Neil D Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 [:"blue"] Ok, so, what happens next? Sanctions to be sure, but I suspect that there will be some bombings or some military action.....The question is by whom.... [/] (Turkish Daily News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)By resuming uranium enrichment for nuclear fuel, Iran is in "open defiance" of the international community, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday. Rice told the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Bush administration has been examining the "full range of sanctions on Iran" and is also considering additional sanctions the United States could impose on its own, although international action would be more effective. "They have now crossed a point where they are in open defiance" of the international community, she said. Appearing before lawmakers, Rice gave no details. The United States has had broad sanctions on Iran since that country's 1979 Islamic revolution. Are you ready for some neuclear WAR???? Quote Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Bravus Posted February 21, 2006 Moderators Share Posted February 21, 2006 It's probably tasteless, but I did briefly consider starting a pool on the date of (a) the first bombing and ( the invasion. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Quote Truth is important Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bevin Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 It really doesn't matter, because whether or not Iran gets attacked today, in twenty years time the technology needed to build WMD and their delivery systems will be so widespread and so cheap that the West can't possibly constrain them. GWB's strategy is too increase anti-American sentiment world-wide while pretending to have his finger stuck firmly in the hole in the dike - and hope it doesn't overflow the whole levy on his watch. What a moronic administration. No foresight what so ever. Bush is in charge - the looting is continuing as planned. /Bevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olger Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 Dear Bevin: Why are you so upset with George? olger Quote "Please don't feed the drama queens.." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil D Posted February 25, 2006 Author Share Posted February 25, 2006 Quote: olger said: Dear Bevin: Why are you so upset with George? olger Umm.....You don't see that "No foresight what so ever. Bush is in charge - the looting is continuing as planned." is reason enough for being upset with Bush??? Ok, I don't understand. Quote Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shane Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 Some people have idealogical glasses on. They are like blinders that keep them from seeing the big picture. Some of these people are called Republicans, others Democrats, still others Libertarians, Socialists, Nazis, etc. Some decide they don't like President Bush and have prejudged everything he has done or ever will do. They are wearing idealogical blinders. Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bevin Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 GWB has selected and is responsible for an administration that has made a set of huge blunders that are costing both the USA tax payer, the USA citizen, and the world in general a great deal of money. They have run up the national debt to huge new heights The Dept of Homeland Security has ignored most of the major threats to the USA, and instead focused its efforts on stupid PR stunts, such as taking shoes off getting onto airplanes and smallpox vaccines. They have consistently screwed up the response to the global warming issue They have actively supported torture as national policy They have actively built secret prisons all over the world They have alienated most of the rest of the world They totally messed up the Katrina response, because of rampant cronyism They have actively tried to cheat on elections - see, for example, the PROVEN IN COURT phone-jamming in NH by Republicans. In short, the only thing GWB has done well is transfer $$$ into the pockets of Halliburton and oil magnates. And I, until this bunch of clowns, strongly prefered Republicans over Democrats. /Bevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shane Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Case in point Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Bravus Posted February 27, 2006 Moderators Share Posted February 27, 2006 But Shane, what is the alternative - because others characterise as 'Bush-haters' or 'wearers of ideological glasses' (as you have) anyone who criticises Bush on any point! You have a good balanced perspective yourself - you don't like everything he has done, but approve of a number of things. You're willing to agree that he has done some bad things, or handled things badly. There definitely exists a 'cult of Bush', wherein he is seen as infallible, and anyone who dares to suggest he has done anything wrong is branded a heretic. Quote Truth is important Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Bravus Posted February 27, 2006 Moderators Share Posted February 27, 2006 Hehehe - and I swear I didn't go looking for this - I just stumbled over it about 5 minutes after reading the above discussion: http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2006/02/27/tomo/story.jpg Seems to me checkng out each other's glasses ain't that different from checking out each other's motes... Quote Truth is important Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shane Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 No one is all good or all bad. If a person doesn't have idealogical glasses on they will at times comment about good things a politician does and at other times about bad things he or she does. When President Clinton was in office I would purposely look for good things that he did and I found it wasn't that hard. I disagreed with him on a number of issues but did not let his good deeds go unoticed. Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shane Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Quote: There definitely exists a 'cult of Bush' I can't say I have ever met someone that would be in a "cult of Bush" and I associate in conservative circles in Texas. Maybe this is like Hilary Clinton's vast right wing conspiracy. Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olger Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 @ Shane. I would like to state that there are no human solutions to the problems that we face as a nation. It is a good time to renew our membership in the kingdom of heaven. While I (and multiplied others) chafed under the immoralities of the previous administration, I do not place my hope in this one either. blessings, olger Quote "Please don't feed the drama queens.." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shane Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Nor should anyone. I happen to see government as a necesary evil and the work of reform as a continual process. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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