword will die by the sword. Realistically we need to come to grips with, and try to prepare for, the fact that sooner or later, nuclear weapons will be used. Probably against the United States, and likely on New York City. War with Iran will not change that.
October 26, 2007 3:10 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 26, 2007 15:10
I am sick and tired of the corporatism of America dictating the foreign policy of America! What interest or right does America have to do anything outside of our own boundaries? The only legitimate interest of America is reasonable and free access to the world's resources, assuming we have any ability remaining to afford anything! As far as I can tell, there has never been any threat to America to bar any such access; contrary, the borrowing of monies on a hugh scale to pay for a useless and stupid war presumably for Corporate access and control if Iraqi oil has resulted in the decreased economic capability of America. American corporations may be doing well, where do you suppose all of that war money actually goes?); but the poeples of America are much less well off and less able to afford any goods or services. American corporations can move overseaes, transfer jobs and income to foreign lands, etc.; but Americans remain in the backwater of corporatism, merely a market to exploit for these corporations!
October 26, 2007 2:50 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 26, 2007 14:50
"The view from the region is largely defined by the world's silence towards Israeli nuclear power."
The world's silence is largely defined by the Arab desire to wipe Israel off the face of the planet.
October 26, 2007 2:23 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 26, 2007 14:23
Wyan Gildt & wobble: I am always amused by my (US) countrymen complaining that WE are the world's policemen. The reason is that WE, the US, choose to be. We expect others to behave the way we want them to, and cannot bear the very concept that they do NOT. The worse part is that we are not perfect in our 'solutions'.
October 26, 2007 1:25 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 26, 2007 13:25
To Wyan Gildt...
I, too, am sick and tired of the US always getting the blame, and I hope we'll soon stop the foolish actions that accrue it.
October 26, 2007 1:15 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 26, 2007 13:15
If we post a comment favourable to Ms. Andoni's editorial are we placed on some Orwellian list by Bush's secrete government????????
October 26, 2007 12:50 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 26, 2007 12:50
Let the Arab world eat cake. I am sick and I am tired of the USA always getting blame for the problems of the world. The Arab world has shown for decades that they can't get their acts together. Let the chips fall where they may.
October 26, 2007 12:42 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 26, 2007 12:42
Every readers who should be here should have no doubts about what gulf states the writers is refering to.
October 26, 2007 9:20 AM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 26, 2007 09:20
What kind of Middle East do we want?
The present Republican administration contends that above all, a nation like Iran would not fit into our picture. The Iranian government would not accept our administration policy as the sole policy for the Middle East. The administration wants the natural resources of the area and a market where our corporations would sell our hardware and second-class arsenals.
Iranian potential to develop nuclear arsenals would be of minimum consequence to our national defense. US finds it much easier to deal with a single ruler than to deal with a whole nation. We just pretend to desire the concept of messy democracy for these nations, knowing well the hostility of the regional population to our American foreign policy.
Are we trying to make an example of Iran? Iran under Shah was incapable to produce a sewing needle; in contrast, Iran today is developing a strong population of educated men and women, a solid industrial base and national pride. Iranian democracy must develop from the Iranian base, a brand of democracy suited to the historical and cultural sense of the population. Like our American Republic, democracy in Iran will nurture with time, experiencing up and down until the Bill of Rights of Iran will be established.
If it is not about domination of the Persian Gulf countries, and exploitation of their natural resources, then what is that we want?
October 25, 2007 5:54 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 25, 2007 17:54
Leo Brux
How about NO foreign power ruling over the middle east?
You frame it as middle east MUST have a foreign overlord, and therefore, better us than the chinese or the russians.
How about no interference?
A young republic once decried "no taxation without representation" to shed herself of an indifferent master across the ocean. Those principles stood true then and stand true now.
The new version should be "no interference without representation".
October 25, 2007 4:36 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 25, 2007 16:36
So the Sunnites in the MidEast might prefer a success of the Shiites to a success of the USA ...
What will happen in case the hatred and disgust about US politics in the MidEast (Palestine, Iraq, Iran) will get hotter and hotter?
Might the Arab nations be tempted - in a few years - to ask CHINA (in cooperation with Russia?) to replace US power in the MidEast? Could China play this role - against desperate attempts of the USA to keep leverage there? Could MidEast oil be paid in Euro soon?
As it seems, the US role in the MidEast is mainly destructive (and self-destructive?). From mere incompetence - or from design?
October 25, 2007 4:30 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 25, 2007 16:30
What gulf are you talking about?
Mexican gulf state?
I guess you are talking about Persian Gulf state?
Are you afraid to state that?
October 25, 2007 2:19 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 25, 2007 14:19
The western countries in general, and the US in particular, DO NOT like to see the fact of the matters, they want to see the issues as it fits their interests. And they are trying to impose their distorted views to the rest of the world.
I need somebody to explain to me how a "promise in the holy book" gives some people the right to other people's land. Is the int'l law based on the holy book? or are we still living in the era of the Crusades?
October 25, 2007 2:14 PM | Report Offensive Comments
Posted on October 25, 2007 14:14