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Posted By pc25 5 months, 1 week ago in NewsIranian regime officials will be celebrating the 4th of July with Team Obama while the blood of democracy supporters dries on the street.
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pc255 months, 1 week ago
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Reagan's Speech against Poland in 1981
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_BZe4eNe48-
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vor5 months, 1 week ago
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Again the same Reagan who used terrorist connections through the CIA to escape a potentially devastating threat to his presidency. The Iranian Hostage crisis that dogged Carter for years. Then said Bill Casey (who was to die the following year with a brain tumor) was just too crafty for him. This is the way Republicans get themselves out of tight spots.
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hyperbola5 months, 1 week ago
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Well, we certainly should have expected the israel-firsters to try to pressure Obama - here they are right on cue.
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Obama should resist the efforts of the propaganda campaign being mounted by israelis and israel-firsters/zioncons in the US to try to force him to fight another mideast war to "protect" zionist crimes against humanity.
Americans should be extremely sceptical of the "freedom and democracy" propaganda being put about by these groups. The Iran situation is extremely complex and most Americans do not understand the ramifications.
1. On one level (islamic clerics), this is about whether the "supreme leader" is responsible only to god and infallible, or whether he is responsible to the people of Iran. Not very different from the catholic argument about infallibility of the Pope.
2. On a second level, it is about the power of rich oligarchs (Mousavi, Rafsanjani) in Iranian society and whether the poor should keep quiet and do what the oligarchs decide is best. Remember that many Iranis voted for Ahmadinejad because he put aid to poor people ahead of corrupt oligarchs. Far from representing the "people of Iran", the Mousavi/Rafsnajani faction may be using middle class discontent to foment their own corruption cirles.
3. On a third level it is about the wishes of "middle class" Iranians for more personal freedoms. It is clear from the demonstrations that many people feel very fervently about this, especially in central Tehran. However, to a majority of poor Iranians, e.g. in the slums of south Tehran and the rest of the country, the "aid for the poor versus power for the oligarchs" may be a more decisive argument. That is why Ahmadinejad already decisively defeated the Rafsnajani/Mousavi group in the previous elections (and by the same margin). -
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Klarissa5 months, 1 week ago
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djn3nunez35 months, 1 week ago
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hyperbola5 months, 1 week ago
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Which "friends"?
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Israelis are the biggest albatross around the neck of America by far and no friends of ours. They would like nothing better than to propagandize us into a new mideast war to "protect" zionist crimes against humanity.
Europeans are happy about the parts of Obama's foreign policy where he has not caved in to the corrupt financial oligarchs and the corrupt military/industrial profiteers. -
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oneironaut4205 months, 1 week ago
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"he just wants to be buddies with socialists and dictators."
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Really? Can you prove that, please? Can you prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he -just- wants to be friends with socialists and dictators?
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quicksilver06025 months, 1 week ago
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It's incredibly insensitive - not to mention in extremely poor taste - to post a story which upon opening, one is forced to stare at images they may not be prepared to see. At the very least, there should be some kind of warning.
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I can take it but prefer the courtesy of a warning. You haven't a clue about many who will read this, PoliticallyinCorrect25 and to post this without considering others is at the very least, thoughtless.
Perhaps it's an example of some kind of neocon Shock and Awe...brilliant. ;/ -
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decipher5 months, 1 week ago
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you are quite the card pc. on this subject, your beloved major garrett asked mr. obama if he planned on inviting any iranian diplomats to the fourth of july festivities. unfortunately, mr. obama had to advise major garrett the the u.s. doesn not currently have diplomatic relations with iran, therefore there are no iranian diplomats in this country to invite. what kind of major is this garrett guy?
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Beeboppin715 months, 1 week ago
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If Iranian officials have learned to pervert the democratic process, they have learned it from the masters of perversion... The United States of America. For the past 10 years there has been outcry after outcry of stolen elections. There are still hot debates over whether or not George W. Bush actually won the election that landed him the Presidency. Recently our two party system has deprived the state of Minnesota of a Senator. There are complaints that our current President was elected under false pretenses. We have made a blue print of dishonesty for any young democratic nation to follow.
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President Obama has taken the correct stance on the matter of Iranian elections. He needs to build a solid rapport with Iranian officials so that ideas may be exchanged and reasonable solutions can be arrived at. At this point, the only way for the US to force Iran into doing what America wants is to start yet another costly war that the US cannot afford.
Right now our only realistic option is diplomacy. This country's days of shoot first and ask questions later are over. Part of diplomacy is interacting socially with the leaders of countries that may not be so popular. There are many citizens who will not understand this. They will criticize and complain about these methods out of sheer ignorance. Their inability to understand these simple methods are exactly why they do not hold public office or are relegated to the confines of the internet. The majority of the citizens in this country no longer care about the PNAC vision, Republican values, or the opinions of the far Christian right. Deal with it. -
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outreach4175 months, 1 week ago
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If you think the protests on the streets of Iran were about democracy, then you've been misinformed. The losing opponent Mousavi's supporters include members of the Assembly of Clerics - who have the power to appoint or remove the "Supreme leader" - the Ayatollah. This is a squabble amongst the ruling elite of Iran who oversee the elected representatives, mere puppets, including the office of president. The Islamic revolution was not about democracy - it was about a coup that replaced the Shah with a Supreme religious leader, the Ayatollah Khomenei (currently the Ayatollah Khamenei). Just because they have an office called the President and host elections doesn't make them free or democratic. Don't be blinded by newspeak. Check some of the informative reports on Bloomberg.com for more background
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pc255 months, 1 week ago
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didn't have the cajones to show up on the other two stories and and proudly proclaim to the world what an idiot you are her name was Neda and by the way Major Garrett slapped Obama's ass all over the place during that news conference LOOSER
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Beau78905 months, 1 week ago
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I don't know that Obama would invite Saddam to a celebration here.
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I do know that Donald Rumsfeld went to visit Saddam back when they both were working for your hero, Ronald Reagan:
Five years before Saddam Hussein’s now infamous 1988 gassing of the Kurds, a key meeting took place in Baghdad that would play a significant role in forging close ties between Saddam Hussein and Washington. It happened at a time when Saddam was first alleged to have used chemical weapons. The meeting in late December 1983 paved the way for an official restoration of relations between Iraq and the US, which had been severed since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
http://www.commondreams.org/views02/0802-01.htm
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scott42615 months, 1 week ago
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Pc, you are a certifiable nutball! Do you REALLY believe the President would befriend Saddam (like Reagan did in the '80s, perhaps?) or Hitler? Do you relly believe your own s***? The therapist is waiting for you. Make the call, please...
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Klarissa5 months, 1 week ago
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well PC, you got them where it hurts, they are all following directions- Alinsky
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RULE 5: "Ridicule is man's most potent weapon." There is no defense. It's irrational. It's infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions. (Pretty crude, rude and mean, huh? They want to create anger and fear.)
RULE 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it." Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions. (This is cruel, but very effective. Direct, personalized criticism and ridicule works.)-
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decipher5 months, 1 week ago
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""RULE 5: "Ridicule is man's most potent weapon." There is no defense. It's irrational. It's infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions. (Pretty crude, rude and mean, huh? They want to create anger and fear.)""
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you mean like when pc calls 59 a "LOOSER"
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""RULE 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it." Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions. (This is cruel, but very effective. Direct, personalized criticism and ridicule works.)""
which was, as i recall, the bush foreign policy.
thanks k
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