tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post2547461572155066268..comments2024-03-28T12:17:44.126-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): A reminder of why Iran wants nuclear weaponsMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-39570777860962600972011-11-21T14:13:29.866-06:002011-11-21T14:13:29.866-06:00When you read the history of Iran, you really need...When you read the history of Iran, you really need to compare and contrast the treatment of women before the Shah, and after the 1979 Revolution.<br />Ahmadinejad is a horrible person.<br />I don't think he will be any better with Nukes.gbradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03786652600757982286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-90693187365954675932011-11-20T07:41:41.036-06:002011-11-20T07:41:41.036-06:00It's like Cuba in a way. They kicked us out af...It's like Cuba in a way. They kicked us out after we supported a dictator that murdered and robbed it's people. He's replaced by a leader who does the same only does it to "prevent' the USA from doing it. We never seem to learn. This pattern is the way we conduct ourselves the world over. And sooner or later it bites us on our ass.Michael McNuttnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-79902213362678647052011-11-19T23:34:32.255-06:002011-11-19T23:34:32.255-06:00AUGH.
1. Redundancy isn't always a bad thing!...AUGH.<br /><br />1. Redundancy isn't always a bad thing! Nothing wrong with saying "surrounded on all sides". Language isn't modal logic.<br /><br />2. Any critiques of how crazy Iran is can be applied to Saudia Arabia and many other nations. (Look at journalist who just got suspended for asking a saudi prince difficult questions. Our discourse is impossibly slanted and hypocritical.)<br /><br />I have absolutely no problem with Iran wanting nukes. Do *I* want them to have nukes? No. But I don't want Israel, or ANYONE, to have nukes. But as long as they do, Iran has every right to them themselves.Abbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03750772498972381178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-90365767976798081152011-11-19T06:47:21.920-06:002011-11-19T06:47:21.920-06:00Ahem, my drinking took me off the target of my poi...Ahem, my drinking took me off the target of my point (and now the post drinking attempt) - The lesson the world has learned is that if Sadam really did have nukes, nobody would have touched him. How sad that the key to soveriegnty(sp) in our 'advanced' society is to ensure mutual destruction? <br />I would not be surprised if there are already polite warnings between countries like "so help me, if you cause collateral radiation to cross our borders while serving your own causes, we will respond likewise as this is no less than an act of reckless aggression against our people"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-47246617096947221902011-11-18T18:14:42.619-06:002011-11-18T18:14:42.619-06:00In remembering a Jewish story of a community on a ...In remembering a Jewish story of a community on a hilltop 'surrounded on all sides' (I couldn't resist) whose answer was a single volunteer to slaughter their own people (somehow this consentual homocide is considered more forgivable than actual suicide?), I was half expecting Sadam to do the same thing 'for' Iraq - using a small team to level his own country once Bagdad had been reached. Had he the nukes it would have been a glorious trap that would have robbed the invading nations of their bounty while ushering his people to their ideal end (heaven). But the joke was on all of us. No WMDs, no oil could ever cover the costs, and the nightmare marches on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-85547575539858519932011-11-18T15:47:43.298-06:002011-11-18T15:47:43.298-06:00Too often in history shortsighted leaders create s...Too often in history shortsighted leaders create situations where short-term goals are realized and the possible long-term consequences are either ignored or not fully realized. This occurs too frequently in foreign policy.Jim Murreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14833358218432648216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-65293804842500348052011-11-18T14:35:14.985-06:002011-11-18T14:35:14.985-06:00"Please read a history of Iran and a history ..."Please read a history of Iran and a history of The United States."<br /><br />If/when you do, take notice of the fact that Iran used to have a popular, democratically-elected president. The United States arranged to have him overthrown in order to install a dictator (the Shah) and his secret police.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-59240024579660733932011-11-18T13:58:17.854-06:002011-11-18T13:58:17.854-06:00Exactly, but I meant the other way. What's the...Exactly, but I meant the other way. What's the word for "slightly less than surrounded" meaning threatened from the e.g. east/west but not from to other direction, Which probably feels like "surrounded" if you are at war.adeushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01992672132384267439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-52587792699729262772011-11-18T13:43:14.498-06:002011-11-18T13:43:14.498-06:00adeus, "surrounded" by itself is suffici...adeus, "surrounded" by itself is sufficient. To add "on all sides" is like saying "It's 7 a.m. in the morning."Jerry Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116540065811848200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-76000054456311720482011-11-18T13:07:14.757-06:002011-11-18T13:07:14.757-06:00Is there a word that you should use to instead of...Is there a word that you should use to instead of "surrounded" and emphasize the severity if you are threatened from the east and north, but not from the redundant "all directions"?adeushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01992672132384267439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-17457183818023838802011-11-18T12:54:57.523-06:002011-11-18T12:54:57.523-06:00and perverting faith to control the populace
Plea...<i>and perverting faith to control the populace</i><br /><br />Please read a history of Iran and a history of The United States.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10619153370091469672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-1511752445139909012011-11-18T12:33:34.726-06:002011-11-18T12:33:34.726-06:00Everyone should take a moment to ponder the subtle...Everyone should take a moment to ponder the subtle irony of the concluding sentence in Paulo's comment.<br /><br />Well said, Paulo.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-67128009811574660632011-11-18T12:27:23.087-06:002011-11-18T12:27:23.087-06:00Let's invade Iran, it's the only country t...Let's invade Iran, it's the only country that hates America and doesn't have an atomic bomb. They are brutal murderers of homossexuals and freedom haters. Let's invade it from Saudi Arabia.Paulo Ugolinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11288626497894824632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-59761402043210680902011-11-18T11:58:38.609-06:002011-11-18T11:58:38.609-06:00You are absolutely correct, Jerry - well played, s...You are absolutely correct, Jerry - well played, sir. <br /><br />But of course I can't resist pointing out that if the author was guilty of redundancy, then you are guilty of hyperbole - twice ("everyone else/all the time").<br /><br />:.)Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-76571649353382775502011-11-18T11:42:12.379-06:002011-11-18T11:42:12.379-06:00"...the Islamic Republic of Iran, is surround..."...the Islamic Republic of Iran, is surrounded on all sides by virulent enemies and regional rivals..."<br /><br />Is "surrounded on all sides" one of those phrases that drives me crazy but that everyone else uses all the time without realizing that it's redundant? Or is it possible to be, say, surrounded on two sides?Jerry Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01116540065811848200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-85932860301881384022011-11-18T11:18:03.267-06:002011-11-18T11:18:03.267-06:00If the rest of the world would just go away they c...If the rest of the world would just go away they could be left to murdering their own citizen, hanging homosexuals,burning books, and perverting faith to control the populace.JDJarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.com