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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:58 AM Original message |
Why is everyone so worried about Iran's nuclear capability? |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. it's not them that scares us. Israel. |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Do you really believe that Israel would be the first to use a nuclear weapon? |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I am willing to admit that my judgement may be clouded, given Israel's |
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GreenStormCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
32. In that war, Israel was being severly provoked. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. also true, but right now, Israel is making noises that a |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Do you think Israel would wait til someone nuked them first? |
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Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
25. Do you really believe America wouldn't give Israel those shiny new Nuclear bunker busters? |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:28 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. So Israel Attacked in 1948? |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:35 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. that's why Israel strafed a US warship, |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:50 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. And No One From Lebanon Attacked... |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. straffed? |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #26 |
36. I tried to keep the temps down on this topic. |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
2. As someone who lives in Korea |
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Cyrano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I'll take your word for it for now. But if |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Nixon wanted people to believe he was bat shit insane |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. I thought that was Reagan. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:19 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. you might question the storyline, & why your own media are so eager to sell |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:37 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. There is no doubt he is very eccentric and quite quirky |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:49 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. god yes. why, i myself am eccentric/quirky. perhaps you are too. |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:51 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I post here at DU |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. lol. seriously, i chuckled. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
33. Do they teach basic agriculture in Switzerland? |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 03:58 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. It's something they should teach |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
4. Iran has a lot of oil |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. US buys oil on open market. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:09 AM Response to Reply #4 |
27. and VAST natural gas reserves that our ruling corporations are itching ... |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
7. It's for ego, not for warfare |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:21 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. you know this - how? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
11. Iran looks completely unlike us |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
12. Bingo! The Ruling Elites want access to their Oil and Natural Gas Reserves. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:02 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Figures you'd sign on for the simplistic pabulum here. Guess what. The "Ruling Elites" in Iran |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:12 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Hello? It's their neighborhood. They have a right to have a say with THEIR neighbors. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
23. Because Iran likes to foment hatred against foreign countries the way NeoCons do and are happyr |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:13 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Who says that they "foment hatred?" ... the USA is on their border, occupying a neighboring country. |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:24 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. That's the bigger fear than them launching a missile with a nuke |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:49 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. If I recall, legit scientists have disavowed the idea of a "suitcase nuke." |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
31. Cause TV says to be, so America IS! |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
34. Latest excuse for unending corporate wars... nt |
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