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2007-09-27 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by gorb 2007-09-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the AP in an interview in New York on Monday, that Iran has always maintained a defensive policy and has "never sought to expand its territory."

Where to begin in commenting on this - how about at the beginning - in 490 BC Darius I was defeated at Marathon, and they've been at it sporadically since.

Posted by Chuckles Jaise7272 2007-09-27 01:29|| 2007-09-27 01:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Cyrus the Great was a Persian who conquered his Medean overlords, then went on to conquer the Neo-Babylonian empire to the west, and a couple of other things to the east. Darius I tried to continue the pattern, then the Persians and the Romans/Byzantines fought sporadically until the Muslims came roaring through. The armed forces of the Medes and the Persians never got flabby.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-09-27 11:28|| 2007-09-27 11:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Moscow objects to the plans, saying the system is meant for spying on Russia.

Sounds like they've been reading Pravda.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-09-27 14:41|| 2007-09-27 14:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Rood, a veteran arms control expert who has led a team of negotiators in two rounds of talks with Russia since July, said a European system would make it less tempting for Iran to launch a first strike, and it could also dissuade the U.S. from believing it had no alternative to a pre-emptive strike of its own.

A little bit of home-grown reverse taqiyya. Even an effective missile defense shield in no way counters the overall threat of a nuclear armed Iran. The mullahs would not even blink at handing off a nuclear device to one of their proxy terror groups.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-09-27 22:51|| 2007-09-27 22:51|| Front Page Top

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