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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lorne who wrote (1173)	1/14/2005 11:47:43 AM
From: cirrus	Respond to of 224718

Didn't George Bush himself say as much when asked what his response would be if the January 30 elections resulted in an Islamic government not especially friendly to the United States? The Iranian foreign ministry went further, suggesting that Secretary of State Colin Powell has determined that a "future Iraqi government dominated by the Shi'a and influenced by Iran will not be a threat to the United States or its interests," and "that Washington and Tehran have reached an understanding on how Iraq needs to be stabilized."

To: lorne who wrote (1173)	1/14/2005 11:54:17 AM
From: cirrus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224718

Oh, please. This is the same Iran to which conservative rightwingnuts Reagan and Ollie North tried to ship arms. Where was the screaming from the right then? If you're so concerned about Iran, perhaps you should have left Saddam in power and let him be the secular counter to Iran in the region - as the elder Bush correctly reasoned. What this event signaled was that George Soros and the American far left were ready to spend millions more supporting America's enemies, including radical Islamic extremists from a terror-supporting rogue state like Iran.

To: lorne who wrote (1173)	1/14/2005 12:21:52 PM
From: cirrus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224718

What do you think is going to happen after January 30? Let me lay it out: The Shia will win and assume control of the government. The Iraqi Shia, as you may know, are in the cultural and spiritual sense, close to the Iranian Shia. There is a strong possibility that the Shia Iraqi government will be far closer to Iraq than it will be to America. However, the Shia are intelligent, and will say and do all the right things to encourage Americans to continue to fight for stability and security in Iraq, which means continue to kill the Sunnis, who will never accept a Shia dominated government. So, in essence, we have Americans spilling blood and treasure to fight a civil war on the side of the Iranian leaning Shia. Just ducky. I can't wait for the Bush/Condi/Rummy spin on that.