I am not afraid of Irans intentions....

[Postman]

The Bush Administration wants you to be afraid.

They can only rule through fear.

Did you know that the Iranian President kicked CNN out of Iran because they misquoted him in a speech he gave?

CNN reported him as stating that "Iran has a right to nuclear weapons" when he actually said "we have a right to nuclear energy"

Quite a difference in effect, wouldn't you think?

They (Bush fascists) want us to be affaid

[babylonsister]

1. I think you are absolutely correct. It's working, isn't it. Same

method they used to push this war; scare everyone with the threat of nuclear bombs going off, et voila.

[anakie]

2. As a non American

I am more afraid of your governments brand of fundamentalism than that of anyone elses. I mean, you have an Armageddonist in the White House with access to the button; as well as ongoing development of nuclear weaponary.

How will the administration react we Iran turns off the oil?

[stevietheman]

3. I'll go further...

if Bush attacks Iran, I'm taking Iran's side. And this time, I won't even support the troops. Fuck 'em.

[nickinSTL]

4. I'm a hell of a lot more afraid of Bush and HIS WMDs than Iran's

n/t

[tech3149]

5. Good for You

I sent something to bartcop about this a day or so ago. Even if they were doing a weapons program, what would they have? A few weapons in the next few years? What delivery systems do they have? Their only threat would be to Israel. Just like Iraq, if Israel saw the threat, they would act. How many nukes does Israel have...100,200? They lob one at Israel and they're toast. Ahmadinejad may be young but he's politically astute. He made the statements about Israel and took a hard line on atomic energy to build his stature and gain political strength. Der Murder Monkey put Ahmadenijad in office by calling out Iran as part of the axis of evil. There's no way we would take on Iran in a ground war, we don't have the manpower and the rest of the world doesn't have our back. How many countries rely on the oil supply from Iran? If we take military action, the straits will be shut down to everything. Oil will be over $100 a barrel overnight. Who buys the biggest percentage of Iran's oil export? If someone cut you off from your supplier, what would you do? Jr. blew it by calling out Iran, any path we choose except diplomatic co-existence is a lose-lose situation. Fear has always been our greatest enemy. I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't buy into this "culture of fear".

[peacetalksforall]

6. Weapons? Energy? THis is great! They are trying to get away with

doing what they do here and the President wouldn't let them? Congratulations Iran, if true! The people in this country are outraged when they twist an event in this country, but some don't care, and some are ingorand of everything that is going down. CNN - Not liberal.

[arete]

7. Do not compare this to Iraq

In the Iraq case, the Bush admin creating the press - introducing their "new product" in September and rolling it out across the talk shows and newspapers.

With Iran, they are responding to events outside their control. Iran broke off negotiations, Iran resumed nuclear enrichment. This is not an administration initiative.

Do you really want to side with the Iranian president on this? If nuclear power is their intention, why did they hide their program from the IAEA and the world for 20 years?

And to say that a nuclear Iran is not a threat, or that one or two weapons isn't serious absurd. A nuclear Iran could:

- strike 100,000 of our troops in neighboring Iran
- destabilize the remainder of the Middle East with limited fear of reprisal
- wipe Israel off the earth.

You don't have to be Israeli to realize that giving a nuclear weapon to someone who has repeatedly called for the destruction of another nation is a dangerous and unwelcome proposition.

Proliferation is a bad thing for the whole world, everyone on the planet recognizes this.