I suspect I know one hell of a lot more than you do about Ahmedinejad, his history, his political interconnections in Iraq, his speeches, his philosophy, what he controls in Iran and what he doesn't, the opposition movements, Iran's links with other nations and terror groups, the flow of money in and out of that country, the current economic situation there, the technical details of the nuclear program, where the social weak points are, and many other issues.
I post here about one fiftieth of the information I go through in the course of a day. It's what I do to amuse myself when I'm not working at this computer.
I'm beginning to see that the word "understanding" to some people means to paint a primary-color picture inside your head of what you want someone to be, a picture that matches your own preconceived world view, and assume you now "understand" them.
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- Talking to the bad guys.
- Interesting turn of events
- We are all locked in the same jail cell.
- Even the LA TIMEs now "gets it"..how long will it take here?
- re: Talking to the bad guys.
- Not talking and not understanding leads to situations like Iraq.
- Of course we should be talking...
- re: Talking to the bad guys.
- "At least you concede the existence of "bad guys." Way too many people don't."
- re: "At least you concede the existence of "bad guys." Way too many people don't."
- Name one of the "dozen of posters here' who don't believe there are bad guys. (n/t)
- Window to the world
- Pissing into the wind.
- re: "At least you concede the existence of "bad guys." Way too many people don't."
- "At least you concede the existence of "bad guys." Way too many people don't."
- No blubbering here...