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I think he and his cronies are trying to sway the general publics view in that direction, but were not close to declaring war. Iran does control a lot of oil and prices have been going up these last few days... Makes sense they start talking war with Iran.
As for the terror plot... Im calling B.S. After the whole fake Lybia Rebel "victory" fiasco I dont trust what our government says when it comes to war or terrorism.
You're a bit late, but welcome to the club: those of us that came to the same conclusion during the previous administration.
If Pakistan and Al Qaeda had posted messages saying "you didn't kill Bin Laden, you faked it" then your statement would make sense. Instead they acknowledge, yes, OBL died on May 1/2 (due to time zones), 2011.
So the burden of proof falls on the guy making the unusual claims.
On a separate matter, the legality of OBL's killing is a real source of discussion.
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Originally Posted by ergohead
The burden of proof should be on the perp, especially when it is the Government.
U.S. authorities said they had broken up a plot by two men linked to Iran's security agencies to assassinate Saudi Ambassador Adel al-Jubeir. One was arrested last month while the other was believed to be in Iran.
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Revelation of the alleged plot, and the apparent direct ties to the Tehran government, had the potential to further inflame tensions in the Middle East, and the United States said Tehran must be held top account.
Al Qaeda says he's dead too.
The burden of proof should go on the conspiracy theorist, always. It would be in City-Data's best interest to restrict discussion of and suppress advocacy of conspiracy theories.
Eric Holder, is that you?
Limit the 1st amendment and keep people from discussing that which is not fed by the Lame Stream Media?
Remember that there is a distinction between:
* State terrorism and non-state (such as Al Qaeda) terrorism
* And also between terrorism targeting individuals (assassinating particular people) and terrorism targeting entire groups of people (like 9/11)
The older terrorist-style attacks were targeted assassinations (like the Archduke Ferdinand of Austria) - Targeting groups of people is something new and sinister that came up in the late 20th century.
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Maybe you should start your own thread on that topic?
No need - My statements were in response to conspiracy theory posts in this topic. My statement is "stop it with the conspiracy posts" - but I guess some people don't understand the constitution well enough so they cry "First Amendment!"
Not this time. I'm moving ferociously to have Oliver North prosecute Holder and Obama. Wouldn't that be the epic pot-kettle affair.
And when I saw Hillary weighing in on this, I was reminded of her tall tale of dodging bullets. She had the same kind of look when she was rattling on about this cartel-Iran story as she had when making up ducking bullets in Bosnia.
About this particular incident, the jury's still out on whether this is true or not, so it's okay to post stuff doubting the US federal government's version of the events.
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Originally Posted by malamute
And when I saw Hillary weighing in on this, I was reminded of her tall tale of dodging bullets. She had the same kind of look when she was rattling on about this cartel-Iran story as she had when making up ducking bullets in Bosnia.
"Four Pinocchios! Hillary Clinton has talked of coming under sniper fire during a 1996 trip to Bosnia. Our Fact Checker shoots that tale down."
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