Hitchens wasn't afraid of berthing shiploads of sailors in his southern port either... Wikipedia: Hitchens has written of his homosexual experiences when in boarding school in his memoir, "Hitch-22." These experiences continued in his college years when he allegedly had relationships with two men who eventually became a part of the Thatcher government.
Never thought about it that way before, they could definitely use such weapons as leverage against an oil rich country like bahrain. The UN unfortunately can't stop Iran getting them and all there sanctions don't work either because the regime don't care about there own people, they have there own agenda in the world
Has everyone forgot about North Korea and the "Homicidal" effect there Nukes have had on the world? The fact remains (as history has shown) Nuclear Arms are defensive weapons, not aggresive ones. Irans possetion of Nuclear wapons will only have a stabilising effect in the middle east, as it will deystroy Israils assymetric power. and as we are now seeing, Israil does not like that out come
@bjl34565 Not with apocalyptic and fanatical religious regimes that want to end the world. This regime's core ideology is aimed at this goal/vision through the "return of the hidden imam" in which 2/3rd of humanity must perish with the prerequisite "reconquering Jerusalem" then "moving on to the west". Remember: virgins are raped in Iran before being executed so that they don't go "straight to heaven".
What Hitchens is getting at with his final question is that if the West do not invade Iran as we did in Iraq, we will have a Fascist regime running around shoving their Nukes in everyones face.
He is suggesting they could conquer the whole of Sunni Africa without spilling one drop of blood, and it is scary how right he is.
Quote "No International Law would be worth a Dime" just like it isn't in Israel when they repeatedly Massacre Palestinians Lebanese Kids Women unarmed old Men 1460 Murdered in 2009 alone RESULT No Sanctions or cuts in USA Arms or 'Aid' see Finkelstein on my lists!
@wind4watts But missiles are launched from public streets into the streets of Israel. Of course they're going to retaliate. Maybe if the missiles from palestine stopped then Israel woud stop retaliating and then no one would get killed!!!?
@IRELANDISMYCOUNTRY Yes sometimes, though usually they use Olive Groves & empty areas (where IDF Heron Drones try to9 spot & Kill them) Do us a favour Research how many Israeli Civilians are 'actually' killed or hurt by these stupid home made rockets, last Year it was one foreign worker & 1 Israeli if memory serves, Israel really did Murder 1460 in 2009 alone in their Cast lead Massacre & 374+ of them were Kids.
@IRELANDISMYCOUNTRY It is tantamount- would be like the British Army Firing White Phosphorous shells into Belfast or RAF dropping Cluster Bombing Dublin to 'get' 10 active Republican or Loyalist terrorists!
The September 11 attacks strengthened his internationalist embrace of an interventionist foreign policy, and his vociferous criticism of what he called "fascism with an Islamic face." His numerous editorials in support of the Iraq War caused some to label him a neoconservative, although Hitchens insisted he was not "a conservative of any kind."
On 15 December 2011, Christopher Hitchens died from pneumonia, a complication of his cancer, in the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.[19]
Has he appeared at AIPAC meetings? Can you substantiate this claim of yours?
"you can hear from his Accent he is one of Britain's Privileged Rich ex Private School educated upper crust-Class who I have no doubt, has never done 1 decent hard days work or labour in his life!"
Who trusts Britain US Lackies-yes men-USA& we (or in our name) Did Kill-Murder at least 557,000 Iraqi Kids under the age of 5 years (UN Lowest estimate close to 1Million in reality using 13 Years of USA & UK Pressured Cruel Punishing Starvation Sanctions & 11,000 Bombing missions, hardy a Victory for Morality Or Democracy!
Stick with religious topics Hitch (RIP), the only country invading others are the US and Israel. The madmen already have nukes and the rest of the madmen (Iran) just want to even the odds.
None of these state powers want to be turned to glass, so nukes deter war.
@GtheMVP I can tell you are a liberal because they are always making false comparisons between the US and realand dangerous threats to the freedom and safety of the world.
As an Iranian, I thank the great Christopher Hitchens for his support for freedom and the Iranian people. Enough is enough, let's get rid of this evil regime which has the potential to be worse than Hitler.
@TheSasss1 I am American and I watch as our countries are brought ever closer to war. I despise the Iranian regime but I don't want the people to have to suffer like they have in Iraq. What would say would be Americas best role to play in this situation? I hope you're not a troll pretending to be Iranian lol.
@twococonutshells Why would I be pretending to be Iranian? I am Iranian-American and proud of my background and heritage. In addition, I have spent considerable amounts of time in Iran including over 8-months last year due to illness in the family. Therefore, I had a great experience of Iran as both an Iranian and an American.
@twococonutshells Iranians always say, Bush liberated the wrong country. Why? Because Iraqis are still Arab and religious and with the exception of the great Kurdish people, they still have quite a bit of fanatics among them. In contrast, Iranians are the only nation in the entire region that offers the true prospects of secular democracy.
@twococonutshells Not only have we experienced the evils of Islamic rule under the most brutal of manners the last 30+ years, our culture is pre-Islamic (our holidays and traditions) i.e. Persian New Years. President Obama had a great chance at regime change in 2009 and let us down. I hope the next time around he will not do that. Iranians will rise up again during the next round of fake elections in Iran in less than 2-years.
@twococonutshells I believe that strategic strikes at Iran's regime (i.e. Hizbolli bases, Basij headquarters, Khamenei's palaces etc.) will create the chaos needed as well as regime defections. If we had a worldwid embargo of the import of gasoline into Iran, that may cause regime change as well. The bottom line is, this regime is not only a threat to the Iranian people, but to U.S. national security and to world peace itself. Thank you my friend. :)
@twococonutshells BTW, you would never see the post-war terror that you saw in Iraq. The vast majority of deaths in Iraq resulted from terror attacks, and largely from imported terrorists from neighboring Arab countries. This obviously would not occur in Iran.
@twococonutshells "I hope you're not a troll pretending to be Iranian lol" The overwhelming majority of Iranians do not want foreign invaders bombing their cities. TheSasss1 is an American troll living in the U.S.
Is this Guy Sponsored by AIPAC Jewish Money-$? it sounds like it! The Truth of the matter is that Iran May have Nuclear weapons ambitions but Lunatic Israel already has USA Supplied & their own 550+ A Bombs Hydrogen Bombs Delilah Nuclear Cruise Missiles, Israel HAS invaded neighbour Lebanon 3 times Massacred Thousands Israel has also shot American Citizens in their face 4 times as they lay on the floor, Massacred (again) 1460 incl 400 Kids in 2009 Cast Lead were supposed to be afraid of Iran?
I think it stands to reason that Iran wouldn't risk taking the MAD theory up on its implications. Though I know that itm takes only one madman to blow the theory to bits, I still don't see Ahmadinejad acting on the implications of his weapons program.
Zionists need nuclear power and nuclear weapons to use it to shake the moolah out of citizens. They stole billions of dollars from citizens of Fukushima when the city was nuked with a tsunami. Why wouldn't Mullahs want to make moolah the easy way too? Moolah controls the world. Everyone wants the moolah.
This shows Iran's president leading the crowd in shouts of "Death to Israel". These people are monsters. Israel just wants its right to exist, and they've never shouted "Death to Iran". Israel, like the United States is a civilized country. Iran is stuck in the 7th century. They're mad men. I'm not a zionist. I'm not even Jewish. I'm not Israeli. I have no agenda other than a desire for peaceful coexistence. But Iran has nukes now & our steadfast ally is in grave danger.
@mouthyweasel Iran has not invaded any country in the last ... 40 years? more? USA is constantly invading other nations, including two OPEC countries in the last decade (and Iran is an OPEC country). As for religious issues, he seems to be no more lunatic than Bibi Netanyahu, who believe that there is a god speaking to him and Israel should raise "David's Sword" against Iran...
@suarezjaguar Fine. Let's all live under Sharia instead. What a nightmare. All religion and superstition is making life unlivable. It's all divisive nonsense. ALL of it. Jews. Muslims. Christians. It's all fantasy, and dangerous garbage. And when the leader of a nation says, "Death to.... ANYONE," humanity has a real problem. Homo Sapiens are frightfully violent simple little apes. It's absolute insanity. I can't help but feel as if Humanity is a just failed project.
@mouthyweasel "Fine. Let's all live under Sharia instead" The US/NATO has no problem with that in Saudi Arabia - especially when they provide military equipment and help to the theocratic islamic Saudi regime. They also had no problem with sharia law, when they helped to install the sharia law in the new "democratic" Iraq. They do not care about sharia law per se or ideologies whatsoever.
@mouthyweasel No No listen to facts instead of Brainwashing USA Zionist owned Media...he never said that he said "Zionism" needs to end the Israeli Policy of throwing Arabs off land they have owned for thousands of years stealing all-everyone's land (like Lebanon they invaded 3 times but got their Arse's kicked out 3 times)
@mouthyweasel taking control of all resources oil diamonds land, and starving killing any enemies as they are doing in their Siege 'blockade' on Gaza right now! which has made 45% of previously now unemployed living on European Aid
@wind4watts Before the British gave Israel to the displaced and decimated Jewish people, Israel was pestilential swampland. Now, 65 years later it's a paradise. They're the number 2 exported of technology in the world. Number 1 in agriculture. A wildly disproportionate number of Nobel laureates. A thriving democracy hell bent on providing fairness and justice if you'd only let them. And our steadfast ally. Arabs haven't given the world anything in 1000 years. just headaches.
No matter who is in charge in Iran they will continue to pursue nuclear weapons. Looking at their situation from their perspective you can understand why.
@Delta4ms Exactly. If I were an Iranian I would want nukes as well. And I have no religion. USA and Israel are surrounding them with military bases and they have nuclear weapons. Imitate the behavior of enemies is a logical and predictable response in Game Theory.
@apresesco I agree 100% why do West-USA UK Israel think only they have the right to protect their borders, after Obama ordering & then watching Bin Laden shot in the Head live in the White house (who was an unconvinced Man possibly only Guilty perhaps of making Videos) and USA Apaches drones Guilty of Massacring 20+ Thousands of unarmed dirt poor Aghan Villagers on the premise of 'Anti Terrorism'.
Fuck of you Trotskyite cunt! If one country has them then why can't all countries have them. These nukes will be used nothing more than for defence from the west and they know it.
@ooohpie Because, this is the point, because the irani government is not a sane reliable government because it isnt elected democratically. Therefore it is not legit for iran to have them.
@ooohpie Defense? How the fuck are nuclear weapons defense?! You would have to be bat-shit insane to think that nukes are defense! If only a miniscule amount of warheads were utilized, the environmental impact would be catastrophic! Radiation fallout, cooling of the earth's surface, water supplies poisoned. All countries should disarm their nuclear stockpiles- it is insanity!
Nuclear power plants are WMD. They are the creation of Zionist bankers control Freemasons as a satanic global force that works to enslave all people of the world. Zionist bankers had Freemasons write the Testaments. In the Testaments is the "dream" that is described as bankers controlling all money and all people from a slave center in Israel called the City of Zion. Nuclear power plants are deliberately destroyed by the banker's men to shake money out of citizens.
Truly, explaining the metaphysical world, as religion attempts to do, or the impossible position of "atheism" (which denies paranormality) as elitists are currently proffering to the masses, diverts the spotlight from the concrete issue: the master plan to consolidate all counterfeiting/central-fractional banking operations.
Iran is a very pragmatic country that never attacks anybody. They can have nukes or else we must make a nuke -free-zone in that whole region. We can't go picking who gets nukes and who doesn't.
The Persians would be utter fools if they would not at least try to build nuclear weapons as soon as possible! Just think of what has happened to harmless Libya a few years after it has abandoned building nuclear weapons; so if the Persians want to avoid an armed liberation of their oil by the Encashment Washington for the sake of the Seven Oil Sisters they need the bomb; for even if they could repulse an American attack, they are in the same danger as Japan without the atomic bomb.
Yes, look at what happened to Libya...the people started a revolution and successfully overthrew their dictator and liberated their country, and are paving the way for a free democracy.
Yes, lets hope Iran has the same luck and can finally get rid of Ahmedenijad.
@TheTollundWoman: Nope, as Japan experienced bitterly that nations without atomic bombs are likely to be attacked by nations with atomic bombs and this was very tragic for the Japanese as they euphorically awaited the American invasion for the main battle; while no such thing has happened in Libya as it was a foreign back insurrection and there will be many things in Libya but no such things as democracy; and if Persia will have luck they will succeed in building the bomb.
@suarezjaguar: In a way, but Encashment Washington has altered its business scheme: In Mesopotamia they drivelled something about weapons of mass destruction and attacked with brute force in order to steal the oil; while in Libya they hired some dubious elements to fight the government, told the would ridiculous fairy tales about government atrocities (like handing out aphrodisiacs) and called it an uprising for democracy; and so deposed the Libyan government and installed their minions.
@aiyic maybe at the time he was, but now it is known he is correct. The IAEA just released a report giving evidence that Iran is attempting to make nuclear weapons and may be close. Also the standards of evidence in this report are higher than the standard for evidence regarding Iraq's nuclear program before the U.S. invaded .
@DJWEBSTAR914 Look up Scott Ritter's current views (as well as older) on this; an actual former weapons inspector. He say's name any nation, and their as close as Iran are to developing nukes.
We should be eliminating all nuclear weapons and concentrate on space exploration. I am about to make a position on this issue: IRAN should be stopped! The leadership is NOT sane,this is NOT directed towards the people,they must be stopped. The Mahdi issue is flawed b/c it's connected with a returning Jesus. It is the Leadership not the People and this must be emphasized when action is taken. Isreal's nuclear prgrm must also be dismantled w/ India and Pakistan also.
He's still saying this despite the fact that even the US government disagrees with him? The National Intelligence Estimate in 2007 came to the conclusion that Iran had halted its nuclear programme in 2003, and the same conclusion was reached again in the 2011 NIE.
@GiantSandles They are refining weapons grade material right now. Why do you think a 'foreign power' put a massive virus in one of their nuclear plant networks and assassinated two of their best nuclear scientists last year?
Ahmadinejad put his fingers up to the west, so the west used different tactics to give him their message.
I love Hitchens. He always makes great points. Ron Paul made great points too, but his non-interventionist policy just doesn't make much sense. "Focus on America" he says. Well, why not focus on America AND the world? We have made so many mistakes in the past and we have to correct them now. We owe a debt to the Iranian people for what we did.
Does that debt include bombing them which could in the long run result in blowback? We are not the world police, stop interfering in other nations affairs America it will avoid problems like 9/11. Iran wouldn't dare touch America, we have more nuclear weapons to destroy the world several times over. We don't owe anyone anything, the longer we have a presence overseas the more danger we are in. But we ignore this at our own peril.
I'm not really that worried about blowback. As long as a teatard isn't in office, we'll do fine. The Iranian people are hungry for change.
America cannot fight this fight alone. The U.S. needs to get more and more people involved in the fight against tyranny, and we have to ensure that we don't behave like tyrants ourselves, which we can do.
I know Iran is no threat to America, but what about the Kurds, Afghans, and Iranians themselves?
The change if any that the Iranians may want is not ours to decide. Their civil war is none of our business just like ours was none of theirs. Tyrants have come and gone long before the word America was even uttered.
Yes it is. Did France say that Britain's civil war was none of their business? No, they supported the colonies and helped them become their own state.
We are directly involved in what Iran is today, and it is our responsibility to allow this beautiful culture to flourish, unshackled by Islamic fascists. Khomenei and his possy of medieval gangsters need to go down.
I still don't understand how we are responsible for anything Iran does. Iran is fine, you can't force democracy on any nation. Let them be.The citizens in that nation have stability and want to live that way. The middle east is not a region to be meddled with. Also France helped us out during the revolution not the civil war. George Washington was a non-interventionist, that should tell you something.
@Scjrd91 For Britain, it was a civil war. That's why I explicitly said BRITAIN'S civil war. There is a difference between forcing democracy on people and giving it to them when they really want it. In another video, Hitchens mentioned how 50% of Iran's population is under the age of 25, and that most of these youngsters are rebellious towards their government and their parents. Am I saying we should get involved in every conflict? No, but we should get involved in the ones that we caused.
According to the British it was their civil war but in reality it was the oppression of the British Empire towards the colonists that was really an American war declared on Britian. Stay out of Iran's affairs, it's none of our business, by causing one thing as you have asserted for some reason, we will in the end cause another thing. You talk about Islamist fascism but what about American Fascism? Perhaps China should free us of our own big government, how would you feel then?
According to the British it was their civil war but in reality it was the oppression of the British Empire towards the colonists that was really an American war declared on Britian. Stay out of Iran's affairs, it's none of our business, by causing one thing as you have asserted for some reason, we will in the end cause another thing. You talk about Islamist fascism but what about American Fascism? Perhaps China should free us of our own big government, how would you feel then?
@Scjrd91 For Britain, it was a civil war. That's why I explicitly said BRITAIN'S civil war. There is a difference between forcing democracy on people and giving it to them when they really want it. In another video, Hitchens mentioned how 50% of Iran's population is under the age of 25, and that most of these youngsters are rebellious towards their government and their parents. Am I saying we should get involved in every conflict? No, but we should get involved in the ones that we caused.
Oh take that bullshit somewhere else. "Owe them". The only people that are owed anything are the people of Europe and the US who's tax payer dollars will fund nonsense wars like the ones you evidently want to happen.
A mad man has one in North Korea, nothing has happened because nuclear weapons are used as deterrents - no other reason. Mutual destruction surely would ensue if one was used, and Iran are not suicidal, just as the North Korean leader isn't.
And it's now 2011 and they still have ZERO proof Iran are trying to get a weapon. Speculators and fear mongers all.
Whats the purpose of Nuclear technology in Iran, we can argue. But you have to agree that the fact that Iran is developing missiles that can reach US and Europe is astonishing, Missiles to reach Israel is one thing (the obvious opponent) but what is obvious in missile that can reach London or New-York?
@tiborzkarate Well, there's more to it than that, I'm afraid.
You see, Israel is a democratic, secularist state which abides by international law, for the most part.
Iran is an off the handle dictatorship, which abuses its population, discriminates against women and minorities and abides by Shari'a law, which last time I checked, is equivalent to killing and restricting everybody who disagrees with you, and then putting a little green "approved by Allah" sticker on it.
Wrong. Israel comitts WAY more international crimes than Iran does. Remember the Gaza flotilla that was in international waters? How about illegal occupation of Palestinian land? Oh yeah, Israel's shown way more disregard for the NPT than Iran has. It dosen't matter if Israel is democratic or not, internal freedoms rarley correspond with how agressive their foriegn policy is, just look at Ancient rome. Please laern some facts before you go spouting bullshit.
Zionism is just as dogmatic and brainwashing as religion is.
Israel could hardly breathe on its own without US support, it's an EXTREMLEY agressive state that has terrorized Lebanon and Palestine for years.
That flotilla did NOT violate international law. The blockade on Israel imposed on Gaza is illegal according to Amnesty international. It was a humanitarian convoy. It was in international waters. Nice try though.
@Onepretentiousdude Can you explain though, why they did not respond upon contact with the patrols?
were they deliberately trying to create an international incident?
you make it seem as though we are the ones that provoked this whole shit storm, this shit dates back way before the concept of a self governing state was proposed.
I must say though, you are definitely one pretentious dude, dude.
@Onepretentiousdude Israel is not signatory to the NPT and they have nukes and they do not allow UN inspections. USA has thousands of nuclear weapons of mass destruction and attacked two OPEC countries in the last 10 years. Iran has every reason to worry about it. I am an atheist and I couldn't care less about religion and i still think that Iran must start to develop nukes if they want to prevent an attack from countries with nuclear weapons capability.
Looks like we're in agreement, although I don't think Iran should develop nuclear weapons, nukes in general are just bad. We should try to phase them out.
Both Iraq and Afghanistan border Iran if you look at our military positions and allies they are surrounding Iran, Neither Iraq or Afghanistan were ever the point. Iran was. Syria's nuclear program is related to Irans, when NATO enters Syria and clears it out the evidence implicates Iran, Before exposed, Iran will likely act "in defense of the Syrian regime" causing invasion. He cant have nukes because all of our lives now depend on a balance of power, this would cause a middle east arms race
@nortfishlsweetnr Arms race in the Middle East is already happening and increased since the Iraq War. Anyway, if NATO wants to prevent an arms race, they should stop pointing nuclear weapons of mass destruction at other people's head...
@apresesco What Im postulating here is that we haven't been told the truth about why Iraq was invaded to begin with, i think most of us have come to the conclusion that it had nothing to do with 9-11, Saddam or his weapons but if you look at a map our position is clear all of our movements have put us around Iran and now Syria. I'm suggesting that we're there because of Irans nuclear program in the first place. I can assume that a nuclear Iran would have presented problems for Iraq as well
@nortfishlsweetnr I think we are living some kind of Cold War 2 in a globalized world. The point is not Iran, Iraq, Libya or any OPEC country. The point is China.
China has become increasingly dependent on Middle East oil. According to sources culled from the International Energy Agency (IEA), China will import 5.9 to 6.9 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2020,
constituting 63 to 70 percent of total oil consumption.
@apresesco Time will tell how this all unfolds. But the truth is that we cant un-invent nuclear weapons, now balance and sanity are all that keeps them from being used. mutually assured destruction, accountability to the IAEA and non proliferation balance NATO/US & China/Russia, India and Pakistan balance each other, Isreal is balanced by its position, but Iran kills the balance. We may have just bought his neighbors time to catch up. Hard to leverage a weapon when everyone has it too.
As an Iranian, I can state unequivocally the Iranian people are a good people that demand nothing more and nothing less than to get rid of this barbaric-rapist regime that has raped and destroyed the once great nation of Iran. We simply want freedom - freedom and secularism. This regime has allowed the Iranian people to see the cruel nature of Islamic belief at its root and the international community must assist the Iranian people and the world from this evil regime.
@TheSasss1 Keep in mind that the USA military invasion will be purely to take control over the iranian oil reserves and they do not give a damn about secularism, democracy etc. in other countries. Iraq has become less secular after the invasion.
@suarezjaguar Irregardless, nations with good relations with the U.S. have great economies (i.e. Japan, South Korea) those with not great relations have bad economies (i.e. North Korea). IT would be great to start being partners with respected members of the international community rather than terrorists (i.e. Hizbollah, Hamas). And the U.S. does care for democracies as democracies don't resort to terrorism or fight wars with other democracies).
@TheSasss1 Honduras also has a good relationship with the U.S.. Colombia also has a good relationship with the U.S. El Salvador also has a good relationship with the U.S., etc. You're giving "idealism" too much credit. At the end of the day, this is an intraspecific competition for limited natural resources. Do not forget 1953.
@suarezjaguar I think you people tend to be stuck in history when the rest of the world has progressed. You call me an idealist but rather I find the type of people from your side idealists rather than realists and pragmatists. Also, all you people can seem to do is resort to referring to historic events rather than living in the present. The role of the CIA was actually non-consequential as discussed by Ray Takeyh (search on google). Again, live in the present in the year 2011.
@TheSasss1 I'm definitely not an idealist, but I think you are. Btw, "Of course the Iraq war is about oil. We've treated the Arab world as a collection of big gas stations, our message to them is: Guys, keep your pumps open, prices low, be nice to the Israelis and you can do whatever you want out back." ~General John Abizaid (eet.), the former centcom commander
@suarezjaguar Only a stupid person without any critical thinking skills resorts to the "war was about oil" card when the costs have obviously outweighed any oil revenue and the fact that the lucrative oil contracts for the most part went to China, Russia, and India. Anyone can make a claim without evidence but to make such a claim without showing how we have "benefited from that oil" clearly demonstrates one who lacks a brain to do a critical analysis of the facts.
@TheSasss1 United States is Iraq’s number one oil export partner according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2010. Plus, according to the BusinessPundit, the top 10 companies (including companies in different sectors) squeezing the most profit from the Iraq War are all from USA and UK.
@suarezjaguar You need to provide links to actual sites; I did a search on google and could not locate the data from the EIA and other agencies regarding the specifics you mentioned. In addition, the war cost us much more money than would be produced from any oil revenue. To claim that the war was for oil is simply a lack of critical thinking and rationality; it is easy to claim everything is for "oil", conspiracy (i.e. "NWO") etc. but it simply isn't there. The numbers don't add up.
@TheSasss1 I sent a link to your channel and I put the sources. Btw I did not say anything about "NWO conspiracy" or whatever. Get over the Straw Man fallacy.
@suarezjaguar Good job. Finally providing sources as everyone should when making claims. Even though the % going to U.S. is not that high and the costs of war greatly outweigh any "oil profits" to be made. Before the invasion we were acquiring oil from Iraq as well so it would be interesting to find out how much of an increase in % has resulted due to the invasion. Irregardless, the costs of war are much higher than any profits and to claim the war was purely for "oil" is naive
@suarezjaguar It is about control of the region and the subsequent Arab spring and the fact that people are crying and fighting for freedom throughout the Middle East is a direct result of the liberations of Afghanistan and Iraq. Remember, Ghaddafi gave up his nuclear program soon after Saddam was ousted and that in itself made him appear very weak. I appreciate your viewpoint and input.
@TheSasss1 Now Iraq is under Sharia Law - thanks to the USA and their horrible campaign to control politically the OPEC countries. As for Libya, the Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi, the Libyan rebel leader, has said jihadists who fought against allied troops in Iraq are on the front lines of the battle against Gaddafi. The USA is deliberately helping al-Qaeda in Libya (The Telegraph, July 2011)." Liberation" my ass. Btw USA has nuclear WMD and this is a threat.
@suarezjaguar You are deluded my friend. Shariah law in Iraq?? Only in Moqtada Sadr's district so let's not exaggerate things. Again, it is your right to be deluded but obviously you are deluded in your world views. But guess what's the difference between a country like the United States or even Israel having a nuclear weapons compared to the Islamic Republic? Pastors and Rabbis don't run the government. There is no "mutually assured destruction" concept with the Islamic Republic.
@TheSasss1 Numan, Director of the Baghdad-based Asharq Research Center, argued that the situation for women has significantly worsened since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
@suarezjaguar I agree, in certain parts - especially those with heavy influence from the Islamic Republic - another reason why we need to assist the Iranian people in getting rid of the barbaric regime occupying Iran - but Iraqi's at least now have a future and don't have to live under the tyrant Saddam Hussein - the plight of the Kurdish people to freedom is an inspiration to me
@suarezjaguar You simply are not Iranian to speak. As of a few months ago, I had spent 8+ months in Iran. The Iranian people need help - this is a regime that will kill every last Iranian to keep power as Iran or the lives of Iranians are not important to them - only their fanatical Islam - this is a regime that rapes our young sisters before executing them so that they don't "die as virgins" as the maniacs believe "virgins go straight to heaven" - international community must step up soon
Forget the Ad hominem thing...and I'm not supporting the iranian government. I'm showing through facts that the USA intervention has nothing to do with freedom and democracy and will quite possibly make things worse, as happened in Iraq.
@suarezjaguar Freedom benefits everyone - and free and democratic nations don't resort to supporting terrorism - the world is a better place today than it was 10-years ago. In fact, yesterday Afghan women in Kabul for the first time protested for their rights out in public!!!!
@TheSasss1 Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi, the Libyan rebel leader, has said jihadists who fought against allied troops in Iraq are on the front lines of the battle against Gaddafi. The USA is deliberately helping al-Qaeda in Libya (The Telegraph, July 2011).
@TheSasss1 This is a regime that rapes our young sisters before executing them so that they don't die as virgins as they believe "virgins go straight to heaven". This is a regime that would welcome a nuclear holocaust. Haven't you seen the "Hidden Imam" video leaked by former CIA/Revolutionary Guard spy Reza Kahlili? It was produced by the regime themselves. Type "The Coming is Upon Us" on youtube search; English translations are provided.
@TheSasss1 And I don't think General Abizaid made such a comment. And the only reason I mentioned "NWO" because too many people with the "war was for oil" mantra claim irrational claims such as the aforementioned
@suarezjaguar Just remember, Europeans all hated each other and killed each other, now European Union. 40+ years ago we had segregation, now black President. Move forward with the times rather than being brain-dead in the past. Learn from history but don't live in history!
@suarezjaguar To immediately claim, "resources" is being brainwashed by such scum such as Michael Moore, Noam Chimpsky, and George Galloway. Think for yourself and don't be a tool. I stand proud to stand with the likes of the great Christopher Hitchens'.
wow this is ridiculous. iran ISN'T developing nuclear weapons.hitchens on his usual rant about theocracy (which i agree with him) but we can't win arguments if we lie. I mean think about, if ahmadinejad gets nuclear weapons don't you think their theocratic regime will be cut short? iranians aren't stupid and ahmadinejad isn't an idiot in the sense of protecting his policies and continuing his reign of terror.
@halflifeproductionz USA want to invade Iran no matter what because of the oil market. The only way to avoid bullies is through the potential for massive retaliation. So if Iran does not have nukes ... too bad for them. They will become another Iraq.
@suarezjaguar thats a preposterous argument. iran is a country where they had mass rallies talking about "death to america" if one of the super fundamentalist had power over a nuke then it'll most definitely land in one of the western coutnries.
This guy is making assumptions.. where is the proof about Iran's nuclear weapons program?? we haven't seen that yet... show us pal.. be real for goodness sake
Hitchens mentions the Hezbollah symbol to be a mushroom cloud. Although it may no longer be used, but does anyone know of a picture which can substantiate his statement?
@ForgottenPhlebotinum yh i have been looking for one as well (im beginning to wonder if its true or not)
the thing about Iran is that they have allowed u.n and i.a.e.a inspections in there facility's and have signed the u.n non proliferation treaty and also the i.a.e.a safeguards agreement (i.a.e.a stated that no material is or have been diverted to any military or "special" purpose)
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why do people forget pakistan has nukes already? they havent blasted india yet thank "god".....nukes i think are old news and wont make a difference justb because iran may be making them along thier enegry program . as if some crazy fanantical muslims cant get hold of the already. why does isreal have nukes though? that one baffles me
@GBJ83 Why did America, France, Britain all allow Israel to have a nuclear capability after having signe the NPT. Thats something I would like to know, telling everyone that no more weapons will be built and then givingthe capability to one particular belligerent country baffles me.
Absolutely no country with nuclear weapons is reliably. But they exist. So the most obvious answer to this kind of threat is: I should have nukes too. If Iran wants to survive they need nuclear weapons because foreign invaders nuclear threat will attack them no matter what to control the oil supplier of China.
"the Just Foreign Policy extrapolation would yield 1,379,404."
(deaths in iraq)
Now that the order of magnitude of the death toll reported by the Lancet study has been independently confirmed, pressure should be redoubled on media outlets to tell the truth about the Iraqi death toll.
Let's talk about israels nukes then. They are nothing but illegal. A nuclear power by law cannot receive foreign aid. There is another. He's good when he has no opponents to debate, or a lame brain as one.
this lying bastard ain't dead yet. What a sucker, to believe such an obvious shill. He is just the little kid in class who always has an excuse, that thinks he knows alot because he has no sense of truth. I bet his mom and dad were liars and so are his kids. Bury that bastard.
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Hitchens wasn't afraid of berthing shiploads of sailors in his southern port either... Wikipedia: Hitchens has written of his homosexual experiences when in boarding school in his memoir, "Hitch-22." These experiences continued in his college years when he allegedly had relationships with two men who eventually became a part of the Thatcher government.
procommenter 1 week ago
2:38 Is he serious?
martindj88 1 week ago
Where have we ever heard apocalyptic warnings about WMD concealment before? (was he cremated?)
TODB0AMER 2 weeks ago
Never thought about it that way before, they could definitely use such weapons as leverage against an oil rich country like bahrain. The UN unfortunately can't stop Iran getting them and all there sanctions don't work either because the regime don't care about there own people, they have there own agenda in the world
johnboy14 3 weeks ago
Has everyone forgot about North Korea and the "Homicidal" effect there Nukes have had on the world? The fact remains (as history has shown) Nuclear Arms are defensive weapons, not aggresive ones. Irans possetion of Nuclear wapons will only have a stabilising effect in the middle east, as it will deystroy Israils assymetric power. and as we are now seeing, Israil does not like that out come
bjl34565 4 weeks ago
@bjl34565 Not with apocalyptic and fanatical religious regimes that want to end the world. This regime's core ideology is aimed at this goal/vision through the "return of the hidden imam" in which 2/3rd of humanity must perish with the prerequisite "reconquering Jerusalem" then "moving on to the west". Remember: virgins are raped in Iran before being executed so that they don't go "straight to heaven".
TheSasss1 3 weeks ago
@TheSasss1 good to see the US propaganda department is up and running
bjl34565 2 weeks ago
What Hitchens is getting at with his final question is that if the West do not invade Iran as we did in Iraq, we will have a Fascist regime running around shoving their Nukes in everyones face.
He is suggesting they could conquer the whole of Sunni Africa without spilling one drop of blood, and it is scary how right he is.
GoddyofWar 1 month ago
U.S. is already invading Iranian airspace and bombing them via drones.
apresesco 1 month ago
Will the American people believe its government about Iran like they did with Iraq?
asperin 1 month ago in playlist Christopher Hitchens (1949 - 2011)
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RIP, Mr. Hitchens.
tix333 1 month ago in playlist Christopher Hitchens (1949 - 2011)
Quote "No International Law would be worth a Dime" just like it isn't in Israel when they repeatedly Massacre Palestinians Lebanese Kids Women unarmed old Men 1460 Murdered in 2009 alone RESULT No Sanctions or cuts in USA Arms or 'Aid' see Finkelstein on my lists!
wind4watts 1 month ago
@wind4watts But missiles are launched from public streets into the streets of Israel. Of course they're going to retaliate. Maybe if the missiles from palestine stopped then Israel woud stop retaliating and then no one would get killed!!!?
IRELANDISMYCOUNTRY 1 month ago
@IRELANDISMYCOUNTRY Yes sometimes, though usually they use Olive Groves & empty areas (where IDF Heron Drones try to9 spot & Kill them) Do us a favour Research how many Israeli Civilians are 'actually' killed or hurt by these stupid home made rockets, last Year it was one foreign worker & 1 Israeli if memory serves, Israel really did Murder 1460 in 2009 alone in their Cast lead Massacre & 374+ of them were Kids.
wind4watts 1 month ago
@IRELANDISMYCOUNTRY It is tantamount- would be like the British Army Firing White Phosphorous shells into Belfast or RAF dropping Cluster Bombing Dublin to 'get' 10 active Republican or Loyalist terrorists!
wind4watts 1 month ago
@wind4watts It wouldn't be like that at all!!!??? Then the british would be dropping cluster bombs on their own people......
IRELANDISMYCOUNTRY 1 month ago
RIP :'(
quidproquo2004 1 month ago 4
The September 11 attacks strengthened his internationalist embrace of an interventionist foreign policy, and his vociferous criticism of what he called "fascism with an Islamic face." His numerous editorials in support of the Iraq War caused some to label him a neoconservative, although Hitchens insisted he was not "a conservative of any kind."
On 15 December 2011, Christopher Hitchens died from pneumonia, a complication of his cancer, in the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.[19]
wind4watts 1 month ago
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@wind4watts
Has he appeared at AIPAC meetings? Can you substantiate this claim of yours?
"you can hear from his Accent he is one of Britain's Privileged Rich ex Private School educated upper crust-Class who I have no doubt, has never done 1 decent hard days work or labour in his life!"
Supposition, although he is well-educated.
leopoldmarsh 1 month ago
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leopoldmarsh 1 month ago
RIP, Mr. Hitchens.
mohammmadtouchedboys 1 month ago 20
Who trusts Britain US Lackies-yes men-USA& we (or in our name) Did Kill-Murder at least 557,000 Iraqi Kids under the age of 5 years (UN Lowest estimate close to 1Million in reality using 13 Years of USA & UK Pressured Cruel Punishing Starvation Sanctions & 11,000 Bombing missions, hardy a Victory for Morality Or Democracy!
wind4watts 1 month ago
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ooh of course U.S is spending that kind of money and life for Iraq's and Iran's democracy and the world peace
newestech 1 month ago 9
Yes I know this scenario, just like Iraq does not have nuclear weapons but oil
newestech 1 month ago 4
I just noticed, Hitchens died yesterday, 12/15/11.
Barnekkid 1 month ago in playlist Christopher Hitchens (1949 - 2011)
Let's start a war to distract of from the crisis! 1984 anyone?
tijnmans 1 month ago in playlist Christopher Hitchens (1949 - 2011) 3
Stick with religious topics Hitch (RIP), the only country invading others are the US and Israel. The madmen already have nukes and the rest of the madmen (Iran) just want to even the odds.
None of these state powers want to be turned to glass, so nukes deter war.
GtheMVP 1 month ago in playlist Christopher Hitchens (1949 - 2011) 2
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@GtheMVP I can tell you are a liberal because they are always making false comparisons between the US and realand dangerous threats to the freedom and safety of the world.
TheronSax 1 month ago in playlist Christopher Hitchens (1949 - 2011)
As an Iranian, I thank the great Christopher Hitchens for his support for freedom and the Iranian people. Enough is enough, let's get rid of this evil regime which has the potential to be worse than Hitler.
TheSasss1 1 month ago 21
@TheSasss1 replace it with what?
AbuJahfar 1 month ago in playlist Christopher Hitchens (1949 - 2011)
@TheSasss1 I am American and I watch as our countries are brought ever closer to war. I despise the Iranian regime but I don't want the people to have to suffer like they have in Iraq. What would say would be Americas best role to play in this situation? I hope you're not a troll pretending to be Iranian lol.
twococonutshells 4 weeks ago
@twococonutshells Why would I be pretending to be Iranian? I am Iranian-American and proud of my background and heritage. In addition, I have spent considerable amounts of time in Iran including over 8-months last year due to illness in the family. Therefore, I had a great experience of Iran as both an Iranian and an American.
TheSasss1 3 weeks ago
@twococonutshells Iranians always say, Bush liberated the wrong country. Why? Because Iraqis are still Arab and religious and with the exception of the great Kurdish people, they still have quite a bit of fanatics among them. In contrast, Iranians are the only nation in the entire region that offers the true prospects of secular democracy.
TheSasss1 3 weeks ago
@TheSasss1 Obama signed the NDAA, perhaps a massive foreign invasion can free the American people from their tyrannical government.
apresesco 3 weeks ago
@twococonutshells Not only have we experienced the evils of Islamic rule under the most brutal of manners the last 30+ years, our culture is pre-Islamic (our holidays and traditions) i.e. Persian New Years. President Obama had a great chance at regime change in 2009 and let us down. I hope the next time around he will not do that. Iranians will rise up again during the next round of fake elections in Iran in less than 2-years.
TheSasss1 3 weeks ago
@twococonutshells I believe that strategic strikes at Iran's regime (i.e. Hizbolli bases, Basij headquarters, Khamenei's palaces etc.) will create the chaos needed as well as regime defections. If we had a worldwid embargo of the import of gasoline into Iran, that may cause regime change as well. The bottom line is, this regime is not only a threat to the Iranian people, but to U.S. national security and to world peace itself. Thank you my friend. :)
TheSasss1 3 weeks ago
@twococonutshells BTW, you would never see the post-war terror that you saw in Iraq. The vast majority of deaths in Iraq resulted from terror attacks, and largely from imported terrorists from neighboring Arab countries. This obviously would not occur in Iran.
TheSasss1 3 weeks ago
@twococonutshells "I hope you're not a troll pretending to be Iranian lol" The overwhelming majority of Iranians do not want foreign invaders bombing their cities. TheSasss1 is an American troll living in the U.S.
apresesco 3 weeks ago
@apresesco Remember to cite sources when making sweeping statements like that.
Antipopularization 20 hours ago
@TheSasss1 You are living in USA, quite different from the average Iranian, who lives in Iran.
apresesco 3 weeks ago
@TheSasss1 The people of Persia must stand against this regime, if anyone else does it will only incite more violence in the long run.
TheArcaneSanctum 2 weeks ago
Is this Guy Sponsored by AIPAC Jewish Money-$? it sounds like it! The Truth of the matter is that Iran May have Nuclear weapons ambitions but Lunatic Israel already has USA Supplied & their own 550+ A Bombs Hydrogen Bombs Delilah Nuclear Cruise Missiles, Israel HAS invaded neighbour Lebanon 3 times Massacred Thousands Israel has also shot American Citizens in their face 4 times as they lay on the floor, Massacred (again) 1460 incl 400 Kids in 2009 Cast Lead were supposed to be afraid of Iran?
wind4watts 1 month ago
@wind4watts
Actually, Chris Hitchens is anti-Zionist. He's made that pretty clear in a number of interviews.
leopoldmarsh 1 month ago in playlist Christopher Hitchens (1949 - 2011)
I think it stands to reason that Iran wouldn't risk taking the MAD theory up on its implications. Though I know that itm takes only one madman to blow the theory to bits, I still don't see Ahmadinejad acting on the implications of his weapons program.
Zimnyification 1 month ago
Zionists need nuclear power and nuclear weapons to use it to shake the moolah out of citizens. They stole billions of dollars from citizens of Fukushima when the city was nuked with a tsunami. Why wouldn't Mullahs want to make moolah the easy way too? Moolah controls the world. Everyone wants the moolah.
MostMagnificentOne 1 month ago
/watch?v=FckLO8HcNyo
This shows Iran's president leading the crowd in shouts of "Death to Israel". These people are monsters. Israel just wants its right to exist, and they've never shouted "Death to Iran". Israel, like the United States is a civilized country. Iran is stuck in the 7th century. They're mad men. I'm not a zionist. I'm not even Jewish. I'm not Israeli. I have no agenda other than a desire for peaceful coexistence. But Iran has nukes now & our steadfast ally is in grave danger.
mouthyweasel 1 month ago
@mouthyweasel Iran has not invaded any country in the last ... 40 years? more? USA is constantly invading other nations, including two OPEC countries in the last decade (and Iran is an OPEC country). As for religious issues, he seems to be no more lunatic than Bibi Netanyahu, who believe that there is a god speaking to him and Israel should raise "David's Sword" against Iran...
suarezjaguar 1 month ago
@suarezjaguar Fine. Let's all live under Sharia instead. What a nightmare. All religion and superstition is making life unlivable. It's all divisive nonsense. ALL of it. Jews. Muslims. Christians. It's all fantasy, and dangerous garbage. And when the leader of a nation says, "Death to.... ANYONE," humanity has a real problem. Homo Sapiens are frightfully violent simple little apes. It's absolute insanity. I can't help but feel as if Humanity is a just failed project.
mouthyweasel 1 month ago
@mouthyweasel "Fine. Let's all live under Sharia instead" The US/NATO has no problem with that in Saudi Arabia - especially when they provide military equipment and help to the theocratic islamic Saudi regime. They also had no problem with sharia law, when they helped to install the sharia law in the new "democratic" Iraq. They do not care about sharia law per se or ideologies whatsoever.
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ps: I share your misanthropic feelings.
suarezjaguar 1 month ago
@mouthyweasel No No listen to facts instead of Brainwashing USA Zionist owned Media...he never said that he said "Zionism" needs to end the Israeli Policy of throwing Arabs off land they have owned for thousands of years stealing all-everyone's land (like Lebanon they invaded 3 times but got their Arse's kicked out 3 times)
wind4watts 1 month ago
@mouthyweasel taking control of all resources oil diamonds land, and starving killing any enemies as they are doing in their Siege 'blockade' on Gaza right now! which has made 45% of previously now unemployed living on European Aid
wind4watts 1 month ago
@wind4watts Before the British gave Israel to the displaced and decimated Jewish people, Israel was pestilential swampland. Now, 65 years later it's a paradise. They're the number 2 exported of technology in the world. Number 1 in agriculture. A wildly disproportionate number of Nobel laureates. A thriving democracy hell bent on providing fairness and justice if you'd only let them. And our steadfast ally. Arabs haven't given the world anything in 1000 years. just headaches.
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mouthyweasel 1 month ago
No matter who is in charge in Iran they will continue to pursue nuclear weapons. Looking at their situation from their perspective you can understand why.
Delta4ms 2 months ago
@Delta4ms who is in charge in Iran matters when it comes down to them using it or not, to engage in a war with Israel.
Valholm 2 months ago
@Delta4ms Exactly. If I were an Iranian I would want nukes as well. And I have no religion. USA and Israel are surrounding them with military bases and they have nuclear weapons. Imitate the behavior of enemies is a logical and predictable response in Game Theory.
apresesco 1 month ago 4
@apresesco I think if you were Iranian, the first thing you would want is to replace this crazy regime and become free of religious nut-jobs.
ZivEstVeritas 1 month ago in playlist Christopher Hitchens (1949 - 2011)
@apresesco I agree 100% why do West-USA UK Israel think only they have the right to protect their borders, after Obama ordering & then watching Bin Laden shot in the Head live in the White house (who was an unconvinced Man possibly only Guilty perhaps of making Videos) and USA Apaches drones Guilty of Massacring 20+ Thousands of unarmed dirt poor Aghan Villagers on the premise of 'Anti Terrorism'.
wind4watts 1 month ago
Fuck of you Trotskyite cunt! If one country has them then why can't all countries have them. These nukes will be used nothing more than for defence from the west and they know it.
ooohpie 2 months ago
@ooohpie Because, this is the point, because the irani government is not a sane reliable government because it isnt elected democratically. Therefore it is not legit for iran to have them.
GodOfUnbelief 2 months ago
@ooohpie Defense? How the fuck are nuclear weapons defense?! You would have to be bat-shit insane to think that nukes are defense! If only a miniscule amount of warheads were utilized, the environmental impact would be catastrophic! Radiation fallout, cooling of the earth's surface, water supplies poisoned. All countries should disarm their nuclear stockpiles- it is insanity!
saxabass 2 months ago
Nuclear power plants are WMD. They are the creation of Zionist bankers control Freemasons as a satanic global force that works to enslave all people of the world. Zionist bankers had Freemasons write the Testaments. In the Testaments is the "dream" that is described as bankers controlling all money and all people from a slave center in Israel called the City of Zion. Nuclear power plants are deliberately destroyed by the banker's men to shake money out of citizens.
MostMagnificentOne 2 months ago
@MostMagnificentOne LOL K
CopperGaut 1 month ago
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Truly, explaining the metaphysical world, as religion attempts to do, or the impossible position of "atheism" (which denies paranormality) as elitists are currently proffering to the masses, diverts the spotlight from the concrete issue: the master plan to consolidate all counterfeiting/central-fractional banking operations.
procommenter 2 months ago
just the same war propaganda as iraq all over again
smutyhouse 2 months ago
Iran is a very pragmatic country that never attacks anybody. They can have nukes or else we must make a nuke -free-zone in that whole region. We can't go picking who gets nukes and who doesn't.
tstruss912 2 months ago
The Persians would be utter fools if they would not at least try to build nuclear weapons as soon as possible! Just think of what has happened to harmless Libya a few years after it has abandoned building nuclear weapons; so if the Persians want to avoid an armed liberation of their oil by the Encashment Washington for the sake of the Seven Oil Sisters they need the bomb; for even if they could repulse an American attack, they are in the same danger as Japan without the atomic bomb.
FireEyedMaidOfWar 2 months ago
@FireEyedMaidOfWar
Yes, look at what happened to Libya...the people started a revolution and successfully overthrew their dictator and liberated their country, and are paving the way for a free democracy.
Yes, lets hope Iran has the same luck and can finally get rid of Ahmedenijad.
TheTollundWoman 2 months ago
@FireEyedMaidOfWar
So you're comparing Iran to Japan in ww2? So you're calling Ahmedenijad a Nazi?
TheTollundWoman 2 months ago
@TheTollundWoman Worse, a Muslim.
fuerer24 2 months ago
@TheTollundWoman: Nope, as Japan experienced bitterly that nations without atomic bombs are likely to be attacked by nations with atomic bombs and this was very tragic for the Japanese as they euphorically awaited the American invasion for the main battle; while no such thing has happened in Libya as it was a foreign back insurrection and there will be many things in Libya but no such things as democracy; and if Persia will have luck they will succeed in building the bomb.
FireEyedMaidOfWar 2 months ago
@FireEyedMaidOfWar I agree. And not only Libya but also Iraq...
suarezjaguar 2 months ago
@suarezjaguar: In a way, but Encashment Washington has altered its business scheme: In Mesopotamia they drivelled something about weapons of mass destruction and attacked with brute force in order to steal the oil; while in Libya they hired some dubious elements to fight the government, told the would ridiculous fairy tales about government atrocities (like handing out aphrodisiacs) and called it an uprising for democracy; and so deposed the Libyan government and installed their minions.
FireEyedMaidOfWar 2 months ago
The only nation that will ever use nuclear weapons is America.Don't you think the people in the middle east feel this same fear of a "mad man"
lagutoboy82 2 months ago
I respect Hitchens, but on this, he's either massively uninformed, or making it up on this.
aiyic 2 months ago
@aiyic maybe at the time he was, but now it is known he is correct. The IAEA just released a report giving evidence that Iran is attempting to make nuclear weapons and may be close. Also the standards of evidence in this report are higher than the standard for evidence regarding Iraq's nuclear program before the U.S. invaded .
DJWEBSTAR914 2 months ago
@DJWEBSTAR914 Look up Scott Ritter's current views (as well as older) on this; an actual former weapons inspector. He say's name any nation, and their as close as Iran are to developing nukes.
aiyic 2 months ago
We should be eliminating all nuclear weapons and concentrate on space exploration. I am about to make a position on this issue: IRAN should be stopped! The leadership is NOT sane,this is NOT directed towards the people,they must be stopped. The Mahdi issue is flawed b/c it's connected with a returning Jesus. It is the Leadership not the People and this must be emphasized when action is taken. Isreal's nuclear prgrm must also be dismantled w/ India and Pakistan also.
cris750 2 months ago
He's still saying this despite the fact that even the US government disagrees with him? The National Intelligence Estimate in 2007 came to the conclusion that Iran had halted its nuclear programme in 2003, and the same conclusion was reached again in the 2011 NIE.
GiantSandles 3 months ago
@GiantSandles They are refining weapons grade material right now. Why do you think a 'foreign power' put a massive virus in one of their nuclear plant networks and assassinated two of their best nuclear scientists last year?
Ahmadinejad put his fingers up to the west, so the west used different tactics to give him their message.
karadan100 3 months ago
@karadan100 Forgive me if I believe US intelligence over your assessment of this.
GiantSandles 3 months ago
@GiantSandles Regardless of what you think. Those incidents happened.
karadan100 3 months ago
I love Hitchens. He always makes great points. Ron Paul made great points too, but his non-interventionist policy just doesn't make much sense. "Focus on America" he says. Well, why not focus on America AND the world? We have made so many mistakes in the past and we have to correct them now. We owe a debt to the Iranian people for what we did.
NorthCitySider 4 months ago
@NorthCitySider
Does that debt include bombing them which could in the long run result in blowback? We are not the world police, stop interfering in other nations affairs America it will avoid problems like 9/11. Iran wouldn't dare touch America, we have more nuclear weapons to destroy the world several times over. We don't owe anyone anything, the longer we have a presence overseas the more danger we are in. But we ignore this at our own peril.
Scjrd91 4 months ago
@Scjrd91
I'm not really that worried about blowback. As long as a teatard isn't in office, we'll do fine. The Iranian people are hungry for change.
America cannot fight this fight alone. The U.S. needs to get more and more people involved in the fight against tyranny, and we have to ensure that we don't behave like tyrants ourselves, which we can do.
I know Iran is no threat to America, but what about the Kurds, Afghans, and Iranians themselves?
We DO owe something, we caused this problem.
NorthCitySider 4 months ago
@NorthCitySider
The change if any that the Iranians may want is not ours to decide. Their civil war is none of our business just like ours was none of theirs. Tyrants have come and gone long before the word America was even uttered.
Scjrd91 4 months ago
@Scjrd91
Yes it is. Did France say that Britain's civil war was none of their business? No, they supported the colonies and helped them become their own state.
We are directly involved in what Iran is today, and it is our responsibility to allow this beautiful culture to flourish, unshackled by Islamic fascists. Khomenei and his possy of medieval gangsters need to go down.
NorthCitySider 4 months ago
@NorthCitySider
I still don't understand how we are responsible for anything Iran does. Iran is fine, you can't force democracy on any nation. Let them be.The citizens in that nation have stability and want to live that way. The middle east is not a region to be meddled with. Also France helped us out during the revolution not the civil war. George Washington was a non-interventionist, that should tell you something.
Scjrd91 4 months ago
@Scjrd91 For Britain, it was a civil war. That's why I explicitly said BRITAIN'S civil war. There is a difference between forcing democracy on people and giving it to them when they really want it. In another video, Hitchens mentioned how 50% of Iran's population is under the age of 25, and that most of these youngsters are rebellious towards their government and their parents. Am I saying we should get involved in every conflict? No, but we should get involved in the ones that we caused.
NorthCitySider 4 months ago
@NorthCitySider
According to the British it was their civil war but in reality it was the oppression of the British Empire towards the colonists that was really an American war declared on Britian. Stay out of Iran's affairs, it's none of our business, by causing one thing as you have asserted for some reason, we will in the end cause another thing. You talk about Islamist fascism but what about American Fascism? Perhaps China should free us of our own big government, how would you feel then?
Scjrd91 4 months ago
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@NorthCitySider
According to the British it was their civil war but in reality it was the oppression of the British Empire towards the colonists that was really an American war declared on Britian. Stay out of Iran's affairs, it's none of our business, by causing one thing as you have asserted for some reason, we will in the end cause another thing. You talk about Islamist fascism but what about American Fascism? Perhaps China should free us of our own big government, how would you feel then?
Scjrd91 4 months ago
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@Scjrd91 For Britain, it was a civil war. That's why I explicitly said BRITAIN'S civil war. There is a difference between forcing democracy on people and giving it to them when they really want it. In another video, Hitchens mentioned how 50% of Iran's population is under the age of 25, and that most of these youngsters are rebellious towards their government and their parents. Am I saying we should get involved in every conflict? No, but we should get involved in the ones that we caused.
NorthCitySider 4 months ago
@NorthCitySider
Oh take that bullshit somewhere else. "Owe them". The only people that are owed anything are the people of Europe and the US who's tax payer dollars will fund nonsense wars like the ones you evidently want to happen.
Reqrezentin 4 months ago
A mad man has one in North Korea, nothing has happened because nuclear weapons are used as deterrents - no other reason. Mutual destruction surely would ensue if one was used, and Iran are not suicidal, just as the North Korean leader isn't.
And it's now 2011 and they still have ZERO proof Iran are trying to get a weapon. Speculators and fear mongers all.
Lrockist 4 months ago
We still have Iraq in our minds...........No weapons of destruction were found there.While the whole US/Britain lied about it
WAriorish 4 months ago
Whats the purpose of Nuclear technology in Iran, we can argue. But you have to agree that the fact that Iran is developing missiles that can reach US and Europe is astonishing, Missiles to reach Israel is one thing (the obvious opponent) but what is obvious in missile that can reach London or New-York?
Mishkafofer 5 months ago
@tiborzkarate Well, there's more to it than that, I'm afraid.
You see, Israel is a democratic, secularist state which abides by international law, for the most part.
Iran is an off the handle dictatorship, which abuses its population, discriminates against women and minorities and abides by Shari'a law, which last time I checked, is equivalent to killing and restricting everybody who disagrees with you, and then putting a little green "approved by Allah" sticker on it.
I'd have to trust Israel.
rahagbab 5 months ago
@rahagbab
Wrong. Israel comitts WAY more international crimes than Iran does. Remember the Gaza flotilla that was in international waters? How about illegal occupation of Palestinian land? Oh yeah, Israel's shown way more disregard for the NPT than Iran has. It dosen't matter if Israel is democratic or not, internal freedoms rarley correspond with how agressive their foriegn policy is, just look at Ancient rome. Please laern some facts before you go spouting bullshit.
Onepretentiousdude 5 months ago
@Onepretentiousdude I find Israel a much more legitimate country to own nukes.
I'd sooner support a country motivated by political pressure than a country motivated by religious dogma.
Nobody ever throws Israel a bone and thinks about how hard it is to be in its position.
How hard it is when defending your country from a flotilla carrying illegal military supplies is violation of international law.
I'd like to see how the European snobs would have handled it.
rahagbab 5 months ago
@rahagbab
Zionism is just as dogmatic and brainwashing as religion is.
Israel could hardly breathe on its own without US support, it's an EXTREMLEY agressive state that has terrorized Lebanon and Palestine for years.
That flotilla did NOT violate international law. The blockade on Israel imposed on Gaza is illegal according to Amnesty international. It was a humanitarian convoy. It was in international waters. Nice try though.
Onepretentiousdude 5 months ago
@Onepretentiousdude Can you explain though, why they did not respond upon contact with the patrols?
were they deliberately trying to create an international incident?
you make it seem as though we are the ones that provoked this whole shit storm, this shit dates back way before the concept of a self governing state was proposed.
I must say though, you are definitely one pretentious dude, dude.
rahagbab 5 months ago
@rahagbab
1. Because they didn't have to, they were in international waters, Israel had NO right to stop them.
2. Don't know.
3. Yeah, Israel DID kind of start it, seeing as how they forced Arabs off their land.
4. Ad Hom. attack, stay on topic please, keep trying though.
Onepretentiousdude 5 months ago
@Onepretentiousdude Israel is not signatory to the NPT and they have nukes and they do not allow UN inspections. USA has thousands of nuclear weapons of mass destruction and attacked two OPEC countries in the last 10 years. Iran has every reason to worry about it. I am an atheist and I couldn't care less about religion and i still think that Iran must start to develop nukes if they want to prevent an attack from countries with nuclear weapons capability.
apresesco 5 months ago
@apresesco
Looks like we're in agreement, although I don't think Iran should develop nuclear weapons, nukes in general are just bad. We should try to phase them out.
Onepretentiousdude 5 months ago
@Onepretentiousdude I agree, but some countries have nukes and this necessarily implies that other countries will want to have nukes too.
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nortfishlsweetnr 5 months ago
Both Iraq and Afghanistan border Iran if you look at our military positions and allies they are surrounding Iran, Neither Iraq or Afghanistan were ever the point. Iran was. Syria's nuclear program is related to Irans, when NATO enters Syria and clears it out the evidence implicates Iran, Before exposed, Iran will likely act "in defense of the Syrian regime" causing invasion. He cant have nukes because all of our lives now depend on a balance of power, this would cause a middle east arms race
nortfishlsweetnr 5 months ago
@nortfishlsweetnr Arms race in the Middle East is already happening and increased since the Iraq War. Anyway, if NATO wants to prevent an arms race, they should stop pointing nuclear weapons of mass destruction at other people's head...
apresesco 5 months ago
@apresesco What Im postulating here is that we haven't been told the truth about why Iraq was invaded to begin with, i think most of us have come to the conclusion that it had nothing to do with 9-11, Saddam or his weapons but if you look at a map our position is clear all of our movements have put us around Iran and now Syria. I'm suggesting that we're there because of Irans nuclear program in the first place. I can assume that a nuclear Iran would have presented problems for Iraq as well
nortfishlsweetnr 5 months ago
@nortfishlsweetnr I think we are living some kind of Cold War 2 in a globalized world. The point is not Iran, Iraq, Libya or any OPEC country. The point is China.
China has become increasingly dependent on Middle East oil. According to sources culled from the International Energy Agency (IEA), China will import 5.9 to 6.9 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2020,
constituting 63 to 70 percent of total oil consumption.
apresesco 5 months ago
@apresesco Time will tell how this all unfolds. But the truth is that we cant un-invent nuclear weapons, now balance and sanity are all that keeps them from being used. mutually assured destruction, accountability to the IAEA and non proliferation balance NATO/US & China/Russia, India and Pakistan balance each other, Isreal is balanced by its position, but Iran kills the balance. We may have just bought his neighbors time to catch up. Hard to leverage a weapon when everyone has it too.
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apresesco 5 months ago
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TheAngelofliberty 6 months ago
@TheAngelofliberty What?
writersblock26 5 months ago
As an Iranian, I can state unequivocally the Iranian people are a good people that demand nothing more and nothing less than to get rid of this barbaric-rapist regime that has raped and destroyed the once great nation of Iran. We simply want freedom - freedom and secularism. This regime has allowed the Iranian people to see the cruel nature of Islamic belief at its root and the international community must assist the Iranian people and the world from this evil regime.
TheSasss1 8 months ago
@TheSasss1 Keep in mind that the USA military invasion will be purely to take control over the iranian oil reserves and they do not give a damn about secularism, democracy etc. in other countries. Iraq has become less secular after the invasion.
suarezjaguar 7 months ago
@suarezjaguar Irregardless, nations with good relations with the U.S. have great economies (i.e. Japan, South Korea) those with not great relations have bad economies (i.e. North Korea). IT would be great to start being partners with respected members of the international community rather than terrorists (i.e. Hizbollah, Hamas). And the U.S. does care for democracies as democracies don't resort to terrorism or fight wars with other democracies).
TheSasss1 7 months ago
@TheSasss1 Honduras also has a good relationship with the U.S.. Colombia also has a good relationship with the U.S. El Salvador also has a good relationship with the U.S., etc. You're giving "idealism" too much credit. At the end of the day, this is an intraspecific competition for limited natural resources. Do not forget 1953.
suarezjaguar 7 months ago
@suarezjaguar I think you people tend to be stuck in history when the rest of the world has progressed. You call me an idealist but rather I find the type of people from your side idealists rather than realists and pragmatists. Also, all you people can seem to do is resort to referring to historic events rather than living in the present. The role of the CIA was actually non-consequential as discussed by Ray Takeyh (search on google). Again, live in the present in the year 2011.
TheSasss1 7 months ago
@TheSasss1 I'm definitely not an idealist, but I think you are. Btw, "Of course the Iraq war is about oil. We've treated the Arab world as a collection of big gas stations, our message to them is: Guys, keep your pumps open, prices low, be nice to the Israelis and you can do whatever you want out back." ~General John Abizaid (eet.), the former centcom commander
suarezjaguar 7 months ago
@suarezjaguar Only a stupid person without any critical thinking skills resorts to the "war was about oil" card when the costs have obviously outweighed any oil revenue and the fact that the lucrative oil contracts for the most part went to China, Russia, and India. Anyone can make a claim without evidence but to make such a claim without showing how we have "benefited from that oil" clearly demonstrates one who lacks a brain to do a critical analysis of the facts.
TheSasss1 7 months ago
@TheSasss1 United States is Iraq’s number one oil export partner according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2010. Plus, according to the BusinessPundit, the top 10 companies (including companies in different sectors) squeezing the most profit from the Iraq War are all from USA and UK.
suarezjaguar 7 months ago
@suarezjaguar You need to provide links to actual sites; I did a search on google and could not locate the data from the EIA and other agencies regarding the specifics you mentioned. In addition, the war cost us much more money than would be produced from any oil revenue. To claim that the war was for oil is simply a lack of critical thinking and rationality; it is easy to claim everything is for "oil", conspiracy (i.e. "NWO") etc. but it simply isn't there. The numbers don't add up.
TheSasss1 7 months ago
@TheSasss1 I sent a link to your channel and I put the sources. Btw I did not say anything about "NWO conspiracy" or whatever. Get over the Straw Man fallacy.
suarezjaguar 7 months ago
@suarezjaguar Good job. Finally providing sources as everyone should when making claims. Even though the % going to U.S. is not that high and the costs of war greatly outweigh any "oil profits" to be made. Before the invasion we were acquiring oil from Iraq as well so it would be interesting to find out how much of an increase in % has resulted due to the invasion. Irregardless, the costs of war are much higher than any profits and to claim the war was purely for "oil" is naive
TheSasss1 6 months ago
@suarezjaguar It is about control of the region and the subsequent Arab spring and the fact that people are crying and fighting for freedom throughout the Middle East is a direct result of the liberations of Afghanistan and Iraq. Remember, Ghaddafi gave up his nuclear program soon after Saddam was ousted and that in itself made him appear very weak. I appreciate your viewpoint and input.
TheSasss1 6 months ago
@TheSasss1 Now Iraq is under Sharia Law - thanks to the USA and their horrible campaign to control politically the OPEC countries. As for Libya, the Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi, the Libyan rebel leader, has said jihadists who fought against allied troops in Iraq are on the front lines of the battle against Gaddafi. The USA is deliberately helping al-Qaeda in Libya (The Telegraph, July 2011)." Liberation" my ass. Btw USA has nuclear WMD and this is a threat.
suarezjaguar 6 months ago
@suarezjaguar You are deluded my friend. Shariah law in Iraq?? Only in Moqtada Sadr's district so let's not exaggerate things. Again, it is your right to be deluded but obviously you are deluded in your world views. But guess what's the difference between a country like the United States or even Israel having a nuclear weapons compared to the Islamic Republic? Pastors and Rabbis don't run the government. There is no "mutually assured destruction" concept with the Islamic Republic.
TheSasss1 6 months ago
@TheSasss1 You are misinformed. The whole Iraq is under sharia law. Constitution of Iraq, Article 2(1st)(a)
suarezjaguar 6 months ago
@suarezjaguar Only by lip service. If you want to use that analogy, it was also under Shariah under Saddam Hussein's constitution.
TheSasss1 6 months ago
@TheSasss1 No, actually no. Before the USA invasion, Iraq was much more secular. Now Iraq is a theocracy.
"Article (2): 1st - Islam is the official religion of the state and is a basic source of legislation:
(a) No law can be passed that contradicts the undisputed rules of Islam."
suarezjaguar 6 months ago
@suarezjaguar In practice, Iraq is a diverse country - Shariah law does not govern Iraq as it directly does in the rest of the Islamic world
TheSasss1 6 months ago
@TheSasss1 Numan, Director of the Baghdad-based Asharq Research Center, argued that the situation for women has significantly worsened since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
In practice.
suarezjaguar 6 months ago
@suarezjaguar I agree, in certain parts - especially those with heavy influence from the Islamic Republic - another reason why we need to assist the Iranian people in getting rid of the barbaric regime occupying Iran - but Iraqi's at least now have a future and don't have to live under the tyrant Saddam Hussein - the plight of the Kurdish people to freedom is an inspiration to me
TheSasss1 6 months ago
@TheSasss1 I'm sure that Chevron will like your assistance in Iran. As for the Iranian people... don't count on it.
suarezjaguar 6 months ago
@suarezjaguar You simply are not Iranian to speak. As of a few months ago, I had spent 8+ months in Iran. The Iranian people need help - this is a regime that will kill every last Iranian to keep power as Iran or the lives of Iranians are not important to them - only their fanatical Islam - this is a regime that rapes our young sisters before executing them so that they don't "die as virgins" as the maniacs believe "virgins go straight to heaven" - international community must step up soon
TheSasss1 6 months ago
@TheSasss1 "You simply are not Iranian to speak"
Forget the Ad hominem thing...and I'm not supporting the iranian government. I'm showing through facts that the USA intervention has nothing to do with freedom and democracy and will quite possibly make things worse, as happened in Iraq.
suarezjaguar 6 months ago
@suarezjaguar Freedom benefits everyone - and free and democratic nations don't resort to supporting terrorism - the world is a better place today than it was 10-years ago. In fact, yesterday Afghan women in Kabul for the first time protested for their rights out in public!!!!
TheSasss1 6 months ago
@TheSasss1 Sowhy the USA is helping Al-Qaeda in Libya right now?
suarezjaguar 6 months ago
@suarezjaguar We're not - the rebels are not Al Qaeda. They are the Libyan people - please stop living in delusions.
TheSasss1 6 months ago
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@TheSasss1 Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi, the Libyan rebel leader, has said jihadists who fought against allied troops in Iraq are on the front lines of the battle against Gaddafi. The USA is deliberately helping al-Qaeda in Libya (The Telegraph, July 2011).
suarezjaguar 6 months ago
@TheSasss1 This is a regime that rapes our young sisters before executing them so that they don't die as virgins as they believe "virgins go straight to heaven". This is a regime that would welcome a nuclear holocaust. Haven't you seen the "Hidden Imam" video leaked by former CIA/Revolutionary Guard spy Reza Kahlili? It was produced by the regime themselves. Type "The Coming is Upon Us" on youtube search; English translations are provided.
TheSasss1 6 months ago
@TheSasss1 And I don't think General Abizaid made such a comment. And the only reason I mentioned "NWO" because too many people with the "war was for oil" mantra claim irrational claims such as the aforementioned
TheSasss1 6 months ago
@suarezjaguar Just remember, Europeans all hated each other and killed each other, now European Union. 40+ years ago we had segregation, now black President. Move forward with the times rather than being brain-dead in the past. Learn from history but don't live in history!
TheSasss1 7 months ago
@suarezjaguar To immediately claim, "resources" is being brainwashed by such scum such as Michael Moore, Noam Chimpsky, and George Galloway. Think for yourself and don't be a tool. I stand proud to stand with the likes of the great Christopher Hitchens'.
TheSasss1 7 months ago
i think the clock thicks for everyone
VENNY046 8 months ago
wow this is ridiculous. iran ISN'T developing nuclear weapons.hitchens on his usual rant about theocracy (which i agree with him) but we can't win arguments if we lie. I mean think about, if ahmadinejad gets nuclear weapons don't you think their theocratic regime will be cut short? iranians aren't stupid and ahmadinejad isn't an idiot in the sense of protecting his policies and continuing his reign of terror.
halflifeproductionz 8 months ago
@halflifeproductionz USA want to invade Iran no matter what because of the oil market. The only way to avoid bullies is through the potential for massive retaliation. So if Iran does not have nukes ... too bad for them. They will become another Iraq.
suarezjaguar 8 months ago
@suarezjaguar thats a preposterous argument. iran is a country where they had mass rallies talking about "death to america" if one of the super fundamentalist had power over a nuke then it'll most definitely land in one of the western coutnries.
halflifeproductionz 8 months ago
@halflifeproductionz No more than the opposite. Plus, the USA is the only country with criminal records when it comes to nukes.
suarezjaguar 7 months ago
This guy is making assumptions.. where is the proof about Iran's nuclear weapons program?? we haven't seen that yet... show us pal.
. be real for goodness sake
FMEHMOOD123 8 months ago
This guy is making assumptions.. where is the proof about Iran's nuclear weapons program?? we haven't seen that yet... show us pal.. be real for goodness sake
FMEHMOOD123 8 months ago
Hitchens mentions the Hezbollah symbol to be a mushroom cloud. Although it may no longer be used, but does anyone know of a picture which can substantiate his statement?
ForgottenPhlebotinum 9 months ago
@ForgottenPhlebotinum yh i have been looking for one as well (im beginning to wonder if its true or not)
the thing about Iran is that they have allowed u.n and i.a.e.a inspections in there facility's and have signed the u.n non proliferation treaty and also the i.a.e.a safeguards agreement (i.a.e.a stated that no material is or have been diverted to any military or "special" purpose)
ey1990e 9 months ago
How is a researcher supposed to sift through the writings of Lev Tolstoi (of "Kreutzer Sonata" & "War and Peace"-fame) and define the nuances of words, colloquialisms and eye-dialectal phrases with a 2011 NEWSPEAK dictionary when many of those used by the author have been deemed and consequently expurgated, by 21st century overlords, to be racist or sexist?
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tigersforchrist 9 months ago
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NEWSFLASH............US Vows Nuclear War against China
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Thentheresthetruth 9 months ago
that what they said about iraq
2paclove2 10 months ago
why do people forget pakistan has nukes already? they havent blasted india yet thank "god".....nukes i think are old news and wont make a difference justb because iran may be making them along thier enegry program . as if some crazy fanantical muslims cant get hold of the already. why does isreal have nukes though? that one baffles me
GBJ83 10 months ago
@GBJ83 Why did America, France, Britain all allow Israel to have a nuclear capability after having signe the NPT. Thats something I would like to know, telling everyone that no more weapons will be built and then givingthe capability to one particular belligerent country baffles me.
aaronharms123456 10 months ago
@aaronharms123456
Because it's not a theocratic state harboring and aiding international terrorist organizations like Hezbollah.
MrJs1G 9 months ago
Absolutely no country with nuclear weapons is reliably. But they exist. So the most obvious answer to this kind of threat is: I should have nukes too. If Iran wants to survive they need nuclear weapons because foreign invaders nuclear threat will attack them no matter what to control the oil supplier of China.
apresesco 10 months ago
"the Just Foreign Policy extrapolation would yield 1,379,404."
(deaths in iraq)
Now that the order of magnitude of the death toll reported by the Lancet study has been independently confirmed, pressure should be redoubled on media outlets to tell the truth about the Iraqi death toll.
SteveFusionX 10 months ago
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ChadMault 10 months ago
Let's talk about israels nukes then. They are nothing but illegal. A nuclear power by law cannot receive foreign aid. There is another. He's good when he has no opponents to debate, or a lame brain as one.
sssssjjjj1 11 months ago
this lying bastard ain't dead yet. What a sucker, to believe such an obvious shill. He is just the little kid in class who always has an excuse, that thinks he knows alot because he has no sense of truth. I bet his mom and dad were liars and so are his kids. Bury that bastard.
sssssjjjj1 11 months ago
War-Addicted Lying Neocon Hitchens created WMD Lies for Iraq & Iran..
alternet. org/story/147281/5_million_iraqis_killed,_maimed,_tortured,_displaced_--_think_that_bothers_war_boosters_like_christopher_hitchens
huffingtonpost. com/fred-branfman/should-christopher-hitche_b_621191.html
Bush-Clone Iraq-War Loving Corporate Neocon Hitchens should apologize for his actions
informationclearinghouse. info/article25790.htm
antiwar. com/justin/j082602.html
world.mediamonitors. net/content/view/full/71299
halcyon0830 11 months ago
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ChadMault 10 months ago