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2007-04-12 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

US rules out freeing Iranians held in Iraq

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Posted by Steve White 2007-04-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Holly sh*t,,,,?? BALLS??? "HELL NO" was the answer????? Holly sh*t.

Excuse my french but I was really worried after the British Debacle and when we released the Iranian Diplomat I thought it was the sign we were DONE and just bluffing.

This kind of responce makes me wonder hmmm with the news of the last couple months (nobodys is covering past blurps) I gotta wonder,,,, does Bush still have his game face on just playing it smart (Iran is not a push over they got a serious conventional force that given first strike could bring some hurt)?

Posted by C-Low 2007-04-12 00:16|| 2007-04-12 00:16|| Front Page Top

#2 How nice to see that the United States has not committed itself to an entirely emasculated condition. It's long past tea or even supper for Iran to be nursing the very hindmost tit.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-04-12 00:51|| 2007-04-12 00:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Dubya isn't gonna stop entrenching ala "FORTRESS ME" mode - it is for Moud, Mullacracy, and even the People of Radical Iran to decide how any and all = their Nation will react and survive agz Dubya containing, isolating,+ surrounding 'em wid pro-US/West/Moder regional democracies protected by Amer firepower. IOW, DUBYA IS ALL BUT OFFICIALLY DARING IRAN TO DO SOMETHING.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-04-12 00:59|| 2007-04-12 00:59|| Front Page Top

#4 There's gotta be some footage of this guy walking to the airplane with a spring in his step or something I suppose. This thing where they beat the soles of a guy's feet is a very muslim sort of thing. Not the kind of thing most westerners would think of.

Posted by gorb 2007-04-12 02:30|| 2007-04-12 02:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Not the kind of thing most westerners would think of.

I'm more of a Black & Decker kind of guy myself.

Posted by Steve 2007-04-12 07:30|| 2007-04-12 07:30|| Front Page Top

#6 Gorb-

You are right indeed:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastinado

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2007-04-12 09:04|| 2007-04-12 09:04|| Front Page Top

#7 Mixed messages here. A captive Iranian with a diplomatic passport was released by US authorities one day after the release of the UK hostages. And, Gitmo prisoners of jihad are being sent back to terror at an alarming rate.

Posted by Sneaze 2007-04-12 12:34|| 2007-04-12 12:34|| Front Page Top

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