Plater, âthe lefties where whining and then disappeared,crawling back under their stonesâ I think a lot of the communists, socialists, trade unionists, etc âdisappearedâ because they were sent to the Nazi concentration camps (with the Jews, gypsies, intellectuals, homosexuals, Catholics). That stopped them whining, didn't it? Grant.
Leading Senator Assails President Over Iran Stance By MARK MAZZETTI WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 â The new chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Friday sharply criticized the Bush administrationâs increasingly combative stance toward Iran, saying that White House efforts to portray it as a growing threat are uncomfortably reminiscent of rhetoric about Iraq before the American invasion of 2003. Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, the West Virginia Democrat who took control of the committee this month, said that the administration was building a case against Tehran even as American intelligence agencies still know little about either Iranâs internal dynamics or its intentions in the Middle East. âTo be quite honest, Iâm a little concerned that itâs Iraq again,â Senator Rockefeller said during an interview in his office. âThis whole concept of moving against Iran is bizarre.â Mr. Rockefeller did not say which aspects of the Bush administrationâs case against Iran he thought were not supported by solid intelligence. He did say he agreed with the White House that Iranian operatives inside Iraq were supporting Shiite militias and working against American troops. Mr. Rockefeller said he believed President Bush was getting poor advice from advisers who argue that an uncompromising stance toward the government in Tehran will serve American interests. âI donât think that policy makers in this administration particularly understand Iran,â he said. The comments of Mr. Rockefeller reflect the mounting concerns being voiced by other influential Democrats, including the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, and Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, about the Bush administrationâs approach to Iran. The Democrats have warned that the administration is moving toward a confrontation with Iran when the United States has neither the military resources nor the support among American allies and members of Congress to carry out such a move. Because Mr. Rockefeller is one of a handful of lawmakers with access to the most classified intelligence about the threat from Iran, his views carry particular weight. He has also historically been more tempered in his criticism of the White House on national security issues than some of his Democratic colleagues. Mr. Rockefeller was biting in his criticism of how President Bush has dealt with the threat of Islamic radicalism since the Sept. 11 attacks, saying he believed that the campaign against international terrorism was âstill a mysteryâ to the president. âI donât think he understands the world,â Mr. Rockefeller said. âI donât think heâs particularly curious about the world. I donât think he reads like he says he does.â He added, âEvery time heâs read something he tells you about it, I think.â Last week, the Intelligence Committee heard testimony from John D. Negroponte, the director of national intelligence, that an emboldened Iran was casting a shadow across the Middle East and could decide to send Hezbollah operatives on missions to hit American targets. Mr. Negroponte testified the morning after President Bush had, in a televised address to the nation, said he was determined to confront what he called worrying activities by Iranian operatives in Iraq, and announced that the Pentagon was building up the American naval presence in the Persian Gulf and sending a battery of Patriot missiles to deter Iranian aggression. Some Democrats have suggested that Mr. Bushâs speech was the beginning of a meticulously choreographed campaign to demonize Iran, much the way the administration built its public case against Iraq. In a speech on Friday, Mr. Reid warned the White House not to take military action against Iran without seeking approval from Congress. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/20/w...oref=slogin&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print
Tell it like it is, Steve. While Islam is producing brave men willing to die for their ideals, however misguided... America is a land where ET "men"... Are Fake "day trader" Pretenders by day... Watch Fake News shows and Fake Rock Star shows in the evening... And listen to fake UFO Conspiracy radio at night. If Mexico was Muslim... the game would be long over... But they are Catholic... and harmless.
Exactly Grant you seem to have missed my point completely. Chamberlain, the British prime minister had a policy of nazi appeasement pre world war 2.