No need to read the article based on where it came from.

I just have no trust in anything the Zionists are involved with. If others trust and cheer the Zionists on, that's their problem. They are devious, deceitful, conniving, ruthless, brutal, coldblooded, merciless, greedy killers.

Putting up a link that is so heavily wrapped up with Israel and defending Israel's position ... not to mention sponsors several Jewish publications all over the world (newspapers, etc.) sure tells us which side you're pulling for ... eh?

I thought it was the vice president that is supposed to replace the President if something should happen to him?

Really? SO you had the same opinion when Limbaugh was telling Republicans to do the same thing for Hillary? Somehow I doubt it.

Sinister! Ah!, maybe that's why Santorum was asking the Democrats to vote for him.

I saw on the news that Democrats were able to go vote for Santorum last night in order to help this wingnut win in the state in question. (I do not remember the name of the state.)

According to these types of voters, it is they way to help assure that Obama will get elected if he is running against this clown.

THAT is truly clever to me anyway.

LMAO ... nice try. Points awarded for the effort to mislead us, but you forget most of us really do have contact with any number of military personnel who have been there and know exactly that NATO troops are to respect the culture there ... no exceptions.

That can't be used as an excuse, because what you are missing here is that it is one thing if an "insider" desecrates what is dear to them, but it is entirely a different if it is done by an outsider, especially one that is not of that faith. Its sort of like if you desecrate something dear to you for whatever reason, compared to seeing someone else desecrating something you hold dear who has no business doing so.

The Iranian bomb program isn’t about just Natanz.

In fact, Natanz is almost redundant. There are two paths to developing a nuke: Enrichment to get Uranium-235, or extraction of Plutonium-239 from used reactor fuel. The Iranians are pursuing both routes.

There are seven publicly known installations at four locations that are essential to the Iranian nuclear weapons program: The heavy water reactor and heavy water plant at Arak, the uranium enrichment sites at Natanz and Qom (Fordow), and the fuel manufacturing plant, uranium conversion facility, and zirconium processing plant at Esfahan. They are all in the Israelis’ target folders.

Bushehr is not on the list. This is the Iranian’s “Potemkin” reactor. “See? Peaceful neutrons!” It is extremely difficult to extract weapons-grade plutonium from a light water reactor like Bushehr, and the Russians have been scrupulous about controlling the fuel. Bombing Bushehr would be a waste.

Their [The Iranians'] constant threats to close the Strait of Hormuz remind me of an individual claiming they’ve got a gun that nobody ever sees. Closing the strait is a defensive move, designed to share their pain with as many others as possible. And it will hurt Iran as well as its enemies. The fact that it backfired in 1987 and yet they’re using the same threat again shows how desperate they are.

Israelis need to rent a corridor through another country’s airspace for several days, possibly as long as a week. Thanks to Wikileaks, we know the Saudis would love to help the Israelis out, but what would their imams say? The Iraqis have no love for their long-time Persian enemies, but what would the man in the street think about planes with the Star of David flying overhead? The Turks and Israelis were on relatively good terms until a few years ago, but it’s been downhill since then.

None of Iran’s neighbors want Tehran to have nukes, but the leaderships of all three countries would pay a heavy political price domestically if they countenanced the Israeli transit.

Iran really, really wants the bomb. It has paid a heavy price for its nuclear weapons program, in political and economic terms, and in talent and treasure. Cue the irony buzzer. If Iran had put the same effort into rebuilding and modernizing its oil industry (still recovering from the Iran-Iraq war), they’d have a world-class economy and a lot more (oil-based) friends in the world. Lucky for us they decided to build the bomb first.

We've probably had a few atheist Presidents in our memory - but they weren't declaring themselves atheist. Carter is the only one who was clearly a Christian - the others have all been "Christian" for pragmatic reasons as far as I can tell. I saw Bush Jr's pastor interviewed and even he thought the guy was politically Christian, but not so much in his heart of hearts.

I'd like to see an actual link of one of those countries openly broadcasting their (so-called) "hate" for Iran.

Its a way to distract the mindless drones who think religion is in some way some how connected to morality

I see ... so France, the UK, Spain, Australia, Poland ...... all have ships headed for the Middle East? I guess the Strait of Hormuz is gonna get pretty crowded ... pretty quickly. Let me guess ... just Israel will conveniently be missing even though it's why all the others are there? Ya ... that's what I thought.

I'll need proof of that ... show us. (This oughta be good.)

Show us.

Soooo ... tell me again, why did we illegally invade Iraq (?) ... if they were not a threat to us?

Every Western intelligence agency believed that Iraq was pursuing nuclear ambitions.

Give us a good reason to "illegally" invade still another Middle Eastern country.

What's it to us if they do not abide by the NPT? We don't abide by it either!

Just stupid "followers" ... just as the school bully has a pep squad of followers everywhere they go. "Bully Sr. and Bully Jr." (US and their little brother Israel) have requested it and so the others talk it up.

If the others who are raging about sanctions really meant it, they'd be right there along with Bully Sr. and Bully Jr. ... acting like they're ready to push some sort of button. But where are they?

Do you see any of their military out there with us?

Do you see any Israeli military out there with us? No? If they're our ally, then why not?

Really? Who? (Other than Israel?)

Oh that's right ... the neocons tried to convince us that Iraq wanted to Nuke the US ... right?

Seriously ... does anyone really believe Iran wants to Nuke the US? If not, then we have no reason to be there.

Hopefully we will not have troops in the Middle East too much longer.

As for allies? I have no clue who that would be. If you're speaking of Israel ... well, dream on. Israel is not in it for anyone but Israel. At least that's the way the Zionists have been playing it so far. If the Zionists were our ally, they would be with us in Afghanistan and they would have helped us in Iraq, but they are not. That should be good proof that they are not our ally. they

Why do we need to have such a ship in the Middle East? It's not the job of the US to oversee anything in the Middle East.

If that were the case ... not out of the ordinary ... then why doesn't such a warship already exist?

The point is that, while things are undoubtedly worse than we're told, they are improving.

All we need to do is get rid of a bunch of useless military spending.

It matters not if jobless rate goes down or further up. The GOD need to white knight if they want to get in the white house because neither Romney or Gingrich is capable of being Obama in the next election.

I do not watch "youtubes" because I prefer to respond (in the forums) to written posts.

Got anything you can post that is ... oh let's see ... the written word?

If you ask me, the best thing that could happen is if Iran goes nuclear. It will help to balance out things over there.

Well I'm pretty sure that Iran is not the only Middle Eastern country using that waterway to ship their oil. But I guess the other countries like Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the UAE don't have a Navy?

If their exports thru the straights are banned as is proposed and is the reason for the threat, then they've got little to lose.

I think they have a right to protect themselves against other bully nations ... the US included.

At a time of heightened tensions with Iran, U.S. military officials told CNN Friday that U.S. military and Coast Guard ships had two close encounters earlier this month with high-speed Iranian boats in the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf that exhibited provocative behavior.

The incidents occurred January 6, according to a senior U.S. military official.

The USS New Orleans, an amphibious transport ship was sailing through the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf last Friday when three Iranian Navy speed boats rapidly approached within 500 yards of the ship, the official said. The Iranians did not respond to whistle signals or voice queries from the New Orleans. The lack of response disregards standard maritime protocols, the official said. The boats eventually broke away.
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While the U.S. Navy has had routine encounters with Iranian naval forces for years, the Navy has reported seeing more aggressive action in recent weeks from Iranian-flagged vessels. Typically, Iranian small boats are operated by forces of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps force and are considered to be more aggressive than regular Iranian forces.

Why is a situation like this just the responsibility of the US?

IF I had the inclination and the time I am quite sure I could come up with spreadsheets and stats that would show who our biggest trading partners were and which countries contributed most to our economy and I am damn sure the USA would not be at the top.

America MAY have the biggest economy and it MAY have the biggest market -- But if its in debt to its eyeballs. I think I would rather play with the Asian countries who have a lot more going on, who are expanding....That's my choice of playmate

Yeah I realize it's their business how they run their country, and not ours.

Egypt is choosing its own path. Isn't that the meaning of "Freedom"? Why is it our business what path they choose, and why is out job to dictate that direction?

"I pledge allegiance to the flag
of the united states of America.
And to the Republic for which it stands,
one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all".

These forums would be a whole lot more valid intellectually if folks had to present empirical data not blather.

Both are left of center and their primary difference is their empty rhetoric.

Seriously GOP fans, looking over your list of cartoon characters, don't you think y'all 'd be better off sitting this one out till you can come up wiht a serious and good candidate??

Are you saying that only Republicans are fools and thieves? Or that both party's are?
Can you share the reasoning behind this conclusion? What makes one or both these things?

If we wait for the private sector to start hiring American workers, we will have to wait a long time.

You mean that more than 10 million of unemployed Americans isn't a large enough pool of workers for the private sector to choose people to work for them?

Could it be that the private sector is a bunch of fat cats that like to exploit people and have them working for almost nothing? Perhaps paying the minimum wage to the workers is too much for the private sector. Maybe that's why they keep on pushing the government to bring them cheap workers from abroad so that they can exploit them more easily than they can exploit the American workers.

So, let's be honest, the private sector doesn't give a damned thing about the unemployed American workers, and if it were true that the government was competing for workers with the private sector, then the private sector could offer better pay to the workers. I'm sure the people would choose the better paying jobs. As it is, the private sector only wants to pay wages under the minimum legal wage, and exploit the workers as much as they can. The most distressing part is that they want the government to be complicit in this practice that reminds us of the slavery times.