[quote=“fred smith”]Spook:
Your comments are hardly relevant to this thread surely. Second, guess what? No one is trying to “fool” you. I told you two years ago that I wanted permanent bases in Iraq. So? What’s the problem? You think that a commitment to Iraq would be different from our commitment to Turkey, Germany, South Korea, Japan, Italy etc. how exactly? Why are these bases a bad thing? Why is a long-term commitment to help Iraq develop democratic and civil institutions wrong? Where is the big conspiracy?
Incidentally, how does this grab your Jew obsessing mind?[/quote]
I was responding to Comrade Stalin’s direct question to me in this thread, just as I’m now responding to your comments to me:
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My view is that supporters of Israel in the U.S. inappropriately drive U.S. foreign policy. It’s an opinion that can be supported by factual references. If it’s wrong, then it should be refuted with arguments and facts, not dismissed with mere personal insults. If the U.S. attacks Iran this year if it refuses to halt its nuclear energy program and continues to do next to nothing about the greater threat to U.S. security of North Korea, then the argument will only grow stronger that U.S. priorities are skewed:
“In the wake of Iran’s nearly 20 years of secret development of nuclear weapons and ongoing efforts to undermine the work of U.N. arms inspectors, Congress has passed legislation aimed at halting Tehran’s nuclear program. The Senate unanimously passed a resolution condemning Iran’s failure to adhere to International Atomic Energy Agency agreements and continuing efforts to develop a nuclear capability. This resolution (S. Con. Res. 81), introduced by Sens. Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Richard Lugar (R-IN), and Joseph Biden (D-DE), urges the U.N. Security Council “to address the threat to international peace and security posed by Iran’s nuclear weapons program and take such action as may be necessary.” Earlier this year, the House passed similar legislation calling upon signatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, including the United States, to use all appropriate means to deter, dissuade, and prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Thank your Senators and House members for supporting these resolutions.”
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