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2007-03-29 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by ryuge 2007-03-29 09:54|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 And exactly what is this bozo suggesting for the 15 sailors?

Just let Iran keep them or kill them as they like? Don't want to sweat the small stuff?

I sorta agree on the Iraq picture. When we went in we should have:
A) Occupied the damn place, created their constitution for them ala McArthur and let them ride it the same way a child rides his first two wheeler, with Dad right there to sieze control if necessary.
or B) Go in, kick ass, leave. Rinse and repeat as necessary.

That shampoo diplomacy is what I think that the Brits should do now. "Oh, Mr. Nutjob, if our sailors are not home in 48 hrs you lose something big........okay I guess you didn't need that Navy afterall....Or Mr. Nutjob, if our sailors are not home in 48 hours you're going to lose something bigger. Rinse and repeat.

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2007-03-29 10:31|| 2007-03-29 10:31|| Front Page Top

#2 AlanC,
I have been reading Warrens body of work since shortly after 9/11 and find he is one of the few sane voices coming from the "attic of North America".
An impassioned view of this weeks events would leave me in agreement that the mullahs want this story to lead the evening news, mostly because they can control it. The fuel for keeping this in the news cycle is how much outrage the weak horse west wails over its "precious blue eyed sailors" while they put on the image of "fighting cocks"... all images they have used.
The less spotlight we put on the hostages, the less stage they have. Unfortunately they understand how to feed the media bulldog.
The suggestion I prefer is for Tony to start refering to them as POW's, and let the "not in power" iranians- a large majority, start asking themselves "...uh, Rezi, when did the mullahs get us into war?" Put the iranians on hold when they call to discussion todays negotiations, and start psyops designed to scare the shit out of the populous. As one ex general said, make iran the "unluckiest place in the world" for the next couple of months.
Unfortunately, the media would rather cover the "this is what the iranian minister said this morning, but now he has changed his mind and does not speak for the mullahs this afternoon."

Posted by Capsu 78 2007-03-29 11:25|| 2007-03-29 11:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Alan C I believe your right, if we just keep down-playing everything they do, then it shows they have no power over us.

Damn Free Press, fight for freedom... a freedom which allows the press to destroy us? Confliction between order and freedom, is so hard to grasp

Posted by devilstoenail 2007-03-29 12:11|| 2007-03-29 12:11|| Front Page Top

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