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2006-04-21 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

The frightening truth of why Iran wants a bomb By Amir Taheri

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Posted by anonymous5089 2006-04-21 13:52|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Reminds me of the stories Mommy used to read me at bedtime. Not.

There's no "good" way to say this, but most of humanity harbors such fantasies. The fact that this one isn't one with which most are familiar is irrelevant.

So much wasted motion, effort, treasure, delusion, and insecurity. When I'm not cleaning my Colt M-1911 .45 ACP, my heart weeps for the world.

Posted by Pheter Cleash6605 2006-04-21 15:50|| 2006-04-21 15:50|| Front Page Top

#2 It's a good strategy. There are several here who will fall for it. But Ahmad has miscalculated. He will become the focus of the 2008 campaign and the hawk will win.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-04-21 16:26|| 2006-04-21 16:26|| Front Page Top

#3 I think whomever gets put in the hotseat in 2008 will have to deal with this guy. No matter his (or her) politics, survival will win out over political platforms.

Posted by Ching Slolump8975 2006-04-21 17:18|| 2006-04-21 17:18|| Front Page Top

#4 There's no "good" way to say this, but most of humanity harbors such fantasies. The fact that this one isn't one with which most are familiar is irrelevant.

Fantasies of exterminating the Jews? Of plunging the world into a nuclear-war chaos?

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2006-04-21 18:55|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-04-21 18:55|| Front Page Top

#5 I agree with Ching Slolump8975. I'm constatntly surprised by the number of people who have these phantasies. Global warming alarmists being a case in point.

Posted by phil_b">phil_b 2006-04-21 19:24|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/] 2006-04-21 19:24|| Front Page Top

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