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2015-07-05 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Regime propaganda machine sez Eisenhower responsible for Iranian nuke programme

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Posted by Besoeker 2015-07-05 12:19|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 ...Or it could be to a precise but unknown point in the Johnson or Nixon administrations where the Shah decided he was going to be a nuclear power, and we did NOTHING.

But if you want to blame a national hero who happened to be a Republican, knock yerself out.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2015-07-05 12:58|| 2015-07-05 12:58|| Front Page Top

#2 I thought this article was going to be about St. Mossadegh the Pure,

As for Ike, yeah, you have to wonder why we elected that old guy President. It's not like he had accomplished anything.

Posted by Matt 2015-07-05 15:17|| 2015-07-05 15:17|| Front Page Top

#3 The article is correct. Any nation that signs the non-proliferation treaty is entitled to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. At the same time that nation pledges never to use nuclear energy for war. To ensure compliance the IAEA is supposed to inspect facilities, uranium and plutonium holdings, etc to ensure that no military use is being made.

If Iran were to abide by IAEA protocols and have transparency in its inspection there would be no problem, and the US would not have any complaint. It's precisely because Iran wants nuclear weapons and refuses to abide by the protocols that its predecessor governments signed that we have a problem.

Posted by Steve White 2015-07-05 15:49|| 2015-07-05 15:49|| Front Page Top

#4 There's many a slip btwn the cup and the lip. Dredging up Eisenhower policy issues from 50-60 years ago is interesting, but at this point, not very. It fails to address the current dilemma and vector.

Quite easy to pick on the deceased. Easy, harmless prey, who generally issue very little rebuttal.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-07-05 17:05|| 2015-07-05 17:05|| Front Page Top

#5 They're still angry because the Iranian communist regime was overthrown on Eisenhower's watch.

Posted by Pappy 2015-07-05 18:09|| 2015-07-05 18:09|| Front Page Top

#6 So, Ike or Obama, who's bigger?
One Tiger, one hoppity Tigger.
One led us to Europe,
One lets us loot syrup
And hands nuts the nuclear trigger.

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2015-07-05 18:38|| 2015-07-05 18:38|| Front Page Top

#7 Wow they skipped over HW Bush, Reagan and Nixon; next up blaming Lincoln for the Rebel flag.

Posted by Airandee 2015-07-05 18:41|| 2015-07-05 18:41|| Front Page Top

#8 I suppose they will next blame John Adams for the formation of ISIS.

Eisenhower was a forward thinking genius. If he had been a democrat, he would be a saint by now and possibly even overshadow JFK.

He was courted by both parties to run on their ticket but he was, by that time, pretty cheesed off at the way Truman and the Dems were handling Korea.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2015-07-05 21:54|| 2015-07-05 21:54|| Front Page Top

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