Re: One serious question for you Bush haters

On 2008-05-06 03:16:53 -0700, "FellKnight" <jordandevenport@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:

Iran is not, as yet, a danger to the US. A nuclear Iran, on the other
hand, is.

I don't buy that, either. I don't know how old you are, but I was essentially "there" for the cold war and was in the Air Force when even the insignia on a USSR officer's uniform was considered "classified." Things like MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) and SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty) were the common vocabulary back then. The Soviet Union "might" have been able to destroy us, but the concept that saved us was that they'd be wiped out too.

Watch Dr. Strangelove again:

"We cannot allow a doomsday gap!"

Even now, no country would ever remotely consider using first strike nuclear force against anyone. Period. No matter how fanatical they are. Even if they were bonkers enough, they'd need some sort of delivery system, and I seriously doubt any country could assemble an ample delivery system that could inflict serious damage to the US.

Even so, assuming they were nuts enough to pull the trigger, they'd maybe wipe out one or possibly two American cities before we, with the rest of the world cheering us on, destroyed their fucking asses completely. Yes, it's tragic that we'd lose a city or two, Baltimore perhaps, and maybe Colorado Springs, but we're a big fucking country with a lot of people who are easily pissed off, if Pearl Harbor and 9/11 are any indication. I think we'll do fine.

If you fear a nuclear attack of the size they "might" be able to deliver one day, in your lifetime or many years hence, you should probably just cash out right now and spare yourself the worry. I spent the better part of the late 1970's being jolted awake at night whenever a semi rumbled down Harbor Boulevard thinking the end had finally come. Believe me, there are more terrifying things to spend your time worrying about. Nowadays, I sleep very well at night, despite the concerns over a nuclear Iran.


I knew it was a
well-oiled propaganda machine then, and I'm hearing the same damn noise
repeated again in regards to Iran. They may even try the old "smoking
gun" chorus line again. Honestly. I think they're dusting that one
off as we speak.

Which, in my opinion, is the biggest tragedy. By expending and delving
into the credit reserves of goodwill towards America post 9/11, it will be
infinitely harder to use arguments that sound even remotely similar in the
future, no matter how true they may be next time.

Precisely. Wise people, like me, saw the bull*** in the Bush adminstration from the get go. For others, it took a while. But, now it's pretty clear that nobody except a fringe element of fanatics who are beyond reason buys what they're saying. So, wouldn't it be nice if we could just flush the toilet and start over again? I think the world eagerly awaits the American decision coming up this November, and the question on every American's mind right now should be how we can best regain our credibility and start the whole thing over again.

Bush fucked us bigtime.

---Joseph


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