Iran’s Supreme Leader Says They Have No Intention of Building Nuclear Weapons — But the U.S. Couldn’t Stop Them if They Did
In this photo released by the official website of the Iranian supreme leader’s office, Iranian well wishers attending the speech of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hold up his picture at a mosque inside the leader’s housing compound in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013. Khamenei said Saturday that his country is not seeking nuclear weapons, but that no world power could stop Tehran’s access to an atomic bomb if it intended to build one. (AP)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s Supreme Leader said Saturday that his country was not seeking nuclear weapons, but that if Tehran intended to build them, the U.S. couldn’t stop it.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on all state matters in Iran, also rejected direct talks with the U.S. over its nuclear program despite the pressure of sanctions.
“We believe nuclear weapons must be abolished and we have no intention of building” such weaponry, Khamenei said in remarks posted on his website, leader.ir. But he added: “If Iran had the intention to build nuclear weapons, the U.S. could in no way stop the Iranian nation.”
He said Tehran would hold talks with the U.S. if Washington respects Iran’s rights instead of resorting to bullying.
“They want to deny the Iranian nation of its definite and inalienable right to uranium enrichment and peaceful use of nuclear energy. Of course, they won’t succeed,” Khamenei said.
Addressing a group of Iranians at his home in the capital, Tehran, Khamenei also scolded President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his conservative rivals for factional fighting, saying they should unite rather than quarrel at a time when the West was stepping up sanctions on Iran.
Iran recently has highlighted a religious decree Khamenei issued more than seven years ago that bans nuclear weapons in an effort to back up its claim that Tehran’s nuclear program is being used for peaceful purposes and medical research. Iran authorities often cite the decree to counter Western suspicions that Iran could ultimately move toward an atomic bomb.
Although Iran views Khamenei’s 2005 fatwa as a binding declaration, the West and its allies have repeatedly accused Iran of using any tactic to prolong the standoff over its nuclear program, and possibly advance its nuclear capabilities. Iran denies such aspirations, insisting it is enriching only to make reactor fuel and to make isotopes for medical purposes.
Tehran, however, has left U.N. nuclear inspectors empty-handed when it comes to addressing Western suspicions that it’s conducting tests related to nuclear weapons. Three rounds of talks last year made no headway on the West’s main demand: That Iran halt its highest-level uranium enrichment.
Washington and others worry that this level of nuclear fuel, at 20 percent enrichment, could be turned into warhead-grade material much faster than the 3.5 percent enriched uranium needed for Iran’s lone energy-producing reactor. Moreover, the U.S. has expressed concern that Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency had not agreed to let inspectors visit a military site, known as Parchin, where the U.N. agency suspects Iran might have carried out nuclear weapon trigger tests.
Moreover, Iran recently said it had begun installing a new generation of centrifuges at its main uranium enrichment facility in Natanz, a move that will allow it to vastly increase its pace of uranium enrichment in defiance of U.N. calls to halt such activities.
Iran is living under stepped-up Western sanctions that include a total oil embargo and banking restrictions that make it increasingly difficult for Iran’s Asian customers to pay for oil deliveries. Tehran insists the sanctions won’t force it to give up its nuclear program.
“Sanctions hurt the people. But there are two options. One is to surrender and repent in the face of the bullying powers like weak nations,” Khamenei said. “The other is to activate domestic resources and capabilities like a brave nation and triumphantly pass the danger zone. Undoubtedly, the Iranian nation has chosen the second option.”
Khamenei also called on rival politicians to avoid quarrels, an apparent reference to a power struggle between Ahmadinejad and his conservative rivals in parliament ahead of the June presidential elections.
Khamenei was referring to a barely audible videotape showing Fazel Larijani, the brother of parliament speaker Ali Larijani, in a meeting where he allegedly sought a bribe in return for ensuring the support of the speaker and another brother, who is chief of the judiciary.
Ali Larijani denied the charge saying he had no business relation with his brother. He accused Ahmadinejad of having a “Mafia-type” attitude and said the president was disregarding the country’s dignity, law and ethics.
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The Big Mick
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 8:04pmKeton 4:53,
Not at all, I “justify my intolerance” the only way intolerance CAN be justified–by cogency.
I am intolerant of those who seek to Abrogate my God Endowed Unalienable Individual Rights.
I am intolerant of Tyrants. I am intolerant of those who seek to enslave me and mine.
The Sandyknickered RagaMuzzied JihadiNazis are ALL that.
ALL Islamists are, at bottom Islamic Hegemonists. It’s the MAINSTREAM of the Culture and The Dominant Religious Orthodoxy. There may be minor “denominations” with Islam that are prepared to make compromises for Tolerance, like various Jewish “denominations” in turn of last century America, but they are MARGINALIZED. At bottom and in the main “Islam” remains a Dark Age Barbarian Patriarchal Culture that is bent on Global Islamic Hegemony in a World Wide Islamic Caliphate. They don’t HAVE their “Prophet”/Messiah on record as saying “my kingdom is NOT of this world.” In this their Ultimate Aims differ not at all from the Racist *** Militarist Imperials and the 3rd Reich. What is going, in the end, to have to be done to STOP them is the SAME. Total destruction of the underlying Culture.
I am tolerant indeed of all those who, like me, just want to BE left the he ll alone and go out of their way TO leave others alone. That ain’t the Ragamuzzies, it ain’t the Collectivist Statist Redistributionists, it ain’t the Van Jones GangstaHoodies, or La Raza, it ain’t the Prhomos. THEY are all going OUT OF THEIR WAY to EFF with me a
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afvetfirewoman
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 1:48pm@BIG MICK – the “common” muslim, at least those I knew in various litter boxes in the Middle East, were not much different than the “common” American. Don’t get me wrong, the others still want to kill us all! But, the kids are curious and welcoming. My “guide” and I spent hours discussing our religious differences and common ground even though it placed both he and I at risk of bedouin punishment (don’t go there – I didn’t). We learned. Most are peaceful – they just want peace too. If only they weren’t the minority.
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dibob
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 6:35pmactualy that is a true statement as long as bosama is da prednetand da preezy
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tonypro
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 2:59amHell we wouldn’t stop them, barry would run right over and hand them the screwdriver to put the finishing touches on the dang thing.
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MrKnowItAll
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 6:17pmIs This For REAL??? Everybody Hates Everybody! To bad we all couldn’t just Live.
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The Big Mick
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 7:41pmI’d prefer to be left alone MK. But if the Sandyknickers insist on effn with me aned mine I want them BURNED.
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pdw
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 9:00amStrange that America gets blamed for all the hate in this world. Bullies never change they keep using the same old system they have always used. Its not my fault, he started if first mommy.
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denkat56
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 6:00pmYou’ll wonder where Iran went when the nukes hit. 16 empty missile tubes, a mushroom cloud, its time for a drink at Rosie’s.
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KidCharlemagne
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 6:21pmThe flip-side to that argument is that such an event would cause a massive disruption in the global flow of oil…
This would subsequently cause a massive sell-off of U.S. Treasury bonds……..which would cause interest rates in the U.S. to rise substantially…….which would cause a massive credit contraction…….which would cause a deep, prolonged recession….
Ultimately a VERY bad idea.
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The Big Mick
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 7:40pmKidCharlie.
Even if what you say is true, it is a recommendation for Drilling tomorrow off shore, in ANWAR, in oil shale etc, rather than a recommendation for NOT crushing someone threatening you.
If you are that worried, call for a restart of the Neutron Bomb program. Dark Age Barbarian Sandyknickers go away, oil infrastructure remains.
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KidCharlemagne
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 9:48pmThe Big Mick
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 7:40pm
KidCharlie.
Even if what you say is true, it is a recommendation for Drilling tomorrow off shore, in ANWAR, in oil shale etc, rather than a recommendation for NOT crushing someone threatening you.
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Then you are absolutely clueless as to how the world’s monetary system works then…
“Who” and “where” we get our oil from is absolutely irrelevant.
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Kumo
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 4:37pmConsidering we’ve been enemies for many years now, what proof do we have that he is being honest in the claim that they won’t build a nuclear weapon?
Granted WMDs were never found in Iraq and it was later revealed that Saddam chose not to deny having WMDs because he was concerned about the Iranians restarting the war. This goes along with the old strategy that it is best to let the enemy believe you are more powerful than you actually are.
The real question is what strategy are the Iranians using?
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Keatonc333
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 4:48pmI think the strategy is to save their economy. The sanctions against them have been crippling, and to lift the sanctions they must abandon their nuclear hopes.
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yazoo
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 3:51pmWhen dealing with Muslims I think the Bosnian Serbs got it right.
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wilbstal
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 3:40pmIsrael should get the most money for defence. The Jews are Gods chosen people and Christ was a jew. Comon guys get with the program here are you all Heathens??? Nasty, Dirty folks get a life here well anti Christ folks dont care
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barber2
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 4:14pmWILB: and what name did you use before starting this one today ? Everyone: note comments this day !
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wilbstal
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 3:30pmfrigging rag heads spreading fear through the globe, hehehe I could fix that in one evening if i had the controls, hmmm weak leaders we have and cowards to boot
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wilbstal
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 3:28pmIm sick of hearning about iran, N Korea etc, had America carpet bombed these jerk off countrys back to the stone ages in the 1980s we would not be bothered now. I warned all of you jerks yah dont listen to real leadership.
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13th Imam
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 4:36pmHey Long Face Kerry, Is that you?
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zoro51
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:47pmdo NOT buy into this MURDERING MUSLUMS words still HELL BENT on KILLING anyone n everyonbe they are BLOOD LUSTERD.. MUSLUMS KILL FOR NO REASON.. they are in a man made cult of hat en deaht STILL worshiping the stone idol god baal giused as allah..
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barber2
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:46pmThe picture of this room full of robots – all doing the same thing – all holding the manufactured and distributed photos – reminds me of our Far Lefties : the OWS crowds, the union mobs with their manufactured and distributed signs , the MIC checks, the ACORN groups, the youth gangs, the rows of people behind every Obama teleprompter delivery ! Reminds me of the North Korea mob scenes which remind me of the Nazi group rallies …Just a bunch of ” organized,” mindless groupies who want to be part of the group . Just a bunch of gathered minds who lose their individual identities to become part of a wave of mindless humanity ….I think humanity is ” de- evolving .”
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The_Jerk
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:50pmDid you even make a point in that diatribe? Spoken like a true fundamentalist. One no different from those you criticize.
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barber2
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 4:17pmJerk: Explain how my comment about collective , mindless, media performing robots, makes me a ” fundamentalist .”
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afvetfirewoman
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:21pmLadies (and ladies posing as ENCINOM), before you start your “you’re all war-mongers” chants; take a good hard look at the picture, notice the absence of women. If you like that sort of environment, move there and then run your mouths. I, for one, put my money on the U.S. Armed Forces (but definitely not the current emperor and his adorers)
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The_Jerk
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:33pmRacists see the world through race jaded glasses. Sexists see the world through sex jaded glasses. Look at the NFL, “Those sexist pigs,” cries the sexist Afvetfirewoman.
Nice non-point, you women centered creature.
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Keatonc333
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:34pmYa if you are going to compare Iran to America you are way off base. Of course Iran isn’t how we want it. and has a lot of growing to do! But having the US army go in isn’t going to solve any of that! All a war with Iran will do is build more hatred for the US in the region.. and completely destabilize one of the only stable governments in the middle east! yes a lot needs to change with Iran but another war is not how you get that done! sanctions, followed by an open dialogue and working together is a much more promising path! and again, we want to send a positive message to the region we MUST recognize the plight of palestine! War after war after war is not going to make the muslim world like us more.
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The Big Mick
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:36pmFlygirl. Yup. The Iranian/Palestinian/Sandyknickers apologists here blithely ignore that what they are Excusing and Mitigating in these Dark Age Barbarian KLANbangers is a kind CULTURAL Patriarchal ABUSE of WOMEN that they would NOT tolerate in a Mormon Fundy or Amish Mafioso for a New York Second. Course those Good Ole Boys are irredeemably WHITE!
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soybomb315_II
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:39pmIran is where America was 150 years ago….but other countries were not forcing equality down our throats at the time
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The Big Mick
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:49pm“got a lot of growing to do”.
Hmmm, I guess that could have been said of the Branch Davidians, if we hadn’t BURNED em that is.
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The Big Mick
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:52pmSoy, naw, the Dark Age Barbarian Patriarchal KLANbangers are where THEY were 15 HUNDRED years ago.
And you and Keyhole are DEFENDING them, EXCUSING them and MITIGATING their Barbarian Dark Age BEHAVIOR.
If you want to do the same for the Mormon Fundies and Branch Davidians, go ahead.
Looks to me though the only difference is Melanin count and ONE is BAD PEOPLE and the other are GOOD PEOPLE in your book.
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The Big Mick
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:57pmJrkOffsky,
“Racists see the world through race jaded glasses. Sexists see the world through sex jaded glasses”
and “We sanction more violence than Hamas or Hezbollah could ever sanction. And, it’s precisely because of our religious demagogues” sees the world through….Anti-American glasses? Anti-”white”?
Naw…I think the balance of probabilities favors through stale elimination and fresh insemination–we ARE talking IDEAS, right?– stained glasses
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soybomb315_II
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 3:21pmHey Big Mick
I am not excusing them – i am just saying bombing a country is not a good way to force gender equality. I wonder if Iran’s cops also burn the bad guys to death when they have them cornered – know what i mean…..
As far as i am concerned, every country is barbaric
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Fubared
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 4:27pmJihad Jerk making the rounds. Couldn’t settle on just a Jew meme and had to attack a woman? Please say you are at least attired in your best wife beater while fluffing for your comrades. Oh, lalalalalalalala .
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riseandshine
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 4:42pmBarbaric Stone Age society:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d42_1328474802
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gFa8UmDj-4
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=modern+iran&view=detail&mid=A9EE55DB5BF5A3C30E12A9EE55DB5BF5A3C30E12&first=21&FORM=NVPFVR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdQ4Yos1Fm4
http://persia1.wordpress.com/2008/06/11/beautiful-iran-photos/
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The Big Mick
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 7:49pmSoy, 3:21.
Ok, got me there, nicely done. I acknowledge the cogency of your rebuttal and your argument.
Still, EVERYBODY was where America was 150 years ago, and MOST have grown OUT of it.
It should tell us things that the Sandyknickers have REFUSED to. Japanese Racist Militarism and the German 3rd Reich were similar “throw back’ cultures and look how they had to be dealt with. The JihadNazis are MORE dangerous. They’ve had the same 150 years as the rest of us, WE are under no obligation to PERMIT them more—Grow Up, Enter the 21st Century or BE MADE EXTINCT.
On the other hand, I also agree with Frank Woods in Call of Duty Black Ops II : Alex Mason: “Nobody likes the Russians”, Woods: “You know me, I hate everyone.”
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afvetfirewoman
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 1:41pm@FUBARED – thanks for the back up. I can hold my own too. I fought (yes JERK – FOUGHT) for that persons right to keep opining. Whether or not it’s accurate or blatantly misguided matters not to me. War isn’t the answer always, been there and done that. But it IS the only thing radicals understand. It’s a shame that I will be called to defend the JERK too, but as Toby Keith sang, “I don’t want to die for you, but if dying is asked of me, I will give my life WITH HONOR, ’cause freedom don’t come free” (or something close to that)
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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:06pmSanctions are not working. Foreign corporations are funding the Atlantic Council, which Chuck Hagel chairs. These corporations have violated sanctions. Enzi, Italian oil is proud of it’s cooperation with Iran. Deutsche Bank is under investigation of which Hagel is a member of their board as well as Chevron who signed a joint agreement with Turkey State Oil Company to buy 90% of Iran’s natural gas which Turkey converts back to gold and sends to Iran.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/02/dangerous_times_islamic_fascism_exploits_euro_crisis.html
http://www.frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/islamists-stealing-christian-children-to-train-as-suicide-bombers/
Even if Iran does not have a nuclear bomb…..their funding of Hizballah and terror throughout the world with OPEC and OIC money, propaganda and hate are destroying in every other way possible.
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Keatonc333
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:17pmSanctions are actually working really well! Iran’s economy is in decline. and they should be one of the richest nations in the region. I think the sanctions have a lot to do with this announcement. there has been a lot of inflation and economic turmoil in iran since the sanctions we enacted. Its pretty common knowledge how bad the sanctions are effecting Iran’s economy actually. How you decided they aren’t working is a mystery to me.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/23/sanctions-are-causing-inflation-in-iran-and-harmimg-its-economy.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2012/10/22/are-iran-sanctions-working/
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2012/1003/Iran-sanctions-Amid-signs-they-re-working-EU-aiming-for-more
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The_Jerk
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:17pmIran is none of our business. Mind your own business. We sanction more violence than Hamas or Hezbollah could ever sanction. And, it’s precisely because of our religious demagogues.
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Fubared
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 4:31pmJihad Jerk go be belligerent on the West Bank. This isn’t any of your bidness. Stay out. Go read wiki. Belligerent wanker. Lalalalalalalala.
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barber2
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 4:35pmSHHH…everyone . The Jerk has spoken ! And he is using the new word for the day ” demagogue.”
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tzion
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 9:31pm@Keatonc333
If it was working they’d stop trying to build a nuke. Of course there’s a chance we wouldn’t be here if Obama had agreed to help the opposition to the current regime after they BEGGED us for assistance. The economic impact affects the people more than the regime so the only way it’ll ever work is if it encourages another uprising.
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AnAmerican111
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:03pmHey all! Look! all the morons with the towels wrapped too tight around their head are holding up target practice pictures!……………………………………
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Keatonc333
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:19pmIt is people like you that make Blaze readers seem so completely disgusting! To all conservatives! you can not continually complain that people view you as racist, intolerant and hateful, and at the same time refuse to denounce statements from idiots like this..
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The Big Mick
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:47pmROFL!
Keyhole you ARE a HOOT! One does not GET any MORE “racist, intolerant and hateful” then your Garden Variety RagaMuzzied JihadiNazi Sandyknicker. Old Sandyknickered proverb: “My brother and I against my cousin, my cousin and I against the stranger.” You MISS all the “Death to the Jews” chants? Or doesn’t that BOTHER you? You buyin that RACISM and Intolerance and HATRED can only be COMMITTED by Chrisitians and Jews against Sandyknickers and by Christians Against Jews and “Whites” against “Blacks”? Working Coulter’s “Hierarchy of Victimhood” here?
Lawh, boy, these Dark Age Barbarian Patriarchal KLANbangers are going around executing teenage rape victims, chopping the heads off cartoonists, honor killing their wives, throwing acid on Models, and YOU want to draw Moral Equivalents!
What a BUFFOON!
YOU give the impression of being a PRHOMO, Key, THESE GUYS WANT TO KILL YOU, if you don’t make the cut as a Baca Bazi Boy. THEY INSTITUTIONALIZE Pederasty! They SO FAR beyond the RCC they don’t even remember which boy they humped last!
It is difficult to escape the conclusion you DEFEND them only because they HATE White Christian Straights as much as you do.
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Keatonc333
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 4:53pmSo.. just to be clear big mick.. you are justifying your own intolerance by comparing yourself to islamic extremists?
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EQUALIZER
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:03pmThe nuke plans were delivered to iran on a silver platter via the drone Barry Soetoro supplied them.
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The_Jerk
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:19pmNo, the nuke plans were given to the most belligerent nation in the Middle East, Israel, decades ago.
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barber2
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:54pmJERK: Are you getting paid over-time today ? Notice you seem to be functioning as the last comment standing !
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Keatonc333
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:57pmA healthy Relationship between the US and Iran is the best hope for the region. And for Israel! I hope this is a possible beginning to that. If we can make Iran an ally, or at least a neutral country, we can start to build a relationship between us and the middle east. We must address Palestine too, being as that is the main issue that drives the hatred for America in the area. So have Iran hand over all their nuclear material, and agree to regular UN inspections. Then we can lift sanctions on Iran making their economy easier to prosper. That could be the start of a healthy relationship! Which could be the start of a peaceful middle east.. Or at least a stable middle east! But again For this to happen we must address the Palestine situation! I mean love Israel all you want. And I do view them as a valuable ally in the middle east, despite their reluctance to help us in Iraq and afghanistan, But if we want to really help Israel we must rectify the Palestinian problem. This story actually gives me some hope for the middle east! And this is a reason why I support Chuck Hagel! he said he would try to work with Iran! Seriously guys please! we need to get behind this type of thinking! we can stand with israel and help the Muslim world at the same time! In fact the two are one in the same!
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The Big Mick
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:13pmROFL.
Thank you Neville Chamberlain.
Yes, “A healthy Relationship between the 3rd Reich and The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is the best hope for the region.”
Lets see, we HAD “a healthy Relationship [with] Iran and then a Dark Age Barbarian Patriarchal Religious FANATIC that made David Koresh look REASONABLE was helped to power by another Dumblocrap Commiequeer American Hating 3rd World Lover…what was his name….Rabbit Killer Carter?
Keyhole, what is just a HOOT is how you MITIGATE, EXCUSE and IGNORE in Sandusky Dark Age Barbarian KLANsmen the kinds of behavior you would not Tolerate for a New York Second in a Mormon Fundy, a West Virginia Deliverance Banjo Picking Snake Handler or The Amish Mafia.
Only difference is THEY WHITE!
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The_Jerk
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:21pmThe Big Mick, the Reich, that you have mentioned, actually had a working relationship with the Jewish Zionists… those who would later become Israel. Ignorance is the best friend of ideologues.
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soybomb315_II
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:28pmHey Big Mick,
I encourage you to get familiar with “Left Behind” book series and theology. Also the influence of people like John Hagee on evangelical christians. 65 million copies of Left Behind series have been sold
http://followingjesus.org/seekers/fundamentalist_christianity.htm
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Keatonc333
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:28pmYou misunderstand my friend. we had a healthy relationship with Iran until the ayatollah came to power and nationalized a number of western businesses. and of course the Iran hostage crisis. I assume the ayatollah is the extreme Koresh you were talking about, which Jimmy Carter had nothing to do with. Jimmy Carter actually actively opposed the ayatollah throughout his administration. especially with the whole hostage crisis. anyway I then tried to understand the rest of your post but it just seemed like gibberish. something about a banjo playing amish mafia or something.. you lost me.
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soybomb315_II
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:38pmsorry big mick – my previous post was meant for the thread below
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The_Jerk
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:38pmKeatonc333, you are spreading falsehoods. We did not have a wonderful relationship with Iran. In 1953 we overthrew their democratically elected government and installed a dictator, an oppressive dictator. Educate yourself. It’s not that difficult. Ignorance is the friend of ideologues.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WVtpao0KSM
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:43pmKEATON
I’d have to say I agree with you. If only Zero aided and supported Iran like he did Egypt and the other Arab Spring countries, but he refuses to help the people of Iran, and continues to support the radical muslim leadership of Iran.
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The_Jerk
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:48pmAnonymous T. Irrelevant, the opposition is not a strong a movement as our propaganda leads you to believe. We need to mind our own business.
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The Big Mick
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 3:00pmYeah, Hitler created Israel and Hagee chants “death to Prhomos”.
Lawd, boys, the term “Faux Moral Equivalence” just ESCAPES your bigotry, doesn’t it?
What do ya’ll know of The Arab Legion, the Grand Muffti of Jerusalem, the Baath party.
Baca Bazi boys?
I got a trash run to make before the dump closes. Why do I think there’s more RATIONALITY in that then “Evil Christian Hegemonists and Zionists”.
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Keatonc333
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 4:56pmThe Jerk.. yes what you said is true but believe it or not that dictator we installed in the 50s. we had a healthy relationship with him… until the ayatollah came to power.. so tell me how is what I said in the least bit false?
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Keatonc333
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 6:02pmanonymous T. Ya.. I don’t think we could have with the sanctions on Iran.. but if they prove themselves to be nuke material free then I think we should definitely support them! I really hope thats what happens.
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AUsername
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:41pmpeaceful country like any other.
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The_Jerk
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:23pmHow many times has Iran attacked its neighbors? Now, how many times has Israel? Who’s the belligerent?
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barber2
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:58pmJERK: Israel was attacked by their wacko neighbors several times. There is a difference between retaliation/ self- defense and ” attacking ” ( look up the word before you use it…since you like to give that advice, you should follow it ). Oh, and you might want to re-visit the Iranian hostage event which am sure happened before you were born )
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tzion
Posted on February 17, 2013 at 9:18am@Jerk
The answer to your question: Iran has attacked its neighbors as many times as Hamas and Hezbollah have used Iranian weapons to do so, which is hundreds of times. How many times has Israel attacked its neighbors? Far less than the number of times it would have been justified to do so. Fact, every country Israel attacked attacked Israel first.
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:40pmThey have declared themselves a nuclear power, and now we are suppose to believe they are not seeking or have not already built at least one nuclear device?
The part of Obama being unable to stop them is true, he will do nothing to stop his radical allies in the region from gaining a nuclear weapon.
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The_Jerk
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:23pmSo what. It is none of your business.
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barber2
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:53pmJERK: My but you are a busy little body. So you are now in charge of deciding whose business any topic is ?! What are you , the new Obama Opinion Czar ?! Do tell…
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circleDwagons
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 3:20pmWait. We have nuclear weapons, the state of Isreal as nuclear weapons…. Our friends russia and china have nuclear weapons but we want to tell iran what they can do?
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DLV
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 7:51pmCircled- Iran wants to wipe out Israel. The other nuke powers are at least somewhat stable. Iran is not with its wacko leaders
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AnAmerican111
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:26pmRight! Lets believe a religious fanatic who has a towel wrapped to tight around his head!
World would be a better place without Iran…………I’m just saying……….
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soybomb315_II
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:33pmsome would say it is also religious fanaticism for a country to encourage a world war in the middle east in order to bring about the end times
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Keatonc333
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:44pmAmen soy bomb! You might not like Iran.. but I think Ahmadinejad is smart enough to realize the ramifications of building a nuclear weapon. I mean the UN sanctions alone have started destroying their economy. they build a nuke and they will be the next Afghanistan. no one needs that.. I hope we can open talks with Iran and Ahmadinejad to perhaps turn over all nuclear material and agree to yearly inspections or something like that.. In return we can start lifting sanctions and build a stable relationship.. I mean you want to stand with Israel. what would be better than a peaceful Iran? we get that done then we can focus on Palestine, which i believe MUST happen if their is any chance of a stable middle east in our life time. Palestine should be our main focus point. you ask any Muslim in the region, They will tell you their feeling for America are stemmed from the US ignoring the plight of Palestine.. I mean really look at what we did to them to form Israel. I know you guys love Israel, but It was REALLY unfair! If we can start to rectify that situation the attitude towards America will gradually change. That is how we should stand with Israel! by helping to create a safer region for them. Really, whats better than that?
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ares338
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:47pmThe end of times happens every day for someone somewhere.
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The Big Mick
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:04pmROTFL! Soy. Keytone.
Did you miss the part where it is AmentotheJihad, the Moolas, Azaholas, Inmoms, and rest of the Ragamuzzies in general who are shouting “13 Imam” and “Destroy the Jews”?
Ain’t NOBODY “encouraging a world war in the mid east to bring on the end times” but the Sandyknickered JihadiNazis.
And it ain’t “’world’ war”. It is the Sandyknickers and Israel. As long as the Goat Suckin Camelhumpers want to pick fights with Jews who kick their backward azes, let em rumble. The ONLY jackazes “encouraging” WAR here is the dumbaszes who insist on messing with ME and MINE! EFF them. The “Poor Little Ripped Off Palestinians” are part of a Dark Age Barbarian Patriarchal KLANculture that has NO PLACE in the 21st Century. They can adapt or be exterminated. They eff with me and mine I want them BURNED! If they were so mistreated their fellow Dark Age Barbarian Klansmen should have made a place for them in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan instead of attacking Israel in violation of the UN Mandate. WAY past time to “Move On dot Org” from THAT, Keyhole. They GOT their own turf now. They can make it a going concern, or they can eff with me and mine and DIE. I don’t like them so I’d LOVE to see them DIE! But if they DO want to be “Peaceful” let them SHOW it.
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The_Jerk
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:25pmThe Big Mick, they can yell destroy the Jews forever. We’re America. You had better rediscover your loyalty.
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soybomb315_II
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:47pmHey Big Mick,
I encourage you to get familiar with “Left Behind” book series and theology. Also the influence of people like John Hagee on evangelical christians. 65 million copies of Left Behind series have been sold
http://followingjesus.org/seekers/fundamentalist_christianity.htm
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The Big Mick
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 8:16pmjerk 2:25
my loyalty is to my God Endowed Unalienable Individual Rights and to The Constitution and The Republic created SOLELY to secure those Rights. It is to The Republic, but NOT to “The Union” which I do not regard as Indivisable, and most assuredly not to “The Government”.
Having said that, my point to the Sandy’s “kill all the Jews” was to illustrate THEIR Racism and intolerance and to REBUT the concept on the thread that it should be mitigated or excused.
I say again, J, I don’t feel a need to fight Israel’s battles for them. They always kick the Sandy’s asz anyway. I feel a need to cave in Raggie Skulls for effn with ME and MINE. They want to leave us OUT of it, I’m cool.
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momrules
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:24pmIt really is getting hard to know who to believe. Should we believe the crazy Supreme Leader who wants Israel wiped off the map OR should we go with the crazy President Ahmadinejad who wants Israel wiped off the map?
Hhmmm…….Tough one.
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The-Monk
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:28pmHi Momrules,
Don’t forget the other crazy President….
Good night all…
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Shasta
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:31pmOr should we believe a crazy future Secretary of Defense who does not like Israel but tells us we should negotiate with Iran
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momrules
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:38pmHi Monk……….Wish I could forget about that other crazy President.
Rest well Monk.
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momrules
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:40pmShasta…….the nightmare just won’t end will it?
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neverending
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:21pmThat’s pretty much what the whole world is saying about us now because they know we have a wimp in the whitehouse who won’t stop them and if they wait just a little while longer we won’t even have a military in tact to stop them is we wanted to.
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barber2
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:44pmNEVER: Agree. The rest of the world hates America almost as much as the Chicago radical Democrats who want to ” change” all things American !
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Keatonc333
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:58pmtwo words! Bin Laden!
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barber2
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:10pm333: Three words : Navy Seals…. Benghazi .
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riseandshine
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 5:16pmTwo words…tall tale.
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The Big Mick
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:18pmNow we know where Baghdad Bob ended up.
Sandyknickers are SO divorced from REALITY.
But then what can you expect from a Dark Age Barbarian Patriarchal KLANculture?
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EQUALIZER
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:14pmThe Obama Admin will even hep Iran get nukes, its only fair,right?
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:41pmHe probably has given them the technology or actual devices already.
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Keatonc333
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:59pmI think your think of Israel… you know the country we give 4 billion to annually in military funding
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13th Imam
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:09pmJust like goin to a Food Stamp/Bammyphone convention. Mug shots of the Thief in Chief being held toward Mecca . Let’s givem a demo of a Nuke Party. It would be great seeing those leaflets Blowin in the Wind.
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The_Jerk
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:06pmMore demagoguery for Israel’s sake. All day, everyday.
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barber2
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 1:42pmMore ” hate Israel” from the Jerk, All day , everyday .
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The_Jerk
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:15pmBarber, look up the definition of hate before you use it.
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barber2
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 2:50pmJerk : I know what the word means and I use it purposefully.
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Fubared
Posted on February 16, 2013 at 4:29pmJihad Jerky boy…why are your reach around buds/Iranians purchasing so many end stage magnets of late? To make energy right? As a bot, aspiring nazi, and Muslim appeaser, how is married life?
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