en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/345914 Comments by divisional http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9EV1GQ81&show_article=1#IDComment66652950 Probably because their crime has nothing to do with the color of their skin. Thu, 8 Apr 2010 21:15:53 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9EV1GQ81&show_article=1#IDComment66652950 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9EV1GQ81&show_article=1#IDComment66652472 You think rape and molestations happen only in the black community? Thu, 8 Apr 2010 21:12:45 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9EV1GQ81&show_article=1#IDComment66652472 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.e0b08e9e64fe15a987c1cf73dd8c5fe2.521&show_article=1#IDComment55948276 Here we go with the "wipe Israel off the map" people again. Newsflash (but you won't care) THAT'S NOT WHAT HE SAID. There is plenty of nuttiness coming out of Iran, you don't need to make things up. Look it up. "wipe" "face" "map" were never said. It's not even an Ahmadinejad quote - it's a re-quote from an previous leader - "the regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time." Not the country, not the people, the REGIME. He then lists other regimes that failed... That's it. He dislikes Israeli leadership. Big deal. There are plenty of leaders around the world that feel that way. Ok - this is where you start name-calling and insist I'm an anti-American or that I love Iran and all that crap. Tue, 9 Feb 2010 02:19:21 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.e0b08e9e64fe15a987c1cf73dd8c5fe2.521&show_article=1#IDComment55948276 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CVO0NO0#IDComment50579463 "Perhaps they'd like to leverage al this bluster into a more influential postition in the Arab/Islamic world. " I think you nailed it right there. Iran is one of the world's oldest continuous major civilizations, Iran is strong, and they want everyone to know it. Globalsecurity.org estimates that Iran has the capability to pull off the largest troop mobilization in the world, even though Iran is actually one of the least actively aggressive countries in the region. Over the span of their civilization, they have been in surprisingly few conflicts, and their percentage of GDP spent on the military is low. Far behind the US and FAR *far* behind Israel. My boss fled Iran right before the revolution, and maintains contact with many back in Iran. He's a great source for me - plus I read everything I can get my hands on ;-) Wed, 6 Jan 2010 02:53:14 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CVO0NO0#IDComment50579463 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CVO0NO0#IDComment50577903 You could be right there. It's a pretty tangled web. Last year I was trying to dig up some facts about OBL's actual wealth, and it's hard because it's so diversified for obvious reasons - but it's pretty clear that it is completely staggering. It got me thinking about how this war on terror will probably move into the financial realm. They can clearly turn out endless supplies of brainwashed dogma-douched immature martyrs, but they can't necessarily turn out endless streams of cash. I would like to see the US crank up some monetary terrorism of it's own to see if we can cut these clowns off at the knees. There is a good argument made that the attack on the world trade centers was primarily one of forced economic instability, with the fear factor being a "side-dish" served cold. Wed, 6 Jan 2010 02:36:45 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CVO0NO0#IDComment50577903 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CVO0NO0#IDComment50573500 This is a tough one for me, because ultimately, I am not sure that ousting Saddam saved lives in the long run, and might possibly be one of the reasons for Iran's protracted belligerence. We seem to pick and choose which evil we choose to act on and which we choose to ignore, and that is frustrating. I am not qualified to say myself, but there are plenty of scholarly types who say that ousting Saddam did exactly the opposite of "stabilizing" the Middle East. One of the reasons Saddam was so resistant to inspectors, was that he didn't want Iran to see his hand... Sometimes the threat can be more powerful than the actual guns in the garage. That said, it's no secret that Saddam was a filthy, murderous, pompous piece of garbage - and I'm not totally convinced by any argument I have yet heard that his capture was a mistake, may he burn in hell. Wed, 6 Jan 2010 02:15:39 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CVO0NO0#IDComment50573500 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CVO0NO0#IDComment50567736 Ok - you can call it "balance" if you want. Against Hitler, the United States found common cause with Stalin. In the war against Japan, America aided Vietnamese rebel Ho Chi Minh. In Third World struggles, America helped Manuel Noriega and Saddam Hussein. And yes, CIA money directly supported Bin Laden. He used this money along with money from the Saudis for everything from grenades, to building roads. I'm not praising this, or finding fault with it - just stating the facts. Wed, 6 Jan 2010 01:51:19 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CVO0NO0#IDComment50567736 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CVO0NO0#IDComment50566146 Jack*ss Wed, 6 Jan 2010 01:44:54 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CVO0NO0#IDComment50566146 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CVO0NO0#IDComment50554243 Well, to be blunt and basic as possible, no. I don't believe Iran is a direct threat, (In a war sense) to Israel. I don't believe the majority of Iranians support it, and due to their important position in international energy security and world economy, Iran has WAY too much to lose and little to gain. I think, like most hotheads, Ahmadinejad is all bark and very little bite. I hope I'm right. if they even pulled off a strike on Israeli soil, they would be the world's port-a-potty, and blown into oblivion by technologically superior firepower from multiple unified nations. They know this. Wed, 6 Jan 2010 00:57:44 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CVO0NO0#IDComment50554243 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CVO0NO0#IDComment50533452 Once again, you are correct. The majority of Iranians (that are Muslim) are Shi'ah, similar to Iraq and Yemen. But these numbers reflect only about 10% of Muslims - the other 90% are Sunnah (sunnis.) The Saudis and the Iranians have an uneasy alliance that reflects the fragility of their own internal conflicts. I've not heard of any direct aggressive talk directed at SA or Egypt or any of the more conservative Arab states. Tue, 5 Jan 2010 22:47:36 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CVO0NO0#IDComment50533452 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CVO0NO0#IDComment50532583 Correct. There is a serious rift developing in Iran between the fundamentalists and secularists. Interestingly, Israel is dealing with this as well, as Jerusalem digs in and fights what it sees as a secularization of Tel Aviv. I personally believe that any government that harnesses itself to a particular religion and governs from that platform is absolutely doomed to fail. Including ours. Tue, 5 Jan 2010 22:36:56 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CVO0NO0#IDComment50532583 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CVO0NO0#IDComment50532291 Radicalized Muslims are indiscriminate when they target the infidel. According to their bastardization of the Koran, unbelievers deserve to die. And yes - I believe that Iran does backdoor deals to support terrorist organizations - as well as about 14 other countries. Most deny it of course, but this is the world we live in. The USA itself at one point supported Bin Laden as I'm sure you are aware. Tue, 5 Jan 2010 22:33:03 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CVO0NO0#IDComment50532291 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CVO0NO0#IDComment50524641 "In his speech, Ahmadinejad declares that Zionism is the West's apparatus of political oppression against Muslims. Ahmadinejad acknowledges that the removal of America's powerful grip on the region via the Zionists may seem unimaginable to some, but reminds the audience that, as Khomeini predicted, other seemingly invincible empires have disappeared and now only exist in history books. He then proceeds to list three such regimes that have collapsed, crumbled or vanished, all within the last 30 years: (1) The Shah of Iran – the U.S. installed monarch (2) The Soviet Union (3) Iran's former arch-enemy, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein" Tue, 5 Jan 2010 21:03:16 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CVO0NO0#IDComment50524641 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CVO0NO0#IDComment50524372 Why does any country pursue nukes? Because it totally changes your power to negotiate. Look at what it did for NK. It is a great equalizer. Tue, 5 Jan 2010 21:00:04 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CVO0NO0#IDComment50524372 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CVO0NO0#IDComment50513115 Yes he is one of those deniers. Those loons are all over the world, including right here in America. Ahmadinejad's hope that Israel's leadership fails is typical rhetoric - I've heard him much more hostile in other speeches actually. Tue, 5 Jan 2010 19:47:22 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CVO0NO0#IDComment50513115 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2010/01/02/democrats-worst-nightmare-terrorism-on-their-watch/#IDComment50406732 LOL! Thanks for the belly laugh. The tinfoils are out tonight! Tue, 5 Jan 2010 02:24:17 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2010/01/02/democrats-worst-nightmare-terrorism-on-their-watch/#IDComment50406732 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2010/01/02/democrats-worst-nightmare-terrorism-on-their-watch/#IDComment50403893 Clearly you missed it, and don't care to know the truth anyway - but *sigh* here goes... Obama is not a Muslim. His father was a Muslim. He left the family when Obama was 3 and they had no contact. Obama was raised by his mother and grandmother, and he is a Christian. I know that's not as exciting as ruminating on the idea that we have a secret Muslim president working to crush America from the inside out... I'm sure that's entertaining for you to imagine, but back in the real world, there are plenty of things to be upset with our President about - you don't really have to make stuff up. Tue, 5 Jan 2010 01:59:32 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2010/01/02/democrats-worst-nightmare-terrorism-on-their-watch/#IDComment50403893 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2010/01/02/democrats-worst-nightmare-terrorism-on-their-watch/#IDComment50403621 Great thing about this thread, is that Obama IS actually a natural born citizen of the United States, but you two lovebirds could probably go on and on and on about it forever. It's kinda sweet in a way. Keeps you from worrying about the real problems of his Presidency. Tue, 5 Jan 2010 01:55:48 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2010/01/02/democrats-worst-nightmare-terrorism-on-their-watch/#IDComment50403621 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2010/01/02/democrats-worst-nightmare-terrorism-on-their-watch/#IDComment50403387 Yes - "Patriot" apparently has come to mean angry, intolerant, judgemental, conspiratorial, anti-american, childish, belligerent, reactionary, anti-intellectual, bigoted, fearful, theocratic, self-important, combative, pugnacious... pick any combination of the above. But I think "bunch of babies" pretty much sums it up. Armchair quarterback Presidents all. At least it's entertaining! Tue, 5 Jan 2010 01:52:36 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2010/01/02/democrats-worst-nightmare-terrorism-on-their-watch/#IDComment50403387 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2010/01/02/democrats-worst-nightmare-terrorism-on-their-watch/#IDComment50400216 Fort Hood? Oh please. It's incredible to me that some of you think that jihadist islamic radical nutbags desire to kill Americans waxes and wanes with our internal political machinations. News flash - they don't give a cr*p whose in office. They will attempt to hit us again and again and again regardless. All we can do is our best to catch them in the act. There *will* absolutely be more attacks in the future, in America, and all around the globe as long as organized religion exists and dogma brainwashes the populace. Tue, 5 Jan 2010 01:07:44 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2010/01/02/democrats-worst-nightmare-terrorism-on-their-watch/#IDComment50400216