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you are ab-using [QUOTE]blah blah blah[/QUOTE] to reply to ShadowSD.
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[QUOTE="ShadowSD:408051"]Ever been to Iran? Most people in Tehran have cell phones and satellite dishes that get music videos and CNN. Ahmadinejad is being cautiously applauded there (even by people who don't like him) for his domestic agenda, which includes investing Iranian money in the country's infastructure, instead of stashing it in Swiss banks (obviously, their government is still not doing nearly enough to bring jobs, culture, and technology to the people, but it's funny that you're cutting down Ahmadinejad in the same paragraph as criticizing Iran for domestic problems that he's actually combated). India is also developing nuclear weapons, and with our help. We also gave Iran it's first nuclear reactor in the 1970's. In addition, Iran signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, and India still has not (nor has Pakistan or Israel). Iran will also not have nuclear capability for ten years, where India, Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea are way ahead. Ahmadinejad's comments were about destroying the political entity of Israel, not about killing Jews. This has been pointed out a number of times, not just by him and his political opponents, but by the tens of thousands of Jews who live peacefully in Iran: "Zionism is a political party that enjoys Jewish symbols and ideals, but it's not the same thing," (Iranian Jew Dr. Unes Hammai-Lalehzar) says. "The law that is being enforced in Israel is not Jewish law, it's not religious, its anti-religious." In the nearby synagogue, David Zakaria, who owns a rubber factory, agrees: "His comments were directed more to Israel as a political entity," he says of President Ahmadinejad. "I'm connected to Israel religiously, it's the Holy Land, but not politically." Source: http://hotzone.yahoo.com/b/hotzone/20060119/hz_iran_0106/blogs2276;_ylt=AoC.F..VVaoDWiB4j4tTGnWwEcsF;_ylu=X3oDMTBhcGtxczUxBHNlYwNoenRyaXA- Why none of this is EVER widely reported in the American media, I don't know... I suppose the thinking is that the "new Hitler" persona of Ahmadinejad will make Bush seem more justified in wanting a regime change in Iran. The unfortunate thing is that when you intentionally try to build up resentment and mistrust between East and West, you're really only helping one group: the terrorists. They know quite well that they win by reducing the war to East vs. West/Muslim vs. Christian, and that they lose if the war on terror is recognized as anarchy vs. civilization. Maybe we should stop helping them... (I don't blame you for not knowing any of this about Iran, because if you watch the news media, you'd think that Ahmadinejad was the father of Neo-Nazism. I'm just saying I think it's wise for us to know all the facts about a country before we starting lobbing nuclear weapons at them.) [/QUOTE]
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