For clarity - "combined casualties" in the previous post means combined military and civilian casualties.
Quote from traderNik:
Sorry to tell you this, but you're missing the political side of the equation, which is what drives Ahmedinejad. There is no question that he would rather see every Jew on the planet dead, but he's just one in a huge group who feel that way. He never said that he would 'annihilate the U.S. off the face of the world'.
It's all a game and he is playing his cards the best way he knows how. His goal is the same as that of all political leaders - to stay at the top. He's doing what he feels he needs to do to accomplish that.
What prevents the oil-rich Muslim countires from invading Israel? The certain knowledge that it would precipitate WWIII. Why the hell wouldn't they have done it long ago?
No sovereign will make an overt military move against the U.S., ever. It won't be necessary.
Quote from TravelTrader:
Definition of Schmuck - A clumsy or stupid person.
I don't know if he is clumsy, but he is not a stupid man. He's actually a pretty sly politician. Now you repeating things that are simply not true, that is stupid. He never called for the destruction of Israel (see my previous post). He simply said it should never have been created where it is and it should be moved. Now I don't think moving Israel is possible, but I think we can all agree that putting Israel where it is today was not a smart thing to do.
Quote from tyler19:
This is the best response on this thread. I am sick and tired of these fucking chickenhawk republicans (excluding Ron Paul) talking about how we need to stay in Iraq and threaten Iran. If the war is so important to them, Sign the fuck up and get over there.
Quote from traderNik:
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Quote from traderNik:
Sorry to tell you this, but you're missing the political side of the equation, which is what drives Ahmedinejad. There is no question that he would rather see every Jew on the planet dead, but he's just one in a huge group who feel that way. He never said that he would 'annihilate the U.S. off the face of the world'.
Quote from nealvan:
I'd rather send all the dope smoking liberals to the front line. We don't want war we want to be taken over. Shut the **** up stupid liberal! Since they like drugs so much just supply them with all the smoke and sniff they want. They'll die happy lol! Meanwhile at home we clean up the streets. Martial law! All the hippies will be run out and the we'll have law and order. The only people affraid of the rules are the criminals and lowlifes. Crap on Iran! We should have invaded them in the first place. They said there going to nuke us? Before that I never had a problem with them but now they spoke big words of terror I want them ANNIHILATED! There's a hole terror network and that's what we are fighting. Some of you pretend not to understand that but you know what their doing. That's why were in Iraq dumb asses. It doesn't matter if we can't prove it we know they were financing a band of terrorist and they know it! That's enough for me. Hey you bomb our capital city and our government prepare for the consequences. Anybody against this aught to get the hell out of the USA and go live in Iran, Iraq, or Afghanistan. Any major airline will help you out. Go now!
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Quote from mschey:
He called for Israel to be wiped off the map. Only two ways to do that, Completely destroy it, or Conquer it as part of another territory. Either way, the end result is destruction.