To quote Greenwald:

Is the curriculum for history classes in some American states restricted to learning about Hitler and the Nazis and 1938 and Hitler and Germany? It must be, because there are many right-wing fanatics whose entire understanding of the world is reduced in every instance to that sole historical event - as though the world began in 1937, ended in 1945, and we just re-live that moment in time over and over and over:

Love war? You are Churchill, a noble warrior. Oppose war? You're Chamberlain, a vile appeaser. And everyone else is Hitler.

Just how is Ahmadinejad to be teh new Hitler? Has he invaded some country and I never heard about it? Face it, the real reason he is a controversial figure is that the American right (you) has decided the United States needs to go to war against Iran. Ahmadinejad is therefore being configured as an enemy head of state.

So the fact that Ahmadinejad questions some of the facts about the holocaust (please find me one direct quote where he denies it)is the reason we need to launch a pre-emptive war against Iran??

Excuse me??

Did you forget that the fact that he's largely a figurehead, since ultimate authority for domestic and foreign policy rests with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (hint: that's what "Supreme Leader" means)

You say IRAN denies the holocaust. It must have been very exhuasting for you – travelling to every single Iranian household and obtaining their opinion on the matter. Excellent citations by the way.

Again your suggestion that Iran would just launch a nuke attack on Israel the moment they got their hands on it is just absurd.

Iran supports Hamas and Hezbollah which are (depending on the angle you're looking at) resistance groups to illegal Israeli occupation. They are not "America Hating terrorists" because they were not created to oppose America. This is really quite simple to understand, I feel embarrassed to have to explain it to you like this.

"Instead – you would rather we sit back, watch our enemies build an arsenal of nuclear weapons to be used against us, our allies, or in a neighboring conflict which could easily spiral into all-out nuclear war. Yeah – that's the responsible approach!"

No, let's take Guiliani's approach.. it is much more reasonable to toss out trumped up allegations against Iran without the slightest bit of evidence and do everything in our power to provoke a war with a country who claims to want peace. That is so much more responsible. Thank you for clearing that up.

Thank you for your intelligent comments. I agree with you wholeheartedly.

I truly hope that the world realizes that the statements below made by Giuliani is a diplomatic way of saying it's time to go to war again. And the only reason he and Republicans have is fear based on speculation void of all logical reasoning.

Given that was the same reason for attacking Iraq gives one a very anxious feeling. We all know the devastation that occured there.

I wonder if Mid East countries feel that the US having nuclear power is a reason not to take military action off their table? To hear Americans like Rudy, Hillary, Bush, et al making such flippant remarks on such serious issues as another major war makes me wonder who the real terrorists are.

It is certainly more than arrogant for US leaders and candidates to state the re-enforcment gained by the Iran President while visiting American will be very damaging to the whole effort of being able to have regime change in Iran! Does America believe they can just attack any Nation they wish and militarily re-design and shape it until it meets their desired vision? Sure sounds like it.

And I'm sure Mid East Nations might say that the US is too dangerous, too irresponsible, and ttoo unpredictable, to have nuclear weapons. I know they flippant, arrogant attitudes sure scare me.

"He goes back with a certain amount of reinforcement that those ideas have currency in the United States, and that is very damaging to the whole effort of being able to have regime change in Iran, to have the people of Iran get a sense of how unacceptable he really is," Giuliani said. "So I think we have to make it clear that we're not going to allow them to be a nuclear power. That means the military option is definitely on the table. We cannot appear hesitant about that."

How many of you really know the heart and mind of Iran? Just because you all have been brainwashed to be anti muslim doesn't mean they are evil. What country has been the one doing all the war and evil in the world? Ahhhh, the US. Even IF muslims committed 911, does that mean we destroy over 1 million of them. We have gotten more of our sons and daughters killed than what took place in 911.

CNN removed my last comment about leaving the option of knocking G out still on the table. But seriously, you people have to think hard about who is really doing the killing in the world. Don't be too proud to be an American.

We have meddled in the affairs of the middle east many times so that we could be more in control of their natural resources. We help fund Israel who has nuclear weapons that could easily destroy others in the middle east and yet we will not allow the Moslem countries to have nuclear capabilities. Don't get me wrong, I fear for all of us with the weapons that countries have, including ours.

I know some of you will say that we need to fight back because they caused 911. Do you really know what you are talking about? Who is they? They is not the entire Moslem religion. They is Al Qaeda who does not represent all of Iraq or Iran. By categorizing their military as terrorists, Bush will be able to manipulate many to believe we need to go to war with them now. So many uninformed people will jump on the bandwagon. I can easily tell that the plans are to go to war, as the rhetoric is the same as it was when Bush was preparing us for war in Iraq. Do you realize that even Pope John Paul II thought Bush was the antichrist? Bush professes his religious beliefs, but bullies the world. Rudi would be no better with his inability to think.

If we were really fighting terrorism, the targets should have been Afghanistan (which was made to look like it was our first priority and quickly ignored) and Saudi Arabia who funded the 911 terrorists and was home to nearly all of them. Do you ever hear of Saudi Arabia being a target? No, Bush has ties to the ruling royalty there. Do you realize that he got all of the Bin Ladin's out of our country right after 911 while no one else was allowed to fly. If we don't wake up to what is going on, our country will pay a HUGE price. The neocon ideology of PNAC-Project for a New American Century is turning us into the facist government of the Third Reich. Now we have labeled Iran as a problem and the dingbats in Washington are going along with it again. What we need is an overhaul of the entire Washington bunch. I have little respect for those voting to target Iran now. Didn't they learn anything from the mess in Iraq? Where the heck are their brains. Iran will beat us to a pulp. They have not provoked us, nor have they threatened us. They have an army that is very strong, ours has been stretched to the limit. We have nuclear weapons and I am sure many fear us as a result. Why do we dictate what others are allowed to have?

I was raised in a very religious home and I my beliefs do not follow the bomb them mentality. I have such a hard time figuring out how those who believe Bush is their religious leader can go along with his thoughts and actions. Do we try to live peacefully together in the world, or bomb anyone we are told COULD be a threat to our country? We are being told that their weapons are showing up in Iraq. Do you remember the Iran Contra affair? Where did they get many of their weapons? We need to be more informed about what goes on in the world and not just follow blindly along with what the government tells us.

Has anyone thought about the ramifications of going to war with Iran? They would have no choice but to bring back the draft. I don't particularly care for the idea of sacrificing my son for someone else's need for machoism.

If anyone is living in a fantasy world, it's Ru911dy.

You wrote, "Your paranoia of “enemies building an arsenal of nuclear weapons…“ is delusional at best. Somehow I can’t see Iran building a nuclear stockpile of weapons in the next few years, then developing ICBM’s to house them… THEN firing them at the US. If Iran/Iraq/Afghanistan were such threats to the region/world why is it that the US had to travel half way across the world to “stop” them?"

Mike, I'm delusional??

On October 26, 2005 Ahmadinejad gave a speech at a conference in Tehran entitled "World Without Zionism". According to widely published translations, he agreed with a statement he attributed to Ayatollah Khomeini that the "occupying regime" had to be removed, and referred to it as a "disgraceful stain on the Islamic world" that must be "wiped off the map."

In December 2005 Ahmadinejad made several controversial statements about the Holocaust, calling it "a myth", and criticizing European laws against Holocaust denial.

Tell us Mike – How many nuclear devices should Iran be permitted to develope before we should begin to worry?

Tell us Mike – considering Israel has been directly threatened... you're ok if Israel makes strikes in Iran, right?

And since it's "over there" we shouldn't worry or get involved. It's not like they (terrorists) could ever hit us, right?

Did you all hear, as well, that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (180,000+ soldiers) is now listed as a terrorist organization? Let me remind all of you, that the IRG is a member of Iran. They are not a hostile, free roaming terrorist organization such as Al-Qaida. The IRG is comparible, to say, the US Special Forces.

I particularly like this quote from Mr. Webb in Congress:

" By the way, it is kind of interesting to note that last week the Iraqi Government claimed that Blackwater is a terrorist organization for the way it operates inside Iraq. I am not making that allegation. I am giving an example of how people categorize these groups."

Anyhow. It's unfortunate that the American public is being duped by a blitzed Media campaign. This Columbia University thing, the media circus involving Ahmadinejad at a ordinary UN meeting. General Petraeus's media release. All of this is a warm up to getting the public to accept that War with Iran is a possibility.

Anyhow, it will run down like this folks: Saudi Arabia is begging the US to attack Iran. Iran is growing in Middle East support and Saudi Arabia is afraid of Iran. The Saudi's are going to get pummeled if Iran were to attack. So, the US will get Israel to launch missle strikes on Iranian soil causing Iran to retaliate. This is where the US will come in.

All of that being said. Hear this: By Israel or the US going in to Iran, all hell will break loose in Iraq. All hell will break loose in Iran. All hell will break loose in the Middle East. Iran will gain support from the people in the Middle East and this will all end very, very, very badly. It's unfortunate that there are so many American troops in Iraq, that they will all be caught in the crossfire. Let me remind you all, Iran is not Iraq or Afghanistan. Iran is a VERY capable country with a VERY capable military that can EASILY get 1,000,000 troops ready to roll in a very short time period.

Unfortunately, this is all ready to go. Expect this to all go down within the rest of September or some time in October.

I hope the American public does something. Good luck.

Your paranoia of “enemies building an arsenal of nuclear weapons…“ is delusional at best. Somehow I can’t see Iran building a nuclear stockpile of weapons in the next few years, then developing ICBM’s to house them… THEN firing them at the US. If Iran/Iraq/Afghanistan were such threats to the region/world why is it that the US had to travel half way across the world to “stop” them? Meanwhile all the other nations whom these countries could actually reach sat back and watched (with the exception of England)… Rudy would be the worst choice for president… what has he EVER done? Much like Bush before election, absolutely nothing… except get divorced and in the case of Bush getting arrested 3 times, being a coke head and an alcoholic… The US is fueling anti-American sentiment all over the world via our “war on terror” aka the war for more oil… post 9/11 the world was with us… 6 years later we’re in a very different spot… Rudy will take us deeper into the hole…

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Pixie, I assume you would have supported Hitler having nuclear bombs too?

Iran denies the holocaust (perhaps because if Iran had nuclear weapons – the death and destruction waged against Israel would be the REAL holocaust).

Iran actively supports Islamic extremists and terrorists. How smart is it, Pixie, to have governments sympathetic to American-Hating terrorists access to enriched plutonium?

Instead – you would rather we sit back, watch our enemies build an arsenal of nuclear weapons to be used against us, our allies, or in a neighboring conflict which could easily spiral into all-out nuclear war. Yeah – that's the responsible approach!

The guy is a few fries short of a Happy Meal!

Telling it like I see it,
Wynter

He often follows what Bush says in foregin policy towards Iraq & Iran. He has no original ideas, because he does not have any experience in international politics.

NEW YORK: Calling Iran a danger to the U.S. and one of Israel's greatest threats, U.S. senator and presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton said "no option can be taken off the table" when dealing with that nation.

"U.S. policy must be clear and unequivocal: We cannot, we should not, we must not permit Iran to build or acquire nuclear weapons," the Democrat told a crowd of Israel supporters. "In dealing with this threat ... no option can be taken off the table."

Clinton, the front-runner for her party's presidential nomination, called for dialogue with foes of the United States, saying Iran "uses its influence and its revenues in the region to support terrorist elements."

Further on in the article:

"To deny the Holocaust places Iran's leadership in company with the most despicable bigots and historical revisionists," Clinton said, criticizing what she called the Iranian administration's "pro-terrorist, anti-American, anti-Israeli rhetoric."

And further:

"We need to use every tool at our disposal, including diplomatic and economic in addition to the threat and use of military force," she said.

My point is this: the eagerness to criticize whatever any candidate says about any topic just because you support someone else, or, because you don't particular like that candidate needs to stop. It's juvenile. We need to stop and think and talk about the issues.

Foreign policy is difficult. In the past, the US has maintained a "close" relationship with other world leaders that stated they would like to see the downfall of America. We have also taken a hard line in our policy. In some cases, we have changed from "close" to hard line. It's a tricky business.

In Iran, it would be in our interest if the people of Iran replaced Ahmadinejad (that's regime change) because his views are so anti-American and he insists on having nuclear capability. We always face the possibility that whoever would take over could be worse; but, Iran's current leader seems to be irrational (denying the Holocaust) and it's very hard to deal with an irrational person.

We were able to deal with the USSR in part because their leaders were rational – they recognized there could be mutual distruction between us. The Iranian leader does not seem to be rational – how to deal with him?

Iran will strike back, unlike America's other recent foes. We will see if Americans are as unconcerned about "collateral damage" when American children are "collaterally" incinerated. The ensuing tidal wave of panic, paranoia and self-pity will bring America's Democratic Experiment to a sudden and complete end - exactly what the Ayatollahs have dreamed of and predicted. Of course, the Ayatollahs will also get a great deal more that they might not have dreamed of.

The fact that some clapped at the end of Ahmadinejad's speech made me sick at my stomach but I understand that college aged kids (particularly those at liberal breeding grounds like Columbia) are generally clueless to the ways of the world.

Many learned figures are supporting regime change in Iran, but they are also stating that this can come about without a single bullet fired. Giuliani is merely echoing this sentiment which chooses to accurately view Ahmadinejad as the radical terrorist leader that he is. Through tough economic sanctions and the like we can continue to foster the dissent that is currently rampant throughout Iran. The people of Iran will ultimately be the ones to remove this nut.

Oh, and go US with regime change, again. Maybe this time, we won't screw it up. Deep down, we all know that every person out there in the world wants our benevolent military to come in, kill a few 100,000 people and leave their government and infrastructure in shambles. It's just growing pains to some of the improved governments like those that we helped to install in S. Vietnam, Afghanistan when we helped the Taliban, and Iran the last time that we meddled.

Maybe those Gay Guys For Straight Guys could give him a fashion-do-over?

Knowledge is better than ignorance....always.

And the US is "responsible and predictable" and not dangerous enough to possess nuclear weapons, give me a break! This coming from a country which has committed one of the most "irresponsible" acts of all history in its invasion and destruction of Iraq (though it was predictable!)! How can anyone take these clowns seriously. I mean Ahmadinejad is indeed irrational in many ways, and I would like to see a nuclear free world, including Iran, Israel and the US. However, in many other ways Ahmadinejad makes far more sense that the US political elite do, in that he understands full well why he is being ostracized by the US, to make Americans fear Iran so they can justify killing 10’s of thousands of them in the near future! And if anyone truly believes that a nuclear armed Iran would be for any other purpose than ensuring the US does not attack it with nuclear weapons (as it is apparently planning to do), I have some property to sell you in Florida. Really hard to believe this passes for serious comment!!

It's now Common Knowledge that the Democratic frontrunner voted yesterday to add the Iranian Revolutionary Guard to the list of terrorist groups that our military can go after.

This opens the door, as did the Yes vote in 2002 authorizing the president to use military force in Iraq, to war with Iran.

So, anyone planning on blindly voting for the Democratic frontrunner better keep their head up as well.

Have a good day,