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F*O*A*D August 21st 14 12:18 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 

We have the snake handlers, venom drinkers, devil worshipers, women
haters, sex haters, female genital mutilators, ISIS, Taliban, Al-Qaida,
Haredi, Unification Church, Scientology, Holy Underwear-wearers, Church
of Euthanasia, People's Temple, Branch Davidians, Nation of Yahweh,
rapture-ready, pope-is-antichrist and now Quannengshen.

Religion is so uplifting.

George Anthony Carter August 21st 14 05:06 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 
Why don't you take a look at yourself bet you'll discover darkness!

Poco Loco August 21st 14 05:44 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:12:09 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 07:18:45 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:


We have the snake handlers, venom drinkers, devil worshipers, women
haters, sex haters, female genital mutilators, ISIS, Taliban, Al-Qaida,
Haredi, Unification Church, Scientology, Holy Underwear-wearers, Church
of Euthanasia, People's Temple, Branch Davidians, Nation of Yahweh,
rapture-ready, pope-is-antichrist and now Quannengshen.

Religion is so uplifting.


You left out Zionism.


Strange, huh?


Boating All Out August 21st 14 05:47 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 
In article ,
says...

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:12:09 -0400,
wrote:

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 07:18:45 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:


We have the snake handlers, venom drinkers, devil worshipers, women
haters, sex haters, female genital mutilators, ISIS, Taliban, Al-Qaida,
Haredi, Unification Church, Scientology, Holy Underwear-wearers, Church
of Euthanasia, People's Temple, Branch Davidians, Nation of Yahweh,
rapture-ready, pope-is-antichrist and now Quannengshen.

Religion is so uplifting.


You left out Zionism.


Strange, huh?



You guys Muslims?

Wayne.B August 21st 14 06:31 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 13:35:52 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:47:03 -0500, Boating All Out wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:12:09 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 07:18:45 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:


We have the snake handlers, venom drinkers, devil worshipers, women
haters, sex haters, female genital mutilators, ISIS, Taliban, Al-Qaida,
Haredi, Unification Church, Scientology, Holy Underwear-wearers, Church
of Euthanasia, People's Temple, Branch Davidians, Nation of Yahweh,
rapture-ready, pope-is-antichrist and now Quannengshen.

Religion is so uplifting.

You left out Zionism.

Strange, huh?



You guys Muslims?


Surprised he included Muslims.

You Jehovahs Witness?


===

Probably a Holy Roiler.

Poco Loco August 21st 14 06:35 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:47:03 -0500, Boating All Out wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:12:09 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 07:18:45 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:


We have the snake handlers, venom drinkers, devil worshipers, women
haters, sex haters, female genital mutilators, ISIS, Taliban, Al-Qaida,
Haredi, Unification Church, Scientology, Holy Underwear-wearers, Church
of Euthanasia, People's Temple, Branch Davidians, Nation of Yahweh,
rapture-ready, pope-is-antichrist and now Quannengshen.

Religion is so uplifting.

You left out Zionism.


Strange, huh?



You guys Muslims?


Surprised he included Muslims.

You Jehovahs Witness?


Wayne.B August 21st 14 07:23 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 14:17:42 -0400, wrote:

ISIS would just be another bunch of thugs if they didn't have M1
tanks. It is just a mater of time before they get air power.


===

Air power would make them an easy target - easy to locate and easy to
hit. The US has better air combat and defensive capability than
anyone else.

F.O.A.D. August 21st 14 07:54 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 
Poco Loco wrote:
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:12:09 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 07:18:45 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:


We have the snake handlers, venom drinkers, devil worshipers, women
haters, sex haters, female genital mutilators, ISIS, Taliban, Al-Qaida,
Haredi, Unification Church, Scientology, Holy Underwear-wearers, Church
of Euthanasia, People's Temple, Branch Davidians, Nation of Yahweh,
rapture-ready, pope-is-antichrist and now Quannengshen.

Religion is so uplifting.


You left out Zionism.


Strange, huh?


Zionism isn't a religion.
--
Posted from my iPhone

[email protected] August 21st 14 09:01 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On Thursday, August 21, 2014 2:54:50 PM UTC-4, F. O. A. D. wrote:
Poco Loco wrote:

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:12:09 -0400, wrote:


You left out Zionism.


Strange, huh?


Zionism isn't a religion.


Technically, it's not. It's "a colonialist or racist ideology that led to the denial of rights, dispossession and expulsion of the "indigenous population of Palestine".

But for many it *is* a religion, just as Liberalism is a religion for some. That's certainly the god you pray to every day.


F*O*A*D August 21st 14 09:28 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On 8/21/14 4:03 PM, wrote:
On 21 Aug 2014 18:54:50 GMT, F.O.A.D. wrote:

Poco Loco wrote:
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:12:09 -0400,
wrote:

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 07:18:45 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:


We have the snake handlers, venom drinkers, devil worshipers, women
haters, sex haters, female genital mutilators, ISIS, Taliban, Al-Qaida,
Haredi, Unification Church, Scientology, Holy Underwear-wearers, Church
of Euthanasia, People's Temple, Branch Davidians, Nation of Yahweh,
rapture-ready, pope-is-antichrist and now Quannengshen.

Religion is so uplifting.

You left out Zionism.

Strange, huh?


Zionism isn't a religion.


Neither is "ISIS, Taliban or Al-Qaida"

Zionism has no requirements that its acolytes adhere to any form of
Judaism. The three groups you mentioned are fundamentalist Muslim
religious organizations, and all three engage in forced adherence to an
interpretation of the Koran and all three pursue forced religious
conversions. There are significant numbers of Jews in Israel and
elsewhere who are revisionist Zionists and have no religious affilition,
other than being born in a family in which the mother was Jewish.

Wayne.B August 21st 14 09:51 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 16:00:56 -0400, wrote:

A drone carrying a few pounds of Semtex is a poor man's cruise
missile


===

The range of quadcopter type drones is very limited, and all we'd have
to do is close their Amazon account. :-)

In all seriousness, that kind of drone could be a deadly weapon for
homegrown local terrorists however.

F.O.A.D. August 21st 14 10:07 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 
wrote:
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 16:28:19 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 8/21/14 4:03 PM, wrote:
On 21 Aug 2014 18:54:50 GMT, F.O.A.D. wrote:

Poco Loco wrote:
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:12:09 -0400,
wrote:

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 07:18:45 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:


We have the snake handlers, venom drinkers, devil worshipers, women
haters, sex haters, female genital mutilators, ISIS, Taliban, Al-Qaida,
Haredi, Unification Church, Scientology, Holy Underwear-wearers, Church
of Euthanasia, People's Temple, Branch Davidians, Nation of Yahweh,
rapture-ready, pope-is-antichrist and now Quannengshen.

Religion is so uplifting.

You left out Zionism.

Strange, huh?

Zionism isn't a religion.

Neither is "ISIS, Taliban or Al-Qaida"

Zionism has no requirements that its acolytes adhere to any form of
Judaism. The three groups you mentioned are fundamentalist Muslim
religious organizations, and all three engage in forced adherence to an
interpretation of the Koran and all three pursue forced religious
conversions. There are significant numbers of Jews in Israel and
elsewhere who are revisionist Zionists and have no religious affilition,
other than being born in a family in which the mother was Jewish.


A distinction without a difference


Absurd.
--
Posted from my iPhone

Boating All Out August 21st 14 10:15 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 
In article ,
says...


That's an undoubtedly bad reading of U.S. policy.


How do you think that is wrong?
It certainly is not oil.
We would buy the oil from whomever controls the region.



Really? Buy oil from ISIS? You're kidding.

You only have to look at the other places with evil things going where
we have no problem buying oil to see that. Oil companies and dictators
get along just fine.

Without the Israel problem, we would just pull out the military and
let the big dog eat.



How does that address Iran seeking nukes?

This is a good enough policy statement.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2...ast_strategy_b
ack_to_balancing
"So what are U.S. interests in the Middle East? I'd say the United
States has three strategic interests and two moral interests. The three
strategic interests are 1) keeping oil and gas from the region flowing
to world markets, to keep the global economy humming; 2) minimizing the
danger of anti-American terrorism; and 3) inhibiting the spread of
weapons of mass destruction. The two moral interests are 1) promotion of
human rights and participatory government, and 2) helping ensure
Israel's survival. "


[email protected] August 21st 14 11:00 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On Thursday, August 21, 2014 2:23:44 PM UTC-4, Wayne. B wrote:

Air power would make them an easy target - easy to locate and easy to

hit. The US has better air combat and defensive capability than

anyone else.


Yes, but.....take out their Computers, and , or Satellite, and they're nothing.

F*O*A*D August 22nd 14 01:08 AM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On 8/21/14 8:00 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 16:51:21 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 16:00:56 -0400,
wrote:

A drone carrying a few pounds of Semtex is a poor man's cruise
missile


===

The range of quadcopter type drones is very limited, and all we'd have
to do is close their Amazon account. :-)

In all seriousness, that kind of drone could be a deadly weapon for
homegrown local terrorists however.


The tough thing with a drone is the control system, not the actual
vehicle. They are very easy to scale up.
Mythbusters has been using RC car controllers on full sized cars and
trucks for years. I don't think it would be that hard to put a drone
control system
The scary thing about these new groups like ISIS is they are not just
goat herders with automatic weapons. They are recruiting college
educated westerners.





Those virgins they are using as bait must be pretty old and wrinkled by
now.

Wayne.B August 22nd 14 01:18 AM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 20:11:08 -0400, wrote:

On 21 Aug 2014 21:07:14 GMT, F.O.A.D. wrote:

wrote:
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 16:28:19 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 8/21/14 4:03 PM,
wrote:
On 21 Aug 2014 18:54:50 GMT, F.O.A.D. wrote:

Poco Loco wrote:
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:12:09 -0400,
wrote:

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 07:18:45 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:


We have the snake handlers, venom drinkers, devil worshipers, women
haters, sex haters, female genital mutilators, ISIS, Taliban, Al-Qaida,
Haredi, Unification Church, Scientology, Holy Underwear-wearers, Church
of Euthanasia, People's Temple, Branch Davidians, Nation of Yahweh,
rapture-ready, pope-is-antichrist and now Quannengshen.

Religion is so uplifting.

You left out Zionism.

Strange, huh?

Zionism isn't a religion.

Neither is "ISIS, Taliban or Al-Qaida"

Zionism has no requirements that its acolytes adhere to any form of
Judaism. The three groups you mentioned are fundamentalist Muslim
religious organizations, and all three engage in forced adherence to an
interpretation of the Koran and all three pursue forced religious
conversions. There are significant numbers of Jews in Israel and
elsewhere who are revisionist Zionists and have no religious affilition,
other than being born in a family in which the mother was Jewish.

A distinction without a difference


Absurd.


Are you going to say Israel is not a religious state?

How many Muslims, or even Christians are in any actual position of
authority?
Most can't even vote.


===

Poor Harry, once again tangled up in his land of make believe.

Wayne.B August 22nd 14 01:41 AM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 20:25:32 -0400, wrote:

If we had not given Israel nukes, they would not feel the need to have
them.


===

Interesting assertion. Do you know that for a fact?

F*O*A*D August 22nd 14 02:20 AM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On 8/21/14 8:11 PM, wrote:
On 21 Aug 2014 21:07:14 GMT, F.O.A.D. wrote:

wrote:
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 16:28:19 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 8/21/14 4:03 PM,
wrote:
On 21 Aug 2014 18:54:50 GMT, F.O.A.D. wrote:

Poco Loco wrote:
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:12:09 -0400,
wrote:

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 07:18:45 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:


We have the snake handlers, venom drinkers, devil worshipers, women
haters, sex haters, female genital mutilators, ISIS, Taliban, Al-Qaida,
Haredi, Unification Church, Scientology, Holy Underwear-wearers, Church
of Euthanasia, People's Temple, Branch Davidians, Nation of Yahweh,
rapture-ready, pope-is-antichrist and now Quannengshen.

Religion is so uplifting.

You left out Zionism.

Strange, huh?

Zionism isn't a religion.

Neither is "ISIS, Taliban or Al-Qaida"

Zionism has no requirements that its acolytes adhere to any form of
Judaism. The three groups you mentioned are fundamentalist Muslim
religious organizations, and all three engage in forced adherence to an
interpretation of the Koran and all three pursue forced religious
conversions. There are significant numbers of Jews in Israel and
elsewhere who are revisionist Zionists and have no religious affilition,
other than being born in a family in which the mother was Jewish.

A distinction without a difference


Absurd.


Are you going to say Israel is not a religious state?

How many Muslims, or even Christians are in any actual position of
authority?
Most can't even vote.


The question was not whether Israel was a religious state. The question
was whether Zionism was a religion. It is not. The distinction is
significant.

Perhaps if you had taken some liberal arts classes sometime in your
life, you would have fewer problems with semantics and etymology.

Wayne.B August 22nd 14 02:27 AM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 21:20:21 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 8/21/14 8:11 PM, wrote:
On 21 Aug 2014 21:07:14 GMT, F.O.A.D. wrote:

wrote:
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 16:28:19 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 8/21/14 4:03 PM,
wrote:
On 21 Aug 2014 18:54:50 GMT, F.O.A.D. wrote:

Poco Loco wrote:
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:12:09 -0400,
wrote:

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 07:18:45 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:


We have the snake handlers, venom drinkers, devil worshipers, women
haters, sex haters, female genital mutilators, ISIS, Taliban, Al-Qaida,
Haredi, Unification Church, Scientology, Holy Underwear-wearers, Church
of Euthanasia, People's Temple, Branch Davidians, Nation of Yahweh,
rapture-ready, pope-is-antichrist and now Quannengshen.

Religion is so uplifting.

You left out Zionism.

Strange, huh?

Zionism isn't a religion.

Neither is "ISIS, Taliban or Al-Qaida"

Zionism has no requirements that its acolytes adhere to any form of
Judaism. The three groups you mentioned are fundamentalist Muslim
religious organizations, and all three engage in forced adherence to an
interpretation of the Koran and all three pursue forced religious
conversions. There are significant numbers of Jews in Israel and
elsewhere who are revisionist Zionists and have no religious affilition,
other than being born in a family in which the mother was Jewish.

A distinction without a difference

Absurd.


Are you going to say Israel is not a religious state?

How many Muslims, or even Christians are in any actual position of
authority?
Most can't even vote.


The question was not whether Israel was a religious state. The question
was whether Zionism was a religion. It is not. The distinction is
significant.

Perhaps if you had taken some liberal arts classes sometime in your
life, you would have fewer problems with semantics and etymology.


===

Translation: Harry has lost the argument and he will now attempt to
save face with liberal farts, semantics and etymology - as if he
invented them.

H*a*r*r*o*l*d August 22nd 14 02:39 AM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On 8/21/2014 7:20 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 8/21/14 8:11 PM, wrote:
On 21 Aug 2014 21:07:14 GMT, F.O.A.D. wrote:

wrote:
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 16:28:19 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 8/21/14 4:03 PM,
wrote:
On 21 Aug 2014 18:54:50 GMT, F.O.A.D. wrote:

Poco Loco wrote:
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 11:12:09 -0400,
wrote:

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 07:18:45 -0400, F*O*A*D
wrote:


We have the snake handlers, venom drinkers, devil worshipers,
women
haters, sex haters, female genital mutilators, ISIS, Taliban,
Al-Qaida,
Haredi, Unification Church, Scientology, Holy
Underwear-wearers, Church
of Euthanasia, People's Temple, Branch Davidians, Nation of
Yahweh,
rapture-ready, pope-is-antichrist and now Quannengshen.

Religion is so uplifting.

You left out Zionism.

Strange, huh?

Zionism isn't a religion.

Neither is "ISIS, Taliban or Al-Qaida"

Zionism has no requirements that its acolytes adhere to any form of
Judaism. The three groups you mentioned are fundamentalist Muslim
religious organizations, and all three engage in forced adherence
to an
interpretation of the Koran and all three pursue forced religious
conversions. There are significant numbers of Jews in Israel and
elsewhere who are revisionist Zionists and have no religious
affilition,
other than being born in a family in which the mother was Jewish.

A distinction without a difference

Absurd.


Are you going to say Israel is not a religious state?

How many Muslims, or even Christians are in any actual position of
authority?
Most can't even vote.


The question was not whether Israel was a religious state. The question
was whether Zionism was a religion. It is not. The distinction is
significant.

Perhaps if you had taken some liberal arts classes sometime in your
life, you would have fewer problems with semantics and etymology.


So what use have you made of your masters degree in etymology.
Obviously, it hasn't helped to pay your bills.

--
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the
government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of
taking care of them".
Thomas Jefferson

KC August 22nd 14 04:35 AM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On 8/21/2014 8:25 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 16:15:04 -0500, Boating All Out
wrote:

In article ,
says...


That's an undoubtedly bad reading of U.S. policy.


How do you think that is wrong?
It certainly is not oil.
We would buy the oil from whomever controls the region.



Really? Buy oil from ISIS? You're kidding.


We buy oil from Chavez and most of the western world was buying oil
from Saddam in spite of our embargo. The shieks are pretty scummy guys
and we don't seem to care what is happening in Nigeria.

Why not?

You only have to look at the other places with evil things going where
we have no problem buying oil to see that. Oil companies and dictators
get along just fine.

Without the Israel problem, we would just pull out the military and
let the big dog eat.



How does that address Iran seeking nukes?


If we had not given Israel nukes, they would not feel the need to have
them.


AYFKM? Their clearly stated motive is to "wipe Israel off the face of
the earth"... They know damn well the west would never let Israel use
them as a first strike force, you know it, Israel knows it, Iran knows
it but it. Israel is not looking to "wipe" anyone off the face of the
earth, that's why so much of their weaponry is defensive....



This is a good enough policy statement.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2...ast_strategy_b
ack_to_balancing
"So what are U.S. interests in the Middle East? I'd say the United
States has three strategic interests and two moral interests. The three
strategic interests are 1) keeping oil and gas from the region flowing
to world markets, to keep the global economy humming;


Oil always finds a way to market, even when we try to stop it.

2) minimizing the danger of anti-American terrorism


If we were not there, they would not have much incentive to come here.
The major beef from Bin Laden was US troops in Saudi Arabia.

3) inhibiting the spread of weapons of mass destruction.


Since they mostly came from the west, that is not that much of an
issue.

The two moral interests are 1) promotion of
human rights and participatory government,


One "moral" interest and we obviously don't have that much moral
objection in the rest of the world. Again, I simply have to point to
Africa,.

2) helping ensure Israel's survival.


That is purely a political interest, there is not much "moral" in that
objective.



KC August 22nd 14 04:42 AM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On 8/21/2014 10:14 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 20:41:47 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 20:25:32 -0400,
wrote:

If we had not given Israel nukes, they would not feel the need to have
them.


===

Interesting assertion. Do you know that for a fact?


The Plutonium came from the US, it is fairly well documented.
The science is not really that big a secret anymore.


That is not the assertion he was talking about I think. It's you saying
that Iran wouldn't be looking to wipe Israel off the face of the earth,
and wouldn't be looking for nukes to do it right, is just..... well,
it's ludacris, As long as I remember here, Greg has taken the side
against Zionists or any other religion.. .well except maybe Muslim... :)

Wayne.B August 22nd 14 05:07 AM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 23:42:04 -0400, KC wrote:

If we had not given Israel nukes, they would not feel the need to have
them.

===

Interesting assertion. Do you know that for a fact?


The Plutonium came from the US, it is fairly well documented.
The science is not really that big a secret anymore.


That is not the assertion he was talking about I think.


===

Actually it was. According to a number of sources, the US did not
give plutonium to Israel although we helped in other ways. Instead
it was the French which helped Israel build the Dimona reactor back in
the late 50s. That reactor is the source of Israel's plutonium. The
reactor's heavy water which is essential, was supplied by Norway in
1959. In 1963, when the reactor started operation, the United States
supplied more heavy water.

http://www.wisconsinproject.org/countries/israel/nuke.html

Poco Loco August 22nd 14 01:08 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 16:51:21 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 16:00:56 -0400, wrote:

A drone carrying a few pounds of Semtex is a poor man's cruise
missile


===

The range of quadcopter type drones is very limited, and all we'd have
to do is close their Amazon account. :-)

In all seriousness, that kind of drone could be a deadly weapon for
homegrown local terrorists however.


With no requirement to return, the range of the 2.4GHz transmitters is at least a couple miles.


Poco Loco August 22nd 14 01:12 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 22:10:30 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 20:08:10 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

The scary thing about these new groups like ISIS is they are not just
goat herders with automatic weapons. They are recruiting college
educated westerners.





Those virgins they are using as bait must be pretty old and wrinkled by
now.


They just find disgruntled kids who can't get a job and like the idea
of jihad to get even with the cruel world of capitalism.


They are getting a lot of disgruntled well-educated kids from Europe also.


Poco Loco August 22nd 14 01:15 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 00:34:52 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 23:35:51 -0400, KC wrote:

On 8/21/2014 8:25 PM,
wrote:
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 16:15:04 -0500, Boating All Out
wrote:

In article ,
says...


That's an undoubtedly bad reading of U.S. policy.


How do you think that is wrong?
It certainly is not oil.
We would buy the oil from whomever controls the region.


Really? Buy oil from ISIS? You're kidding.

We buy oil from Chavez and most of the western world was buying oil
from Saddam in spite of our embargo. The shieks are pretty scummy guys
and we don't seem to care what is happening in Nigeria.

Why not?

You only have to look at the other places with evil things going where
we have no problem buying oil to see that. Oil companies and dictators
get along just fine.

Without the Israel problem, we would just pull out the military and
let the big dog eat.


How does that address Iran seeking nukes?

If we had not given Israel nukes, they would not feel the need to have
them.


AYFKM? Their clearly stated motive is to "wipe Israel off the face of
the earth"... They know damn well the west would never let Israel use
them as a first strike force, you know it, Israel knows it, Iran knows
it but it. Israel is not looking to "wipe" anyone off the face of the
earth, that's why so much of their weaponry is defensive....



There is no such thing as a defensive nuke


As a matter of fact, part of the planning to stop a Soviet Invasion of Europe through the Fulda Gap
included the use of defensive nukes to form barriers.


KC August 22nd 14 02:51 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On 8/22/2014 12:34 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 23:35:51 -0400, KC wrote:

On 8/21/2014 8:25 PM,
wrote:
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 16:15:04 -0500, Boating All Out
wrote:

In article ,
says...


That's an undoubtedly bad reading of U.S. policy.


How do you think that is wrong?
It certainly is not oil.
We would buy the oil from whomever controls the region.


Really? Buy oil from ISIS? You're kidding.

We buy oil from Chavez and most of the western world was buying oil
from Saddam in spite of our embargo. The shieks are pretty scummy guys
and we don't seem to care what is happening in Nigeria.

Why not?

You only have to look at the other places with evil things going where
we have no problem buying oil to see that. Oil companies and dictators
get along just fine.

Without the Israel problem, we would just pull out the military and
let the big dog eat.


How does that address Iran seeking nukes?

If we had not given Israel nukes, they would not feel the need to have
them.


AYFKM? Their clearly stated motive is to "wipe Israel off the face of
the earth"... They know damn well the west would never let Israel use
them as a first strike force, you know it, Israel knows it, Iran knows
it but it. Israel is not looking to "wipe" anyone off the face of the
earth, that's why so much of their weaponry is defensive....



There is no such thing as a defensive nuke


Ok, deterrent nukes..

F*O*A*D August 22nd 14 02:54 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On 8/22/14 9:51 AM, KC wrote:
On 8/22/2014 12:34 AM, wrote:
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 23:35:51 -0400, KC wrote:

On 8/21/2014 8:25 PM,
wrote:
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 16:15:04 -0500, Boating All Out
wrote:

In article ,
says...


That's an undoubtedly bad reading of U.S. policy.


How do you think that is wrong?
It certainly is not oil.
We would buy the oil from whomever controls the region.


Really? Buy oil from ISIS? You're kidding.

We buy oil from Chavez and most of the western world was buying oil
from Saddam in spite of our embargo. The shieks are pretty scummy guys
and we don't seem to care what is happening in Nigeria.

Why not?

You only have to look at the other places with evil things going
where
we have no problem buying oil to see that. Oil companies and
dictators
get along just fine.

Without the Israel problem, we would just pull out the military and
let the big dog eat.


How does that address Iran seeking nukes?

If we had not given Israel nukes, they would not feel the need to have
them.

AYFKM? Their clearly stated motive is to "wipe Israel off the face of
the earth"... They know damn well the west would never let Israel use
them as a first strike force, you know it, Israel knows it, Iran knows
it but it. Israel is not looking to "wipe" anyone off the face of the
earth, that's why so much of their weaponry is defensive....



There is no such thing as a defensive nuke


Ok, deterrent nukes..



Is that like the "Q-Bomb" from the Mouse that Roared?

KC August 22nd 14 03:42 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On 8/22/2014 10:08 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 09:51:39 -0400, KC wrote:

There is no such thing as a defensive nuke


Ok, deterrent nukes..


How has that been working out for them?


Pretty good, I haven't seen any of the surrounding armies/nations try
to take the land by military force, no invasion, so I say it's working
perfectly.

KC August 22nd 14 03:44 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On 8/22/2014 10:42 AM, KC wrote:
On 8/22/2014 10:08 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 09:51:39 -0400, KC wrote:

There is no such thing as a defensive nuke


Ok, deterrent nukes..


How has that been working out for them?


Pretty good, I haven't seen any of the surrounding armies/nations try to
take the land by military force, no invasion, so I say it's working
perfectly.


Oh, and not to mention... once Iran gets it's nukes and it will, those
Israeli nukes will be the *only* thing slowing Iran down on using it on
them.... period. How hard is it to figure out Israel wants to live, and
has no aspirations on surrounding countries, Iran wants to take over the
world and has no problem wiping out populations to clear the way....

KC August 22nd 14 05:44 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On 8/22/2014 11:17 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 10:44:37 -0400, KC wrote:

On 8/22/2014 10:42 AM, KC wrote:
On 8/22/2014 10:08 AM,
wrote:
On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 09:51:39 -0400, KC wrote:

There is no such thing as a defensive nuke


Ok, deterrent nukes..

How has that been working out for them?


Pretty good, I haven't seen any of the surrounding armies/nations try to
take the land by military force, no invasion, so I say it's working
perfectly.


Oh, and not to mention... once Iran gets it's nukes and it will, those
Israeli nukes will be the *only* thing slowing Iran down on using it on
them.... period.


Then why does Iran want a nuke?


Oh brother....

Wayne.B August 22nd 14 06:43 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 11:17:41 -0400, wrote:

Oh, and not to mention... once Iran gets it's nukes and it will, those
Israeli nukes will be the *only* thing slowing Iran down on using it on
them.... period.


Then why does Iran want a nuke?


===

Because it lessens the risk of a pre-emptive strike by a western
power.

KC August 22nd 14 07:37 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On 8/22/2014 2:15 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 12:44:51 -0400, KC wrote:

On 8/22/2014 11:17 AM,
wrote:
On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 10:44:37 -0400, KC wrote:



Oh, and not to mention... once Iran gets it's nukes and it will, those
Israeli nukes will be the *only* thing slowing Iran down on using it on
them.... period.

Then why does Iran want a nuke?


Oh brother....


It is a valid question. If Israelis nukes are such a deferent, why
would Iran want one ... unless it was seen as defensive for them.
You seem to want this both ways.


Why are you being so closed minded, black and white.. I never said the
deterrent was the end all, just a deterrent... Might work, might give
the rest of the world time to stop things, the only thing black and
white here is Iran's clearly stated intent to "wipe Israel into the
sea"... that is well documented, and they are working hard at that end
every day...

KC August 22nd 14 07:38 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On 8/22/2014 2:16 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 13:43:37 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 11:17:41 -0400,
wrote:

Oh, and not to mention... once Iran gets it's nukes and it will, those
Israeli nukes will be the *only* thing slowing Iran down on using it on
them.... period.

Then why does Iran want a nuke?


===

Because it lessens the risk of a pre-emptive strike by a western
power.


At last an honest answer although I really believe it is just a
prestige thing.


So you think my answer was "dishonest" because it wasn't your answer...
oh brother...

Mr. Luddite August 22nd 14 08:02 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On 8/22/2014 2:38 PM, KC wrote:
On 8/22/2014 2:16 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 13:43:37 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 11:17:41 -0400,
wrote:

Oh, and not to mention... once Iran gets it's nukes and it will, those
Israeli nukes will be the *only* thing slowing Iran down on using
it on
them.... period.

Then why does Iran want a nuke?

===

Because it lessens the risk of a pre-emptive strike by a western
power.


At last an honest answer although I really believe it is just a
prestige thing.


So you think my answer was "dishonest" because it wasn't your answer...
oh brother...



Paranoia strikes again.

Wayne.B August 22nd 14 09:02 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 00:41:16 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 00:07:07 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Thu, 21 Aug 2014 23:42:04 -0400, KC wrote:

If we had not given Israel nukes, they would not feel the need to have
them.

===

Interesting assertion. Do you know that for a fact?

The Plutonium came from the US, it is fairly well documented.
The science is not really that big a secret anymore.


That is not the assertion he was talking about I think.


===

Actually it was. According to a number of sources, the US did not
give plutonium to Israel although we helped in other ways. Instead
it was the French which helped Israel build the Dimona reactor back in
the late 50s. That reactor is the source of Israel's plutonium. The
reactor's heavy water which is essential, was supplied by Norway in
1959. In 1963, when the reactor started operation, the United States
supplied more heavy water.

http://www.wisconsinproject.org/countries/israel/nuke.html



From your article

" Later in the 1960s, Israel was widely thought to have smuggled more
than 100 kilograms of highly enriched uranium out of a nuclear
materials plant in Pennsylvania."

The assumption is that somebody at AEC knew and allowed that to
happen. It would be pretty scary if they didn't.


===

It's quite possible that it was aided by a US insider who had been
co-opted. Our original discussion was about plutonium however.

Poco Loco August 23rd 14 07:51 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 10:08:13 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 08:15:57 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 00:34:52 -0400,
wrote:



There is no such thing as a defensive nuke


As a matter of fact, part of the planning to stop a Soviet Invasion of Europe through the Fulda Gap
included the use of defensive nukes to form barriers.


That was insanity not strategy.
It sounds like the same people who described Europe as a place where
towns were 2 kilotons apart.


These would have been between 10 tons and 1 kiloton. Itty bitty nukes. Here's some info on same.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special...ition_Munition

We actually had those down at the Engineer Battalion level.


Poco Loco August 23rd 14 07:52 PM

It's so...uplifting...
 
On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 11:17:41 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 10:44:37 -0400, KC wrote:

On 8/22/2014 10:42 AM, KC wrote:
On 8/22/2014 10:08 AM,
wrote:
On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 09:51:39 -0400, KC wrote:

There is no such thing as a defensive nuke


Ok, deterrent nukes..

How has that been working out for them?


Pretty good, I haven't seen any of the surrounding armies/nations try to
take the land by military force, no invasion, so I say it's working
perfectly.


Oh, and not to mention... once Iran gets it's nukes and it will, those
Israeli nukes will be the *only* thing slowing Iran down on using it on
them.... period.


Then why does Iran want a nuke?


To make a fortune selling it to ISIS/ISIL.



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