WIPED OF THE MAP
As you all know the president of Iran (idiot on the photo) has this dream of wiping Israel of the map. Some people think this is merely rhetoric for internal consumption. I happen to disagree. I am very aware of the strong links between for instance Hamas and Iran. I think this nutter is for real when he utters all of his violent and racist diatribes.
Now, as we have discussed previously, Iran is going ahead with its nuclear program, and we all know that it is not a matter of electricity.
However, personally, I think they should re-think their entire policy on the nuclear issue. They should stop and think a little: some people might just as well wipe the full program of the map… Remember, they have done it before, in Sadam's Iraq.
Incidentally, the man with the hood is being escorted to his death ceremony, in the good old days of the Islamic revolution.
posted by Anonymous at
10:40 AM
11 Comments:
I happen to agree with you when you say Iran is serious when they say they would gladly wipe Israel out of the map. And that, of course, would imply some serious consequences, for the Jews have the americans by the balls. And the americans have the world by the balls, for that matter. After all, who are we, the young West, compared to thousands of years of Muslim "civilization". Make no mistake, whoever launches a nuke first, it will be nuclear winter... and I don't believe I'm overreacting, either.
10:57 AM
Here, here, daviduskas! I am very optimistical towards the human race, but I just cannot understand the logic behind nuclear weapons. May the future be bright for Man, and may the nuclear madness allow us to have a new dawn.
11:51 AM
I happen to disagree. We’ve heard this story before, three years ago, about Iraq. Now the main character changed, it’s Iran, but the narrative is the same. As Chomsky recently wrote “Bush and colleagues now declare the right to resort to force even if a country does not have WMD or even programs to develop them. It is sufficient that it has the ‘intent and ability’ to do so. Just about every country has the ability. And intent is in the eye of the beholder.” The real threat is being made by Israel who said that they would do to Iran the same they did to Iraq over a decade ago - bomb them, if they build a nuclear power plant.
12:08 PM
Agree. The narrative might be the same, Dolores, but the characters have changed. Furthermore, there are actual evidence that Iran has a nuclear programme (unlike Iraq, where no weapons were found). Maybe it's just me, but I don't really feel at ease with a bunch of religious "holy warriors" fanatics running a nuclear programme.
1:55 PM
I think the question is not so much whether the world would be a better one with or without nukes. Of course it would be better if NO country had nuclear weapons. For that matter, we should start by protesting against the countries which we know have and use them. The question, I believe, is whether we should allow countries like the US and Israel to threaten, bomb, occupy and rip other countries apart on the grounds that they MAY be THINKING of developing a nuclear program.
1:56 PM
Student, what's the evidence? Is it delivered by the same US and British intelligence that said in 2002-3 that WMD's could be deployed in 45 minutes?
2:04 PM
Nuclear weapons won't disappear anytime soon. So, though I'm completely against the imperialist actions of the USA, I think a policy of deterrence is the best we've got against countries like Iran developing nukes.
2:06 PM
Daviduskas, where is that policy statement that commits the country to building nuclear weapons?
2:06 PM
Student, if you accept a policy of deterrence then you can only agree with current US and Russian policies of dumping billions into new generations of nuclear weaponry. Their argument is to make sure that nuclear deterrence can remain effective and no country can deliver a overwhelming first strike.
Noone can feel safe in a world of nuclear deterrence.
2:09 PM
A.Cabral, indeed. I didn't live through the cold war days, and I wouldn't like a new one. But, we cannot let people like the Iranian leader to get hold of nukes. I'm with you, daviduskas, only under a tightly supervised (by UN) programme should Iran procceed. I thought Chernobyl was more than enough to show the benefits of nuclear energy...
3:04 PM
Bom dia Daviduskas. Tudo bem?;)
6:46 AM
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