Originally Posted by Coatsy

At 22 years of age I think I may have learnt a very important lesson in this thread from the last few posts :disgust

Thanks for the replies Pleasurepays and Dollarmansteve, I've learnt a few important things in this thread :thumbsup

Originally Posted by Thrawn$

anyway Iran attacked 0 countries in the last 200 years and america attacked every country except canada and uk in the last century

Originally Posted by Coatsy

Thats an excellent point, it could be the elections or it could be both. Would it not make perfect sense if something did happened just before the elections ?



That?s a great post! A lot of people in this thread fail to see that fanatics are nothing new and the terrorism threat is so far exaggerated that it?s laughable

The worst part - Islamic extremism is the result of the last 50 years of British, American, Russian and Israeli policy in the Middle East. We helped create it by doing pretty much what we're doing again now: occupying the region in our own interest (i.e. oil).

We created the problem!!

The government response is not proportional to the threat. If the aim is to save lives, that can be much better achieved by other means and by tackling different problems. Of course we shouldn't ignore the threat of terrorism, but the vast sums of money spent so far in the name of The War Against Terror (TWAT) in Iraq and Afghanistan have increased the threat, not reduced it. That's like trying to persuade people to stop smoking by making cigarettes cheaper.



Read this and let me know your thoughts, I think the article sums up nicely why we have been told that Iran is a threat

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GF04Ad07.html

Originally Posted by Pleasurepays

i'm impressed with your maturity.

reminds me that i have a lot more work to do :)

Originally Posted by pr0

I've got a super idea....i'll start a relegious thread next time :)

Originally Posted by Dollarmansteve

Things like that used to bother me until I started focusing on things that are in my control. It is a big weight off your shoulders when you realize that there are only so many facets of the world you can affect, and that the best you can hope to do is expand the reach of your influence to maybe someday make some positive change happen.

Originally Posted by Thrawn$

anyway Iran attacked 0 countries in the last 200 years and america attacked every country except canada and uk in the last century