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2005-12-24 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran will defend nuclear right to last drop of blood

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Posted by Steve White 2005-12-24 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 To the last drop of blood? It may well come to that.

Posted by mac 2005-12-24 07:14|| 2005-12-24 07:14|| Front Page Top

#2 To the last drop of the MadMullahs' ™ blood, maybe.

I expect most of the Iranian people have more sense. (If they're really smart, they'll do the blood-spilling themselves. Soon.)

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-12-24 11:28|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2005-12-24 11:28|| Front Page Top

#3 This is crazy. Acountry that has dedicated its existance to destroying the west is about to become nuclear? Good god, at what time do we dive in and stop this?

Posted by 49 pan">49 pan 2005-12-24 15:08|| 2005-12-24 15:08|| Front Page Top

#4 Make it so

Posted by Captain America 2005-12-24 15:48|| 2005-12-24 15:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Good god, at what time do we dive in and stop this?

You are dependent on the Shia to keep a hint of peace in Iraq. The Shia are now (after multiple assasinations of all opponent and violent oppression by private Shia militias) dominated by the Iranian-bought faction.

Thusly American can only attack Iran if either:
(a) The Bush administration lets go of its need to show a scene of false improvement and false stability in Iraq. Unlikely to the extreme.
or
(b) The Iranian-bought Shiite faction is overthrown by the alliance of secularists and Sunnis that is trying to make its first moves.

I'm here hoping with all my heart for (b). Unfortunately there's a catch. To have the secularists' coalition to succeed, means that the recent elections will have to be shown as fraudulent and corrupt. And thus it means that (a) will be partially defeated, that Iraq has *not* yet progressed to the point that the Bush admin wants to show it as having progressed.

Or to put it in another way: for the Iraqis to truly achieve democracy, everyone needs to realize that they haven't achieved it yet. For America to succeed in promoting the same, it needs to realize it hasn't succeeded yet.

Merry Christmas!

Posted by Aris Katsaris 2005-12-24 18:36|| 2005-12-24 18:36|| Front Page Top

#6 And there's the Grinch.

Posted by Dr. Seuss 2005-12-24 18:48|| 2005-12-24 18:48|| Front Page Top

#7 Perhaps it's a cultural difference, but when someone wishes you Merry Christmas and you insult him without explanation in return, ain't that considered just a tiny bit rude?

Merry Christmas to you too, "Dr Seuss".

Posted by Aris Katsaris 2005-12-24 20:30|| 2005-12-24 20:30|| Front Page Top

#8 It depends, Aris. It may be interpreted as sarcasm. Usually by people who take themselves a bit too seriously.

Posted by TIME 2005-12-24 20:37|| 2005-12-24 20:37|| Front Page Top

#9 Usually by people who take themselves a bit too seriously.
by: Time Person Of the Year

Can't make that shit up

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-12-24 20:55|| 2005-12-24 20:55|| Front Page Top

#10 comment #9...QED

Posted by TIME 2005-12-24 20:58|| 2005-12-24 20:58|| Front Page Top

#11 Aw, making new friends.

Posted by LOOK 2005-12-24 21:06|| 2005-12-24 21:06|| Front Page Top

#12 LOL - there's no "me" in "Irony" heh

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-12-24 21:10|| 2005-12-24 21:10|| Front Page Top

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