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Bradical79

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27. I'm not sure what you're advocating.

Reply to 7962 (Reply #24)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 11:07 AM

Feb 2016

Our government thought they were pursuing nukes so we installed sanctions until an agreement was worked out to curb that possibility. Wasn't that the goal?

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Iranian media outlets add to bounty for killing Britain's Rushdie [View all] ericson00 Feb 2016 OP

this is in the name of the religion MariaThinks Feb 2016 #1

Oh, well, that explains it. Carry on Iran. Elmer S. E. Dump Feb 2016 #3

yeah, really! 7962 Feb 2016 #14

Under a conservative GOP president, America would be no different. ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2016 #2

especially if that GOP president's name started with TRUMP olddad56 Feb 2016 #4

If he wins, I start digging a fallout shelter. ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2016 #5

Nononono. Speak these words aloud: "Ayatollah Ted Cruz" DetlefK Feb 2016 #26

Sadly Cruz is 1000x the nut bag Trump is. Oneironaut Feb 2016 #28

hyperbole isn't helpful. I don't like the GOP either, but no, their people in power ericson00 Feb 2016 #7

who is intentionally innocent? ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2016 #8

What do you mean they only kill terrorists? passiveporcupine Feb 2016 #16

Wish-fool thinking, ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2016 #22

But I thought the Iran nuclear deal Angel Martin Feb 2016 #6

It has. Their religious right is reacting just like ours. ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2016 #9

I don't see the teabaggers leftynyc Feb 2016 #10

give them time. ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2016 #11

Twisting yourself into a pretzel leftynyc Feb 2016 #13

It just never stops. The false equivalency EVERY time. 7962 Feb 2016 #15

Unbelievable leftynyc Feb 2016 #21

Where did you get that idea from? nt bananas Feb 2016 #12

from the man himself Angel Martin Feb 2016 #17

That doesn't say anything about "non-theocratic elements". nt bananas Feb 2016 #19

you are right, Obama refers to "Hardliners" and "The majority of the Iranian people" Angel Martin Feb 2016 #20

no it was to prevent them from getting a nuclear weapon karynnj Feb 2016 #23

Funny; I remember when NK was "years" away from a nuke. Then they tested one. 7962 Feb 2016 #24

no valid comparison, thanks to the careful work of Moniz karynnj Feb 2016 #25

I'm not sure what you're advocating. Bradical79 Feb 2016 #27

The result will be more countries in the ME getting nukes. 7962 Feb 2016 #29

If they cheat, they cheat Bradical79 Feb 2016 #30

A lot of this seems based on internal politics: far-righties trying to position themselves against LeftishBrit Feb 2016 #18