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No offense taken, Frankenkitty. It should always scare the hell out of us
when the leader of the world's most powerful nation might be suffering from a form of dementia. Just like our current president...
posted by
saul_relative
on August 8, 2007 at 8:57 PM
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Everytime I think of Reagan
and nukes in the same thought, I picture that Genesis video where Reagan was a puppet. No offense, it's just what pops in my head. Have a great evening
posted by
Flumpystalls3000
on August 8, 2007 at 7:45 PM
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Thank you, Nautikos. I try for realism in this age of ideology...
posted by
saul_relative
on August 6, 2007 at 1:43 PM
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Saul
there isn't anything I need to add to your answers to the previous comments...
posted by
Nautikos
on August 6, 2007 at 5:39 AM
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Pakistan is a president away. Iran is a bomb away. Delivery vehicles will
not be that hard to come by...
posted by
saul_relative
on August 5, 2007 at 9:06 PM
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Greed and dominion, OTA. Everything humans do seems to gravitate
around money and power. Eliminate the desire for both, then you'll have peace.
posted by
saul_relative
on August 5, 2007 at 9:04 PM
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It would be an ugly mess for sure
But I don't know of a religious extremists state that has long term delivering capability..
We have to hope and pray they never do either...
posted by
Offy
on August 5, 2007 at 11:25 AM
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Why cant the world live in Peace? ~Peace, OTA
posted by
Blue_feathers
on August 5, 2007 at 11:17 AM
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For the most part, joab, I don't think most Muslims have a death wish --
just the more extreme. And it isn't actually a death wish -- to them it is a sacrifice for god and their perception of the greater good (restoring and expanding the umma). However, partially because of this assinine Iraqi war, the number of politically and militarily active extremists (mosly Sunni, by the way) has risen dramatically. We can thank an ignorant president and an overly ambitious (and ignorant) administration for believing they could simply export capitalism and democracy without incurring a backlash...
posted by
saul_relative
on August 3, 2007 at 8:25 AM
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If A Nation Led By Religious Extremists
I do not disagree. But there's always the possibility. And if the foe already has a pseudo-religious death wish . . . who knows what transpires inside their skewed minds? Certainly not the ultimate fear -- death. I just don't know. joab
posted by
joab1
on August 3, 2007 at 6:24 AM
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Right you are, hazel and Antonionioni.
posted by
saul_relative
on August 2, 2007 at 10:23 PM
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Thanks, afzal.
posted by
saul_relative
on August 2, 2007 at 10:22 PM
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True, Saul, it's hard to imagine a state employing nukes.
Or any sane person with anything to lose.
posted by
Antonionioni
on August 2, 2007 at 2:16 PM
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I agree ! Who could possibly win...we would all be destroyed !
posted by
hazel_st_cricket
on August 2, 2007 at 10:10 AM
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Excellent and well meaning quote . Thanks for sharing it .
posted by
afzal50
on August 2, 2007 at 9:44 AM
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