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2015-09-10 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Vortigern Chinens3659 2015-09-10 14:50|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 I knew that I forgot something. Thanks.

Posted by Vortigern Chinens3659 2015-09-10 20:32|| 2015-09-10 20:32|| Front Page Top

#2 If McConnell in the Senate hadn't caved, the house had a plan to derail this entire thing by actually ENFORCING the Corker law to the letter.

McConnel is a fucking disaster - he needs to be run out of office on a rail, and continuously harassed until then.

Posted by OldSpook 2015-09-10 20:55|| 2015-09-10 20:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Oldspook: but I thought the Senate didn't vote on it today, that the Dems kept a vote from being held.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2015-09-10 21:18|| 2015-09-10 21:18|| Front Page Top

#4 Here's a thought. What if the Iranians already have a few nukes, provided by the Norks, Russians, Chinese, you name the vendor. So what's to inspect or monitor, the jig is already up. Perhaps the Champ knows this and the entire effort is little more than lifting the sanctions and getting on down the road.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-09-10 21:42|| 2015-09-10 21:42|| Front Page Top

#5 #3 it's all window dressing. Reid did away with the filibuster rule except in the case of SCOTUS nominees. McConnell brought it back when there is no need for it simply to cover his assets - as in, see it's not my fault, the rules make me do it.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-09-10 22:05|| 2015-09-10 22:05|| Front Page Top

#6 There are two little factoid he entirely ignores.

The Soviets were somewhat sane. Sure they were evil and all that but they still had the same basic morals.

The Iranian mullahs really truely believe that starting a nuclear war is something they can win and it will bring back the 12'th Iman from his hidey-hole in some well somewhere. The enemies of 'Islam' will be subdued and they can engage in their favorite pastime - murdering and exterminating Jews and Infidels.. It would be well worth a few million dead of their countrymen to achieve this goal (as long as it isn't them or theirs.).

Deturrance worked with the Soviets because they believed the cost of a nuclear exchange would be far to high.

It won't work with the Iranian Mulahs - they don't really care and 10 or 20, or a 100 million 'martyrs' to bring back the 12'th Iman is a bargain in their eyes.

Posted by CrazyFool 2015-09-10 22:18|| 2015-09-10 22:18|| Front Page Top

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