Powell fires parting salvo at Iran

[RawAlex]

o then you concoct a half-baked, no fully baked, theory - and I use the term lightly - that Iran likely has a nuclear weapons program as a result of George Bush. Errr ... ok. What was all that in the 90's then? The US sanctions on Iran under Clinton and the non proliferation act under Bush I? Wow, your anti-Americanism musta been running low on gas to dream that one up. What's next? Would the Middle East have been peaceful the past the 14 centuries without GWB.

Colin, it isn't that they have a program BECAUSE of the boy, but they potentially have used the current "overextension" of US forces as a chance to jump ahead, with less fear of "being caught". The boy didn't cause it, but he has made it much easier for them to move ahead with it. That is all IF (big if) they are in fact going that way. My opinion is that news like this coming from Colin Powell isn't likely to make the world sit up and take notice, considering what his last call on WMD lead to.

As for the rest, well...

The middle east has never been a peaceful place (nice attempt to use an extreme exaggeration to make me look bad, you failed), but there has been a notble shift in the targets of their anger. It use to be themselves, between countries, groups, clans... now they appear to be uniting... and they have focused the anger.

Nick, it's fun over here. It's enjoyable to no end to see people using junior high debating techniques in order to avoid discussion, lowering themselves quickly to name calling, bizarre absolutes, or pointless misdirections to avoid saying "you might be right".

You will learn to love it!

Ale