HEMMER: The Bush administration reportedly deciding to designate Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization.

So, what does that mean, huh? Well, according to the former CIA operative Bob Baer, it means the U.S. could be gearing up to launch some sort of military strike on Iran. Bob Baer was here yesterday morning. Listen:

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

FORMER CIA OPERATIVE BOB BAER: Iran policy is on close hold, but the feeling is we will hit the Islamic Revolutionary Guard corps sometime next six months or so.

HEMMER: With such an – that would start another war. Is the administration up for this, Bob?

BAER: Well, it’s not exactly it’s a war. It’s what the administration is convinced of, is that the Iranians are interfering in Iraq and the rest of the Gulf.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

HEMMER: Well, that certainly got our attention. So we asked John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., for his take on that today.

Sir, good morning. Welcome back.

BOLTON: Good morning. Glad to be here.

HEMMER: Bob Baer says within six months his sources inform him that there will be a strike on Iran. Do you agree with that?

BOLTON: Well, I don’t think one can tell one way or the other. I don’t think there’s any doubt, based on the information we have, that Iran is interfering in Iraq and is posing a direct threat to our troops.

So I think if President Bush as commander in chief believes that information is accurate, he is fully entitled to take defensive measures, which could include going after the Revolutionary Guards inside Iran. [_]

HEMMER: One final step here, too, that I want to take with you. You told one of our producers earlier today that you don’t know if it’s true – and you’ve made that clear in our interview here, that you don’t know what the odds are or are not against that – but you hope it’s true. Why do you hope it’s true?

BOLTON: Absolutely. I hope Iran understands that we are very serious, that we are determined they are not going to get a nuclear weapon capability, and unless they change the strategic decision they’ve been pursuing for close to 20 years, that that’s something they better factor into their calculations.ogress]

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222 Comments »
The comments by Baer and Bolton provoked an astonishing amount of feedback from viewers — a total of 222 responses to date. The following posts suggest the that the Bush Administration’s plans to start a third unprovoked war are out-of-step with the feelings of the much of the American public.
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BUSH: Iran is interfering with our illegal occupation of Iraq and the systematic control of their oil. Iran is bad. I am good. They need to be bombed. Plus Cheney said it would be good for us…um I mean him.
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Comment by dlet — August 22, 2007 @ 2:46 pm
. We can assume Bolton will be on the ground first, leading the charge?
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Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — August 22, 2007 @ 2:48 pm
. Why do GDumbya, Darth Cheney, John (”Got Milk?”) Bolton and Little Billy Kristol have a death wish?
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Comment by tom — August 22, 2007 @ 2:49 pm
. Why do GDumbya, Darth Cheney, John (”Got Milk?”) Bolton and Little Billy Kristol have a death wish?
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Comment by tom
. Actually, technically speaking, what they have is a “somebody else’s death wish”. It’s a slightly different thing, no?
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Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — August 22, 2007 @ 2:51 pm
. How much blood is enough to bathe in for these people?
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Comment by robbez_92107 — August 22, 2007 @ 2:52 pm
. When I heard him say we (USA) were still in Europe to keep the Nazis back/in check I almost fell over. This guy cannot be for real!
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Comment by mchpp — August 22, 2007 @ 2:54 pm
. Tell you what, mr walrus (koo-koo-ka-choo) we’ll take your concerns about Iran’s WMD desires seriously when you produce the WMD that Iraq had.
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Comment by bobwurst — August 22, 2007 @ 2:54 pm
. If we have any evidence that they have helped or have personally attacked US troops in Iraq, we need to bomb the crap out of them at a minimum. Full scale invasion would have to follow if they were still content on attacking us in Iraq and building nuke bombs.
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Comment by Roger_Roger — August 22, 2007 @ 2:54 pm
. Sorry that was on BBC…
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Comment by mchpp — August 22, 2007 @ 2:54 pm
. what would the consequences be after attacking Iran
. 1/ terrorism worse_2/ lots of innocent people dead_3/ military buildups worldwide_4/ The worlds media could not accept another preemptive strike based on a LIE_5/ Anti-Americanism worldwide ( on a massive scale )_6/ A Less safe world_7/ The UN rendered pretty useless at stopping war
. IS IT WORTH IT – – quite simply NO
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Comment by Tobey Tall — August 22, 2007 @ 2:55 pm
. How bout doin a Dr Strangelove Slim Pickins maneuver, where Bolt-on rides the bomb down the chute, except the only payload is his fat ass.
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Comment by RUCerious — August 22, 2007 @ 2:56 pm
. …Neoconic retard lying from his ivory tower. Psychopathic killer. Idiotic schemer. Man, you shoulda seen him kissing Richard Cheney’s butt. He is the eggman. He is the walrus. goo goo ga joob.
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Comment by Menehune — August 22, 2007 @ 2:56 pm
. What troops would we use for a full scale invasion of Iran Roger? How would we then secure a country more populated, and 2x as large as Iraq? How would we prevent the Russians and the Chinese from sending their troops after us, after we threatened one of the largest energy partners?
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Comment by Krazny — August 22, 2007 @ 2:56 pm
. One has to be a traitor to even have the gall to reject using military strikes against Iran, now the biggest threat in the ME as measured by its terrorist-backing. Everyone from the Iraqi government to Petraeus to the Bush admin. actually concurs that technology and militia terrorists are streaming across the Iran-Iraq border to the detriment of US forces and Iraqi civilians. It’s not that the US has no evidence of this; rather, they have consolidated indications that all point to Iran. You’d have to be an Iranian-supporting Islamophile to deny Iran’s involvement in Iraq; after all Maliki was Iranian-backed and Al-Sadr (the little terrorist wannabe) gets active support from the terrorists in Iran. So, Bolton’s 100% right to want to bomb Iranian facilities in order to discourage them from sending soldier-killing tech across the border. The US military can do this because all it would take is the Air Force bombing facilities while the Army/Marines still contend with Iraq.
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Comment by BOLTONwasonlychanceatUNreform — August 22, 2007 @ 2:57 pm
. “Iran policy is on close hold, but the feeling is we will hit the Islamic Revolutionary Guard corps sometime next six months or so,” said Baer.
. Won’t a limited strike on a small part of the Iranian amred forces result in solidifying a regime that is bent on defending itself from an attacker? Won’t this escalate the tensions and result in a widening of armed conflict in the region……oh yeah that’s the point, isn’t it.
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Comment by dlet — August 22, 2007 @ 2:57 pm
. Full scale invasion would have to follow if they were still content on attacking us in Iraq and building nuke bombs.
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Comment by Roger_Roger — August 22, 2007 @ 2:54 pm
. Uh, “content” or “intent”??? Just checking. Of course, by your logic, if we’re already on the ground in Iran, attacking them, which I’ve heard has been going on for months, would the Iraninas be justified in attacking us?
. Just asking…
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Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — August 22, 2007 @ 2:57 pm
. Full scale invasion would have to follow if they were still content on attacking us in Iraq and building nuke bombs.
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Comment by Roger_Roger — August 22, 2007 @ 2:54 pm
. I assume that you’ll be one of the first in, right?
. Here are a few links to help you out:
. http://www.goarmy.com_http://www.marines.com_http://www.navy.com_http://www.airforce.com
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Comment by toasterhead — August 22, 2007 @ 2:58 pm
. Gotta wonder when Russia, China, South America, the rest of North America, Africa and the rest of Asia say ENOUGH, and invade and occupy the US.
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Comment by RUCerious — August 22, 2007 @ 2:58 pm
. we need to bomb the crap out of them at a minimum. Full scale invasion would have to follow if they were still content on attacking us in Iraq and building nuke bombs.
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Comment by Roger_Roger — August 22, 2007 @ 2:54 pm
. How can you follow this “logic?” HOW MUCH BLOOD IS ENOUGH TO SATISFY YOU WARMONGERS?
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Comment by robbez_92107 — August 22, 2007 @ 2:58 pm
. He is simply selling the PNAC(Project For New American Century)._No surprise there…Neocons talk wars, but they don’t fight wars.
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Comment by tarazan — August 22, 2007 @ 2:59 pm
. Let us hope that the first wave will include all those discredited senior administration officials…the list to too long to name them all. Have them led by Colin Powell and Tommy Franks – let those two put the spine in the chicken hawks.
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Comment by olevet69 — August 22, 2007 @ 2:59 pm
. You’d have to be an Iranian-supporting Islamophile to deny Iran’s involvement in Iraq; after all Maliki was Iranian-backed and Al-Sadr (the little terrorist wannabe) gets active support from the terrorists in Iran.
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Comment by BOLTONwasonlychanceatUNreform — August 22, 2007 @ 2:57 pm
. Completely wrong. As-Sadr denies any involvement with Iran. You’re thinking of the Badr brigades, who are fighting the Mahdi army.
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Comment by toasterhead — August 22, 2007 @ 3:00 pm
. “If we have any evidence that they have helped or have personally attacked US troops in Iraq, we need to bomb the crap out of them at a minimum. Full scale invasion would have to follow if they were still content on attacking us in Iraq and building nuke bombs.
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Comment by Roger_Roger — August 22, 2007_
. i agree with you for once! we can’t keep looking the other way and continue to allow saudi arabia to support the sunni insurgents who are responsible for the majority of u.s. military casualties in iraq.
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Comment by cha cha cha — August 22, 2007 @ 3:01 pm
. So, Bolton’s 100% right to want to bomb Iranian facilities in order to discourage them from sending soldier-killing tech across the border. The US military can do this because all it would take is the Air Force bombing facilities while the Army/Marines still contend with Iraq.
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Comment by BOLTONwasonlychanceatUNreform
. Haha…hahaha.hahahahahahaha….insanely comedic. Good job.
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Comment by dlet — August 22, 2007 @ 3:02 pm
. Shorter BOLTONwasonlychanceatUNreform:
. You mean that there is more than one KIND of Shiite? Do tell.
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Comment by robbez_92107 — August 22, 2007 @ 3:02 pm
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Completely wrong. As-Sadr denies any involvement with Iran.
. And of course the leftonians believe a fud like Sadr without reservation. Lefturds ALWAYS believe the thugs and dictators, its their own little illness.
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Comment by Pretty Pretty Bird — August 22, 2007 @ 3:03 pm
. Go for it John._(Hint… you should go in on your belly,_using your mustache to sweep for mines…)
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Comment by Raven — August 22, 2007 @ 3:06 pm
. Gosh, what a fantastic diplomat.
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Comment by Loonie — August 22, 2007 @ 3:06 pm
. I absolutely, absolutely hope this grump gets deported to Israel in January 2009.
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Comment by Anti-Treason — August 22, 2007 @ 3:06 pm
. And of course the leftonians believe a fud like Sadr without reservation. Lefturds ALWAYS believe the thugs and dictators, its their own little illness.
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Comment by Pretty Pretty Bird — August 22, 2007 @ 3:03 pm
. And I suppose it’s so much better to fund and support them, like conservatives do.
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Comment by toasterhead — August 22, 2007 @ 3:06 pm
. Shiites:
. The best known and the one with most adherents is the Twelvers which have a large percentage in Iran 60% and Iraq 45%; the others are the Ismaili or Sevener, and Zaidiyyah.
. Alawites and Druzes consider themselves Shias, although this is sometimes disputed by mainstream Shias. The Sufi orders among the Shias are the Alevi, Bektashi, Kubrawiya, Noorbakhshi, Oveyssi, Qizilbashi, Hamadani and Fatimid orders and denominations.
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Comment by Masotaars — August 22, 2007 @ 3:08 pm
. And this, ladies and gentlemen, was the guy Bush sent to the UN to talk America’s enemies into maybe being a bit nicer.
. Yeah. Think about it.
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Comment by Bruce Gorton — August 22, 2007 @ 3:08 pm
. Arak is Irans only heavy water nuclear plant than can produce Plutonium needed for a bomb
. and that aint ready in construction till 2009
. do you think the world will fall for another Blantant LIE
. Geroge Bush and the neocons have been crying WOLF for 5 years and in the last 5 years Bush has said nothing with any ring of truth in it
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Comment by Tobey Tall — August 22, 2007 @ 3:08 pm
. “Lefturds ALWAYS believe the thugs and dictators, its their own little illness.
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Comment by Pretty Pretty Bird — August 22, 2007_
. and you look the other way when it comes to pakistan and saudi arabia because you either like being lied to or because you enjoy doing what you’re told and not thinking a lick for yourself.
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Comment by cha cha cha — August 22, 2007 @ 3:08 pm
. Al-Sadr has constantly attacked Iraqi factions (SCIRI and to a lesser extent Da’wa) that spent their exile from Iraq in Iran. The claim that he is an Iranian stooge is absurd; if anyone has been the stooge, it has been Maliki and his predecessor (not to mention the neocons’ favorite, Chalabi).
. No one but an ignorant doctrinaire could claim otherwise.
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Comment by PeterW — August 22, 2007 @ 3:08 pm
. The US military can do this because all it would take is the Air Force bombing facilities while the Army/Marines still contend with Iraq.
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Comment by BOLTONwasonlychanceatUNreform — August 22, 2007 @ 2:57 pm
. and largely incorrect. It takes boots on the ground to truly defeat an enemy. Airplanes can do lots of damage, but it will still take ground troops. Read up on military history and strategy sometime.
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Comment by Krazny — August 22, 2007 @ 3:09 pm
. And I suppose it’s so much better to fund and support them, like conservatives do.
. Or become like them, as liberals do.
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Comment by Pretty Pretty Bird — August 22, 2007 @ 3:09 pm
. “If we have any evidence that they have helped or have personally attacked US troops in Iraq, we need to bomb the crap out of them at a minimum. Full scale invasion would have to follow if they were still content on attacking us in Iraq and building nuke bombs.
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Comment by Roger_Roger”
. Except that the only evidence we get is from peope who lied us into a war on the exact same evidence they’re offering now. Why would anyone believe these lying scum. the only people who still support bush are people like BOLTONwasonlychanceatUNreform or whatever it’s name is. Seriously, roger, roger, aren’t you embarrsessed by the kind of people on your side here at TP?
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Comment by bobwurst — August 22, 2007 @ 3:10 pm
. And my fear is that Bush is just insane enough to do it. Does he think that Iran is going to sit idly by once we bomb their country. Does he really want to take on the Iranian military. Does he really want to start World War III? Because that is what he will be doing.
. Hopefully our military has had enough and will mutiny rather than attacking Iran. I read some time ago that there were officers in the military that said that is what they would do if we attacked Iran. I’m not sure if they were talking about nuking Iran or just attacking Iran, though.
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Comment by bilbobaggins — August 22, 2007 @ 3:11 pm
. Hmmm, since a great deal of the explosives that are being used for the IED’s is coming from the pillaged weapons site at al qaaqa’ that we were supposed to be guarding after the fall of Baghdad, shouldn’t we be attacking ourselves since we are supplying explosives to the insurgents?
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Comment by raynman — August 22, 2007 @ 3:11 pm
. Airplanes can do lots of damage,
. As a simple point of historical fact, air power, no matter how “precise”, no matter how it is intended, has the primary effect of killing lots of civilians.
. Advocating a bombing campaign against anyone is tantamount to calling for the butchery of innocents. It’s only clean and antiseptic for the party with air supremacy.
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Comment by PeterW — August 22, 2007 @ 3:12 pm
. and you look the other way when it comes to pakistan and saudi arabia
. I know at least one democrat POTUS wannabe who wont look the other way.
. Vote Warmonger Obama ‘08
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Comment by Pretty Pretty Bird — August 22, 2007 @ 3:12 pm
. http://foxattacks.com/blog/10777-fox-attacks-iran
. all part of the plan…
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Comment by troll — August 22, 2007 @ 3:12 pm
. Time to put trolls out of their misery, time to have them relinquish the power they don’t deserve, and it’s time to have the neo-cons ideologically disarmed and taxed into the slums of Harlem.
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Comment by Anti-Treason — August 22, 2007 @ 3:13 pm
. Tobey Tall
. Just continuing your list:
. 8/ Annoying China, America’s No 1 creditor, which gets around 50% of its oil from Iran.
. 9/ Cutting world oil production by hitting the world’s second largest oil supplier.
. 10/ Possibly solidifying the whole middle east against America by proving, once and for all, that America is out to conquor the lot of them.
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Comment by Bruce Gorton — August 22, 2007 @ 3:13 pm
. “4/ The worlds media could not accept another preemptive strike based on a LIE
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Comment by Tobey Tall — August 22, 2007_
. What lie?
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Comment by michael — August 22, 2007 @ 3:13 pm
. keep parroting your facist talking points pretty bird, eventually someone will come and clean your cage.
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Comment by bobwurst — August 22, 2007 @ 3:13 pm
. Fine. Load Bolton into a cannon and fire him at Iran._.
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Comment by Grand Moff Texan — August 22, 2007 @ 3:13 pm
. “Full scale invasion would have to follow if they were still content on attacking us in Iraq and building nuke bombs.

Comment by Roger_Roger”
. So Roger, exactly how are we going to invade Iran? What troops will we use? Will we use the worn out troops that we have in Iraq? Do you have any idea how many people there are in the Iranian military?
. Also, when are you going to sign up?
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Comment by bilbobaggins — August 22, 2007 @ 3:14 pm
. So, Bolton’s 100% right to want to bomb Iranian facilities in order to discourage them from sending soldier-killing tech across the border. The US military can do this because all it would take is the Air Force bombing facilities while the Army/Marines still contend with Iraq.
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Comment by BOLTONwasonlychanceatUNreform — August 22, 2007 @ 2:57 pm
. You really honestly believe Iran would be “discouraged” from helping the Shia in Iraq if we bombed them? Just like Al Qaeda has been “discouraged” by our presence in the Middle East from beefing up its ranks?
. No, if we bombed Iran, it would strengthen their resolve. Think about it. If another country dropped bombs on the USA, would it discourage us, or would it make us mad as hell?
. Once we officially invite Iran into the war, a ground invasion will be necessary to maintain any kind of control, at minimum. We don’t have any resources left for that without reinstating the draft and conscripting our people in large numbers.
. Then, of course, once we stalemate on Iran, we will look to see who is helping them — which will lead to some boneheaded politician advocating bombing China and Russia.
. Before we get sucked further into the quicksand, we need to seriously think.
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Comment by troll — August 22, 2007 @ 3:12 pm
. How about you stop posting?
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Comment by michael — August 22, 2007 @ 3:13 pm
. What earth?
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Comment by Anti-Treason — August 22, 2007 @ 3:15 pm
. What lie?
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Comment by michael
. “michael has functioning synapses…”
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Comment by Raven — August 22, 2007 @ 3:15 pm
. What I wonder is why the administration is so wanting to go into Iran on skeptical intel to say the least some saying Iran is aiding insurgents some saying it is not. While we have a ton of confirmed information on Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and a ongoing resurgent of the Taliban in Afghanistan yet the administration is reluctance to do anything about those situations. Makes it hard to trust this administration as it has been completely wrong EVERY SINGLE TIME.
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Comment by chad — August 22, 2007 @ 3:15 pm
. Lefturds ALWAYS believe the thugs and dictators, its their own little illness._Comment by Pretty Pretty Bird
. In comparison with WMDs claims… yep.
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Comment by Juan C — August 22, 2007 @ 3:16 pm
. Full scale invasion would have to follow if they were still content on attacking us in Iraq and building nuke bombs.
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Comment by Roger_Roger Debate_Dodger — August 22, 2007 @ 2:54 pm
. …And I hope, I mean I truly hope, that it is YOUR children and grandchildren, neices and nephews, on that very FRONT LINE when the “full scale” invasion of Iran happens_(flippin’ arm chair chickenhawk)
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Comment by DRxJ — August 22, 2007 @ 3:16 pm
. “Everyone from the Iraqi government to Petraeus to the Bush admin. actually concurs that technology and militia terrorists are streaming across the Iran-Iraq border to the detriment of US forces and Iraqi civilians.”
. If that is the truth, then where is the proof. All we have thus far is the word of our government, which has often in the past been lies.
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Comment by bilbobaggins — August 22, 2007 @ 3:16 pm
. What lie?
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Comment by michael’s ann toy — August 22, 2007 @ 3:13 pm
. Really? How so?
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Comment by DRxJ — August 22, 2007 @ 3:17 pm
. No, if we bombed Iran, it would strengthen their resolve. Think about it. If another country dropped bombs on the USA, would it discourage us, or would it make us mad as hell?
. Once we officially invite Iran into the war, a ground invasion will be necessary to maintain any kind of control, at minimum. We don’t have any resources left for that without reinstating the draft and conscripting our people in large numbers.
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Comment by missmolly — August 22, 2007 @ 3:14 pm
. Not to mention that the largely pro-American people of Iran will immediately turn against us once we start blowing them up.
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Comment by toasterhead — August 22, 2007 @ 3:17 pm
. Neo-con propaganda will be nonstop for the next 6 months._Then—ka-boom!_The plan is already set. Only need to prep the idiot public._Do you pay for FOX? You pay to be propagandized.
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Comment by Corporate Jesus — August 22, 2007 @ 3:17 pm
. keep parroting your facist talking points pretty bird, eventually someone will come and clean your cage.
. Someone other than you, I suppose? Paper tiger boy.
. Comment by Pretty Pretty Bird — August 22, 2007 @ 3:17 pm
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Comment by michael — August 22, 2007 @ 3:13 pm
. What 28%-er?
. You.
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Comment by Anti-Treason — August 22, 2007 @ 3:17 pm
. Hehehe. So easy to convert personal frustrations into warmongering.
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Comment by Juan C — August 22, 2007 @ 3:18 pm
. In comparison with WMDs claims… yep.
. Really? How so?
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Comment by Pretty Pretty Bird — August 22, 2007 @ 3:18 pm
. Another Chimp interim appointment who couldn’t even get approved as our UN Ambassador by a Republican-dominated Senate in 2005 because of his extremely disturbed psychopathology.
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Comment by UpFromTheSkies — August 22, 2007 @ 3:18 pm
. Someone other than you, I suppose? Paper tiger boy._

Comment by Pretty Pretty Bird
. Funny from a keyboard commando master.
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Comment by Juan C — August 22, 2007 @ 3:18 pm
. Someone other than you, I suppose? Paper tiger boy.
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Comment by Pretty Pretty Bird — August 22, 2007 @ 3:17 pm
. ha another vietnam reference classic!!! When did you get your whitehouse talking points?
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Comment by chad — August 22, 2007 @ 3:19 pm
. Really? How so?_Comment by Pretty Pretty Bird
. Uh…Im sorry that your double digit just missed that one.
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Comment by Juan C — August 22, 2007 @ 3:19 pm
. “Full scale invasion would have to follow if they were still content on attacking us in Iraq and building nuke bombs.”
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Comment by Roger_Roger — August 22, 2007
. And where, exactly, are you going to find the people necessary to carry out this full-scale invasion? We are out of available combat units:
. http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=116&sid=1225074
. I take it you believe this cause is righteous enough to reinstate the draft.
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Comment by missmolly — August 22, 2007 @ 3:20 pm
. Pretty Pretty Bird
. 1) It makes a damn site more sense then hitting Iran would. Pakistan is a long term enemy of one of America’s long term allies (India), has a history of selling nuclear technology to rogue states (North Korea) and is currently home to the Taliban.
. 2) What Obama actually said was more along the lines of boosting aid to Pakistan, trying to get Pakistan to go along with the idea of wiping out the Taliban within their borders, and only once diplomacy has failed, leading a short term mission into the region next to Afghanistan to wipe out the Taliban. – contrast that to Shrub prior to the Iraq war.
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Comment by Bruce Gorton — August 22, 2007 @ 3:20 pm
. Someone other than you, I suppose?_Comment by Pretty Pretty Bird
. I can drop by…
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Comment by West Nile Cage Cleaning, LLC — August 22, 2007 @ 3:20 pm
. Lefturds ALWAYS believe the thugs and dictators, its their own little illness.
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Comment by Pretty Pretty Bird — August 22, 2007 @ 3:03 pm
. We don’t believe Great Leader Bush anymore – he has lied his credibility away, just like Bolton and Condi. Of course, Cheney never had any to begin with.
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Comment by robbez_92107 — August 22, 2007 @ 3:20 pm
. So let me get this straight. The President has the sole authority to define groups of people as terrorist organizations. Bush is getting ready to declare the army of another country a terrorist organization. Under the Authorization of Force passed by Congress, he can then attack at will. Geneva Conventions do not apply. And he can do this until he runs out of countries.
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Comment by Joseph — August 22, 2007 @ 3:21 pm
. Shameful man.
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Comment by LibertyLover — August 22, 2007 @ 3:21 pm
. “Full scale invasion would have to follow if they were still content on attacking us in Iraq and building nuke bombs._Comment by Roger_Roger”
. So Iran is attacking you in Iraq?
. OH, is there proof of that or just another crappy Power Point?
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Comment by Juan C — August 22, 2007 @ 3:21 pm
. What Bolt-on and the trolls (good name for a band?) are missing is that the Iranians, with one communication, can unleash a full scale attack by Sadrist and other militias in Iraq that would lead to the worst massacre of US troops since, well, maybe Yalu.
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Comment by RUCerious — August 22, 2007 @ 3:22 pm
. “And of course the leftonians believe a fud like Sadr without reservation. Lefturds ALWAYS believe the thugs and dictators, its their own little illness.”
. And, of course, the rightonians believe a fud like Bush without reservation. Righturds ALWAYS believe the thugs and dictators, it’s their own little illness.
. There, I fixed it for you.
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Comment by bilbobaggins — August 22, 2007 @ 3:22 pm
. RUCerious
. No, what they are really missing is that China is not going to sit quietly by while America causes a fuel crisis for it. China has a lot of dollars it can sell, and America owes it a lot of money…
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Comment by Bruce Gorton — August 22, 2007 @ 3:25 pm
. “Full scale invasion would have to follow if they were still content on attacking us in Iraq and building nuke bombs._Comment by Roger_Roger”
. You do know that radio active material can be detected from satelites right. If they had any material you would be able to tell its exact location in Iran. If that information could be provided to the public that would be the smoking gun but it isn’t there that is why the government hasn’t presented it. Start thinking for yourself.
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Comment by chad — August 22, 2007 @ 3:25 pm
. And he can do this until he runs out of countries.
. Comment by Joseph — August 22, 2007 @ 3:21 pm
. Or out of time. He only has seventeen months left. But he could get a few countries invaded in that time.
. Maybe he is thinking like the retreating Iraqi army as they left Kuwait in 1991 — we can’t win, but we can leave a horrible mess for someone else. And then they torched the oil fields.
. Perhaps Bush is just boneheaded enough to have adopted that strategy.
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Comment by missmolly — August 22, 2007 @ 3:26 pm
. China has a lot of dollars it can sell, and America owes it a lot of money…
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Comment by Bruce Gorton
. Wouldn’t that be a hoot if China sells a big chunk of US debt to say… North Korea? or even Iran… they’ve gotten pretty cozy with Russia in the past week or so as well.
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Comment by Raven — August 22, 2007 @ 3:28 pm
. Iran interfering in Iraq! Supplying WMD’s! Sending in special forces! Threating the Government of Iraq!_Thank goodness America wouldn’t do any thing like that.
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Comment by Kevin Good — August 22, 2007 @ 3:28 pm
. Watch this and weep:
. http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=32dNtm-yX1w&mode=related&search=
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Comment by You filthy liberals — August 22, 2007 @ 3:29 pm
. The sooner Iran is annihilated THE BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
. Another day, another troll with a completely pointless, unjustified comment…
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Comment by missmolly — August 22, 2007 @ 3:29 pm
. here we go.
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Comment by Kay — August 22, 2007 @ 3:29 pm
. The sooner Iran is annihilated THE BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!_GOD BLESS The UNITED STATES of AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Makarios — August 22, 2007 @ 3:27 pm
. Join the army and get your ass over there if you’re so brave. Unless you’re a cowardly chichenshit punk who talks the talk but wont walk the walk?
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Comment by Luis M — August 22, 2007 @ 3:29 pm
. And of course the leftonians believe a fud like Sadr without reservation. Lefturds ALWAYS believe the thugs and dictators, its their own little illness.
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Comment by Pretty Pretty Bird — August 22, 2007 @ 3:03 pm
. Crank up the re-history machine for more neocon distortions of the known universe. Because it has been the “conservatives”, for decades, who have argued in favor of supporting thugs and dictators for reasons of realpolitik. Even for a truly butt-ignorant troll, this lie is nearly a new record in ignorance.
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Comment by gummitch — August 22, 2007 @ 3:30 pm
. Bolton’s calls for strikes against Iran mirror those of other neocons, such as Bill Kristol and Michael Rubin, who also pushed for the Iraq invasion.
They are not calling for an “invasion of Iran”, they are calling for airstrikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities and also, perhaps, certain Republican Gaurd facilities….maybe an oil refinery as well, as punisment.
. No one is calling for an invasion with ground troops.
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Comment by Ringo the Gringo — August 22, 2007 @ 3:31 pm
. Another day, another troll with a completely pointless, unjustified comment…
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Comment by missmolly — August 22, 2007 @ 3:29 pm
. Same old useless Mr Pee.
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Comment by gummitch — August 22, 2007 @ 3:31 pm
. Look, the Republicans know they aren’t going to keep the Whitehouse in 08. They’ve done too much damage to their own party for that to happen… so they plan to make just as big a mess in the world as possible so the next president, an big evil Democrat, can’t do anything while in office except clean up the mess.
. After all, we wouldn’t want a president pushing progressive agendas, now would we?
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Comment by Dave — August 22, 2007 @ 3:32 pm
. useless Mr Pee
. Is Mr. P still here? Damn…
. Hey, Mr. P! Keep up the good work!
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Comment by You filthy liberals — August 22, 2007 @ 3:33 pm
. WHY is this administration is so wanting to go into Iran
. Because Irans Oil is on the Iraqi border in Khuzestan that contains 90% of Iran’s oil wealth.
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Comment by Tobey Tall — August 22, 2007 @ 3:34 pm
. Same old useless Mr Pee.
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Comment by gummitch
. He’s name-jacking today as well._Burn out.
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Comment by Raven — August 22, 2007 @ 3:34 pm
. “They are not calling for an “invasion of Iran”, they are calling for airstrikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities and also, perhaps, certain Republican Gaurd facilities….maybe an oil refinery as well, as punisment”
. they’re not calling for an invasion of Saudi Arabia either, even though it would be more intellectually honest with regard to their reasoning.
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Comment by cha cha cha — August 22, 2007 @ 3:34 pm
. So let me get this straight. The President has the sole authority to define groups of people as terrorist organizations. Bush is getting ready to declare the army of another country a terrorist organization. Under the Authorization of Force passed by Congress, he can then attack at will. Geneva Conventions do not apply. And he can do this until he runs out of countries.
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Comment by Joseph — August 22, 2007 @ 3:21 pm
. Bingo!
. These people make Machiavelli look like a two-bit amateur.
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Comment by toasterhead — August 22, 2007 @ 3:35 pm
. They are not calling for an “invasion of Iran”, they are calling for airstrikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities and also, perhaps, certain Republican Gaurd facilities….maybe an oil refinery as well, as punisment._No one is calling for an invasion with ground troops.
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Comment by Ringo the Gringo
. And Iran will just sit back and take it. But thats the beuty of it. If they do just take it the US is strong like bear. If they react and attack back then this would give the neo-cons the reason to fulfill Armageddeon.
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Comment by dlet — August 22, 2007 @ 3:35 pm
. Better yet: target John Bolton — this guy is truly the enema of the people.
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Comment by J Lewd — August 22, 2007 @ 3:35 pm
. What you mention is not Pretty Pretty Bird’s point, in fact, you have argued against a straw man and not the real position._._Nice try._.
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Comment by Makukoracha — August 22, 2007 @ 3:33 pm
. Really? How so?
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Comment by DRxJ — August 22, 2007 @ 3:35 pm
. READ BUSHES BATTLEPLANS FOR IRAN
. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11743.htm
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Comment by Makarios — August 22, 2007 @ 3:33 pm
. hmm seems like your ideas are REAL intelligent how many people how posted to your site 1 or 2 I lose count. ……….. Childish reply in 3,2,1
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Comment by chad — August 22, 2007 @ 3:35 pm
. Because Irans Oil is on the Iraqi border in Khuzestan that contains 90% of Iran’s oil wealth.
. Comment by Tobey Tall — August 22, 2007 @ 3:36 pm
. The stupidity of the Rightards is astounding, they automaticly fall in line at every lie their neocon masters throw at them….you Rightards are a bunch of pathetic sheep.
. Don’t the lies about Iraq by the Neocan’ts give you sort of a hint about the lies they are telling you now? Nope, you’re just not bright enough.
. And just how many of you Rightard Chickenhawks are gonna go join up to fight for their lies? Oh, right, non of you…because you are all chickenhawks.
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Comment by Buck Fush — August 22, 2007 @ 3:37 pm
. you filthy liberals? God Bless the united states after advocating the death of an entire country by Makarios.
. War hasn’t been declared anywhere yet. Not Iraq, Not Afghanistan. Not anywhere. All have a say in this country and we will continue to voice opinions and ask for fact before the likes of you start pulling any triggers.
. The hatred is thick within this group. Fear has turned these people into the beasts they think they have to attack.
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Comment by hellinabucket — August 22, 2007 @ 3:37 pm
. So typical. And in view of the fact that the inspectors have VERIFIED that Iran is in fact building a POWER PLANT, I’d say we’re on t slippery slope to Iraq II.
. The sad part is that the Democrats will support it.
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Comment by Amerikagulag — August 22, 2007 @ 3:38 pm
. a nifty “How to” video on Resisting the Drums of War
. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81UKnb5zJbM
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Comment by Pernell — August 22, 2007 @ 3:38 pm
. “Because Irans Oil is on the Iraqi border in Khuzestan that contains 90% of Iran’s oil wealth._Comment by Tobey Tall — August 22, 2007_
. go a step further: replacing the National Iranian Oil Company’s control of that 90% with the control of all the big oil companies.
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Comment by cha cha cha — August 22, 2007 @ 3:38 pm
. Cheerleaders for Zionism.
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Comment by Amerikagulag — August 22, 2007 @ 3:39 pm
. (I don’t have any ideas of my own, I need other sources that I can distort and malign… Thanks!)
. Comment by Malarkios — August 22, 2007 @ 3:39 pm
. Here’s a counterpunch to your silly seditious video:
. http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=hBMiaSinDpw&mode=related&search=
. BOOM!
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Comment by You filthy liberals — August 22, 2007 @ 3:40 pm
. Ask the neocons whats the point of having all the tea in China with no world to live in
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Comment by Tobey Tall — August 22, 2007 @ 3:40 pm
. #84
. I don’t know what your point was in posting that link. However, it sure likes the recruiters are getting desperate. Go back and read the comments. They are supposed to look like they are coming from 17-year-olds but I suspect that they were really written by recruiters who are trying to make enlistment look like a normal thing to do.
. They are falling behind their recruitment goals and pulling out all the stops. We can’t continue GDumbya’s dirty little avoidable war in Iraq — much less invade Iran. We need more canon fodder.
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Comment by tom — August 22, 2007 @ 3:41 pm
. Because Irans Oil is on the Iraqi border in Khuzestan that contains 90% of Iran’s oil wealth.
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Comment by Tobey Tall — August 22, 2007 @ 3:36 pm
. Wait wait wait – what ARE you suggesting? Are you suggesting that this war might be for OIL instead of FREEDOM?
. The fact that we’re saber-rattling against Iran at the same time that The Kingly (al-Maliki) is in talks with Iran about shipping crude across the border to use Iran’s refining facilities is PURELY COINCIDENTAL
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Comment by toasterhead — August 22, 2007 @ 3:41 pm
. I’m losing count of trolls here. Some idiot named ‘Makarios’ is your latest to the crap pile.
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Comment by Anti-Treason — August 22, 2007 @ 3:42 pm
. Tobey Tall,_What was the now defunct organization called that had Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld, among others, predicting a New World Order of sorts?
. The one that predicted America could become the only superpower if it accessed the Middle East oil?
. The one that stated this would be a long, drawn out process, unless a catastrophic event, like Pearl Harbor, were to happen?
. What was that name again?
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Comment by DRxJ — August 22, 2007 @ 3:42 pm
. #116: LOL! That’s what you’d like to believe.
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Comment by You filthy liberals — August 22, 2007 @ 3:42 pm
. Bolton is absolutely correct.
. Time to toss that shitty little country against a wall.
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Comment by JonathanInTelAviv — August 22, 2007 @ 3:42 pm
. This guy is/was a diplomat? uh, yeah….
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Comment by jeff — August 22, 2007 @ 3:44 pm
. #116: LOL! That’s what you’d like to believe.
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Comment by Im filthy, liberals — August 22, 2007 @ 3:42 pm
. Really? How so?
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Comment by DRxJ — August 22, 2007 @ 3:44 pm
. Enlist, you liberal geeks. I bet none of you have what it takes to be a US Marine!
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Comment by You filthy liberals — August 22, 2007 @ 3:45 pm
. I’d like to know what conservatives think will be the result of striking Iran. Not the day after, I mean a week after.
. You can support dramatic action all you want, but (and this is the tough part for some conservatives) you got to think about what you’re going to do after you punch the air and say “YES! Take that, suckers!”
. After the high wears off, there’ll be consequences.
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Comment by David Carlisle — August 22, 2007 @ 3:46 pm
. Tobey,
. You’re such a clueless idiot.
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Comment by Mihariass— August 22, 2007 @ 3:43 pm.
. Really? How so?
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Comment by DRxJ — August 22, 2007 @ 3:46 pm
. And of course the leftonians believe …
. In which it reveals its true colors … start with the Limbaughian, oxy-induced insult and work backward towards a “policy position.”
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Comment by megisi — August 22, 2007 @ 3:46 pm
. You’re such a clueless idiot._Comment by Makarios — August 22, 2007 @ 3:43 pm
. Pure projection.
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Comment by Zooey — August 22, 2007 @ 3:47 pm
. If bush and the strong powerful rightwing facist sect of the republican party, and the troll stooges are so concerned about axis of evil members getting MWD why didn’t you scumbag cowards stop n korea? you let kim jong il build 6 nukes, and now you want to attack another country that doesn’t have WMD instead.
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Comment by bobwurst — August 22, 2007 @ 3:47 pm
. #124: There’s plenty of young people here willing to go out and take the war on the terrorists. I don’t know where you get your idea that we’re running out of volunteers. And there’s always the draft. We will not lose this war like you dems lost Vietnam.
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Comment by You filthy liberals — August 22, 2007 @ 3:48 pm
. Enlist, you liberal geeks. I bet none of you have what it takes to be a US Marine!_Comment by You filthy liberals — August 22, 2007 @ 3:45 pm
. You’re pushing for war — you enlist.
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Comment by Zooey — August 22, 2007 @ 3:48 pm
. That’s great, Jonathan, but don’t count our military in on your adventure. Israel is not the 51st state.
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Comment by Makarios — August 22, 2007 @ 3:43 pm
. This one wants us to believe that a real philosopher could support Gurge W. Bum. What a misleading and crazy website you run.
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Comment by Anti-Treason — August 22, 2007 @ 3:48 pm
. #116: LOL! That’s what you’d like to believe.
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Comment by You filthy liberals — August 22, 2007 @ 3:42 pm_Really do you know part of No child left behind requires schools give contact information on every student to recruiters.
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Comment by chad — August 22, 2007 @ 3:49 pm
. #132: I will when I’m old enough.
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Comment by You filthy liberals — August 22, 2007 @ 3:50 pm
. shouldn’t we be attacking ourselves since we are supplying explosives to the insurgents?
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Comment by raynman — August 22, 2007 @ 3:11 pm
. We probably are. Who knows what Blackwater’s people are doing? Maybe building IEDs to make sure the war keeps going until Iraq signs those oil agreements.
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Comment by shane — August 22, 2007 @ 3:50 pm
. Let’s do it we all know how good W is at wars.
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Comment by lano — August 22, 2007 @ 3:51 pm
. This one wants us to believe that a real philosopher could support Gurge W. Bum. What a misleading and crazy website you run.
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Comment by Anti-Treason — August 22, 2007 @ 3:48 pm
. oh there is he’s called machiavelli
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Comment by chad — August 22, 2007 @ 3:51 pm
. There’s plenty of young people here willing to go out and take the war on the terrorists. I don’t know where you get your idea that we’re running out of volunteers. And there’s always the draft. We will not lose this war like you dems lost Vietnam.
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Comment by You filthy liberals — August 22, 2007 @ 3:48 pm
. You first:
. http://www.goarmy.com_http://www.marines.com_http://www.navy.com_http://www.airforce.com
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Comment by toasterhead — August 22, 2007 @ 3:51 pm
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Comment by gummitch — August 22, 2007 @ 3:30 pm
. They libtards are the ones that always trust Maliki and he is the puppet of Mucktard al-Sadist.
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Comment by Makarios — August 22, 2007 @ 3:33 pm
. You’re such a stupid assh0le you don’t even know that Maliki is the Iraqi Prime Minister and has constantly been supported by the (very much not liberal) White House, do you?
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Comment by gummitch — August 22, 2007 @ 3:52 pm
. 132: I will when I’m old enough.
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Comment by You filthy liberals — August 22, 2007 @ 3:50 pm_another brain washed kid spitting back the same ideas his parents have. Way to become your own person kid.
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Comment by chad — August 22, 2007 @ 3:52 pm
. I will when I’m old enough._Comment by You filthy liberals — August 22, 2007 @ 3:50 pm
. How old are you?
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Comment by Zooey — August 22, 2007 @ 3:52 pm
. #135: No. I didn’t mean that. It’s a good thing that the recruiters are active. What I meant was that there’s no shortage of volunteers or that the recruiters are missing their “quotas” (there’s no such thing anyway).
. Comment by You filthy liberals — August 22, 2007 @ 3:52 pm
. “4/ The worlds media could not accept another preemptive strike based on a LIE
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Comment by Tobey Tall — August 22, 2007_
. What lie?
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Comment by michael — August 22, 2007 @ 3:13 pm
. What truth?
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Comment by shane — August 22, 2007 @ 3:53 pm
. #140: As I said, I will sign up with the Corps the day I’m old enough.
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Comment by You filthy liberals — August 22, 2007 @ 3:53 pm
. #132: I will when I’m old enough.
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Comment by You filthy liberals — August 22, 2007 @ 3:50 pm
. There’s a new twist. The chickenhawks are always either too old or, cough cough, infirm. This one claims to be too young.
. Another coward.
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Comment by gummitch — August 22, 2007 @ 3:54 pm
. And there’s always the draft. We will not lose this war like you dems lost Vietnam.
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Comment by You filthy liberals
. Yeah!
. If Bush hadn’t been AWOL, we would’ve WON in Vietnam!
. LOL!
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Comment by Traitor Ronald Reagan and Master Satan — August 22, 2007 @ 3:57 pm
. As I said, I will sign up with the Corps the day I’m old enough.
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Comment by I’m filthy, liberals — August 22, 2007 @ 3:53 pm
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Comment by DRxJ — August 22, 2007 @ 3:57 pm
. 132: I will when I’m old enough.
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Comment by You filthy liberals — August 22, 2007 @ 3:50 pm
. So you get all big eyed thinking war is glorious take a look at this and tell me how honorable this war is. Maybe when you become a parent and have your own kids you’ll understand. I have a brother who is 16 and would be draft eligible and I would not want him in this war he actually stood up to kids at his school bullying a Iraqi student.
. http://www.cnn.com/ 2007/ WORLD/ meast/ 08/ 22/ iraq.boy/ index.html
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Comment by chad — August 22, 2007 @ 3:58 pm
. Another coward.

Comment by gummitch — August 22, 2007 @ 3:54 pm
. I betcha $1 that when “you filthy liberals” turns 18, he develops asthma or a boil on his ass.
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Comment by Zooey — August 22, 2007 @ 3:58 pm
. you know what, with the sporadic filtering of my posts, as well as the cutting of my content, I’m going to have to say_FU, TP!_FU!
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Comment by DRxJ — August 22, 2007 @ 3:59 pm
. I’m serious- I’d like to know what some of the conservative people here think will happen after the US strikes Iran.
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Comment by David Carlisle — August 22, 2007 @ 3:59 pm
. Annexing Khuzestan; battle-plans for Iran
. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11743.htm
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Comment by Tobey Tall — August 22, 2007 @ 3:59 pm
. The sooner Iran is annihilated THE BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
. GOD BLESS The UNITED STATES of AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Comment by Makarios — August 22, 2007 @ 3:27 pm
. Now tell us how you worry about what would happen to the people of Iraq if we pulled out now. Your compassion is inspiring.
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Comment by shanel — August 22, 2007 @ 4:00 pm
. I appears “you filthy cowards” has cut & run.
. That little prick can’t even own up to being 12, what good will he be in the trenches?
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Comment by Zooey — August 22, 2007 @ 4:00 pm
. I’m serious- I’d like to know what some of the conservative people here think will happen after the US strikes Iran.
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Comment by David Carlisle — August 22, 2007 @ 3:59 pm
. hmm world war III but that’s just a guess ****note not conservative
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Comment by chad — August 22, 2007 @ 4:01 pm
. The sooner Iran is annihilated THE BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!_GOD BLESS The UNITED STATES of AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by Makarios — August 22, 2007 @ 3:27 pm
. Coward.
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Comment by Zooey — August 22, 2007 @ 4:01 pm
. It is easy to fight for ones principles it is harder to live up to them.
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Comment by chad — August 22, 2007 @ 4:02 pm
. This guy is a diplomat?
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Comment by Art — August 22, 2007 @ 4:02 pm
. As I said, I will sign up with the Corps the day I’m old enough.
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Comment by You filthy liberals
. hahahaha. Yeah, whatever.
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Comment by Juan C — August 22, 2007 @ 4:03 pm
. I’m serious- I’d like to know what some of the conservative people here think will happen after the US strikes Iran.
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Comment by David Carlisle — August 22, 2007 @ 3:59 pm
. You assume that conservatives plan for the future. Most likely they haven’t given it a moment’s thought.
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Comment by toasterhead — August 22, 2007 @ 4:05 pm
. I thought that after the U.S. struck Iran they’d be greeted as liberators. Maybe that’s applicable this time.
. Comment by Dave C — August 22, 2007 @ 4:06 pm
. test
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Comment by Tobey Tall — August 22, 2007 @ 4:06 pm
. PS THE OIL BOURSE STARTED LAST MONTH
. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Oil_Bourse
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Comment by Tobey Tall — August 22, 2007 @ 4:06 pm
. Roger__Roger should be committed to a mental institution. His remarks show a truly insane view of the reality. Roger can not understand that Bush has destroyed the illusion of the United States as the only remaining super power with such awsome military strength that is indeed invulnerable.
. Roger__Roger seems to believe that the United States has sufficient military strength to attack Iran and bring it to its knees. First, the Iranians have had sufficient time to build hardened facitlities that will resist current bunker busting weaponry. Second, Iran will react by feeding the fires of terrorism far more than they have now. We can expect a very active war against US troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. Third, such an attack would strengthen the hold of the extremists by uniting a pro-west population base behind the current leadership. Fourth, the United States military sword has been blunted because of the quagmire in Irag.
. Roger: WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GET THE TROOPS AND WEAPONS TO WAGE A MAJOR WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST? WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH NOW AND IT WOULD TAKE SEVERAL YEARS TO INCREASE THE FORCE LEVEL TO SUFFICIENT SIZE.
. I do not hear these idiots advocating for the kind of military expansion to back up their words. I do not see these cowards flooding into the millitary to provide the manpower. I do not see these fools calling for a draft to fill the ranks. I do not see these weaklings advocating for major tax increases to fund and support the effort.
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Comment by JMOHR — August 22, 2007 @ 4:06 pm
. Bush has no intention of occupying Iran. Rather, the goal is to destroy major weapons-sites, destabilize the regime, and occupy a sliver of land on the Iraqi border that contains 90% of Iran’s oil wealth. For now, the administration must prevent the incipient Iran bourse (oil-exchange) from opening in March and precipitating a global sell-off of the debt-ridden dollar.
. PS THE OIL BOURSE STARTED LAST MONTH
. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Oil_Bourse
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Comment by Tobey Tall — August 22, 2007 @ 4:07 pm
. The Bee People must be annihilated!
. FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER BLESS THE U.S.A.!
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Comment by Egreggious — August 22, 2007 @ 4:08 pm
. You’re such a clueless idiot.
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Comment by Makarios — August 22, 2007 @ 3:43 pm
. Well is anybody should know about clueless idiots it’s you Mackeral breath.
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Comment by shane — August 22, 2007 @ 4:08 pm
. Iranian Oil Bourse – started
. March 2007 Tehran based PRESS TV reported that the Iranian Embassy in Baghdad announced a shift of its major currency from dollars to euros. Iraqis traveling to Iran will pay for a visa in euros in line with other Iran Embassy locations.
. March 2007 The Scotsman reported that China’s state-run Zhuhai Zhenrong Corp, the biggest buyer of Iranian crude worldwide, began paying for its oil in euros late last year.
. July 2007 Iran asked Japan to pay for its oil purchases in Japanese Yen.
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Comment by Tobey Tall — August 22, 2007 @ 4:10 pm
. There’s plenty of young people here willing to go out and take the war on the terrorists. I don’t know where you get your idea that we’re running out of volunteers. And there’s always the draft. We will not lose this war like you dems lost Vietnam.
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Comment by You filthy liberals — August 22, 2007 @ 3:48 pm
. But YOU’RE not one of them are you, Keyboard Kommando.
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Comment by shane — August 22, 2007 @ 4:11 pm
. You filthy liberals – you are an ignorant fool, you think war is like a video game. You think you can be a Marine? I think not, the Marines only take the best of the best, you are not even close.
. My father was a Marine (worked thru the ranks to Col.), my uncles Army (General), and Navy (Commander), I was airforce (Vietnam).
. Idiots like you are really not wanted by the Marines, you are simply not smart enough, you couldn’t think your way out of a paper bag.
. You will make some fine cannon fodder for the Army though.
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Comment by Buck Fush — August 22, 2007 @ 4:12 pm
. OH Yeah Israeli agent Bolton? Then get over there and fight you queer old chickenhawk girl.Bwahahahahahaaaa
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Comment by satnin — August 22, 2007 @ 4:13 pm
. Holy crap. Literally.
. In its call for a unilateral military attack on Iran and the expansion of Israeli territory, CUFI has found unwavering encouragement from traditional pro-Israel groups like AIPAC and elements of the Israeli government.
. But CUFI has an ulterior agenda: its support for Israel derives from the belief of Hagee and his flock that Jesus will return to Jerusalem after the battle of Armageddon and cleanse the earth of evil. In the end, all the non-believers – Jews, Muslims, Hindus, mainline Christians, etc. – must convert or suffer the torture of eternal damnation. Over a dozen CUFI members eagerly revealed to me their excitement at the prospect of Armageddon occurring tomorrow. Among the rapture ready was Republican Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. None of this seemed to matter to Lieberman, who delivered a long sermon hailing Hagee as nothing less than a modern-day Moses. Lieberman went on to describe Hagee’s flock as “even greater than the multitude Moses commanded.”
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Comment by Dave C — August 22, 2007 @ 4:14 pm
. As I said, I will sign up with the Corps the day I’m old enough.
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Comment by You filthy liberals — August 22, 2007 @ 3:53 pm
. What’s the matter CT, you give up on the fake “I’m almost deaf, see” excuse.
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Comment by shane — August 22, 2007 @ 4:14 pm
. If we have any evidence that they have helped or have personally attacked US troops in Iraq, we need to bomb the crap out of them at a minimum. Full scale invasion would have to follow if they were still content on attacking us in Iraq and building nuke bombs.
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Comment by Roger_Roger — August 22, 2007 @ 2:54 pm
. We deserve whatever the Middle East throws at us to get us out of there. An attack on Iran will turn the whole world against us, and we will lose, as we have lost in Iraq and Afghanistan. We are led by losers, and losers support the losers. Bolton is a coward and a bully, and a danger to all of us, and should be taken down.
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Comment by ronjazz — August 22, 2007 @ 4:15 pm
. Nice try._.
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Comment by Makarios — August 22, 2007 @ 3:33 pm
. You’re such an ignorant ass, always wrong, never right, never have links or proof because all you have is lies and fantasies. No wonder you never served and never will, you ignorant coward.
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Comment by ronjazz — August 22, 2007 @ 4:17 pm
. For now, the administration must prevent the incipient Iran bourse (oil-exchange) from opening in March and precipitating a global sell-off of the debt-ridden dollar.
. PS THE OIL BOURSE STARTED LAST MONTH
. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Oil_Bourse
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Comment by Tobey Tall — August 22, 2007 @ 4:07 pm
. What ARE you insinuating, Tobey? Are you suggisting that the United States would go to war with Iran simply to keep the dollar from being weakened by losing its status as the sole currency for oil transactions? The United States would never do such a thing!
. Yes, we might encourage Israel to launch preventative attacks on Jordan, Syria, and Egypt, wait for the ensuing oil embargo to drive the price of oil up to unprecedented levels, then bribe the Saudis with a massive economic development package into trading all their oil in dollars thus switching the dollar from a gold standard to an oil standard. That we might do.
. But we would never bomb the crap out of a country based on trumped-up WMD allegations!
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Comment by toasterhead — August 22, 2007 @ 4:17 pm
. If only some high-profile journalist would ask Bush why he’s trying to provoke the terrorists to attack the U.S. again.
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Comment by Ann Onimus — August 22, 2007 @ 4:18 pm
. As I said, I will sign up with the Corps the day I’m old enough.
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Comment by You filthy liberals — August 22, 2007 @ 3:53 pm
. No you won’t, you’re an ignorant, lying, treasonous coward. You’ll never sign up, and if a draft is started, you’ll run away.
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Comment by ronjazz — August 22, 2007 @ 4:18 pm
. As Conservatives peel off slowly from the pro-Middle-east War agenda what you are left with is Israel First Neocons, otherwise known as supreme traitors to the American people. Now we should return to Sept.** and the Israeli involvement which kicked off this whole sham of ‘war on terra’.
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Comment by Uncle Sam — August 22, 2007 @ 4:23 pm
. Bolthead is seriously on drugs.
. No way to win that one (without nukes), and think of the love from the world we’ll get.
. Oh, wait we don’t care about anyone else’s opinions anyway.
. sad, lame and stupid!!!
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Comment by squidbilly — August 22, 2007 @ 4:29 pm
. http://thinkprogress.org/ 2007/ 04/ 16/ bolton-we-have-no-interest-in-iraqs-well-being/
. Look at this Video of Bolton being ripped to pieces by British TV here on think progress
. Bolton is a swear word on this side of the pond
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Comment by Tobey Tall — August 22, 2007 @ 4:31 pm
. Oh and look at Jake the first post – ring any bells
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Comment by Tobey Tall — August 22, 2007 @ 4:33 pm
. You’ll note that John Bolton’s daughter is not serving in the U.S. military, but has the other priority of going to college.
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Comment by Spud1 — August 22, 2007 @ 4:35 pm
. I say we airdrop Bolton and the rest of the neocon crowd into Iran first.
. Without parachutes.
. Then we forget the whole thing.
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Comment by donna — August 22, 2007 @ 4:46 pm
. …fine – let that pussy/coward lead the charge then, with bill kristol, tucker carlson, and a whole brigade of righty/fundy/chickenhawk c*cksuckers right behind them
. worthless idiot
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Comment by tom baker — August 22, 2007 @ 4:51 pm
. Well? If the country can’t trust George Bush, who can it trust?
. Comment by River — August 22, 2007 @ 4:56 pm
. “Why do GDumbya, Darth Cheney, John (”Got Milk?”) Bolton and Little Billy Kristol have a death wish?”
. They are actually Iranian agents like Chalabi.
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Comment by An Outhouse — August 22, 2007 @ 4:59 pm
. How in God’s Name do these insane people get on the news? Oops, I forgot, there is no God.
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Comment by Godfry Daniel — August 22, 2007 @ 5:02 pm
. Discredited on Iraq, they’ve been given a fresh start for a do-over on Iran. Congress, Bolton, and the contractors have their playbook ready. “This won’t be another Vietnam Iraq. . .”
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Comment by Anon — August 22, 2007 @ 5:10 pm
. These batshit crazy people will not be content until we are involved in a full blown, nation-state, religious, world war!
. This man needs to have a visit from the men in the white coats. Someone take him away for all our sakes.
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Comment by j swift — August 22, 2007 @ 5:15 pm
. John Bolton is 31 flavors of crazy.
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Comment by MajorKong — August 22, 2007 @ 5:16 pm
. I am thankful reader of ThinkProgress. Thankful that I can find the truth. But I am disappointed when I see tactics used that I would expect from the other side being used on this site:_I have listened to the Bolten tape a few times, and nowhere does he say that he absolutely hopes that we will bomb Iran as the headline suggests. He does use the word absolutely, but it is not attached to hoping we bomb Iran._Ok…I see the quotations around ‘absolutely’, but this is a cheap ploy that would be expected on Drudge or some other right-wing blog._ThinkProgress is supposed to be operating at a higher level. Quit fear mongering. The truth of the Bush administration is bad enough and speaks for itself without resorting to these tactics. Do you want the right-wing to be able to point to ThinkProgress and claim that it exaggerates the truth?_Stop being dishonest!
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Comment by Anon — August 22, 2007 @ 5:19 pm
. Yes!!! Attack Iran! Send in the troops….
. …after, of course, all the Bush twins, neocon trolls, college republicans and sons of Bush supporters have joined the Army.
. Which means it will never happen because they are gutless cowards who hide behind deferments when their country needs them.
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Comment by Cobalt 90 — August 22, 2007 @ 5:21 pm
. interesting that the Batiste piece followed this one._how appropriate!
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Comment by LividLib — August 22, 2007 @ 5:23 pm
. Why does anyone want to unify the Iranian people? That’s just what will happen if we’re Insane enough to attack! Aren’t things bad enough now? Isn’t spending 12 billion dollars a month fighting an insurgency while arming the insurgents insane enough? One war of choice and intermittable quagmire isn’t enought? American respect among the civilized world, our stature as a world leader hasn’t sunk low enough? What Bizzarro world do Bolton and the neocons live in? Obviously there aren’t enough people in the world mad at us, so we’ve got to do better. This Administration can’t hit bottom, ’cause they just won’t stop making the hole bigger._Impeach Bush, Cheney and Gonzales and Save the Constitution.
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Comment by Leporello — August 22, 2007 @ 5:30 pm
. What amazes me is that no one on this thread realizes the fact that Putin has planned to have Russian strategic air back in service on September 1st. What this means is that Russian cruise missiles will be within fast striking distance of strategic bases and (undefended) US communications hubs. It could also mean that we will enter a situation reminiscent of the Cuban Missile Crisis should a direct threat to Iran arise. My fear is that Bush is more unbalanced then Khruschev and would not blink.
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Comment by WaltTheMan — August 22, 2007 @ 5:35 pm
. Will Bolton personally lead the troops in attacking Iran? If not, then he needs to shut his fascist yapper.
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Comment by Jay Randal — August 22, 2007 @ 5:36 pm
. Stop being dishonest!_

Comment by Anon — August 22, 2007 @ 5:19 pm
. Dishonest about what?
. What question was Bolton replying to when he said “Absolutely!”, then?
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Comment by Gregor Samsa — August 22, 2007 @ 5:51 pm
. My father was a Marine (worked thru the ranks to Col.), my uncles Army (General), and Navy (Commander), I was airforce (Vietnam).
. -Buck fush
. So you are admitting that YOU lost Vietnam?
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Comment by obsolete — August 22, 2007 @ 5:54 pm
. Didn’t Bolton’s evil filthy criminal true persona shine through during the battle of the ‘00 election? I will never forget that piece of work banging on the election doors with the other thugs.
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Comment by had enough — August 22, 2007 @ 6:16 pm
. It strikes me as very weird that pig-sh|