[QUOTE=tagos]
And even if they are - as people here have said - they have a hostile, aggressive imperial power on their borders, - what else do we expect them to do but join in the real-politick game?
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So, in short, you’re not disagreeing with me at all.
[QUOTE=Squink]
Judging from the size of the cone in this picture it looks like it also takes a few thousand bucks worth of copper.
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A couple pounds of copper is not thousands of dollars. Copper’s expensive, but it isn’t gold.
[QUOTE=xtisme]
So…you seem to be admitting that it DOES make sense that Iran is behind the shelling in the Green Zone. Glad we cleared that up…
-XT
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No .If they are we have set a precedence that it is OK, Both probabilities either they have a right to interfere,like we did, or they are not , exonerates them We have no right to attack them.
[QUOTE=Sal Ammoniac]
A couple pounds of copper is not thousands of dollars. Copper’s expensive, but it isn’t gold.
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I was looking at the backplate, not the copper bit. My mistake. It’s about 8" diameter by 6" long.
That would be a couple thousand bucks worth of copper, somewhat more in gold.
[QUOTE=gonzomax]
No .If they are we have set a precedence that it is OK, Both probabilities either they have a right to interfere,like we did, or they are not , exonerates them We have no right to attack them.
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Let me see if I can translate this into English…feel free to correct me if I’m wrong as my gonzo-speak translation program can be faulty.
I think what you are saying here is, no, you disagree with the actual question of the OP that it makes no sense that Iran COULD be behind the attacks in the Green Zone because…well, that’s where the translation program falls apart, as you seem to be saying that IF Iran WAS behind the attacks (which of course would mean it IS plausible they COULD be…which would mean you DO agree with the premise in the OP. I’m getting dizzy here, sorry) it would be ok, because they would be justified because of all the vicious and brutal attacks we have perpetrated on the good workers and peasants of Iran…or, I suppose because we have attacked OTHER good workers and peasants in OTHER countries in the past, making us fair game. Or…well, something.
Then you go on to put in a complete non-sequitur about how we have no right to attack them, which frankly I’m hoping was a mistranslation of your own (when you went from gonzo-speak into English), you having meant to say something along the lines of ‘may your camel get the clap’, which was simply translated into an off the wall admonition concerning a fictitious attack by the US on Iran.
-XT