tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post2768463592211463067..comments2024-03-29T04:11:05.026-07:00Comments on Consider The Source: Seeing the Forestmikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post-18628716446682578892015-05-10T04:59:28.276-07:002015-05-10T04:59:28.276-07:00If you acknowledge that there has been a plethora ...If you acknowledge that there has been a plethora of suicide attacks by genuinely sincere religious zealots, and if you concede that the stated overarching goal of the Mullahs running Iran is to exterminate Israel, then it seems possible, perhaps even likely that the Supreme Leader and his supporters are avoiding direct confrontation with Israel only until they can with certainty attack successfully. That comes with nuclear weapons. If those leaders are as insane as the followers who are willing to kill huge numbers while blowing themselves up - all for the reward of 72 virgins, a prize whose value completely escapes me - then what is to stop those sincere theocidal maniacs from doing the same thing with their nation that they've been doing on an individual basis? Sincerity is the threat, not rationality. I don't see much reason in the threats, only in the efforts to achieve fulfillment of those threats. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post-79995096710115078092015-04-05T21:39:17.000-07:002015-04-05T21:39:17.000-07:00I hear even Venezuela is a threat.
~I hear even Venezuela is a threat. <br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537045684820674531.post-47002278021858128972015-04-04T21:00:49.051-07:002015-04-04T21:00:49.051-07:00Isn't the general consensus that India & P...Isn't the general consensus that India & Pakistan cancel each other, MADly? I was also under an impression that the U.S. had a pretty good idea of where Pakistan's nukes were, as a military aid condition. (May have changed, hope not.) <br /><br />I'd have to guess N. Korea is the most immediate threat (give or take 20-30 yrs.) to the U.S. (& S.Korea) given what we know they have & only the N. Pacific in the way, but they're seen as sabre-rattling buffoons & probably not crazy enough to blow shit up just for Dear Leader Jr.<br /><br />While I'm reading minds, I'll bet a lot of what the Iranian politicos say is as much red meat for their base as anything any Republican might say; the mullahs have elections too, & the Iranian loon base seems larger than ours.<br /><br />Projection too: The Bible-beleebin' Senator is waiting for Jesus, the Ayatollah has the 12th Imam on speed-dial, it's a question of who blinks first. Dunno why he who starts it wins it, but that seems to be the idea.M. Bouffanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04519088858760760560noreply@blogger.com