two things. first, here's another perspective. (http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2006/04/going_nuclear_s.html)
second, as perspective is all, i ask a question. do you have any friends that are from Iran? i do. my best friend, in fact. and her family. her very large extended, now living all over the world because they are Christians, family. they escaped the insanity that was the late 70's takeover, and then they spent the next 20 years helping to get every single other member of their family out of that country. the expat Iranian community in the US is, wait for it, largely republican, and don't disagree with the assessments about Iran seeking nukes. know why? because they get all that news first hand, in their own language. they watch it on the local Iranian channels and they listen to the Iranian radio broadcasts, and they keep in touch, and read the papers from home.
they lived there, they understand the culture and the understand the very real threat.
loathe the President all you want, and think he's an idiot all you want, but don't for one second assume that Iran's mullahcracy is anything other than violent and a serious threat to the world.
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Date: 2006-04-09 05:21 pm (UTC)second, as perspective is all, i ask a question. do you have any friends that are from Iran? i do. my best friend, in fact. and her family. her very large extended, now living all over the world because they are Christians, family. they escaped the insanity that was the late 70's takeover, and then they spent the next 20 years helping to get every single other member of their family out of that country. the expat Iranian community in the US is, wait for it, largely republican, and don't disagree with the assessments about Iran seeking nukes. know why? because they get all that news first hand, in their own language. they watch it on the local Iranian channels and they listen to the Iranian radio broadcasts, and they keep in touch, and read the papers from home.
they lived there, they understand the culture and the understand the very real threat.
loathe the President all you want, and think he's an idiot all you want, but don't for one second assume that Iran's mullahcracy is anything other than violent and a serious threat to the world.