tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873837983794172904.post328948979634022893..comments2023-10-15T07:25:13.077-07:00Comments on BRUMSPEAK: Disastrous Consequences of the NIE Report: Will the Fallout Prove Radioactive?David Brumerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290621672310065155noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873837983794172904.post-56747755087257297892007-12-15T05:45:00.000-08:002007-12-15T05:45:00.000-08:00And what do you think of Obadiah Shoher's argument...And what do you think of Obadiah Shoher's arguments against the peace process ( samsonblinded.org/blog/we-need-a-respite-from-peace.htm )?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2873837983794172904.post-52606250867664834882007-12-09T09:52:00.000-08:002007-12-09T09:52:00.000-08:00The danger of misinterpreting the NIE report is gr...The danger of misinterpreting the NIE report is great, but at least many noted people have written intelligent comments about the problem. John Bolton's piece was published in the Washington Post, a major newspaper. Nevertheless, news from Iran is underreported. The December 7 issue of the Boston Globe had a headline about a 20-year old man who was hanged for allegedly raping 13-year-old boys when he too was 13. He denied the story; the boys retracted their original statements. The young man was hanged despite these retractions.<BR/>What does this have to do with the NIE? The connection is that the major news media are trying hard not to recognize just how crazy the Iranian government is. When a moderate, Rafsanjani, was president of Iran, he said in a sppech that when the world of Islam acquired nuclear weapons, Israel would be destroyed, and that no matter how severe the retaliation, Islam would survive. This story too got little publicity.<BR/>In 1944, the Nazis decided that transporting Jews to Auschwitz in the late days of the war was more important than supplying their besieged soldiers. Anti-Semitism was a more powerful idea than self-preservation. Anti-Zionism today is as strong among the Iranian leaders as anti-Semitism was in Nazi Germany. It too takes precedence over survival.Lao Qiaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15295030239306528508noreply@blogger.com