# Is Iran smoking crack rocks? Seriously? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 29, 2007, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-iran-smoking-crack-rocks-seriously/398051 "2007-03-29T22:48:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![GomiBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@GomiBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GomiBoy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2007, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-iran-smoking-crack-rocks-seriously/398051/61 "2007-04-01T19:26:59Z")
**Tagos** and **Der Trihs** - why should anyone bother to argue with you, or provide any truth, least of all here in the Pit? There is no justification, in your book, for any behavior of the US or UK, and apparently the burden of proof is always on the person who dares to disagree with any of your clearly self-evident truths that the rest of us are just too stupid to see. Oh, and \*\*Tagos \*\* - you’re a moron as well. You don’t know the first thing about military strategy, yet you claim the UK is a powerless and toothless organization just shows your own ignorance. If you were to say politically, the UK couldn’t attack Iran, you’d be right, but militarily they’re a paper tiger, and if you bothered to read anything you’d know that. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-iran-smoking-crack-rocks-seriously/398051/62 "2007-04-01T20:52:19Z")
Alessan: The point I was making earlier about ‘the fifteen soldiers could also die’ is this: What if the UK does not respond to the demands of the Iranians? It’s a legitimate choice. What if they’re just ignored? This is different from both Chamberlain _and_ from Churchill, and it really _seems_ to be the way the news is heading. ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-iran-smoking-crack-rocks-seriously/398051/63 "2007-04-02T02:47:09Z")
[QUOTE=GomiBoy] Oh, and \*\*Tagos \*\* - you’re a moron as well. You don’t know the first thing about military strategy, yet you claim the UK is a powerless and toothless organization just shows your own ignorance. If you were to say politically, the UK couldn’t attack Iran, you’d be right, but militarily they’re a paper tiger, and if you bothered to read anything you’d know that. [/QUOTE] I’m confused. If his claim that the UK is powerless and toothless is ignorant, your statement that they are a paper tiger would agree with him. Is he wrong or right? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-iran-smoking-crack-rocks-seriously/398051/64 "2007-04-02T04:56:18Z")
[QUOTE=E-Sabbath] Alessan: The point I was making earlier about ‘the fifteen soldiers could also die’ is this: What if the UK does not respond to the demands of the Iranians? [/QUOTE] Then the soldiers won’t be released, ever. But that won’t happen. Sooner or later, British public opinion will demand that the Iranians be given whatever they want. It may take years, but it will happen. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-iran-smoking-crack-rocks-seriously/398051/65 "2007-04-02T05:43:18Z")
[QUOTE=Elsie] Okay, so what you’re saying dude is it’s like Death Metal right. Like who would ever like that shit ?\ [/QUOTE] Not only do I not know what the hell you’re trying to say, I can’t figure out why you’re responding to _your own post_. ---
**Author:** ![GomiBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@GomiBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GomiBoy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-iran-smoking-crack-rocks-seriously/398051/66 "2007-04-02T08:05:55Z")
[QUOTE=kidchameleon] I’m confused. If his claim that the UK is powerless and toothless is ignorant, your statement that they are a paper tiger would agree with him. Is he wrong or right? [/QUOTE] Iran is a paper tiger… sorry for the confusion. Clearly Tagos is wrong. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-iran-smoking-crack-rocks-seriously/398051/67 "2007-04-03T13:18:29Z")
[QUOTE=Queuing] I believe that the “rocks” in your title is completely unnecessary. Can crack be anything but rocks? [/QUOTE] It’s ironic redundancy for comic effect. Sort of like “assless chaps”. ---
**Author:** ![Elsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b2d939/32.png) [@Elsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elsie)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-iran-smoking-crack-rocks-seriously/398051/68 "2007-04-03T13:24:24Z")
[QUOTE=woodstockbirdybird] Not only do I not know what the hell you’re trying to say, I can’t figure out why you’re responding to _your own post_. [/QUOTE] The idea was to dumb down my original post to this thread as some people were having trouble understanding this: > [@](#): > > I presume it’s intended to play to the domestic gallery and boost the popularity of Ahmadinejad, rather than the likes of us. With the emphasis on ‘dumb’. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-iran-smoking-crack-rocks-seriously/398051.md?page=3)