Iran lied again, why do Democrats think words are more powerful than action?

Question

I guess that little outreach program we have with Iran is not working "ABC News is reporting that Iran has been caught 'red-handed' shipping weapons into Afghanistan. NATO officials say that they caught Iran red-handed shipping heavy arms, C4 explosives, and advanced roadside bombs to the Taliban for use against NATO forces in what the officials say is a dramatic escalation of Iran's proxy war against it United States and Great Britain. 'It is inconceivable that it is anyone other than the Iranian government that's doing this,' said former White House counterterrorism official Richard Clarke, an ABC News consultant." Well, if Richard Clarke said it, then it's got to be true! "Secretary of Defense Robert Gates stopped short earlier this week of blaming Iran..." Of course he did, because we're trying to make buds with them. We're trying to make nice with them. He says the US "didn't have evidence of the involvement of the Iranian government in support of the Taliban, but an analysis by a senior coalition official concludes that there is clear evidence of Iran's involvement."

So those feel-good overtures -- hmm, must not have worked. This is an act of war, and they're doing the same thing in Iraq and telling us what they're going to do. Once again earlier this week Ahmadinejad came out and said the time is running out on Israel, that the "clock is ticking," that their days are numbered. And everybody who hears him say this just says, "Ah, he's just some little crackpot over there. Don't worry about it, sure. Okay. Fine.

Answer 1

Because the bureaucrats only know how to talk, don't know how to act.

Answer 2

Well if you listened to the whole report you would have heard the part where they stated the State department does not know if these weapons come from the Iranian government or just from some rouge arms dealers. If you remember one of the biggest opponents to the Taliban regime is the Iranian government, because the Mullahs in Iran do not agree with the way the Taliban interprets the Koran. It is called history if you knew that. Also Iran was one of the biggest supporters of the US invading afghanistan. Second what kind of action do you actually prepose. We currently do not have the military strenghth to invade the country since we are already in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Answer 3

Time out. Don't lump all of us Democrats into the liberal thinking.

I'm a moderate Democrat and I think Carter should have never abandoned Iran (ironically, like the liberals want to abandon Iraq).

That information doesn't surprise me and shouldn't surprise anyone with any brains. Unfortunately the liberals live in a land of unicorns and butterflies.

Answer 4

actually they have little respect for either words or actions..

when have they done anything but apply political rhetoric and hyperbole to try and gain center stage?

and what action have they taken that hasn't been a misuse
of the legislative branch?...they only achieve their will via the use of lawsuits and witch-hunts.

Answer 5

In America, they are. The media (who's stock-in-trade is ultimately words - OK, and images) effectively wields more power than any other entities that actually /do/ things.

Answer 6

It seems some of us need a demonstration to wake us up...even then our attention span is short.

Answer 7

Iran will not see the day they have nuclear weapons...EVER!