Maybe George Carlin would be a big hit at a Tehran stand-up:It is also because dogs are unclean..
Cats rules dog drool..
"If I could reach where a dog can lick, I'd never leave the house!"
Maybe George Carlin would be a big hit at a Tehran stand-up:It is also because dogs are unclean..
Cats rules dog drool..
Just remember, these are the people that Obama and others of his ilk want us to negotiate with.
As I recall, he said only that he would meet with their leaders without preconditions, not that he would compromise our principles.
With all due respect, refusing to speak to people with whom we disagree is just stupid. The result of our conversation may well be that we tell them to f*&% off and die. But it might, just might, end with us finding a way to bridge our differences. Who knows, they might even be won over entirely to our side. But one thing is certain, we will never find out if we refuse to meet.
The problem is that he said HE would talk with the various, not that he would have low level diplomats do some talking and see if there was something that we could agree on....
Some Europeans (Dutch, Danes, maybe Swedes, French) are beginning to think that it is us vs them (western civilization vs the Moslem world), that multi-culturalism doesn't work.
As I recall, he said only that he would meet with their leaders without preconditions, not that he would compromise our principles.
With all due respect, refusing to speak to people with whom we disagree is just stupid. The result of our conversation may well be that we tell them to f*&% off and die. But it might, just might, end with us finding a way to bridge our differences. Who knows, they might even be won over entirely to our side. But one thing is certain, we will never find out if we refuse to meet.
As I recall, he said only that he would meet with their leaders without preconditions, not that he would compromise our principles.
With all due respect, refusing to speak to people with whom we disagree is just stupid. The result of our conversation may well be that we tell them to f*&% off and die. But it might, just might, end with us finding a way to bridge our differences. Who knows, they might even be won over entirely to our side. But one thing is certain, we will never find out if we refuse to meet.
So, it seems a lot of people died for a lack of an honest dialog."Mr. McNamara, You must never have read a history book. If you'd had, you'd know we weren't pawns of the Chinese or the Russians. McNamara, didn't you know that? Don't you understand that we have been fighting the Chinese for 1000 years? We were fighting for our independence. And we would fight to the last man. And we were determined to do so. And no amount of bombing, no amount of U.S. pressure would ever have stopped us." - Thach, former Foreign Minister of Vietnam, 1995, as recalled by McNamara.
There are all kinds of ways of communicating with countries that we disagree with other than having the President of the United States sit down and talk directly with the other countries head of state.
3rd party communications, via folks like the Swiss or the Swedes has been done by hostile nations for hundreds of years. Unofficial talks between lower level diplomats also work.
There are a couple hundred countries in the world, and the President is the leader of the most powerful one. He simply doesn't have to time to talk to all of them. It is a big boost for the prestige of a small country leader to have a Presidential visit/discussion. Witness the excitement that President Bush's Africa trip caused (although you'd never know it was big deal on the basis of media coverage here) . We should not reward countries that call Jews a virus and urge its destruction, or conduct test of nuclear weapons and ICBM, with such a perk.
Senator Obama's and I guess your naievity on these matters is on scary display, when you suggest there is no harm in talking.
Think about this, in order for you and Obama to be right that "talking with no preconditions" is a good idea, than you must think that billions of man hours expended over the last many centuries by diplomats through out the world, setting up exactly the precondition between head of state meetings, must have all been a huge waste.
I think Obama is displaying a different type of arrogance
I seem to recall a rather fruitful meeting between a US president and the head of a nation that actually had thousands of nuclear weapons pointed directly at us. Maybe you recall, it was in Iceland in 1986 between Reagan and Gorbachev. That Reagan, such a rookie mistake.
I cannot even concieve of the number of lashes ol George would pick up for that one.Maybe George Carlin would be a big hit at a Tehran stand-up:
"If I could reach where a dog can lick, I'd never leave the house!"
I cannot even concieve of the number of lashes ol George would pick up for that one.
Hell, come to think of it, you may be at risk for even posting it
I seem to recall a rather fruitful meeting between a US president and the head of a nation that actually had thousands of nuclear weapons pointed directly at us. Maybe you recall, it was in Iceland in 1986 between Reagan and Gorbachev. That Reagan, such a rookie mistake.
"I think if I were a western woman, I’d keep a close eye on Muslim immigration into my country. This doesn’t sound like anything a woman would want."
Are you starting with your prejudice nonsense again? Do you think all Muslims stone women to death? Have you heard of countless women being killed by their husbands in the West? I am neither Muslim nor a member of a minority class but I have to point out that this comment in not necessary.
I seem to recall a rather fruitful meeting between a US president and the head of a nation that actually had thousands of nuclear weapons pointed directly at us. Maybe you recall, it was in Iceland in 1986 between Reagan and Gorbachev. That Reagan, such a rookie mistake.
A 70-year-old Iranian man was arrested and sentenced to four months in jail and 30 lashes for walking his dog, Adnkronos.com reported Tuesday. Police caught the man on the street with his dog in Shahr Rey, a suburb of Tehran.
If wanna be President Obama want to meet with President AMadJihadist to discuss .........
Interesting how a story of a girl being stoned by her father turns into a fractious debate between the left and right.
It seems a solution would be to open up our borders to those yearning to be free, don't you think?
Are you starting with your prejudice nonsense again? Do you think all Muslims stone women to death? Have you heard of countless women being killed by their husbands in the West? I am neither Muslim nor a member of a minority class but I have to point out that this comment in not necessary.
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