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2007-10-31 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Fred 2007-10-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 OP-ED > UN MUST MAKE ISRAEL GIVE UP NUKES, OR ACCEPT SYRIAN, IRAN PROGRAMS. You just know Israel is gonna agree.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-10-31 00:52|| 2007-10-31 00:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Gwynne Dyer should STFU.

Posted by 3dc 2007-10-31 01:06|| 2007-10-31 01:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Could it be that Turkish lives are worth less than Israeli lives?

Frankly, yes. The Turks have indulged in genocide and made their state one of an increasingly Islamist nature. Synagogues are being bombed and little is being done to halt the encroaching Muslim prediliction for shari'a law. One need only examine how many mosques are being bombed in Israel for some sort of contrast.

Could it be that Iranian lives are worth even less than Turkish lives?

Wow! We've got ourselves a regular frickin' female Einstein, here. Yes, Iran has committed or caused so many direct violations of international law and crimes against humanity that their people rate right up there with pond scum. Too bad for decent and honorable Persians, but there's this niggling little issue with overthrowing an oppressive government or being tarred with the same brush. Tough effin' noogies.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-10-31 02:53|| 2007-10-31 02:53|| Front Page Top

#4 alt.dye.dye.dye.gwynne

Posted by twobyfour 2007-10-31 03:01|| 2007-10-31 03:01|| Front Page Top

#5 Most senior American military officers see an attack on Iran as leading to inevitable failure and humiliation for the United States

And she knows that because

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2007-10-31 08:13|| 2007-10-31 08:13|| Front Page Top

#6 "... (PJAK), essentially a branch office of the PKK, also based in northern Iraq, which carries out attacks into the adjacent Kurdish-populated region of Iran, and the United States does not condemn the PJAK?"

As much as Dwyer is a pompous pain in the ass that historically projects opinions as fact, its difficult to refute the central point of this argument. PJAK is, by most accepted definitions, a terrorist organization. Turning a blind eye isnt necessarily the same thing as condoning their practices. But its not a quantum stretch to speculate that there may be more of a cozy relationship here. In fact, one has to wonder if some of the dough that the USDoS said was going to un-named political organizations that promote political reform in Iran has found its way into the coffers of PJAK.

Posted by DepotGuy 2007-10-31 09:47|| 2007-10-31 09:47|| Front Page Top

#7 Could it be that German ~~Iranian~~ lives are worth even less than British ~~Turkish~~ lives?

To a rational person, even though the Brits ran an 'Empire' with subject people [and we have all witnessed what those subject people, particularly in Africa have done with their independence], in the circa early 1940s based upon the behaviors of the Germans, YES.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-10-31 12:42|| 2007-10-31 12:42|| Front Page Top

#8 Dr. Dyer, quit your day job.

Posted by JohnQC 2007-10-31 16:30|| 2007-10-31 16:30|| Front Page Top

#9 Gwynne Dyer is male. He's also increasingly off the rails over the past few years. Think of Andrew Sullivan with a military record.

Posted by Pappy 2007-10-31 22:05|| 2007-10-31 22:05|| Front Page Top

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