Comments on: Iran Is The War Broker http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Fri, 16 May 2008 04:12:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Diamond LeGrande http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89465 Diamond LeGrande Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:11:13 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89465 So the Iranians are in Iraq. Let them have the place! Go home! The place is a civil war. If the Iranians want the headache, let them. If they make something positive out of it, good for them! Rather than being a reason to stay in Iraq, the Iranian presence is a reason to leave. Tehran has a better chance of making something worthwhile out of this mess than Washington does. So the Iranians are in Iraq. Let them have the place! Go home! The place is a civil war. If the Iranians want the headache, let them. If they make something positive out of it, good for them!

Rather than being a reason to stay in Iraq, the Iranian presence is a reason to leave. Tehran has a better chance of making something worthwhile out of this mess than Washington does.

]]> By: duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89463 duros62 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:19 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89463 Yeah, I'm not taking that bet. Yeah, I’m not taking that bet.

]]> By: fafaroo http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89461 fafaroo Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:29:43 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89461 "Don’t feed the trolls. I’m warning you." I'm not all that concerned as I doubt scratch could explain what's going in Iraq any better than anyone in the Bush administration can and since he knows it, he won't even bother trying. “Don’t feed the trolls. I’m warning you.”

I’m not all that concerned as I doubt scratch could explain what’s going in Iraq any better than anyone in the Bush administration can and since he knows it, he won’t even bother trying.

]]> By: Quaker in a Basement http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89455 Quaker in a Basement Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:18:14 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89455 <em>What about the equipment we find that is built in Iran?</em> Finders keepers. What about the equipment we find that is built in Iran?

Finders keepers.

]]> By: Duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89449 Duros62 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:44:29 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89449 <i>Scratch, do you want to explain that comment? Flesh it out a bit? </i> Don't feed the trolls. I'm warning you. Scratch, do you want to explain that comment? Flesh it out a bit?

Don’t feed the trolls. I’m warning you.

]]> By: midderpidge http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89435 midderpidge Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:11:50 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89435 Iran doesn't have to supply Iraqi insurgents. The US does just fine dumping equipment left and right all over the place. The Iraqi generals are happy to sell off their US provided equipment as fast as they get it. Not to mention all the unsecured ammo dumps we left open from the Hussein era. Hell, last week there were several reports of Sadr militia men driving around in Humvees. Iran doesn’t have to supply Iraqi insurgents. The US does just fine dumping equipment left and right all over the place. The Iraqi generals are happy to sell off their US provided equipment as fast as they get it. Not to mention all the unsecured ammo dumps we left open from the Hussein era. Hell, last week there were several reports of Sadr militia men driving around in Humvees.

]]> By: Sean D. Martin http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89433 Sean D. Martin Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:54:31 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89433 Scratch: <I>What about the equipment we find that is built in Iran?</I> CSS: <I>Give me a link with details.</I> Scratch: <I>No.</I> Scratch, why in the world should anyone attempt to answer your questions if you won't participate in the effort? Scratch: What about the equipment we find that is built in Iran?
CSS: Give me a link with details.
Scratch: No.

Scratch, why in the world should anyone attempt to answer your questions if you won’t participate in the effort?

]]> By: Rheinhard http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89430 Rheinhard Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:24:17 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89430 "What about the equipment we find that is built in Iran?" Oh like those shaped IED things that could not possibly be made by the Iraqis (who happened to have a bunch in a machine shop), that are labeled with Western style (AD) dates (which is not the calendar that Iran uses)? Those "defninitely made in Iran" things? “What about the equipment we find that is built in Iran?”

Oh like those shaped IED things that could not possibly be made by the Iraqis (who happened to have a bunch in a machine shop), that are labeled with Western style (AD) dates (which is not the calendar that Iran uses)? Those “defninitely made in Iran” things?

]]> By: fafaroo http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89425 fafaroo Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:05:43 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89425 oh that should be "one line questions" oh that should be “one line questions”

]]> By: Scratch http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89424 Scratch Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:02:47 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89424 Dang it. That was 'no' to C.S., not to Fafaroo. Dang it. That was ‘no’ to C.S., not to Fafaroo.

]]> By: Scratch http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89423 Scratch Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89423 No. No.

]]> By: fafaroo http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89422 fafaroo Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:57:50 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89422 Scratch, rather than throwing out online questions, why don't you try to actually explain your understanding of Iran's role in Iraq and its relationship with the major players. Can you do that? Scratch, rather than throwing out online questions, why don’t you try to actually explain your understanding of Iran’s role in Iraq and its relationship with the major players. Can you do that?

]]> By: C.S.Strowbridge http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89421 C.S.Strowbridge Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:53:43 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89421 "What about the equipment we find that is built in Iran?" Give me a link with details. “What about the equipment we find that is built in Iran?”

Give me a link with details.

]]> By: Scratch http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89415 Scratch Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:35:22 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89415 What about the equipment we find that is built in Iran? What about the equipment we find that is built in Iran?

]]> By: C.S.Strowbridge http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89409 C.S.Strowbridge Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:10:50 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89409 "Hmmm…so Iran really is heavily involved in Iraq?" Yes. They are helping the Iraqi government secure peace. But they are not training suicide bombers. (Granted, they are doing so so they can have a strong ally in the region. It is not altruistic.) I find it amazing that that some conservatives can look at evidence that proves them wrong and go, "Aha! I knew I was right!" “Hmmm…so Iran really is heavily involved in Iraq?”

Yes. They are helping the Iraqi government secure peace. But they are not training suicide bombers.

(Granted, they are doing so so they can have a strong ally in the region. It is not altruistic.)

I find it amazing that that some conservatives can look at evidence that proves them wrong and go, “Aha! I knew I was right!”

]]> By: midderpidge http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89403 midderpidge Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:41:11 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89403 What a backfire Scratch. Instead of planting an army in Iraq to dominate the region, we have torn ours up while letting Iran dominate the region. If we keep the army there, we are just letting Iran gain even more power while dwindling our own resources. Thanks for the FUBAR Bush & company. What a backfire Scratch. Instead of planting an army in Iraq to dominate the region, we have torn ours up while letting Iran dominate the region. If we keep the army there, we are just letting Iran gain even more power while dwindling our own resources. Thanks for the FUBAR Bush & company.

]]> By: SpiderJ http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89400 SpiderJ Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:30:55 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89400 I know what scratch is going for. And surely the only way to keep Iran from taking over Iraq is to...invade them! I know what scratch is going for.

And surely the only way to keep Iran from taking over Iraq is to…invade them!

]]> By: fafaroo http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89399 fafaroo Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:46:09 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89399 Scratch, do you want to explain that comment? Flesh it out a bit? Scratch, do you want to explain that comment? Flesh it out a bit?

]]> By: jr http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89393 jr Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:12:35 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89393 the Cons think nothing of spending another couple trillion over there to prove they're "tough" to their base of enlistmentphobes on talk radio and the rightie blogs the Cons think nothing of spending another couple trillion over there to prove they’re “tough” to their base of enlistmentphobes on talk radio and the rightie blogs

]]> By: Scratch http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89389 Scratch Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:01:59 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/31/iran-is-the-war-broker/#comment-89389 Hmmm...so Iran really is heavily involved in Iraq? Hmmm…so Iran really is heavily involved in Iraq?

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