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To: sea_urchin who wrote (22358)	2/11/2005 4:23:05 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81090

Re: After which Israel sinks a US carrier in the Persian Gulf in another typical Israeli "false flag" operation, this time, designed to bring the US in direct conflict with Iran. Before any attack on Iran, I think the Judeofascist clique must wait for a few more pieces to fall into place: first, the "removal" of GW Bush from office and his due replacement by Israel's champion Cheney; second, the enthronement of Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger as the successor to Pope John-Paul II --clue: radioislam.org As I once put it, I expect "Pope Lustiger" to be to Islam what John Paul II was to Communism... The above radioislam article hints that Lustiger's advanced age might be detrimental, however, most Vatican pundits have pointed out that after a very long reign (John Paul's lasted 25 years) it's customary for the conclave to elect an elder Pope so as to "shorten" his tenure... Another factor that should tip the balance in Lustiger's favor is his European origin. Indeed, contrary to what all the third-world bleeding-hearts keep prattling about a black/African Pope or a South American one or even an Asian one, there's --from a marketing perspective-- absolutely NO reason at all to pick a third-world Cardinal as the next Pope! Christianity, and Catholicism in particular, is doing just fine in Brazil's slums and Africa's shantytowns: its inner momentum is strong enough and doesn't need any "encouragement" from the top/Rome... Contrariwise, European Catholicism --and religion in general-- has slackened, to put it mildly. Hence the necessity for the Vatican to kickstart European Christendom with a European Pope. QED. Gus

To: sea_urchin who wrote (22358)	2/12/2005 1:53:39 PM
From: philv	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81090

The conflict in Iran seems to be a matter of when, not if, unless the Mullahs in Iran cave in to Western and Israeli pressure. The recent announcement by N. Korea that they have nuclear weapons surely makes the likelihood of intervention greater. On the one hand, it is frustrating and the height of hypocrisy for the nuclear powers to impose non-nuclear proliferation policy, (don't do as I do) but what choice does the world have? Nuclear conflict anywhere on the globe is unthinkable. It is especially grating to realize that the U.S. is the only country to have used these weapons of mass destruction, still possesses and develops them, while disallowing others to have them. But do we really have any alternatives? Seems like we just have to trust the nuclear powers to never use these weapons even if it means we have to hold our noses. Ironically, unless Iran gives in to pressure, it may well suffer the same fate as Iraq which didn't actually have any W.M.D.'s. or even a credible nuclear program.