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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 07:31 AM Original message |
If nuking Iran is a valid option, I'd like a moment of your time please. (graphic warning) |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. Then you must agree that deterring Iran from nuking Israel first is a good idea n/t |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 07:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I would agree that deterring any country or group from using nuclear weapons... |
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CK dexter (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 07:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. No, you don't "deter" a non-existent intention to use a non-existent weapon |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 07:51 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. She was asked what she would do if Iran nuked Israel |
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CK dexter (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:31 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. Exactly the point: "If" = "non-existent." |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 09:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Fearmongering and opportunistic sadistic control of the masses. |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:51 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. No, that is not what you asked. |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 09:06 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. My post above was in reply to another poster |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Ah sorry. I thought the "she" was me. Didn't realize it was a reference to Clinton. |
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jr7 (22 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:12 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. e.g., say they started raving about "obliterating" it) |
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CK dexter (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:28 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. "Iran is and has been denying the Holocaust and talking about destroying Israel" |
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guyanakoolaid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 07:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. It's no more a good idea than milking a unicorn |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 07:43 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I am absolutely floored at the people at DU who are drinking from the administration's water cooler. |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 07:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Fine. Then there is no issue. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Yes, and we must deter the Easter Bunny from nuking the North Pole |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. "the greatest gift that a human being can give another human being" |
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Taxmyth (990 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
4. Can't really argue the point you are trying to make |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 07:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Not saying that is the case. But I was surprised when I read... |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:01 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. The threat of retaliation is a tactic used to prevent first use of nuclear wapons by an adversary |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:46 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. I'm not so sure. Some of the rhetoric I have seen has included the... |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
9. Iran is 8 years away of producing a nuclear bomb |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 08:58 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Must confess I've been wondering who has been calculating the... |
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DangerousRhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
10. Horrors. |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
12. k&r |
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windoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-23-08 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
24. Threatening to obliterate another country is unconscionable |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 07:40 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. One of the aspects of this that saddens me is the number of people... |
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