Diogenes wrote:
No you Euroweenie, it wasn't. It was exactly the right thing to do given the information we had at the time. We know you European twits didn't like it, but I can't remember the last time you people were right about anything.
Whether I am a European or not, or whether European governments are often right or wrong is irrelevant. The decision to invade Iraq was still a bad one. There was a good (and well known and often discussed) reason why Saddam was not taken out right after the first gulf war.
Diogenes wrote:
Europe has simply lost it's way, and insofar as we have been lately following in Europe's footsteps, we too are about to be smashed upon the rocks. Even you could see which way the wind was blowing. That's why you are over here in this country degrading American policy instead of back in Austria where you belong.
I would not even argue with that. I have no love for European or Austrian politics. I think the same assholes are in charge in the background here and there. Living in the US is cheaper and slightly more beneficial for my business. That is all. It is a question of math, not of like or dont like.
Diogenes wrote:
If you ever thought Iran stopped their enrichment, you are too gullible to discuss world events.
Maybe, but I know that G.W. Bushs policy did not make a difference for the better, either. All it did was to further cement the idea that the US does not like them and is an enemy in their minds.
Diogenes wrote:
Also your focus on George W as opposed to Mr. Super Stupid, indicates you have no grasp of priorities.
Let me see:
1. Gave us the worst financial crisis in decades, check
2. Started a stupid pointless war that cost thousands of US soldiers their lives and achieved nothing but to destabilize the entire region, check
3. Handed the country to the bankers, check
4. Alienated most of the allies of the US and caused a huge loss of image for the country, check
5. Slowed down scientific progress, check
6. Handed the security of US harbors to the Saudis of all people! Check!
Diogenes wrote:
I will grant that George W made another mistake. He didn't f*** up Iran when he had the chance. Islamic religious fanatics with Nuclear weapons promises to kill more people than WWII.
You are worried about Iran? You think that Iran having a couple of "us too" nuclear bombs makes them a nuclear power? What it makes them, is a nuclear target! The moment they test a nuke, Israel will see it justified to turn Iran into a glass crater and that is it.
You know who I am worried about? The so called allies of the US, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. You think that the Iranians are radicals? The Saudis are wayyyyyy worse and they are looking into having their own nuclear arms program (no one in the US seems to be worried about that, LOL).
And don't even get me started on Pakistan. A fundamentalist Islamic country with Al Quaida right on their door step and god knows in what high ranking positions Al Quaida sympathizers are already sitting there. All it takes for a couple of people that lost someone in a US drone strike to be in the right position and one of their nukes is on its way to the US!
So if you want to be afraid of someone, better look that way!
Mind you, I don't like Iran and I have no liking for the ayatollahs (I am not a fan of Islam, it being the most aggressive of all religions). But it seems like they are getting a bit softer lately. At least we are able to talk to them now and maybe, there is a way to normalize the relationship with them.
Diogenes wrote:
I'm not a believer in Bible prophecy, but suddenly those Revelations versus asserting the deaths of a third of the population are not seeming so far fetched after all.
I just want to see how Iran would be a credible threat to the US. To Europe and Israel, yes, but not the US. You obviously don't really like Europe anyway, so you should be happy to see Europe miscalculate the threat and be wiped off the map, no?