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2006-09-06 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Clereng Glomolet2652 2006-09-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [16 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Also posted Sunday, direct from the WaPo - here

Posted by Bobby 2006-09-06 06:18|| 2006-09-06 06:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Did he ask them "If you like America so much and are so tolerant, what do you think of your government supporting terrorists, calling us the Great Satan, demanding we convert to Israel, building nuclear weapons, demanding the eradication of Israel?"

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2006-09-06 09:47|| 2006-09-06 09:47|| Front Page Top

#3 "Everywhere I went, however, Iranians -- from high school students to middle-aged taxi drivers -- repeatedly asked me: "Why does America call us Evil Axis?" Then they would indignantly add: "We are good people -- we are Persians! Iran is a good country, some are bad, but most people here are good." They seemed genuinely wounded by the political rhetoric of the White House."

Well, yeah. This is an ongoing problem with GWB. If he had only said the GOVERNMENTS of Iran, etc., it would have been a lot better.

Posted by ex-lib 2006-09-06 13:23|| 2006-09-06 13:23|| Front Page Top

#4 At the end of the day, this "face" of Iran is not one that is capable of overthrowing the mullahs. Therefore, it changes nothing. End of story.

Posted by Zenster 2006-09-06 15:17|| 2006-09-06 15:17|| Front Page Top

#5 Unfortunately, Zenster is right. Just like in Nazi Germany, most Germans were decent people and not involved with the Holocaust. However, hardly anyone was willing to bring down the regime. Therefore, the only way to get rid of the war criminals was to bomb the cities into rubble and kill several million people.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al">Frozen Al 2006-09-06 15:35|| 2006-09-06 15:35|| Front Page Top

#6 "Most Germans" joined the Nazi party, whether for professional advancement or personal beliefs. Most of their children joined the Nazi youth groups. Most did not protest when the Jews were expelled from their jobs, freeing up spots for hiring and promotions; when Jewish children were expelled from the schools, freeing up places for the Aryan offspring; when Jewish businesses and properties were expropriated by the State and sold to Aryans for pennies on the Reichsmark; and when the personal possesions (furniture, decorations, clothing, toys, eyeglasses, hair for mattress stuffing and ashes to improve the soil on the farm) were sold cheaply to the Aryans -- they just happily paid with their improved wages from their politically protected jobs while their childrem took advantage of their schooling. Of course they didn't fight against their "hated Nazi overlords".

Posted by trailing wife 2006-09-06 23:32|| 2006-09-06 23:32|| Front Page Top

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