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Iron Mike

9 August 2008 - 11:19am

Candace,

I think your paranoia is worsening. There was nothing alarming in either of these sound bites.

The first one made an excellent case for the LOD, emphasizing the Iranian economy is fragile and vulnerable to economic sanctions coupled with diplomacy.

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Candace: You know the LOD is being created to get China and Russia as well as the UN out of our way in order to take action against Iran and any other country we feel the need to fix.

I assumed, since we had been debating whether LOD would use military force or not, that when you referred to "take action against Iran" you meant use of force. If you now mean peaceful action such as economic sanctions, incentives, and diplomacy, then I'm in full agreement with your statement.

With China and Russia embedded in Iran, they will thwart efforts of the UN to take such action, rendering the UN as impotent as ever. Economic sanctions could only be effectively applied by the LOD and would require the economic might of a united LOD to make sanctions exceed the spending power of China and Russia to achieve the desired leverage.

The difference between us is, I think it's a great idea and that we are entitled to use our united democratic economies as a tool to shape the world into a safer, more prosperous world with more individual liberty. Or is that reserved only for a pampered west?

This is peaceful change that I would think you'd support. Oh that's right, you still think Iran is simple and non-threatening. Good luck with that.

The second one acknowledges that we are in a difficult war, we are likely to face war in the future, and we have an obligation to treat our wounded. Sounds reasonable to me. You think perhaps the US will not face any war under any circumstance in the future? That's pretty utopian. Or perhaps you think we do not have an obligation to provide any and all medical treatment to those who are wounded defending YOUR freedom?