Does the Administration think we are STUPID?

Question

Rice today: Fri Jul 6, 3:18 PM ET



WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice described Iran as "increasingly dangerous" and refused to rule out US military action if Tehran refuses to suspend its nuclear program.

But Rice said that President George W. Bush is backing diplomatic efforts aimed at convincing the Islamic republic to freeze nuclear activities that Washington fears are a drive to build an atomic bomb."

Iran can't even get enough high grade Uranium to run a nuclear power plant, much less build a bomb! Experts say they are 10 years away from a bomb!

They have a right under Article 4 of the NPT to build a nuclear power plant! They have to enrich Uranium. Nuke plants don't run on dirt!

Why all the BS? Bush wants to attack Iran! Is he so stupid that he thinks we don't know why he wants to attack Iran?

This is an out of control administration!

Yup, why does Israel need to attack Iran? If we attacked Iran we WOULD have to use nikes, we don't have anyone currently not engaged in a war!

Dr. Rice knows what Bush tells her to know. Her diplomatic efforts have been a total waste of time!

If Iran is unable to build a bomb for 10 years according to the experts, why is he such an immediate threat to Bush that we need to start another war! I don't believe a word Bush says. Lets see some PROOF this time!

Ruth, Iran is a nation, we still need UN Security Council approval! We just can't go around attacking countries at whim!
Maybe Bush doesn't think he needs to go by the law, but I think most of the country believes he does!

Yule, you may be right, and Israel does not belong to the NPT! They would be stupibd to attack Iran however. In my opinion!

Most Iranians detest their current government and they may just take things into their own hands!

And as far as foreign policy, in 1796 G. Washington said this:

In the execution of such a plan nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular
nations and passionate attachments for others should be excluded, and that in place of them just and amicable feelings
toward all should be cultivated.

The nation which indulges toward another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest. Antipathy in one nation against
another disposes each more readily to offer insult and injury, to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage, and to be haughty and

intractable when accidental or trifling occasions of dispute occur.

So, likewise, a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common interest exists, and infusing into one the enmities of the other, betrays the former into a participation in the quarrles and wars of the latter without adequate inducement or justification. It leads also to
concessions to the favorite nation of privileges denied to others, which is apt doubly to injure the nation making the
concessions by unnecessarily parting with what ought to have been retained, and by exciting jealousy, ill will, and a
disposition to retaliate in the parties from whom equal privileges are withheld; and it gives to ambitious,
corrupted, or deluded citizens (who devote themselves to the favorite nation) facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of

own country without odium, sometimes even with popularity, gilding with the appearances of a virtuous sense
of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption, or infatuation.

Answer 1

It's just like "The Little Boy Who Cried Wolf".
Yes, I agree, this administration is totally out control
& is living in world unto its self.

Answer 2

Time will tell if our efforts in the Middle East were the right ones.

Surely 25 million Iraqi's who are now free do. If insurgents
whom of which are not even Iraqi are killing Iraqis which are fellow Muslims, do you doubt for a second they would hesitate to kill a infidel. Look at the recent 6 doctors in Scott land, is there no end to it all. Iran is a nightmare waiting to happen. But needs to be dealt with.

They should never be allowed to develop nuclear weapons.

Surely no one believes they are building a plant for energy purposes.

I only know one thing, had we allowed our brave Men and Women to conduct themselves without restraint, Iraq would
have been settled. But once again we send them to combat
and expect them to be police officers. We tie their hands behind their back.

I truly believe the next crusade is coming or already here, it's just a continuance from the first ones. If we stand by and do nothing we will loose our freedom and our country.

Just how we proceed, is a very difficult question and perhaps has several answers.

The UN has become a corrupt impotent organization. I wouldn't trust it abilities to organize a family reunion.

I believe our Corporations push us in directions we sometimes would not eager go, because of this global market place. Prior to WWII Henry Ford built trucks, tanks for the Germans/HItler.

Regardless of outcomes, there has been no Country on t he face of the Earth that has done more for human kind than us.

As much as some feel we are imperialist, the Armies from the past would have slaughtered every man, woman and child and seized all resources. WE do not do this.

Answer 3

I highly doubt that the US will become involved in any kind of military action against Iran. I strongly believe that Israel will have military action targeting Irans nuclear operations. Israel has used this tactic before on another nation and simply got away from having to answer the UN by stating that their actions were defensive in nature against an a hostile nation that has many times threatened its sovereignty . And that my friend is will how it will end.

Answer 4

I think we should concentrate on other things right now instead of taking on Iran - for instance - securing the Green Zone and the Airport Road in Baghdad.

Answer 5

i guess I'm clueless...why does he want to attack Iran...oh could it be nuclear weapons causing instability in the region...could it be that by attacking Iran, less interference would happen in Iraq...i am not sure what is your point to your "question"...some experts say 10, some say 3, some say 5...which "experts" are correct...Iran refuses to allow other countries to supply the uranium...hmm...why would that be...they have lots of oil to trade for it...

Answer 6

I think that I saw where al qaeda had officially waged a religious holy war on the West.

Do you think that information should be factored into your thinking? Or not?

I don't know about whether this administration plans to attack Iran. They have not said this.

Stupid? Or do you think this ENTIRE government is stupid, and you possess all the answers?

Answer 7

If the only way to preserve western culture is to attack Iran, let's get on with it. As you say Iran is 10 years away, so I guess i your world we should wait until they achieve their goals and then have a harder time with them. My kids wonder why I call liberalism a mental disease, thanks for the teaching moment

Answer 8

Sure thing. And honestly they have been right on several occasions.

Answer 9

They don't think we are stupid, they KNOW we are. Look at how they lie to us, tell us exactly what we want to hear, and yet people STILL defend republicans and the prez like they/he was a saint. How else to you expect them to see us? Don't you know they sit up there in DC laughing their a@@es off at the American public.

Answer 10

Yes they do and they are right