"Bert Byfield" <BertByfield@nospam.not> wrote in message
news:Xns973F14562E2BDbbcaravelabooks134@24.24.2.167...
TEHRAN -- Iran warned Sunday of a "crushing" response if its nuclear
and military facilities are attacked by the United States or Israel.
[Now, where have we heard that before? If I recall, Saddam Insane
was blowing the same kind of smoke not so long ago.]
Yes, nations fear being bombed and conquered and invaded and its citizens
murdered in obscene numbers, tortured, forced to become puppets.
So what do you think is going to happen to every other militant-Islamic
country next door to Iran if they get hold of nukes?
What's your solution to the problem? Got one?
Or do you want to keep pissing and moaning about Bush while doing nothing?
You think that Ahmadinejad (a former Revolutionary Guard and hostage-taker)
is a nice guy who will be impressed with you because you don't like Bush?
He already stated that he plans on wiping Israel off of the map. You think
he will suddenly stop there and turn peaceful when it's all over?
Come on, Smart Boy. Let's see if you have a better way of handling this, OK?
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(following courtesy of Jim Alder:)
In 2003 a sociologist from Rutgers University named Ted Goertzel
wrote a paper in which he offered some insight into the psyche
of the left. Interesting reading:
In the 1970s, Stanley Rothman and Robert Lichter
administered Thematic Apperception Tests to a large sample of
"new left" radicals (Roots of Radicalism, 1982). They found that
activists were characterized by weakened self-esteem, injured
narcissism and paranoid tendencies. They were preoccupied with
power and attracted to radical ideologies that offered clear and
unambiguous answers to their questions. . . .
The unwillingness to offer alternatives reveals a lack of
self-confidence and self-esteem. If they offered their own
policy ideas they would be vulnerable to criticism. They would
run the risk that their ideas would fail, or would not seem
persuasive to others. This is especially difficult for anti-
capitalists after the fall of the Soviet Union. It has also been
difficult in the war against terrorism because Saddam Hussein
and Osama bin Laden are such unsympathetic figures.
Psychologically, it is easier to blame America for not finding a
solution than it is to put one's own ideas on the line.
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