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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 12:04 AM Original message |
Iran's alleged belligerancy... |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. excellent presentation! And I totally agree. -eom |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. Its about Iran going to the Petro Euro rather than the Petro dollar |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 12:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. See, I was all down with that idea for a while |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
4. so nothing Iran would or could do would be a threat to the US or the west? |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 01:05 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. their friends would only be a threat if we attacked Iran |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 01:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Not really |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 04:03 AM Response to Original message |
7. of course it poses no real threat |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 04:34 AM Response to Original message |
8. Interesting. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 11:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. That's sort of like arguing that China is a threat to Suriname, really... |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 12:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Perhaps you should read more. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. It's not obvious to me at all |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. It is still obvious. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 05:45 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. If it's so obvious, then tell me |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 11:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. I forgot who I was speaking to |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-15-07 12:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-16-07 04:56 AM Response to Reply #27 |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. per request, Israel's military numbers |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
9. thank you -- excellent post |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
10. Actually, Iran is a threat in a sense |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
14. I thought that Chavez was the Bogeyman of the week? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
15. That thinking is, ironically, a skew of the triumphalism that led to Vietnam. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Game theory |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Absolutely I can. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 04:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. And how would any of those translate? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Like I said, |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Ah, my bad; we're mostly in agreement |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. A Threat doesn't have to be based on military figures |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 04:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Ah, I just realized where I wasn't clear |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Then I'd agree completly |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-14-07 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
25. Well, Iran is certainly not a realistic military threat. |
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