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2004-02-14 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Lucky 2004-02-14 2:09:26 AM|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 So let "the world" make the overture.

Posted by Anonymous2U 2004-2-14 2:23:55 AM|| 2004-2-14 2:23:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Or we could just wait until your pissed-off population shoots you, and talk to them.

Posted by mojo 2004-2-14 2:57:58 AM|| 2004-2-14 2:57:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 We don't have diplomatic relations with Iran, because our embassy was seized and our embassy staff was held hostage by the Iranian government now in power. That government has now had 25 years to begin to rectify that situation and has done absolutely nothing but curse the United States.

Reconciliation should begin not with high-level political visits but with rapport-building cultural exchanges. Instead of sending Powell and Rice, we should send Timberlake and Jackson.

Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-2-14 8:10:34 AM|| 2004-2-14 8:10:34 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 The silver lining being it got rid of Carter and brought us Reagan.

Posted by Anonymous 2004-2-14 10:38:24 AM|| 2004-2-14 10:38:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Sorry, the first order of business is for Iran to return our embassy to us, scoured clean of grafitti, rehabbed and refurnished, and a heartfelt,and personal apology to each and every one of the hostages. Then maybe --- just MAYBE--- we'll think about it. I know it was 25 years, but I am still quite ticked off

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2004-2-14 3:06:43 PM|| [www.sgtstryker.com] 2004-2-14 3:06:43 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 You said it, Sgt. Mom!

I see the current Iranian squabbling as simply a bad case of buyer's remorse. Hey, you guys got rid of the Shah along with his Evil Western Influences and installed a nice peaceful Islamic theocracy so you could live happily ever after. Heh. Enjoy!

As for the reformers vs the hard-liners, a plague on both their houses.

Posted by SteveS 2004-2-14 6:21:57 PM|| 2004-2-14 6:21:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm with you, Anon. Dhimmi Carter's lack of response to a clear act of war was one of the lowest points in the history of the Republic.

Posted by PBMcL 2004-2-14 6:25:27 PM|| 2004-2-14 6:25:27 PM|| Front Page Top

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