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Annnnnnnnnnnnd there it is:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/30/world/middleeast/30iran.htmlI think any nincompoop with half a brain could've seen that the Iranian leadership would try to pin this thing on the West, just as they did over the summer. Knowing that this would be coming, I don't think that Obama's delay (wow, a whole day!) should be surprising in the least, much denounced. Why give them any ammo at all? I understand that you question whether the Iranian rhetoric resonates with "the average Mohammed in the streets" - a fair question to ask, but not to answer. We just don't know, just as we don't know what the effect of that rhetoric is all over the world where, frankly, it's aimed, and where it has more potential to incite or injure. Sure, it seems dumb to us, but maybe it doesn't seem so dumb to some fellows in Yemen, or Pakistan, or China.... Fact of the matter is, there's no need to be blustery and billowing at this point. Let them do their thing - looks like they're doing pretty damn good so far. (and no, they don't seem "lonely" - have you seen the videos of them flipping police cars and brandishing billy clubs? They would laugh at you if you told them that they needed us.)
Comment Posted By David (the Neph) On 29.12.2009 @ 12:40
