Iran provides hezbollah/south lebanon with unlimited budget for reconstruction...

[anonin]

I dont have a link to the article, i read it in the new york times yesterday. Iran is strategic as fuck, hezbollah helping people in southern lebanon get back on their feet when no one else really is, this is establishing hezbollah in lebanon again, and even more so in southern lebanon (rebuilding underground tunnels anyone???), so basically i think iran ordered the kidnapping of those israeli soldiers, hooked hezbollah up with rockets throughout the war, knew it would come to a standstill, and hezbollah's stature has now risen 10 fold and will continue to do so as the rebuilding continues, especially since iran has promised "unlimited funds for reconstruction" which comes from oil.

discuss...

[Kobe]

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I just watched the 60 minutes interview with the Prez of Iran. He's a twisted fucker, but very clever and knows exactly how manipulate. Mike Wallace was in way over his head.

[Jenks]

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I thought Wallace did a fine job, and tried to keep the president of iran in line with questioning. The pres avoided a lot of questions, and Wallace stood firm in trying to get him to answer. How exactly was Wallace in over his head?

[Kobe]

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I thought he was a little too verbose in repeating the questions the Prez was dodging, and seemed to get a little too flustered by the nonesense responses. Too many, "ZOMG, did you just say...?" restorts from Wallace too. Yes they were shocking responses but we have it on tape, let's get to new questions instead a making sure you heard right. I can't help but think a younger MW would have been sharper.

Nevertheless, it was a very revealing piece, that Iranian fucker is out of his mind, and either doesn't know it, or worse yet he knows exactly what he's doing.

[Jenks]

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that Iranian fucker is out of his mind, and either doesn't know it, or worse yet he knows exactly what he's doing.

both imo-

i don't think he knows he's out of his freaking mind, and i think he knows exactly what he's doing. dangerous combo.

[anonin]

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i have yet to see this much talked about interview, im gonna see if i can find it on youtube or a torrent...

[threehills]

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^please post a link if you find it.

[Kobe]

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agreed,

that 52,000 suicide bomers factoid is

[anonin]

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^please post a link if you find it.

for sure, its totally removed from youtube, copyright violations bizz, still looking...

update: this interview in video or the transcript is absolutely nowhere to be found, wow, i need to find out if this re-airs or what

this is the closest thing i've found http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/...n1879867.shtml

lol, check out his blog www.ahmadinejad.ir

[Kobe]

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guys, I will see if it is still on my Tivo, if so I can crank it out to a file and post it up, definitely worth seeing, appently he doesn't give many interviews and it is important to know your enemy.

[CHiEF_N]

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it is important to know your enemy.

I say Mooooo to you! Have you ever given a thought to the possibility that the 18 page letter he wrote to Bush was his sincere thoughts and that this man is truely a religious (although fundamentally) scholarly humanitarian? Are you basing your beliefs off of the media's reports, which are completely biased or have you done some solo research on the guy? I haven't seen the full interview, although I did see a clip of it off of cbs.com and Wallace's question regarding the 50,000 suicide bombers was utterly loaded, but the guy retorted with that it is a measure that would only be taken in self defense of his country if we were to attack them. Did any of you read what I had written about the unbiased documentary with footage taken from Iran? I didn't see the persecution, oppression, radicallism towards Americans or anything of the sort that the media has painted for all of us here in the states. I hope that the media isn't dooping all of America into blindly believeing that all of Iran is evil so that it will be easier to wage a war with them. I haven't seen anything to lead me to believe that their president is evil. Yes, they want Nuclear technology for a power source and if they want nuclear arms, well one of their adversaries (Israel) has them already, so here again self defense. Just because Iran is a 4 letter word and sounds similar to Iraq doesn't mean that they have the same type of leaders. This guy may or may not be like Husain, I haven't fully decided. All I'm saying is that I haven't seen anything to lead me to believe that he is like Suhain was. It just seems like the media is brainwashing everyone into believing that he and everyone else in his country is evil. It would be easier to wage a war with them if everyone already hates all of Iran. What if we do go to war with them over pretenses of WMDs as we did with Iraq and then the same thing happen in the end. You know how everyone who supported it in the beginning has changed their minds after the damage is done.

[Hos]

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so basically i think

stop right there!

[anonin]

Re: Iran provides hezbollah/south lebanon with unlimited budget for reconstruction...

I say Mooooo to you! Have you ever given a thought to the possibility that the 18 page letter he wrote to Bush was his sincere thoughts and that this man is truely a religious (although fundamentally) scholarly humanitarian? Are you basing your beliefs off of the media's reports, which are completely biased or have you done some solo research on the guy? I haven't seen the full interview, although I did see a clip of it off of cbs.com and Wallace's question regarding the 50,000 suicide bombers was utterly loaded, but the guy retorted with that it is a measure that would only be taken in self defense of his country if we were to attack them. Did any of you read what I had written about the unbiased documentary with footage taken from Iran? I didn't see the persecution, oppression, radicallism towards Americans or anything of the sort that the media has painted for all of us here in the states. I hope that the media isn't dooping all of America into blindly believeing that all of Iran is evil so that it will be easier to wage a war with them. I haven't seen anything to lead me to believe that their president is evil. Yes, they want Nuclear technology for a power source and if they want nuclear arms, well one of their adversaries (Israel) has them already, so here again self defense. Just because Iran is a 4 letter word and sounds similar to Iraq doesn't mean that they have the same type of leaders. This guy may or may not be like Husain, I haven't fully decided. All I'm saying is that I haven't seen anything to lead me to believe that he is like Suhain was. It just seems like the media is brainwashing everyone into believing that he and everyone else in his country is evil. It would be easier to wage a war with them if everyone already hates all of Iran. What if we do go to war with them over pretenses of WMDs as we did with Iraq and then the same thing happen in the end. You know how everyone who supported it in the beginning has changed their minds after the damage is done.

I'm not opposed to iran obtaining nuclear weapons, i beleive if your country develops to that level scientifically then go for it (shocker!!!111). However, i've been saying for years iran will develop nuclear arms, america isnt going to do anything about it, it cant afford to. Bush saying he wont let iran develop nuclear arms, is like iran saying he want israel to move locations. The american news media loves playing with the notion that we will one day strike iran, but thats just what it is, playing with the notion. no one is attacking iran and no one will attack iran. end of.

[Hos]

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what's the difference between Iran funding Hezbollah and the US funding the IDF?

the people in southern Lebanon support Hezbollah. Hezbollah don't just defend them they also provide healthcare and necessary infrastructure.

very stupid kidnapping Israeli soldiers though. but heck no one every caused a rumpus with all the Lebanese that have been taken over the years.

[CHiEF_N]

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Look guys, I'm just trying to be open minded, but not so much that my brain falls out, and remain unbiased despite the media coverage. I want to be able to form my own opinion on the situation and I don't want us to wage a war with yet another country. Especially one that could very well lead into another world war. I can't get the civilians that I saw in that film out of my head and how happy they seemed to be. They seemed like humans just like the rest of us that want to live a peaceful and joyful life without hurting anyone in the process. I know without a doubt that Iranians just like the ones I saw in that film will parish if we were to go to war with them and it's a horrible thought.