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Old 05-31-2006, 09:47 AM   #71 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aceventura3
True - different situation. However, Kennedy stood firm. Reagan and the Cold War - different situation. However, Reagan stood firm. Bush and Iran - Bush is standing firm. I have no idea what you or Democratic leaders would do different than what Bush is doing, yet "we" use this has an opportunity to bash Bush.



What are your interests?

I know this question is off point, but it might help me understand your point of view.
The thing of it is.......in just five years, so much damage has been done to the U.S. .....in every way that I can think to measure, that it seems past the point where it is even possible to get back to "normal". I think that the only option is to use the military to intimidate the rest of the world into coughing up their nulear weapons and long range missles, and allowing permanent U.S. monitoring, on the ground in the countries that formerly possessed those capabilities. My "interests" are supporting the purchasing power of U.S. paper curreny, "by any means neccessary", and the same goes for access to vital raw materials and for assuring a level of national security that the expenditure of $600 billion plus (annually) on military and intelligence infrastructure, should result in, to "justify" that expenditure.

My interest is in urging the government to make and execute these "desperate" decisions when the military is in the strongest position possible to potentially achieve success at carrying out a plan to intimidate all other countries into capitulation and submission........ which is ASAP, before the coming "crash" in the purchasing power of the U.S. dollar erodes the our overall military capability. Either the currency is supported by a bold, "grand plan", or post currency crash, our military will be reduced to attempting to sieze raw materials that the currency will no longer have a value high enough to permit purchases in the stupendously large quantities that we were formerly accustomed to obtaining....

IMO, it is that bad....there is no way out of the rapidly accumulating federal treasury debt, or the trade debt, combined with growing budget deficits and the destruction of the progressive system of taxation that existed five years ago.

Here is a new anecdote of "how bad it is". A destructive "joke" of an executive administration, almost openly organizing a second "fake war", in just three years. I never thought I'd be reduced to writing anything similar to the "plan" that I outlined above, but these "bad actors" have reduced our options to "kill or be killed", and the problem is that they have brought on and accelerated the inevitable demise of the paper fiat currency and shattered the structure of checks and balances in our constitutional government, and their own credibility, so quickly that they have created a scenario of "pre-emption", that must be "scaled up" much more rapidly than they seem to be doing. It's akin to partially sawing through the branch that the U.S. currency, credibility, integrity, and force projection capability is standing on.
It is in my "best interest" now to leverage the military buildup that was achieved with borrowed money to compensate for the weakened financial, and diplomatic state, and the consequences that weakness has and will cause to future security and standard of living, by using the military to dictate terms of capitulation, and to make examples of, by use of conventional and nuclear weapons, of any country that decides to resist.

If the following is any indication, our "leaders" are too arrogant, too petty, and too "small time" in their planning and execution to do what I've described above, while there is still a reasonable chance of success:
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http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/000785.php
Iran Bamboozler Invited to White House as "Expert"
By Paul Kiel - May 31, 2006, 11:35 AM

Two weeks ago, Amir Taheri published an op-ed in Canada's National Post about an Iranian law that forced Jews to wear a yellow stripe. The story, reminiscent of Nazi Germany, quickly provoked outrage, but was just as quickly revealed to be a total <a href="http://thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=12511">fabrication.</a> It also ran in the <a href="http://www.nypost.com/commentary/68850.htm">New York Post.</a>

<a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/05/20060530-4.html">Apparently</a> this is just the sort of reliable advice that President Bush needs. Yesterday, Taheri had a face-to-face with the President as one of a small group of "experts" on Iraq that visited the White House.

According to Press Secretary Tony Snow, the experts were invited to the White House for their "honest opinions" on Iraq.
<b>Here is a report from the Canadian news source that was first to publish the newest slander designed to demonize Iran:</b>
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http://www.canada.com/topics/news/na...36ccc3&k=66789
Harper says Iran 'capable' of introducing Nazi-like clothing labels

Alexander Panetta
Canadian Press

Sunday, May 21, 2006

OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper was quick to <b>condemn Iran on Friday for an anti-Semitic law that appears not to exist.</b>

Harper seized on a newspaper report that said Iran's hardline government would require Jews and Christians to wear coloured labels in public.

The prime minister couldn't vouch for the accuracy of the newspaper report, but he added that Iran was capable of such actions and compared them to Nazi practices.

"Unfortunately, we've seen enough already from the Iranian regime to suggest that it is very capable of this kind of action," Harper said.

"We've seen a number of things from the Iranian regime that are along these lines . . .

"It boggles the mind that any regime on the face of the Earth would want to do anything that could remind people of Nazi Germany."

But western journalists based in Iran told their Canadian colleagues that they were unaware of any such law.

And Iranian politicians - including a Jewish legislator in Tehran - were infuriated by the Post report, which they called false. .......
At least half the country hasn't accepted the truth about the Bush regime and it's "mouthpieces", such as foxnews and powerline blog....that they are incapable and uninterested in providing the accurate details neccessary to build an opinion "rooted in reality":
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http://news.ft.com/cms/s/db39ec0c-f0...0779e2340.html
Bush and Blair meet Iranian opposition
By Guy Dinmore in Washington
Published: May 31 2006 00:03 | Last updated: May 31 2006 00:03

........White House officials said Amir Taheri, a London-based former editor, was among a group of experts invited to discuss Iraq and the region with Mr Bush.

Mr Taheri is well known for his support of the war in Iraq and regime change in Iran.

Iranian officials have denied reports, which originated from a commentary written by Mr Taheri, that a new law passed by the Iranian parliament would require non-Muslims to wear special badges.

Mr Taheri says he stands by his report............
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http://powerlineblog.com/archives/014158.php
....Now, Mr. Taheri elaborates on what he knows:

Regarding the dress code story it seems that my column was used as the basis for a number of reports that somehow jumped the gun.

As far as my article is concerned I stand by it. The law has been passed by the Islamic Majlis and will now be submitted to the Council of Guardians. A committee has been appointed to work out the modalities of implementation.

.....Given Mr. Taheri's past reliability on matters relating to Iran, I think this can stand as the best information we have, pending future developments.
Via Power Line News.
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