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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 08:00 AM Original message |
Anyone who thinks Ahmadinedjad is anything but an excuse has missed the last forty years |
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harlinchi (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
1. Thank you! n/t |
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u2spirit (727 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
2. I've thought for 2 years |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 08:42 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Wouldn't doubt it one bit... |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 09:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. They didn't need to plant him. They just pissed on Katami and let nationalist nature take its course |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Khatami was ready to roll thru again, till Bush mouthed off against Iran to incite |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Yes, and the context is obvious... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
5. ... |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
6. but but but ..hes a holocaust denier...not supposed to think any further than that...oh my...nt.. |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 01:05 AM Response to Reply #6 |
49. A school yard tactic that seems to work so well in U.S. politics |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 01:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
51. And if you do, remember that he kills gays with his bare hands by the dozen every morning... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
7. i think oil is secondary to *constant war* |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. You beat me to saying this... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 02:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. google "iran war plan" -- we actually DO have local presence in Iran -- *links below* |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 03:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Its well known we fund the MEK inside Iran... |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. The "state of war" is a political tool transformative of all dialogue and counter |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. "We have always been at war with Oceania" - these guys used 1984 as a how-to book. n/t |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Paranoid politicians and theocrats will always have political enemies to eliminate. |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. And they have enough insane fundie supporters (espec in the Air Force) to stay in power... |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 09:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
41. It's constant war vs. Iran for a reason. |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 01:22 AM Response to Reply #41 |
50. Your post made me realize that we are all trying to explain |
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Tesla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 09:03 AM Response to Reply #50 |
60. more like a bad comic book! |
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Chemical Bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 09:18 AM Response to Reply #50 |
82. I'm sorry for being obtuse... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 09:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
44. I like your piece but have no idea what norquist tub drowning refers to |
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some guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 10:49 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. ... |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 11:07 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Well that offers up numerous possibilities - "Honey I'll run the |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. K & R! |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
9. When the bombs start falling on Iran, after the legislation passed during the DU Two Minutes Hate, |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. naw -- then we'll move from "dismissed" to "shrill" |
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Gonzo Gardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
12. I like to call it the War OF Terror. |
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xiamiam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. difficult to be an optimist when most people dont get it until the damage is done...nt |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 01:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I think I already welcomed you to DU. But, hey, nice to see you again so soon. |
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Gonzo Gardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Your subject lines keep pulling me in! |
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lyonn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 12:30 PM Response to Reply #27 |
74. Here in Okla. I have contributed at least 6 people to the Dem cause |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
14. Deleted sub-thread |
Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
23. I Think That |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
25. He's the Tony Snow of Iran and that's all he is, with a more impressive title. nt |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. LOL! More seriously, he's President in a country where the Supreme Court runs the government... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 08:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. Supreme Court? Not quite. n/t |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 11:25 AM Response to Reply #39 |
69. How else would you refer to the mullahs who hold the real power |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 09:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. Ah, I see that someone in the "ignore" family has arrived.Late again.I'm really liking "ignore". n/t |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
28. I wouldn't be surprised if the Bush cabal has paid Ahmadinedjad to be the boogy man. |
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Karenina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Hal-lo!!! |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Hi, ya. n/t |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 09:23 PM Response to Reply #28 |
42. Michael Ledeen has alluded to a conspiracy theory about Ahmadinejad on more than one occasion |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 07:21 AM Original message |
Thankfully, Ledeen is dead. And so is JJA. n/t |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
62. Ledeen is dead? n/t |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 10:42 PM Response to Reply #62 |
76. http://jonswift.blogspot.com/ 2007/01/breaking-news- michael-ledeen-is-dead.html |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 10:50 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Lol. n/t |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 11:09 PM Response to Reply #76 |
80. Ledeen's a piece of work, isn't he? |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 07:21 AM Response to Reply #42 |
59. Thankfully, Ledeen is dead. And so is JJA. n/t |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
30. Hey, moderators, there are only 29 posts here. What happened to the last two hours? n/t |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:39 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Deleted sub thread above -- probably accounts for a few posts, if I recall. n/t |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:41 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Isn't that supposed to be marked? But, hey, if you are right. Censorship lives. n/t |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Oh , it IS marked. I've never seen an entire sub-thread removed. Learn something every day... |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 08:02 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Yes, I recall that you did a good job on that -- as I noted above, though, it appears they yanked |
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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. It's marked at #14 -- I posted in along there somewhere -- a pretty innocuous comment |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:39 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I don't think the mods have enough time to mess with the thread. |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Mystery solved. They wiped a sub-thread. n/t |
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stimbox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
43. Kick!!!! |
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Exultant Democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-27-07 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
47. He is a powerless idiot who is extremely unpopular at home and |
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Turner Ashby (140 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 12:20 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Ever heard of the Armenian Genocide? |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 10:54 PM Response to Reply #48 |
78. Welcome to DU, Turner. To do quotes... |
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arendt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 10:54 PM Response to Reply #48 |
79. Oh, ick. That explains a lot. Thanks. n/t |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 01:57 AM Response to Original message |
52. I lived in Iran, school year 1970-71 |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 02:07 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. It is funny to see some American acquitances of mine react when they meet some of my Iranian friends |
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NoGodsNoMasters (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 06:32 PM Response to Reply #53 |
75. Amen! |
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paritom (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 04:28 AM Response to Original message |
54. Thanks |
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ProfessorPlum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 05:16 AM Response to Original message |
55. Great post. I'm on chapter 3 of her book - it's the most |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
56. well said. |
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Cassandra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 06:53 AM Response to Original message |
57. JFK, RFK, MLK Jr...... |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
58. bingo! |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 09:37 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. which party is the war party, again? |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 09:48 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. But wait! It's a duopoly too! |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-29-07 01:49 AM Response to Reply #63 |
81. but...but... |
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txaslftist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
64. Brilliant! Excellent! Fantastic! |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
65. Ahmadinejad strikes me as being not very bright. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 10:20 AM Response to Reply #65 |
68. He has a PhD and was a college professor. n/t |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 11:58 AM Response to Reply #68 |
71. PhD in what, though - Islamic fundamentalism? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 12:14 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. I think it's in engineering. n/t |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 12:19 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Ok, thanks. |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
66. I see the same horror movie you do |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
67. agreed. much like saddam. |
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Poppy Lee (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-28-07 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
70. Vacillating between anger and tears |
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