Comments on: The Big Hostage http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/12/09/the-big-hostage/ Just another Pajamasmedia.com weblog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:02:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: DougJ http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/12/09/the-big-hostage/#comment-70944 DougJ Mon, 12 Dec 2005 05:00:31 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/12/09/the-big-hostage/#comment-70944 This is another reason why it is imperative that we take military action in Iraq sooner rather than later. One of the chief advantages of having toppled Saddam is that the Mullahs in Iran see what awaits them if they don't back off their Islamofascist anti-American program. As operations in Iraq wind down in late spring/early summer of 2006, I fuly expect that we begin plans for a full-scale invasion of Iran. This is another reason why it is imperative that we take military action in Iraq sooner rather than later. One of the chief advantages of having toppled Saddam is that the Mullahs in Iran see what awaits them if they don’t back off their Islamofascist anti-American program. As operations in Iraq wind down in late spring/early summer of 2006, I fuly expect that we begin plans for a full-scale invasion of Iran.

]]> By: Alexandra von Maltzan http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/12/09/the-big-hostage/#comment-70943 Alexandra von Maltzan Sat, 10 Dec 2005 03:42:17 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/12/09/the-big-hostage/#comment-70943 Joe and John, You guys are great I have just posted both of the liks within an update to my TrackBacked article above, and of course credited. Thanks to you both, really informative. Joe and John,

You guys are great I have just posted both of the liks within an update to my TrackBacked article above, and of course credited.

Thanks to you both, really informative.

]]> By: John Lynch http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/12/09/the-big-hostage/#comment-70942 John Lynch Sat, 10 Dec 2005 03:02:50 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/12/09/the-big-hostage/#comment-70942 Oops. Not last year. Just a few months ago. Oops. Not last year. Just a few months ago.

]]> By: John Lynch http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/12/09/the-big-hostage/#comment-70941 John Lynch Sat, 10 Dec 2005 03:00:30 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/12/09/the-big-hostage/#comment-70941 This from an <a href="http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,382527-2,00.html" rel="nofollow">interview</a> with Rumsfeld back last year: <blockquote>SPIEGEL: The US is trying to make the case in the United Nations Security Council. Rumsfeld: I would not say that. I thought France, Germany and the UK were working on that problem. SPIEGEL: What kind of sanctions are we talking about? Rumsfeld: I'm not talking about sanctions. I thought you, and the U.K. and France were. SPIEGEL: You aren't? Rumsfeld: I'm not talking about sanctions. You've got the lead. Well, lead! SPIEGEL: You mean the Europeans. Rumsfeld: Sure. My Goodness, Iran is your neighbour. We don't have to do everything! SPIEGEL: We are in the middle of regime change in Germany... Rumsfeld: ... that's hardly the phrase I would have selected. </blockquote> Maybe Merkel is just following up. This from an interview with Rumsfeld back last year:

SPIEGEL: The US is trying to make the case in the United Nations Security Council.

Rumsfeld: I would not say that. I thought France, Germany and the UK were working on that problem.

SPIEGEL: What kind of sanctions are we talking about?

Rumsfeld: I’m not talking about sanctions. I thought you, and the U.K. and France were.

SPIEGEL: You aren’t?

Rumsfeld: I’m not talking about sanctions. You’ve got the lead. Well, lead!

SPIEGEL: You mean the Europeans.

Rumsfeld: Sure. My Goodness, Iran is your neighbour. We don’t have to do everything!

SPIEGEL: We are in the middle of regime change in Germany…

Rumsfeld: … that’s hardly the phrase I would have selected.

Maybe Merkel is just following up.

]]> By: joe http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/12/09/the-big-hostage/#comment-70940 joe Sat, 10 Dec 2005 01:16:39 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/12/09/the-big-hostage/#comment-70940 Well the Europeans and espically the Germans confuse word and actions. I realize there are some action verbs which are also words. Trust me having spoken to the Iranians like this the Germans will feel they have done their part, taken strong action and view this as a strong show of force. They then will start planning their next trade exhibtion to Iran. This link provides a more realistic view of just where the Germans really are. http://www.trans-int.com/blog/archives/68-A-Sense-Of-Foreboding-German-Reactions-to-Ahmadinejad.html Well the Europeans and espically the Germans confuse word and actions. I realize there are some action verbs which are also words.

Trust me having spoken to the Iranians like this the Germans will feel they have done their part, taken strong action and view this as a strong show of force. They then will start planning their next trade exhibtion to Iran.

This link provides a more realistic view of just where the Germans really are.

http://www.trans-int.com/blog/archives/68-A-Sense-Of-Foreboding-German-Reactions-to-Ahmadinejad.html

]]> By: joe http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/12/09/the-big-hostage/#comment-70939 joe Sat, 10 Dec 2005 01:15:37 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/12/09/the-big-hostage/#comment-70939 Well the Europeans and espically the Germans confuse word and actions. I realize there are some action verbs which are also words. Trust me having spoken to the Iranians like this the Germans will feel they have done their part, taken strong action and view this as a strong show of force. They then will start planning their next trade exhibtion to Iran. This link provides a more realistic view of just where the Germans really are. http://www.trans-int.com/blog/archives/68-A-Sense-Of-Foreboding-German-Reactions-to-Ahmadinejad.html Well the Europeans and espically the Germans confuse word and actions. I realize there are some action verbs which are also words.

Trust me having spoken to the Iranians like this the Germans will feel they have done their part, taken strong action and view this as a strong show of force. They then will start planning their next trade exhibtion to Iran.

This link provides a more realistic view of just where the Germans really are.

http://www.trans-int.com/blog/archives/68-A-Sense-Of-Foreboding-German-Reactions-to-Ahmadinejad.html

]]> By: PeterUK http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/12/09/the-big-hostage/#comment-70938 PeterUK Fri, 09 Dec 2005 23:59:52 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/12/09/the-big-hostage/#comment-70938 "Not the imagined response of the "teasonous" Demos and press." What's wrong with tea? Joe Wilson loves the stuff. “Not the imagined response of the “teasonous” Demos and press.”

What’s wrong with tea? Joe Wilson loves the stuff.

]]> By: Steven Mitchell http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/12/09/the-big-hostage/#comment-70937 Steven Mitchell Fri, 09 Dec 2005 22:33:25 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/12/09/the-big-hostage/#comment-70937 I'm probably sounding like a broken record on Iran, but to me the question is simple. It isn't what the U.S. will do. It isn't what Israel might do. Rather, what will a Free Iraq do when they get fed up with their neighbor? Their duly elected prime minister call up the U.S. Pres, says he wants to do X, and the response is, "we got your back." Iran can win the race, get the bomb, and change the calculus. But they don't have unlimited time. Since both Iran and Iraq are both run by people not anywhere near as delusional as the usual U.N. flunky, Democrat foreign policy spokesperson, or even our various local memebots--you can bet that they have thought long and hard on the issue. I’m probably sounding like a broken record on Iran, but to me the question is simple. It isn’t what the U.S. will do. It isn’t what Israel might do.

Rather, what will a Free Iraq do when they get fed up with their neighbor? Their duly elected prime minister call up the U.S. Pres, says he wants to do X, and the response is, “we got your back.”

Iran can win the race, get the bomb, and change the calculus. But they don’t have unlimited time. Since both Iran and Iraq are both run by people not anywhere near as delusional as the usual U.N. flunky, Democrat foreign policy spokesperson, or even our various local memebots–you can bet that they have thought long and hard on the issue.

]]> By: Alexandra von Maltzan http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/12/09/the-big-hostage/#comment-70936 Alexandra von Maltzan Fri, 09 Dec 2005 22:30:22 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/12/09/the-big-hostage/#comment-70936 All Things Beautiful TrackBack <a href="http://www.allthingsbeautiful.com/all_things_beautiful/2005/12/president_mahmo.html" rel="nofollow">Extraction Of The Stone Of Iranian Madness</a>: "President Bush performing an extraction of the stone of madness on The Iranian President Ahmadinejad with Pope Benedict and Michelle Malkin looking on. The original is called "The Cure of Folly" (Extraction of the Stone of Madness) by Hieronymus BOSCH, ca. 1475-80 Museo del Prado, Madrid" All Things Beautiful TrackBack Extraction Of The Stone Of Iranian Madness:

“President Bush performing an extraction of the stone of madness on The Iranian President Ahmadinejad with Pope Benedict and Michelle Malkin looking on. The original is called “The Cure of Folly” (Extraction of the Stone of Madness) by Hieronymus BOSCH, ca. 1475-80 Museo del Prado, Madrid”

]]> By: monkyboy http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/12/09/the-big-hostage/#comment-70935 monkyboy Fri, 09 Dec 2005 21:37:42 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/12/09/the-big-hostage/#comment-70935 Yeah photo, it's the 2.5 million barrels of oil Iran ships every day that make any threats against them empty. Not the imagined response of the "teasonous" Demos and press. Yeah photo, it’s the 2.5 million barrels of oil Iran ships every day that make any threats against them empty.

Not the imagined response of the “teasonous” Demos and press.

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