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Politics : The Truth About Islam -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (10666)	10/25/2007 9:18:36 PM
From: lorne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

Len...."How much of a threat is Iran, really?"..... IMO..Iran's nutcase radical islam rulers don't care if they die...in fact they welcome death... The leaders of Russia, China and any other countries that have nuke weapons don't want to die...there is a big difference between the civilized world and the world of moslums... don't moslums believe the end of the world is at hand...Armageddon? You would feel safe with radical moslums having nuke bombs??

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (10666)	10/26/2007 8:22:46 AM
From: Cage Rattler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

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To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (10666)	10/26/2007 6:19:20 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 20106

Len … These bigots are more interested in tales of taxi cab drivers in the Bible belt than global reality. However, we are living in a very volatile and dangerous time that should be taken serious by all reasonable and decent people. Iran representing Shia Islam has oil wealth and is building nuclear power wealth none of which will go unmarketed to Asia or where ever they choose to wield influence. They don't need to launch nuclear bombs, they can grow enriched uranium and sell it to entities who build nuclear bombs (Syria possibly) or use their wealth to encourage others to have nuke fights and sit quietly by growing their economic power and influence over satellite armies like Hesbollah, the badr brigade, and the Mahdi Army. Iran's ruling radical regime knows the culture and people of Iran will not condone further global isolation. With respect to this circumstance it can and is continuing to draw attention to its nuclear head fake while waging a real proxy war against the West in Southern Iraq. It supports the al-Qud special forces of the Revolutionary Guard who are in Iraq, militia trained by Hesbollah and fierce anti-American military militia movements like the Mahdi Army, last estimated at 60K+ and expected to grow exponentially over time. At the rate of current growth, it will soon eclipse the Iraqi military. I see nothing that would stop it from becoming an international Shi'ite military force as the founders intended. Tehran also uses its influence quite effectively to promote anti-western leadership into Iraqi political office. They have realized that by cooperating with the US now to quell insurgencies in Southern Iraq while continuing to destabilize the National govt of Iraq, and by biding their time, they will achieve a long term goal of removing Western influence from Iraq and will be replacing that with their brand of extremism from Iran through Iraq-Syria-Lebanon. The frontier regions of Pakistan are vast pristine mountain areas that have never been under the control of the proper Pakistan government. If or when Musharaf is taken out or neutralized the military and government of Pakistan will be up for grabs and could easily go to revolutionaries. Money is no object since the funding for a revolution would come from various outside sources. India is already growing a superpower and once a fundamentalist regime is in power in Pakistan the likelihood of matching India's military development is very high. A fundamentalist Pakistan regime will emerge, coup style, then the wealth of radical Sunni groups will flow to Pakistan. Al-Quaida has already begun to morph into something different in Pakistan than it was in Afghanistan. It will resurface offering a more benevolent appearance. The history and legacy of Pakistan is unlike any country in the world. It was founded specifically to advance Islam and Islamic prophesy. Pakistan representing Sunni Islam will acquire superpower military status eventually. It is not compromised by entanglements with outside political regions like other Sunni nations are. It is ideally located to unite the regions of Sunni Islam on the Eastern Hemisphere under one agenda. China and India are forming alliances to acquire economic superpower status to challenge western dominance. Well on their way already, they are including Russia who has a superpower military and especially because Russia has nukes. Russia is also on the rise as a dominating force on the Eastern Hemisphere. Russia is attempting a new type of United grouping of nations under it’s wing for military and economic strength, but is being careful not to topple other nations in the process USSR style; while both Russia and China are courting Iran for trade in commerce, power, and weaponry. European countries that were once allied with the USA will cooperate for many reasons, one of them being that they are becoming more and more dependant on Russia for natural gas fuel. Russia has built a natural gas pipeline across western Europe and is able to get political cooperation from regions they were unable to manage militarily under the USSR. The United States is a country founded on freedom. Our Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights all discuss and ensure these freedoms. Yet despite this, America has never entirely become the reality for which we strive. The history of this nation is a story of moving towards freedom, coming ever closer and closer, without actually reaching the ultimate goal. This story of the striving for freedom will continue as long as this country stands. Our current struggle is against fear. That’s the problem and you can either be a part of the problem or a part of the solution. There is one solution and one only, unite in principle and in purpose to conquer the fear and power of fear and terror. Then and only then are the petty tyranists stripped of their artificial authority and exposed for what they are. America is great because it is founded upon principles of decency where liberty and justice for all is the rule, where peace on earth and good will toward all is an intention, where tolerance and respect for the differences among us has been codified. It is not great because brutes can scream about their patriotism from the middle of a schizzed out mob while hijacking our principles of decency, to advance their own version of heinous persecution and bigotry; that is simply an unfortunate and ironic Side effect. We have free will. We can by our will power to be part of the solution? Best regards, gem