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	<title>Comments on: Republican candidates close to promising Israel war with Iran</title>
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		<title>By: bowser</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2012/03/06/republican-candidates-close-to-promising-israel-war-with-iran/#comment-12232</link>
		<dc:creator>bowser</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 01:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If American Special Forces based in Kuwait attacked an Iraqi target they were not repeat not Kuwaiti.  It&#039;s very simple.

The people and the money came from Saudi Arabia which is not Iraq.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If American Special Forces based in Kuwait attacked an Iraqi target they were not repeat not Kuwaiti.  It&#8217;s very simple.</p>
<p>The people and the money came from Saudi Arabia which is not Iraq.</p>
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		<title>By: RobVG</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2012/03/06/republican-candidates-close-to-promising-israel-war-with-iran/#comment-12230</link>
		<dc:creator>RobVG</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 01:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;You could have written that yourself.&lt;/p&gt;

Except your opinions would be slightly more associated with reality.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You could have written that yourself.</p>
<p>Except your opinions would be slightly more associated with reality.</p>
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		<title>By: TB</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2012/03/06/republican-candidates-close-to-promising-israel-war-with-iran/#comment-12228</link>
		<dc:creator>TB</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 01:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;We were attacked by a radical Islamist terrorist group based in Afghanistan and directly supported by Afghanistan&#039;s Taliban government.&lt;/p&gt;

The group imported people from Saudi Arabia with Saudi Arabian passports because they would get the least scrutiny in our country, and bin Laden knew people there.  You&#039;re jammed on that concept for some reason.  It&#039;s like saying Austria was at fault for the Holocaust because Hitler was born there.

Radical Islamists came to our country, blew up buildings, and killed thousands of civilians in our major cities.  None of them seemed to lose much sleep worrying about our ability to retaliate on their homelands.

Iran will not &quot;rationally&quot; attack Israel.  An Iran that is not rational might.  Remember Gulf War I when Saddam was launching Scuds into Israel?  Did he worry about nuclear retaliation?

&lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;If a day comes when the world of Islam is duly equipped with the arms Israel has in possession, the strategy of colonialism would face a stalemate because application of an atomic bomb would not leave any thing in Israel but the same thing would just produce damages in the Muslim world&quot;

- Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We were attacked by a radical Islamist terrorist group based in Afghanistan and directly supported by Afghanistan&#8217;s Taliban government.</p>
<p>The group imported people from Saudi Arabia with Saudi Arabian passports because they would get the least scrutiny in our country, and bin Laden knew people there.  You&#8217;re jammed on that concept for some reason.  It&#8217;s like saying Austria was at fault for the Holocaust because Hitler was born there.</p>
<p>Radical Islamists came to our country, blew up buildings, and killed thousands of civilians in our major cities.  None of them seemed to lose much sleep worrying about our ability to retaliate on their homelands.</p>
<p>Iran will not &#8220;rationally&#8221; attack Israel.  An Iran that is not rational might.  Remember Gulf War I when Saddam was launching Scuds into Israel?  Did he worry about nuclear retaliation?</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;If a day comes when the world of Islam is duly equipped with the arms Israel has in possession, the strategy of colonialism would face a stalemate because application of an atomic bomb would not leave any thing in Israel but the same thing would just produce damages in the Muslim world&#8221;</p>
<p>- Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani</p></blockquote>
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		<title>By: bowser</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2012/03/06/republican-candidates-close-to-promising-israel-war-with-iran/#comment-12227</link>
		<dc:creator>bowser</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Neither Iran, nor Iraq, nor North Korea, nor Afghanistan attacked the US.

Saudi Arabia attacked the US.  

You can deny the Sun comes up in the East, you can deny Limbaugh is a crude jerk, you can deny Bush lied, and you can deny that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Neither Iran, nor Iraq, nor North Korea, nor Afghanistan attacked the US.</p>
<p>Saudi Arabia attacked the US.  </p>
<p>You can deny the Sun comes up in the East, you can deny Limbaugh is a crude jerk, you can deny Bush lied, and you can deny that.</p>
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		<title>By: TB</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2012/03/06/republican-candidates-close-to-promising-israel-war-with-iran/#comment-12226</link>
		<dc:creator>TB</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;&quot;Even so, they have not traveled halfway around the world attacking Christian nations.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;

This is almost fascinating.  You actually doubled down on it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Even so, they have not traveled halfway around the world attacking Christian nations.&#8221;</p>
<p>This is almost fascinating.  You actually doubled down on it.</p>
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		<title>By: bowser</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2012/03/06/republican-candidates-close-to-promising-israel-war-with-iran/#comment-12225</link>
		<dc:creator>bowser</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The United States would do well to try to understand the people with whom they have disagreements rather than demonize and try to order them around.

Therein lies the problem.  &quot;Islamic fanatic&quot;.  Those people live their religion rather than talk about it.  They come from a different culture, society and are shaped by different forces.

Unlike Christians, they take their religion seriously.  Even so, they have not traveled halfway around the world attacking Christian nations.  Remember, it was a Christian fanatic who has started two wars against Muslim countries.

If you want to talk &quot;fanatic&quot;, look to home, to the Bush&#039;s, Cheney&#039;s, Rumsfeld&#039;s, with either Muslim blood and/or oil dripping off their hands.  Who sold Saddam the poison gas used against Iran?  Who sold Saddam the means of delivery?  Hint:  It occurred during the Reagan Administration.

Every fool knows that Iran is not safe from Western oil companies and their military puppets until they have a credible deterrent.  The US has declared war on Iran many times, and is in the process of fighting a war against her now.  She&#039;s in it for her life.

The fanaticism we have to worry about beats in our chests, is running round in our imperialistic breasts.  We don&#039;t have to worry about them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The United States would do well to try to understand the people with whom they have disagreements rather than demonize and try to order them around.</p>
<p>Therein lies the problem.  &#8220;Islamic fanatic&#8221;.  Those people live their religion rather than talk about it.  They come from a different culture, society and are shaped by different forces.</p>
<p>Unlike Christians, they take their religion seriously.  Even so, they have not traveled halfway around the world attacking Christian nations.  Remember, it was a Christian fanatic who has started two wars against Muslim countries.</p>
<p>If you want to talk &#8220;fanatic&#8221;, look to home, to the Bush&#8217;s, Cheney&#8217;s, Rumsfeld&#8217;s, with either Muslim blood and/or oil dripping off their hands.  Who sold Saddam the poison gas used against Iran?  Who sold Saddam the means of delivery?  Hint:  It occurred during the Reagan Administration.</p>
<p>Every fool knows that Iran is not safe from Western oil companies and their military puppets until they have a credible deterrent.  The US has declared war on Iran many times, and is in the process of fighting a war against her now.  She&#8217;s in it for her life.</p>
<p>The fanaticism we have to worry about beats in our chests, is running round in our imperialistic breasts.  We don&#8217;t have to worry about them.</p>
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		<title>By: TB</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2012/03/06/republican-candidates-close-to-promising-israel-war-with-iran/#comment-12224</link>
		<dc:creator>TB</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Interesting.  I crossposted that to Huffington.  I wonder if they&#039;ll get it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting.  I crossposted that to Huffington.  I wonder if they&#8217;ll get it.</p>
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		<title>By: bowser</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2012/03/06/republican-candidates-close-to-promising-israel-war-with-iran/#comment-12223</link>
		<dc:creator>bowser</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No nation with nukes has been attacked.  Are you disagreeing with that?

That&#039;s why GWB&#039;s &quot;Axis of Evil&quot; speech has driven some nations to seek nukes.

Israel flies all over attacking other countries, does so with impunity.  Nukes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No nation with nukes has been attacked.  Are you disagreeing with that?</p>
<p>That&#8217;s why GWB&#8217;s &#8220;Axis of Evil&#8221; speech has driven some nations to seek nukes.</p>
<p>Israel flies all over attacking other countries, does so with impunity.  Nukes.</p>
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		<title>By: TB</title>
		<link>https://habitablezone.com/2012/03/06/republican-candidates-close-to-promising-israel-war-with-iran/#comment-12222</link>
		<dc:creator>TB</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 18:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>From the article:



&lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;The administration has banked on the idea that Iran would not rationally attack Israel, knowing full well that Israel&#039;s arsenal would be sufficient to counter with a lethal strike.&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;



And there&#039;s the problem, isn&#039;t it?  The theory that no Islamic fanatic would mount an attack on a nuclear-armed nation with an advanced military?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From the article:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;The administration has banked on the idea that Iran would not rationally attack Israel, knowing full well that Israel&#8217;s arsenal would be sufficient to counter with a lethal strike.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>And there&#8217;s the problem, isn&#8217;t it?  The theory that no Islamic fanatic would mount an attack on a nuclear-armed nation with an advanced military?</p>
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