Comments on: War with Iran: Will Foolish Dubya Actually Take on Cyrus the Great? http://dissidentvoice.org/2007/11/war-with-iran-will-foolish-dubya-actually-take-on-cyrus-the-great/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:26:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mike McNiven http://dissidentvoice.org/2007/11/war-with-iran-will-foolish-dubya-actually-take-on-cyrus-the-great/#comment-10791 Mike McNiven Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:57:49 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/11/war-with-iran-will-foolish-dubya-actually-take-on-cyrus-the-great/#comment-10791 A very important contribution of Cyrus to the development of human rights laws: http://www.savepasargad.com/October/Cyrus%20the%20great%20day.%20E.htm A very important contribution of Cyrus to the development of human rights laws:

http://www.savepasargad.com/October/Cyrus%20the%20great%20day.%20E.htm

]]> By: Mike McNiven http://dissidentvoice.org/2007/11/war-with-iran-will-foolish-dubya-actually-take-on-cyrus-the-great/#comment-10453 Mike McNiven Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:07:38 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/11/war-with-iran-will-foolish-dubya-actually-take-on-cyrus-the-great/#comment-10453 Children of Cyrus have something to say too: http://www.counterpunch.org/fiyouzat12012007.html Children of Cyrus have something to say too:

http://www.counterpunch.org/fiyouzat12012007.html

]]> By: AJ Nasreddin http://dissidentvoice.org/2007/11/war-with-iran-will-foolish-dubya-actually-take-on-cyrus-the-great/#comment-9215 AJ Nasreddin Sun, 18 Nov 2007 18:39:57 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/11/war-with-iran-will-foolish-dubya-actually-take-on-cyrus-the-great/#comment-9215 Good article - pretty much on the mark. Still, apart from the geopolitical problems with Iran, it seems Bush's aim is to satisfy "Biblical" calls from the Neo-Con Christian Right. I think they believe that if they don't see Jesus before Bush leaves office, life won't be so good. Good article – pretty much on the mark.

Still, apart from the geopolitical problems with Iran, it seems Bush’s aim is to satisfy “Biblical” calls from the Neo-Con Christian Right. I think they believe that if they don’t see Jesus before Bush leaves office, life won’t be so good.

]]> By: Michael Kenny http://dissidentvoice.org/2007/11/war-with-iran-will-foolish-dubya-actually-take-on-cyrus-the-great/#comment-9140 Michael Kenny Fri, 16 Nov 2007 22:22:37 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/11/war-with-iran-will-foolish-dubya-actually-take-on-cyrus-the-great/#comment-9140 Sidebar on the French. I've never understood why the Bushies targeted them. Public opinion was less hostile in France to the invasion than anywhere else in Europe and other leaders expressed more open opposition than Chirac. I think they just wanted to make an"example" in Europe in the (vain!) hope that it would stifle opposition over here. But French and general European opposition to the war was not based on any assimilation to WWII (the WWII fetsih is quintessentially American!) but the firm belief of the "European street" that the war was unwinnable and the only effect of joining in would be to bring terrorism down on all our heads. There's no love lost over here for "foreigners" and if people had thought the war was winnable, there would have been massive support for it. It's just that Europeans are more lucid about what war can achieve. Sidebar on the French. I’ve never understood why the Bushies targeted them. Public opinion was less hostile in France to the invasion than anywhere else in Europe and other leaders expressed more open opposition than Chirac. I think they just wanted to make an”example” in Europe in the (vain!) hope that it would stifle opposition over here. But French and general European opposition to the war was not based on any assimilation to WWII (the WWII fetsih is quintessentially American!) but the firm belief of the “European street” that the war was unwinnable and the only effect of joining in would be to bring terrorism down on all our heads. There’s no love lost over here for “foreigners” and if people had thought the war was winnable, there would have been massive support for it. It’s just that Europeans are more lucid about what war can achieve.

]]> By: Deadbeat http://dissidentvoice.org/2007/11/war-with-iran-will-foolish-dubya-actually-take-on-cyrus-the-great/#comment-9137 Deadbeat Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:44:42 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/11/war-with-iran-will-foolish-dubya-actually-take-on-cyrus-the-great/#comment-9137 <i>Only a colossal fool would invite a second contest that an already dazed, arm-weary boxer can’t possibly win.</i> A huge mistake to assume that they are "colossal fools". Perhaps you need to revise your analysis by looking at the situation differently. Perhaps their goals is disruption and destruction. By that yardstick they've been extremely successful in Iraq. Only a colossal fool would invite a second contest that an already dazed, arm-weary boxer can’t possibly win.

A huge mistake to assume that they are “colossal fools”. Perhaps you need to revise your analysis by looking at the situation differently. Perhaps their goals is disruption and destruction. By that yardstick they’ve been extremely successful in Iraq.

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