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Originally posted by Common Sense says...
Open your eyes, Obama is weak. It is right in front of you.
Originally posted by Night Watchman
Originally posted by ergoli
Hmm, and if i believe you are preparing to buy a baseball bat tomorrow (you claim you want to play baseball, but i know it better: you want to hit me), do i have the right to preemptively defend myself and assasinate you today ?
[edit on 7-7-2009 by ergoli]
No. However, if the neighbor comes into my yard with that bat and takes a swing at one of my children, I will respond and it won't be a measured one. My retaliation would most assuredly prevent him from ever wanting to take a swing at an member of my family ever again.
Originally posted by ergoli
We are talking about preemptive action here based on suspictions put forth by the same Gang of Liars and Murderers who lied about the Iraq Dossier, and already contradicted by CIA, AIEA, and Iranian reports. So we have to assume the allegations against Iran are false.
Therefore the neighbour did not take a swing at one of your children when you ikilled him.
Originally posted by star in a jar
Saudi Arabia would love to see Iran gone judging by their allowing Western-based military fly over their airspace.
Would other Muslim nations help out? They'll be concerned about getting nuked if they sent their forces into Israel, and the protesters will be afraid of losing everything after being branded a domestic terrorist and hauled off to a large jail full of rapists or a camp somewhere in the countryside.
Originally posted by Night Watchman
Originally posted by star in a jar
Saudi Arabia would love to see Iran gone judging by their allowing Western-based military fly over their airspace.
Would other Muslim nations help out? They'll be concerned about getting nuked if they sent their forces into Israel, and the protesters will be afraid of losing everything after being branded a domestic terrorist and hauled off to a large jail full of rapists or a camp somewhere in the countryside.
Why do we persist in seeing the Middle East in such black and white terms? The Arab nations in the region do not want a nuclear capable Iran as it threatens the regional security. It's not that Saudi Arabia or any other neighboring country wants Iran destroyed it that they don't believe it is in the world's best interest to allow another nuclear nation in the region.
Originally posted by heineken
Obama said Tuesday that Biden had simply been stating a fact, not sending a signal.
Originally posted by drwizardphd
I read and re-read his post, he didn't mention Jews or Zionists or anything like that.
Originally posted by ManBehindTheMask
Israel has the right to make sure they are safe.
Originally posted by LeoLoeb
Israel has the right to defend itself and to conduct its own internal affairs. It also has the right to get its ass kicked.
Originally posted by ElloAll
If that was true they would be committed in taking out the one that already HAS hundreds of nukes AND oppose the WHOLE Muslim way of life. I think, like any wise person -- Saudi Arabia is keeping their enemies closer. And as I said, there will be no Iran-Israel war, as it would be the end of Israel. And if so the US better NOT get involved, because NK WILL ambush attack us with a nuke.
Originally posted by pexx421
I somehow doubt that the US agenda in all this is to keep the region stable by limiting nukes. The US has consistently fought to keep other nations from getting nukes because that keeps them at a severe disadvantage.
[edit on 8-7-2009 by pexx421]