Sounding a presidential note, Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., recently wrote a commentary for CNN effectively calling Iran’s leaders a pack of liars for claiming they want to enrich uranium only to pursue nuclear energy when they really “believe that with nuclear weapons the international community will not dare object to any threat they might make against their neighbors, let alone the regime’s repression of its own people.” Brownback underscored the importance of supporting democracy efforts within Iran and warned Iran’s leaders to “treat your people justly and behave responsibly in your relations with your neighbors and the rest of the world.”
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What has Brownback all of a sudden become a gun control advocate? I figured his NRA leanings promoted the idea that if everyone is armed then nobody will commit a crime lest another person with a gun will respond. Why doesn’t that work with nukes as well since Reagan’s philosophy of mutally assured distruction kept the peace with the Soviet Union.
Or is Brownback just being a hypocrite again sprinkled with bigotry because he can’t have any of them darn Persians with nukes. Oh, I forgot, it was the U.S. that initially provided Iran with uranium so they could start a nuclear program. Kinda sounds like giving weapons to Iraq so we have a justification to invade them years later.
DOug,Haven’t you heard that the people of the Middle East are all destined for destruction by Israel? It doesn’t matter if they have nukes cuz God is gonna squish em all by stepping on em under his Nikes!
Little Sammy is trying to look tough on the playground again.
How soon can we vote this clown out?He could always work for Pat Robertson, deciding who Jesus would assasinate next.
Israel practices terrorism, then blames it on the Arabs.
Perhaps The Rogue State of Israel ought to clean-up its own act before it claims its self-righteous “right to defend itself.”
See the Israeli scam of terrorism and weep.http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7828123714384920696
Bush is committing genocide in a very clever way in Iraq.
Bush an Rove are setting Iraqis against each other by paying some to be traitors. The planned result is for them to kill each other, while we, the United States, help them do it.
Is that what the United States is really all about?
Or have we just sunk to the level of the Israelis?
The methodhttp://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2006-08-27-rover-tech_x.htm
Don’t blame them for learning the lessons taught by this Administration, if you’re like Korea, your safe, if you’re like Iraq better watch out.
Define “responsibly”. There are those who believe that it is a responsibility of a government to protect its citizens from invasion.
Hezbollah is a part of the Lebanese Government and was protecting their southern border from Israel, who had invaded once before in 1982.
That invasion by Israel killed 17,000 in Beirut alone and Hezbollah was born as a result of that invasion, driving the Israelis back across their border.
The European Union would not classify Hezbollah as a “terrorist Organisation” because they knew that it was NOT.
The European Union refused even after threat, after threat, from Condoleezza Rice, trip after trip.
Responsibility?
Now that the “cat” is out of the bag, I’m not catching so much heat. Did all the snakes decide to crawl back under your rock?
Even “bullet-boy when silent.
This is why we need to leave……Last line: “tightly packed urban areas.”
“WASHINGTON — U.S. troops and pilots in Iraq and Afghanistan share live video feeds from the battlefield to call in precise airstrikes, technology that barely existed a few years ago but now directs nine of 10 bombs and missiles dropped.It’s possible, military officers say, for troops to call in strikes less than the length of a football field from their positions compared with 2,000 yards two years ago. That’s needed more than ever as troops fight insurgents in tightly packed urban areas.”
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2006-08-27-rover-tech_x.htm
“Israel, who had invaded once before in 1982.”
Actually Israel has invaded numerous times as well as carried out innumerable cross-border incursions. These incursions continue today in violation of the cease-fire.
Here’s the story about the U.S. giving Iran it’s nuclear reactor and weapons grade uranium:
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/143862
Now Brownback is saying, “You guys didn’t like the cruel dictator that we installed over your democratically elected government so we want all our stuff back or we aren’t going to play with you anymore!”
Who’s acting childish?
Ed & Doug, as usual the chickens come home to roost.
Tracy, You’re being cynical:-}
“America also supplied the weapons-grade uranium needed to power the facility — fuel that remains in Iran and could be used to help make nuclear arms.”
I know, ain’t it great.
BTW, Ed, you win the war of words about the zionists.I don’t remember saying you were completely wrong. In fact I don’t even remember what we disagreed on at some point.Anyway, yes, you have the right to say “I told you so”, to me at least.
Tracy
Did you watch that hour long link?
I wish I had time to.I have been watching some stuff like Free Speech TV.
Tracy
It shows an Israeli soldier choosing a rock, then beating a Palestinian kid on the spine just below the shoulder blades, where it will make the kid a quadriplegic.
That link shows how the US Media is manipulated. The whole ball of wax…………and done a responsible journalistic way.
Hatred and devisiveness have brought humanity to this low point, I hardly believe it’s going to be the solution.The middle east needs another man like Ghandi, not the “second coming”.
There is a difference tracy. Ghandi was dealing with the British who were at least somewhat civilized.
Ben
Look at Lebanon and tell me the Israelis are civilized.
{ Cluster Bombs by the 10 of thousands and 7000-3000lb bombs dropped. 2500 shells from Gunboats and who knows how many artillery shells }.
That was my point Ed – Ghandi was dealing with England. England was at least somewhat civilized …
I find it somewhat amusing that our State Department is “investigating” whether our cluster bombs were “misused” – like they didn’t know when they were frantically shipping them to the Israelis.
Ben
As ugly as Rice is, it’s frightening that she has two faces.
How did you use our cluster bombs?
{ That’s funny }
Ben
Arab News Editorial
Lebanon Must Not Become GazaLinda S. Heard, sierra12th@yahoo.co.uk
[snip]
“It’s true that bombs are no longer falling and missile launchers are tucked away from view, but there are still an unspecified number of Israeli troops inside southern Lebanon.”
“Trigger-happy Israeli soldiers occasionally pick-off locals, describing their approach as “menacing”. There is no one to verify this. At the same time Israeli warships and planes ominously patrol Lebanon’s coastline.”
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=84515&d=29&m=8&y=2006&pix=opinion.jpg&category=Opinion
Ben….I posted on another blog
ed, stop
The point is that we do get it. We’ve made a very expensive mistake in creating “The Terrorist Rouge State of Israel.”
And the tactic of attacking the messenger will not pick-up all of the ten of thousands of cluster bombs you’ve scattered all over Lebanon, which Lebanese children think are toys; the last mistake their young lives will ever make.
The days of converting what you do, as an attack on what you may happen to be are over, my friend. It’s time for you and your ilk to take responsibility for the inhumane war-crimes and out-right land theft you’ve perpetrated on the Palestinians from 1948-2006.
{BTW: I’m very happy to have finally flushed you out }.
See the Israeli/neocon scam of terrorism foisted on the American People.http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7828123714384920696
Why did the United States give the Israelis cluster bombs to be used on Lebanon? The Lebanese army was certainly no match for the US furnished Israeli war machine, with over a 100 “Military Bulldozers.” { what’s a militart bulldozer? Is that for crushing people’s homes? }
But, then again neither is Hezbollah of equal match, but despite that managed to kick the Israelis tush but good. In a fair-fight, Israel would have come out of this nonexistent.
But fairness is not their long-suit.
Maybe Rumsfeld could help out and make cluster-bombs look like Sesame Street Puppets.