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| Ahmadinejad claims upper hand against the West |
| 2006-06-10 |
| Iran's president said Thursday his regime is ready for talks over its nuclear capabilities, but he sent mixed signals on how much is open for negotiation and suggested Tehran has the upper hand in its showdown with the West. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad repeated Iran's position that uranium enrichment is an untouchable national right, a clear jab at the West two days after Iran received a package of economic and technological incentives to suspend the program. But he also offered some signs of flexibility without specifically mentioning the proposal. In a speech at an industrial city, he said Iran would hold dialogue on "mutual concerns" with foreign powers including the United States if they took place "free from threats." |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #6 All background noise. 1. Make proposal (check) 2. Do sanctions (coming soon) 3. Do boomers (available after November) |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-06-10 18:59 |
| #5 Sounds like Ahmaneedastraightjacket's not listening to his military advisors or the ones he is listening to are givving him advice from Jimmy Carter. So, Iran has the upper hand here, eh? Ya'll say you've got the US over a barrel, eh? Well, see, ya'll have got this teensy little problem - look. Up there. See's all them airplanes? Ours fly. Yours don't (or won;t if we don't want 'em to). If ya'll would look a little higher ya' might sees a few satellites up there in space. 'Course, them there satellites are lookin' right back at 'cha. And they've got all your major (and minor) weapons sites, your nuclear facilities, your electrical generating plants, your refinieries, your production facilities, and just about everything except maybe your tonenail clippings spotted, mapped out, and loaded into the GPS systems of every weapon system of ours from 250-lb bombs on up to nuclear tipped ICBMs - just in case. Got us over the barrel, have you, eh? Guess what, kiddies - we already have the bomb. In fact, the latest estimate is that we have about 30 thousand of them. We can put a good hundred nuclear bombs on top of your entire friggin' country inside of 15 minutes if we want to and we can deliver over a thousand more 15 minutes after that. So, Ahmaneedastraightjacket, you better be thinkin' real clear before you take another couple of steps over that line in the sand or you're gonna' be left standin' in a sea of glowing glass and fused sand if you're not real damn careful. The mood over here is gettin' ugly, boy, and you better recognize the fact that makin' us angry is somethin' you just don't wanna' do...we're not real pleasant people when we're angry - other people tend to get real dead around us when that happens. Understand? Good. Now go play with yourself like a good little boy and leave the grownups alone. |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2006-06-10 10:46 |
| #4 Right Anon. Just remember that even though the Reps "control" the Congress, nearly the entire continental shelf, east and west coast, is off limits to drill for oil we know is there. Like most peoples, we have seen the problem and it is ourselves. The only real threat the Iranians have is to provide a device small enough to container ship into the US. And that is still a couple years away. The Iranians are rushing against the clock, not against the US or even outside world, but against an internal collapse. They have their own problems. Their own people hate them and they know it. A good part of this is the rulers trying to divert their problems. They want to be provoked by actions to invoke nationalism to resolidify their power. Time is really on our side. Remember we faced off with better equiped Russians for generations. And as to their proclaimed willingness to martyrdom, notice its always the followers, never the leaders that get it. When the Chinese lacked the ability to respond in kind, they kept talking about how they could absorb millions and millions of casualties and still be a force to reckon with. Of course there would have been very little of the party structure left to retain power and they knew it was a bluff all along. The object was to convince everyone else into believing the bluff. And the Chinese have their problems too. The Party has yet to deal with a historical major recession that all growing economies face. That is really going to be 'interesting times'. We may will witness another cyclic collapse into multiple kingdoms from the current dynasty. So chill out. Be happy. :) |
| Posted by: Spang Fleger3829 2006-06-10 09:57 |
| #3 Folks, we are in a mess. ArenÂ’t we? Do not blame our past government. The present one can not help us for we bought our mess and we can get out of it if we stop bickering. For example, any thought of buying American made has completely vanished from our brain. This made China the master of our economy. We became dependent on foreign oil. This made Iran to humiliate us and laugh at us every time we blink. If we continue to blink, Iran will have nuclear boms and then Iran will make us a spineless beggar not too far in the future. This is a very different kind of war we are in. The first step for us is to become energy independent as soon as possible. We use a huge amount of energy. Let us get thousands of nuclear power plants operating within 4 to 5 years for electricity and plenty of bio-fuel/electricity for the vehicles. Nuclear energy could become very cheap if we get rid of miles of stupid restrictions. Folks, we know radiation more than what may happen when you touch soil or natural water. It is simply because radiation screams too loud. The wind and solar energy will help a little bit but you can not beat the laws of nature. Just get energy independence from the foreign oil and stand tall. |
| Posted by: Annon 2006-06-10 08:29 |
| #2 I think the government there is concerned about a revolt. Anything that they can point to as a win, or anything they can spin to look like a win, and they will be on it like white on rice to boost their "legitimacy". And if that doesn't work, you can hold a nuke over the masses heads, too . . . . |
| Posted by: grb 2006-06-10 01:04 |
| #1 Dubya isn't Clinton, Moud - Clinton didn't want geopol issues, etal. making his resume look bad, nor to interfere wid MSM-verified pre- and post-Bush1 Reagan-Repub expandng economy = Democrats and Leftism-Socialism, once before and forever unto eternity!? Billary-Left > the DemoLeft doesn't have to prove itself anymore and nevermore ergo Socialism and OWG was "justified" for both America + World, ergo Radical Islam and 9-11. The Commies-Maoists supported the Spetzlamists and aligned Terror both before and after 9-11, even now, ergo only the Radical Islamists attacked Amer on 9-11 - you know, LOGIC!? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-06-10 00:35 |