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- yonoz, on 07/28/2008, -36/+142They don't have homosexuals in Iran either.
- ICSU, on 07/29/2008, -8/+88He didn't run anything. Iran had and has medieval Islamic laws.
Ahmadinejad is a puppet.
Khamenei has the real power. - ironeus, on 08/01/2008, -59/+123Did he really say: "Nuclear weapons are so 20th century." ? It's funny coming from a guy who ran his country straight into the middle ages.
- toasterhead2k, on 07/28/2008, -13/+69"How good was the IAEA at preventing North Korea or Lybia from getting nukes?"
In North Korea, their ongoing monitoring campaign was an integral part of DPRK's decision to shut down their weapons program. And their inspections have confirmed the dismantling of Libya's nuclear weapons program.
Diplomacy worked with Libya and North Korea. It's the only thing that will work with Iran, as well. War will be a complete disaster. - rexblade, on 07/29/2008, -26/+81Well lets examine national credibility for a second.... Take the are you really that stupid quiz..
Q.What country has used atomic weapons before? A The United States B.Iran C.Other
Q.What country has invaded another country under the claim that they had weapons of mass destruction and were a threat?
A The United States B.Iran C.Other
Q.What country sold chemical weapons to another so they would use them on a mutual enemy?
A The United States B.Iran C.Other
Q.What country has recently been found to be planting pro war commentators in the national media claiming to be neutral and credible, and has deliberately changed the translation of the other in order to trick its citizens to support more war?
A The United States B.Iran C.Other
Q.What country has allowed corporate entities to reap unbelievable amounts of profits through no bid contracts, weapons manufacturing overpricing goods and has sustained them by a prolonged occupation?
A The United States B.Iran C.Other
- pintomp3, on 07/29/2008, -18/+68we don't have homosexuals in our military either.
- Magnolit, on 07/29/2008, -16/+65They were inspected several times in the past years and never found in violation. STOP THE ***** HYPE, it will otherwise surely lead to a bloody war. Was Iraq not enough?
- BowieX, on 07/29/2008, -31/+79Can someone explain to me why everyone is so dismissive towards Ahmadinejad? Why is he a "confused monkey" for calling out the hypocrisy of other nations to possess a nuclear arsenal but threaten war against Iran if they start following suit?
I mean, I'd be pretty worried if the members of the Bush administration talked like you guys above... oh wait... - Crash42, on 07/29/2008, -13/+57Why should we believe Ahmadinejad ? Saddam also said he didn't have weapons of mass destruction..... oh, wait.....
- geminister, on 07/29/2008, -11/+53I'd hate to crash this party, but according to the IAEA Iran is complying. What is the problem?
- consciousman, on 02/23/2009, -14/+55I believe them
- hadees, on 07/28/2008, -10/+48I was always a little hesitant about letting him speak freely at college when people in his country aren't afforded the same rights however seeing the look on Ahmadinejad's face when the entire crowd started laughing at him was priceless.
- firesphotons, on 07/29/2008, -13/+43The US and other nuclear nations put themselves in a difficult situation by contending we can have enormous arsenals of Nukes while simultaneously demanding no emerging countries have even one. Ahmadinejad made one good point, that nukes didn't stop the dissolution of the USSR, they didn't win Viet Nam, Iraq or Afganistan. We ought to get rid of all of them worldwide, nobody needs any...
- Rapax, on 07/29/2008, -4/+33http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khamenei
He's dead? Someone must have forgotten to tell him. - NacaV, on 07/28/2008, -28/+55Kinda surprised with these comments above, Jewish Internet Defense Force now posting on Digg?
- geoken, on 07/29/2008, -14/+38Wierd, I thought it was CIA intervention that overthrew various progressive, democratic movements in Iran and brought back military and religious dictators that ran them into middle ages, not their current leader.
- Laorir, on 07/28/2008, -24/+44In other related news, thousands of criminals in prisons protest their innocence.
In all seriousness though, what did you expect him to say? If it's a lie, then he certainly wouldn't come clean. It would be like Iraq coming clean on the WMDs they were hiding. - inactive, on 07/28/2008, -14/+32That wasn't real. Israel made that video and dubbed over an existing video for U.S. support. Duh.
- salamnder, on 07/28/2008, -45/+62Come on people. We should trust this guy. I mean, he says he doesn't have them, so just let him do whatever he wants.
./scarcasm - GiggleStick, on 07/29/2008, -1/+17Can't get fooled again?
- lamiaconfitor, on 07/29/2008, -9/+25Why are people digging you up? Iran isn't in the ***** middle ages. Some of their laws are, and the idea that the religion trumps all is 'middle age-esque' perhaps, or in our terms, ridiculous... but they have as much of a modern country as anyone else does.
- inactive, on 07/29/2008, -5/+21That is the truth and you were dugg down. I dugg you up.
- n0tquitehuman, on 07/29/2008, -1/+16are they talking? then yep... they are lying.
- breezytrees, on 07/29/2008, -8/+22Some countries are not fit to wield nuclear weapons. Iran, with its Internal strife, lawlessness, mass genocide, and a small population willing to die in God's name is a perfect example of such a country.
That last bit is the most pertinent. Mutually Assured Destruction (the only thing that prevented the whole world from blowing up in the cold war) means nothing under those circumstances. - waggdogg, on 07/29/2008, -0/+13Now it's time for Obama to go and talk to Ahmadinejad . Remember he is acting President.
- Rudegar, on 07/29/2008, -3/+17when will the mysterious C.Other's true identity be revealed ? :P
- n3demonic, on 07/29/2008, -1/+15Who's dead?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Khamenei - bepart, on 07/29/2008, -3/+16funny because it's Israel who has hundreds of nukes
onetimer: I think referring to Jewish IDF is not antisemitic because the group does exist
http://digg.com/world_news/Jewish_Activists_Hack_A ... - govsucks, on 07/29/2008, -15/+28OOOOOOO, now Obama gets to play the part of Chamberlain and say "See, they just want to love us and change."
- wpi97, on 07/29/2008, -1/+14"He's a two-bit hack of a president who will be kicked out of office by a reform candidate next year."
Do you really believe the Supreme Leader of Iran will approve a reform candidate? You do not seem understand how the system government of the Islamic Republic of Iran works. - toasterhead2k, on 07/29/2008, -9/+22Ahmedinejad would never drop a nuclear weapon on anybody. The President of Iran has no control over the armed forces. The armed forces are controlled by the Ayatollah who's really in charge of Iran, and who opposes nuclear weapons on religious grounds.
Ahmedinejad can have as many nukes as he wants - he does not have any authority to use them. - inactive, on 07/29/2008, -3/+16There are more relevant stories that you can post this garbage on.
- akeldama, on 07/29/2008, -14/+26Let's examine historical context for a second:
Q. What empire embarked on multiple invasions, lasting hundreds of years, conquering lands and enslaving the populace at large?
A. The Persian Empire.
Q. What empire has been slaughtering and enslaving innocents for an order of magnitude longer than the United States of America has existed?
A. The Persian Empire. - fantasmacanino, on 07/29/2008, -17/+29I don't see anything wrong with Iran having nuclear weapons as I don't think Ahmadinejad would ever, ever drop one 'cause that would mean the automatic elimination of Iran in any future atlas. Some would say that it is insane to have a crazy moron with nukes, but hey, Bush isn't one, is he?
- Rapax, on 07/29/2008, -11/+23Just wondering which poor SOB will have to take the same embarassing fall Colin Powell took when this was about Iraqi WMD. Somehow, I always considered Powell one of the few respectable figures in the Bush regime. Didn't feel right to see the world press laughing at his presentation before the UN. But damn if that wasn't pityful.
- inactive, on 07/29/2008, -8/+20Gays are allowed to be in our military.
They just arnt allowed to tell anyone they are gay, and we arnt allowed to ask. - neko6, on 07/29/2008, -0/+11And millions will die?
- ChinezePanda, on 07/29/2008, -18/+29The United States also has...
ENDED A ***** WORLD WAR.
DEFEATED NAZI GERMANY
BEAT THE RUSSIANS INTO SUBMISSION - mmmmmbiscuits, on 07/29/2008, -5/+16ciaran036, piattorney is referring to Crazy Mahmoud's participation in an event that occurred in 1979. Probably long before you were born.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis - mmmmmbiscuits, on 07/29/2008, -2/+13"Possible inside job. "
Probable head up ass. - brockpetrie, on 07/29/2008, -1/+12Did you seriously just bring the Persian Empire into this?! Why not bring up the Zoroastrians and Macedonians as well.
That isn't historical perspective, that's being a total asshat.
And if you seriously think the Persian Empire was that terrible, you've got some reading to do. Rome wasn't too kind, or if you want present day examples, neither was Pinochet or Pahlavi.
"Q. What empire embarked on multiple invasions, lasting hundreds of years, conquering lands and enslaving the populace at large?"
A. Almost every single empire that has ever ***** existed. That's what imperialism is.
"Q. What empire has been slaughtering and enslaving innocents for an order of magnitude longer than the United States of America has existed?"
A. Almost every single empire that has ever ***** existed. That's what imperialism is. - Jeffler, on 07/29/2008, -1/+12I do too, merely because a lot of the stuff we hear about Iran here is complete *****. One of my friends is living in Iran, and he's in the top high school in the country for two years, so he couldn't really say no to going back for grades 11 and 12 then returning to Canada again, and usually when I talk to him about what its like over there, its a completely different story.
- Spuy767, on 07/29/2008, -13/+23Nuclear weapons are like that one pair of earrings that cost 7 grand that your wife just had to have but never wears because she is afraid that she'll lose them, the good china, if you will. Iran desires nothing more than to be in the nuclear club, and he's playing the UN like a deck of cards. He calls off negotiations, then calls them off again, over and over, every time buying himself and his military more time to spend refining uranium from the nuclear reactor that he refuses to shut down even though several countries have agreed to build another, better reactor which only has the caveat that it can't be used to refine weapons grade uranium. No country needs nuclear weapons, but some countries will always crave them, Iran is one of these countries. The simple fact is, that a country with a radical leadership and populous cannot be allowed to produce weapons capable of killing millions in a single attack.
- ryan83189, on 07/29/2008, -20/+30So, Ahmadinejad is going with the Jedi mind trick technique?
- inactive, on 07/29/2008, -1/+11Some people are damn slow learners.
- sohailstyle, on 07/29/2008, -15/+25Middle Ages? Iran has a top 20 economy according to the most recent data. (GDP-PPP). Iran's not in the middle ages--can't just write the region off as such, tool.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_ ... - neko6, on 07/29/2008, -4/+14MAD doesn't work with fanatics who would are willing to die for political reasons.
- toasterhead2k, on 07/29/2008, -5/+15"Citation needed."
Fact 1: The President of Iran does not control the armed forces.
From the Constitution of Iran:
Article 110 [Leadership Duties and Powers]
(1) Following are the duties and powers of the Leadership:
4. Assuming supreme command of the Armed Forces.
5. Declaration of war and peace and the mobilization of the Armed Forces.
Article 113 [President]
After the office of Leadership, the President is the highest official in the country. His is the responsibility for implementing the Constitution and acting as the head of the executive, except in matters directly concerned with the office of the Leadership.
http://www.servat.unibe.ch/law/icl/ir00000_.html
In other words, the President of Iran has all the powers that are not reserved for the Supreme Leader. Specifically, control over the armed forces and the power to declare war.
Fact 2: Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei issued a Fatwa against nuclear weapons in 2006:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2 ... - ciaran036, on 07/29/2008, -6/+16Thank god because you're bloody right.
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