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Old 03-27-2012, 08:21 PM
 
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Ok, so Iran is a threat to the "West".

Lets break this down a bit, first is Iran a threat to anyone or is it the one being under threat?

The last offensive war the Iranians launched was against the Ottomans in the 1800s.

After that they've had

- Democratically elected governments toppled by CIA and British plots

- Attacked by a western sponsored crazy dictator, Saddam Hussein in the longest war of the 20th century

- Been embargoed and isolated by the US and its allies

- Had both neighboring countries invaded by the US

- Now having a terror campaign waged against them by US and Israel and have terrorist groups attacking their cities, murdering public officials and citizens that are funded by them.

- Being threatened with being bombed over a nuclear programme that no-one has proved to even be in pursuit of weapons.

And Iran is the threatening ones?

And who is the one being "threatened by them?"

- Israel who wages a war at least twice a decade?

- Israel who is running the longest occupation in modern history?

- Israel that possesses ICBMs and over 200 nuclear warheads?

- Tyrants that the US sponsors for economic interests and to maintain a military presence at their doorstep ?
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Old 03-27-2012, 08:23 PM
 
Location: The middle of nowhere Arkansas
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Ok, so Iran is a threat to the "West".

Lets break this down a bit, first is Iran a threat to anyone or is it the one being under threat?

The last offensive war the Iranians launched was against the Ottomans in the 1800s.

After that they've had

- Democratically elected governments toppled by CIA and British plots

- Attacked by a western sponsored crazy dictator, Saddam Hussein in the longest war of the 20th century

- Been embargoed and isolated by the US and its allies

- Had both neighboring countries invaded by the US

- Now having a terror campaign waged against them by US and Israel and have terrorist groups attacking their cities, murdering public officials and citizens that are funded by them.

- Being threatened with being bombed over a nuclear programme that no-one has proved to even be in pursuit of weapons.

And Iran is the threatening ones?

And who is the one being "threatened by them?"

- Israel who wages a war at least twice a decade?

- Israel who is running the longest occupation in modern history?

- Israel that possesses ICBMs and over 200 nuclear warheads?

- Tyrants that the US sponsors for economic interests and to maintain a military presence at their doorstep ?
Iran is a threat to; iraq, saudi arabia, all the gulf states, israel, lebanon, the people in syria who want freedom from assad, probably afghanistan, and europe for sure. I hope that clears it all up for ya'.
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Old 03-27-2012, 08:26 PM
 
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Iran is a threat to; iraq, saudi arabia, all the gulf states, israel, lebanon, the people in syria who want freedom from assad, probably afghanistan, and europe for sure. I hope that clears it all up for ya'.
Very cute assertions, do you have any evidence to back up your claims?
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Old 03-27-2012, 08:40 PM
 
Location: The middle of nowhere Arkansas
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Very cute assertions, do you have any evidence to back up your claims?
Just the last 20 years or so of iranian history. I suggest you do some reading. It's very informative. Start with this;

Good ol' wiki source
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Old 03-27-2012, 08:43 PM
 
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They are only a threat because the federal gov and it's lapdog media want us to believe it so.
As you can see its working ^
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Old 03-27-2012, 08:46 PM
 
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let's get something straight!!!! biggest threat the the west is >politicians
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Old 03-27-2012, 08:46 PM
 
Location: By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
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Just the last 20 years or so of iranian history. I suggest you do some reading. It's very informative. Start with this;

Good ol' wiki source

The last 20 years of world history show the US is one of the biggest threats in the world
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Old 03-27-2012, 08:49 PM
 
Location: The middle of nowhere Arkansas
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They are only a threat because the federal gov and it's lapdog media want us to believe it so.
As you can see its working ^
Of course the iranians are a threat. The question is "whom" do they threaten? I'm guessing you're not israeli, or sunni, or european.
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Old 03-27-2012, 08:51 PM
 
Location: The middle of nowhere Arkansas
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The last 20 years of world history show the US is one of the biggest threats in the world
Yep, we're a real threat to serbians who want to ethnic cleanse their part of europe. We're a threat to al queda. We were a threat to saddam. We were a threat to the soviet union. We were a threat to kadaffi. Did I forget anyone?
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Old 03-27-2012, 08:54 PM
 
Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma
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Not going to war against Iran would be a threat against keeping the military industrial complex prosperous.
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