tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post1789602330540764757..comments2023-10-03T07:01:41.144-05:00Comments on Always On Watch: Semper Vigilans: Negotiating With IranAlways On Watchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-71656198798276028052015-03-26T22:19:52.696-05:002015-03-26T22:19:52.696-05:00FT, give me a little credit. The troll that comme...FT, give me a little credit. The troll that commented used their anonymity to try and cause a disruption without suffering any repercussions for their action. That's why I called them a chicken squat.<br /><br />Consider it an obscene phone call that was hung up on.Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17720528359843578475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-54455536525413910732015-03-26T00:26:58.446-05:002015-03-26T00:26:58.446-05:00There are books filled with things Nostradumbass d...There are books filled with things Nostradumbass doesn't know. They are called elementary textbooks. The problem is his invincible ignorance.<br /><br />That's why I call him Nostradumbass.Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17720528359843578475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-38709264835330176382015-03-25T20:48:18.384-05:002015-03-25T20:48:18.384-05:00With Ms Z's protection I have nothing to fear,...With Ms Z's protection I have nothing to fear, ever!!!!!!!!!!Freedomnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09498640235994153216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-40138227894301714422015-03-25T18:12:35.304-05:002015-03-25T18:12:35.304-05:00Leave Freedomnow alone; he doesn't need me to...Leave Freedomnow alone; he doesn't need me to stick up for him but you have never answered a question, even after I and others have recommented over and over asking you to.<br /><br />you don't know what 'backing Israel' means? really? <br />look it up.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-74263712057268125612015-03-25T09:13:15.817-05:002015-03-25T09:13:15.817-05:00What troubles me as well as most other people that... What troubles me as well as most other people that I have this conversation with, irrespective of any real or assumed anti-Israel or anti-Semitic element, is Obama’s pursuit of a deal with the Iranians that would permit them at some point to make their own nuclear weapons. It quite simply makes no sense to anyone except Obama. Iran has never made no secret of its wish to “wipe Israel off the map.” Netanyahu left no doubt that Israel would use military force to destroy Iran’s nuclear weapons facilities. In the past they destroyed such facilities in Iraq and Syria. And that they would do so with or without the help of America. And as the way it looks today, it would be without the help of America. At least as long as Obama is in office. <br /><br />As for the Iranians, they don’t care how the negotiations turn out. They have gotten a respite from the sanctions, Obama’s so called sanctions have been meaningless, and as for the funds that were frozen? They were already returned.. As for Bibi Netanyahu’s winning the election, he did so even with Obama’s helping the opposition, and he even stooped as low as having Arabs bussed in to the polls to vote against Mr. Netanyahu. Obama’s plan to appease Iran at any cost, even with Israel, in their cross hairs!<br /><br />As for the destruction of Israel, Iran has both Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza as their allies to threaten Israel, so they can wait for a nuke to finish off the job. And who did the U.S. just remove from its list of terrorist nations and groups? Iran and Hezbollah! Hows that? Go figure? <br /><br />We also know that when a liberal starts a subject in their blog with a lie then, there isn't much point in reading it any further. Thus the reason why i don’t and won’t read that slop written by the progressive a-hole. They don't give a damn about our nation. The only thing they care about is the election of a “Black Man”! Kind of a shocking? Mind-Boggling? You bet it is.A Proud Conservativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16411595236964865513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-41974178495268722122015-03-25T04:56:02.590-05:002015-03-25T04:56:02.590-05:00FT,
I saw the comment via email notification. It ...FT,<br />I saw the comment via email notification. It was not a worthwhile comment -- and was way off topic, to boot. I had planned to delete the comment myself, but hadn't gotten around to it yet.<br /><br />I permit anonymous posts within certain limitations.<br /><br />Managing a blog is no fun in the current blogospheric atmosphere.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-1956234057164949242015-03-25T03:56:15.695-05:002015-03-25T03:56:15.695-05:00The full term was "backing Israel against Ira...The full term was "backing Israel against Iran". The Israelis are very fearful that we will allow Iran to have nuclear weapons (either willingly or unwittingly). <br /><br />We are talking very sweetly to the Mullahs and very harshly with our ally Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.<br /><br />It should be the other way around... <br /><br />Happy Nowruz, Ducky-jan!!!!!!!!<br /><br />Freedomnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09498640235994153216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-55334636863698022872015-03-24T20:59:03.022-05:002015-03-24T20:59:03.022-05:00But Warren, several intelligent, worthwhile remark...But Warren, several intelligent, worthwhile remarks have been posted anonymously on this thread. I hope you wouldn't want to eradicate them all just because they were "anonymous." After all, AOW permits anonymous posts. Doesn't that mean she finds them generally acceptable? <br /><br />I always try to analyze the content of any remark before I scrub it. Except for the well-known trolls, I always try to look carefully at what is said. I do think we owe each other at least that much, or don't you agree?FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-62790199137185377702015-03-24T20:36:56.721-05:002015-03-24T20:36:56.721-05:00Then answer, what does "backing Israel" ...Then answer, what does "backing Israel" mean?Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-38077512648956325182015-03-24T18:01:54.308-05:002015-03-24T18:01:54.308-05:00You are being a child. I didnt say anything about ...You are being a child. I didnt say anything about military action.<br /><br />You know exactly what I mean and you just are embarrassing yourself...Freedomnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09498640235994153216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-23047447809323551372015-03-24T17:30:22.931-05:002015-03-24T17:30:22.931-05:00If you were paying attention, you'd realize th...If you were paying attention, you'd realize that most presidential candidates go to where they're best received.<br />You see, Ducky, conservatives have every right to say and think what they want and go where they want. I know it's not a popular mindset anymore in America, but we are a two party country and this belittling half the country's character and values is getting very old. And even dangerous. <br />As for the "GD AMERICA", that wasn't anecdotal at all. "Taken out of context"??? He very clearly says "not God BLess America, but God D*** America" Can you explain your hypothesis? He says "GD America" is "in the Bible".....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whNE40AwVNo<br /><br />I'd bother Googling Falwell or Robertson about anything close they've said to GD AMERICA but they're no heroes of mine and it'd be a big waste of time, anyway.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-82910699075363233062015-03-24T12:55:14.958-05:002015-03-24T12:55:14.958-05:00"GD AMERICA" and it hadn't been fost..."GD AMERICA" and it hadn't been fostered by Jeremiah Wright?<br />-----<br />An anecdotal quote taken out of context but very similar to quotes by patriots such as Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell.<br /><br />I notice that fringe right wing darling Ted "He's psycho" Cruz chose Liberty University as the site of his announcement.<br />As if appealing to the lunatic fringe is going to advance his marginal candidacy.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-73007476214691101272015-03-24T12:49:27.357-05:002015-03-24T12:49:27.357-05:00Just what does "backing Israel" entail? ...Just what does "backing Israel" entail? Military action?<br />You're a slow learner aren't you. <br /><br />I don't think we're giving much support to anyone in Syria.<br /><br />Stop bashing the US? What the hell does that mean?<br /><br />Let's fly a few more drones in Yemen. Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-50523939460595432812015-03-24T12:49:24.008-05:002015-03-24T12:49:24.008-05:00FT,
Well, I was hoping that you could watch the v...FT, <br />Well, I was hoping that you could watch the video by now. Oh, well. Technology can be the enemy!<br /><br />Actually, I didn't miss the point about Chamberlain. IMO, this nuclear age makes a big difference. We need to be aware of the possibility that Iran is buying time for a dangerously nefarious reason.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-85835881317867011852015-03-24T12:40:48.212-05:002015-03-24T12:40:48.212-05:00Giving more and more land to the Palestinians?
Ar...Giving more and more land to the Palestinians?<br /><br />Are you insane?<br /><br /><br />Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-90223574877503429382015-03-24T09:00:28.571-05:002015-03-24T09:00:28.571-05:00AOW, you know I can NOT watch videos right now. Al...AOW, you know I can NOT watch videos right now. Also, you completely missed my point about Neville Chamberlain. I said his apparent naiveté or stupidity is regarded by many intelligent, well-informed Britishers who remember the pre-WWII era as a WISE MOVE that bought ENGLAND enough time to prepare herself for the inevitable conflict ha was to come. <br /><br />"Popular notions" are seldom correct. FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-55735436365319199312015-03-24T08:51:20.647-05:002015-03-24T08:51:20.647-05:00Freedomnow, you make a lot of very good sense. So ...Freedomnow, you make a lot of very good sense. So did "Anonymous" who started this long thread condemning Iran for using children roped together as human mine sweepers, and claiming the current regime in Iran would not hesitate to use nuclear weapons against us –––– and Israel or any of the other Western nations by extension.<br /><br />I believe we would be safer if we simply <i>assumed</i> that to be true, if we acted accordingly.<br /><br />In the interests of fairness I must add that Nazi Germany wound up conscripting TWELVE-YEAR-OLD BOYS to fight against the Allies in the latter stages of WWII. FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-47030858327696633972015-03-24T04:29:24.978-05:002015-03-24T04:29:24.978-05:00"By all means necessary""By all means necessary"Freedomnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09498640235994153216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-54915580190913035932015-03-24T04:26:40.418-05:002015-03-24T04:26:40.418-05:00Ducky I agree that we should persue negotiations i...Ducky I agree that we should persue negotiations if possible. <br /><br />They have us at a disadvantage because now that Obama committed himself to this negotiation he needs an agreement. <br /><br />Iran wins in any outcome. If we make an agreement they would get major concessions from us. If there is no agreement then Iran can claim victory (as they always do). They will say that they defied American imperialism.<br /><br />Anyway, Iran needs anti-Americanism more than it needs us to drop our economic embargo. Just look at Cuba. Ideology is more important than money.<br />Freedomnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09498640235994153216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-41673997547541664582015-03-24T04:19:30.794-05:002015-03-24T04:19:30.794-05:00FN,
Militarism is an expression of "The Stron...FN,<br />Militarism is an expression of "The Strong Man." Turning the other cheek doesn't work with regard to relations between nation states.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-42399509549660238312015-03-24T04:14:25.790-05:002015-03-24T04:14:25.790-05:00Ducky, as far as your comment about militarism:
H...Ducky, as far as your comment about militarism:<br /><br />How about the Red Army or the Republican forces in the Spanish Civil War? They used a military force against fascists such as the Nazis and Franco's Nationalists.<br /><br />While I dislike many aspects of both organizations I support our alliance with the Soviet Union during WWII and feel that we should have supported the Spanish Republic (Although I would have regretted the repercussions that the success of the Socialists would of had, it was the right thing to do).<br /><br />We are still a relatively primitive species and militarism is a fact of life as much as hunting once was.Freedomnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09498640235994153216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-56089559996126214462015-03-24T04:11:31.171-05:002015-03-24T04:11:31.171-05:00Z,
This video's not something AOW photo shoppe...Z,<br /><i>This video's not something AOW photo shopped..</i><br /><br />Exactly. In fact, yesterday a <i>CNN</i> reporter brought up this video during yesterday's <a href="http://weaselzippers.us/218219-cnn-to-earnest-on-iran-so-you-guys-actually-trust-a-leader-who-chants-death-to-america/" rel="nofollow">press conference</a> with Josh Earnest:<br /><br /><i>CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta pressed White House press secretary Josh Earnest about why the Obama administration trusted an Iranian Ayatollah who only recently chanted “Death to America.”<br /><br />“Over the weekend, Ayatollah Khomeini gave a speech,” Acosta said. ”And during that speech, there were people in the crowd chanting ‘Death to America’ and the Ayatollah responded back to them according to various translations, ‘Of course, Death to America.’ Do those comments give this White House any pause about moving forward with a nuclear deal with that country?”<br /><br />“Those kinds of comments only underscore why it is so critically important that the United States and the international community succeed in preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon,” Earnest responded. “And the best way for us to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapons is sitting down at the negotiating table and getting Iran to make very specific commitments that would prevent them from obtaining nuclear weapons.”</i><br /><br />The problem is that Iran is looking out for its only best interest. And that best interest is tainted by militant Islam and Islamic supremacism. Just how much compromise is Iran going to do? <br /><br />From some of the leaks, it seems that Iran is getting 80% of its points and, in essence, dictating the terms of the agreement.<br /><br />Do we really believe that Iran's definition of peace is the same as our definition of peace. For these hardliners, the destruction of Israel, then the West, means peace.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-73354609468666126842015-03-24T04:11:16.162-05:002015-03-24T04:11:16.162-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Freedomnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09498640235994153216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-18599879903541395432015-03-24T04:01:24.954-05:002015-03-24T04:01:24.954-05:00No Ducky we know that Iran used child soldiers. Bu...No Ducky we know that Iran used child soldiers. But since Iran officially denied it to the West, apologists have taken advantage of that to attack any rational person who criticizes the theocratic regime for this barbarity. This denial was aimed at the West, while the cult of martyrdom was celebrated within the state.<br /><br />I managed an Iranian restaurant for years and outside of the fanatics, the majority of Iranians and Iraqis accept the reality of child martyrs as a fact, as much as water is wet.<br /><br />They know first hand how child were given necklaces with plastic keys and told that it was for their passage into paradise.<br /><br />Apologists have tried to confuse the issue because not all minefield martyrs were children, some were old men, some untrained recruits of all ages.<br /><br />Children were not exclusively used in minefield clearing attacks. They were often sent in human wave formation against Iraqi troops as human shields for better trained/equipped soldiers and to demoralize the enemy.<br /><br />So this propaganda confuses the issue in the hopes that no-one will criticize the Iranian regime for this crime... Freedomnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09498640235994153216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-91811131978972219722015-03-24T00:23:00.132-05:002015-03-24T00:23:00.132-05:00What would the cons have Obama do differently?
...What would the cons have Obama do differently? <br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.com