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Obama, Sarkozy and Brown’s disclosure this morning of a secret “other” Iranian uranium-enrichment facility hidden under the ground (crafty!) will have one certain effect: an outpouring of Very Serious Centrism from the Washington Post’s stable of pundits. David Ignatius, as you can see, has already commenced the fappery for bombing and war. “It’s hard to see how this one will end short of military confrontation if the Iranians don’t start bargaining for real,” Ignatius writes, as though he knows what he’s talking about. He also compares the current situation to the Cuban Missile Crisis, which famously ended before people started bombing each other. [Washington Post]
Newell’s awesome.
Oh where have you been, my blue-eyed son…
Christ, these people.
When Reagan bombed the Russians it ended Socialism, except for the liberal democrat ones.
I liked when he said the plucky Iranians bamboozled the vodka swilling commies.
Did I just hear Israel pulling back the hammer on a really big gun?
I remember the Cuban missile crisis from elementary school. Should I start preparing to sit under my desk with my lunch bag?
Sully refers to a Neocon Panic:
“…If you believe that the only strategy American can have is bombing, invading and torturing, today’s events must be a little disorienting….”
his concluding para starts:
“The sheer simple-minded dumbness of these people never ceases to amaze….”
“bargaining for real” is not the most effective rhetorical device if you are trying to convince us to accept your Stratego-based worldview.
Wait a minute, is this the same clown that urged us to “make the japanese start ‘popping out nukes’ like toyotas?”
but what about them flavor dips? fuckin gay as hell!
comradepaulson: I saw a white ladder all covered with water…
I saw a room full of men with their hammers a’bleedin.
Crank Tango: This conflict is destined to result in Obama’s “Gay of Pigs”.
Speed Ball: ‘RISK’-based worldview.
Well, the neo con artists certainly will have sand in the vagina over this.
“…Ignatius writes, as though he knows what he’s talking about…”
LOL
Suck. On. This.
Our Muslim president is so inscrutable that he even turns on his own people. Will he stop at nothing?
Extemporanus: LOL. what I want to know is, where is the rage about clove cigarettes?
Someone should interview Dick Cheney on one of those weekend news shows–the ones where they solve the world problems–to find out what he thinks we should do about this. Ask Bill Kristol, also.
Cant wait to hear from the same cadre of fucktard pundits who last week got their panties in a bunch about the US pulling the “doesn’t work anyway” missile system out of Poland. Any simpleton could see it was a gesture to the Ruskies to then put pressure on Iran. But yes .. Bomb Bomb Bomb
AnnieGetYourFun: To be fair, 9/11 CHANGED EVERYTHING.
Gah. I just wanted to see how it felt to write that.
Tin soldiers and Ignatius coming…
The Cold Sea: No, no. NeoCons don’t have vaginas. They have fluffy biscuits.
One way to solve this would be to just bomb Israel into the stone age. They wouldn’t be expecting us to do it, the mideast would be pretty peaceful, and all of the ‘Christian Zionists’ could go there and wait for Spaceship Jesus.
Extemporanus: On the upside, think of all the great Persian food you’ll be able to get in Little Tehran after it all goes to pieces.
magic titty: To be fair, 9/11 CHANGED EVERYTHING.
Even the case.
Suds McKenzie: I’m so glad this was evident to someone else besides me. I haven’t seen anyone on the Tee Vee smart enough to connect the dots.
Jim writes
…He also compares the current situation to the Cuban Missile Crisis…
It was also between two nuclear-armed super powers. Both with substantial numbers of ICBMs and conventional armed forces. Is he seriously comparing Iran with the Soviet Union? Hell, why not the Axis while he’s at it? The Golden Horde? Sauron? Morgoth? geeze, David, get a grip.
“…a secret “other” Iranian uranium-enrichment facility hidden under the ground…”
It’s at least heartening to know that we have moles in the Iranian nuclear program.
hey, is Peggy Noonan leading a “study group” at Harvard, and did she release a ridiculous syllabus? .. because that would be something to chew on for the weekend.
Ignatius needs to patent the whacko juice he’s been chugging that let him get from “inspections” to “bomb” in less than 24 hours. I’m thinking a good name would be NeoCon Cola or maybe Cheneyade, or heck Batshit Bugjuice would work in a pinch.
Eric Cheney: Yes, we are both Awesome!1!+
user-of-owls: I can’t wait for Imam Reza Social Club to go on tour. They rock!
Extemporanus: Their Casbah Piedra album is my absolute favorite!
chascates: No, no, no. Cobalt bombs + Jerusalem = peace in the Middle East. If you kids can’t learn to share, NOBODY gets the toys.
As a bonus, all the serious zealots (on every team!) flock to the scene and die a gruesome death, continuously, for the next 50,000 years, with no yearly upkeep costs. Good luck rebuilding the Temple of Zuul and birthing a two-headed red heifer in an open-air Yucca Mountain, fuckholes.
This crap grows tiresome, you know?
Just to be on the safe side, everyone from the Eastern Hemisphere should attack these secret facilities from the sky while we in the Western Hemisphere burrow in from underneath. Where should America start digging its International Freedom Tunnel? I suggest Langley, Virginia.
Just so I’m clear: The Iranians did exactly what the Israelis did (e.g., lie to the IAEA about a secret parallel nuclear program), and we’re supposed to get upset . . . why, precisely?
Oh, right. Right. The Israelis are G-D’s Chosen People, who were given the “Holy Land” 2500 years ago by Divine Right, and who allow us “goy” to pay for their national defense and underwrite their higher standard of living, while using U.S. supplied arms to kill civilians in the same of maintaining their religious state.
While the Iranians are bunch of crazy, fanatic, dangerous wogs.
Got it.
One thing that confuses me, however: Which ones have all that oil?
“Ignatius writes, as though he knows what he’s talking about. . .”
You can drop a host of WaPo geniuses’ names in for Ignatius: Hiatt, Krauthammer, Broder, Cohen, Marcus, and whichever ass clown is the public editor this week.
Fred Hiatt is now personally searching for pictures of aluminum tubes in Iran to point out. Zombie Robert Novak will spread the word.
The more we’re at war outside the US, the less we’re at war at home. And if we find ourselves in a state of peace externally, then that’s going to bring back the Religious Right with their stupid, boring, moronic Culture Wars - you know, the ones where they bring in candidates who think fucking up the environment is what Jesus would want?
If the Bush crowd or any of the current roster of syphilitic old white cocksuckers, along with uber cunts Palin, Bachmann and a few others whose names I can’t remember and who make up the Republican Party as it’s constituted today get back in power, it could end up destroying the whole planet.
So let’s just fuck up Iran a whole bunch until Obama gets all the Democratic priorities taken care of and then we can go right on back to our completely stupid existence fighting over fetuses, blowjobs, dildos, drugs and sloppy prayers and all the other assorted idiotic wastes of time the right wing forces us go through.
This is America - we’re either at war with someone far away or we’re at war with ourselves. Fuck the Culture Wars. Let’s get the Religious Right rednecks in Iran. What do we care if they suffer? If it’s out of sight, it’s out of mind.
Suds McKenzie: Notice the presence of Medvedev along with Brown, Sarkosy and Obama in the photo today. Clearly, the Russians are totally on board.
finallyhappy: You also need to stock up on plastic and duck tape and bottled water. Don’t forget the Ramen noodles!
If Ignatius was poor, these comments would be classist!
The Cold Sea:
Props & 1st Prize
MEGADETH
Has the Israelis let the IAE check out Dimona yet?
chascates: Awesome idea. Except, they have nukes and might shoot back. If it were up to the neocons, we would have invaded Iran the day after Iraq and Syria a couple of weeks after that. Look it up–Perle’s book describes this amazingly powerful strategy.
A guy on BBC described Obama’s moves as a brilliant game of chess. He’s known about the secret site for a year, but waited until he had everything lined up just as he wanted before he announced it.
Yeah. We should go bomb them. The Pres. is so far ahead of these people that they can’t even smell his farts.
Neilist: word.
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Don’t feed the fucking neo-con rednecks of the world, Obama. Gah. Didn’t they teach you anything in president’s school? Seriously, what was the point of this ‘gotcha’ exercize (and it’s obvious this was planned before hand) besides to ratchet up calls for ‘action’ (read: bombing campaign).
Dolmance: “The more we’re at war outside the US, the less we’re at war at home.”
I don’t remember rioting before the Bush wars. Except you know G20, but that is just show rioting so we can claim we have free speech to the Chinese. But the problem now is the civilian economy started to collapse.
The Dancing Israelis of 9/11 in NYC
now demand
The United States start & fight more wars for Poor Israel.
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How can we save our Riley boy from A. Qadeer Khan’s deadly toy?
So does Iran have to notify IAEA 6 months before enrichment begins, or when new enrichment facilities are being designed? Not that anyone cares or that it matters at this point.
“Iran is breaking rules that all nations must follow” - POTUS Obama. It is only IAEA signatories that must follow the ‘rules’. Big O must learn never to say never, none, all, or ‘off the table’.
Not to worry. Remember, Obama uses magical bombs that simply stun the bad guys into understanding all about Hopenchange.
I’m confused, when Bush hated on Iran he was just a mean old white guy who didn’t understand a complex world, do you mean to tell us now that the Iranians really aren’t nice folks like Ahmadinejad promised!? Maybe Hopey could send Bud McFarland with a chocolate cake, bible and promises of some Hawk missle parts…