For my understanding, the general meaning of the word "Zionism" is vastly changed throughout the eras. And there isn't a homogeneous kind of Zionism anyway. What kind of "Zionist agenda" the people/government living in the land of "Israel/Palestine" in the 30-50s to today had in mind and pushing for is totally different. Let's be concerned with today's general definition of Zionism, as mostly defined by the Likud and the other far-right/Nationalist parties in today's Israel shall we?

Also, I can't imagine there are a whole lot of countries that would deny Israel's right-to-exist (like, physically, wholeheartedly want to wipe them of the face of the earth kind, NOT the expedient, political rhetorics for their own domestic consumption kind). And those that could really be crazy enough, like Iran, I constantly (naively?) felt the Ayatollahs would rather opt for silent, staus-quo relations than go to war with Israel (they must see the Ukraine invaison and see Russia/Putin isolation as a lesson, they can't afford to put themselves in the same position as Putin's in a Israel/Iran war. The Ayatollahs don't have even Iranian people standing behind them).

The good is that for Israel vs. the Arab countries, trust building is possible, but incredibly slow -- it only takes one wrong step to negate a mile of trust building -- but still, the past few years have seen some Arab countries opening up bilateral embassies with Israel along wiht increased trades & direct flights, etc.

The no good, very bad news of the statehood issues, daily IvP conflict, land grabs and from low-level militray incursions to the occasional missiles trading military operations, are happening far too often. Thus making hard-core Zionism, support of Hamas, the isolation of the Palestinian people & economy, etc. all the more severe. None of these are paths towards peace and/or creating the conditions for mutually agreeable settlement. All the flashpoints needs to be addressed in an even-handed way. But we just don't see balance in the media and/or the world political arena.

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And now he's rekindling the iran war to stay in power. Who left the iran nuclear agreement?

Now a bombing and they attacked our embassy. I thought we had to stop endless wars?

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We have no free will.
There are no natural rights.
Circumstances dictate our behavior.
Your money is controlled by people that aren't you.
You are a slave.
The Iraq seems to have been a bad thing, but an Iran war may not be that.
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Most people try to be nice to everyone, some are dicks.
The Internet is a dick-enhancing technology.
Religion is crazy.
Politicians are corrupt. All of them.
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Off the top of my head.

What this article fails to show is that this is a Shia Muslim school. People who equate what's happening in Egypt to this are sadly mistaken. Egypt Muslims are Sunni, and there is not a single Sunni nation that is ruled by a religious body today. By definition, Sunnis have a secular government - that's the reason why Muslims/Moors occupied Spain for 700 years and yet didn't bother converting anyone there as proselytism was and still is illegal. I think people should start mentioning whether they are looking at Shia or Sunni Islam when they make their statements for those two sects are at polar opposites and do not sympathize with each other (See Iraq-Iran war).

Kinda starting to look that way.

I have no doubt the military-industrial complex is working hard to ensure this happens. So are American oil companies, wall street, and other uber-rich folks. Obama promised change - changing the the country you invade doesn't count. If I were Iran, I would be building nukes.

It'll be interesting to see what other Dem's have to say about this (if any).>> ^blankfist:

Obama = Bush?

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>> ^BillOreilly:
I guess this moron never heard of the Iran-Iraq war, which lasted 8 YEARS.

You mean the Iraq-Iran war where Iraq was supported and encouraged by the United States?

"In 1982 with Iranian success on the battlefield, the U.S. made its backing of Iraq more pronounced, supplying it with intelligence, economic aid, normalizing relations with the government...and also supplying weapons. President Ronald Reagan decided that the United States "could not afford to allow Iraq to lose the war to Iran", and that the United States "would do whatever was necessary to prevent Iraq from losing the war with Iran."

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are you feeling ok? did you take your meds this morning? ehhh....the u.s encouraged saddam to bother iran as much as possible, for as long as possible, and they sure did so. the u.s did not go to war in ´91 as result of iraq-iran war, so your point is? seriously, your point is?

hey, did you know donald rumsfeld was a ceo of the french company that sold saddam the gas he used on his own folks, at the time they sold him the gas. hehe, and then some years later he campaigns to invade iraq cos the might have chemical weapons....fxxkin hypocrite.... why am i saying this? cos you need to wake up and realize that the game is rigged....

The lack of coverage by big media is, sadly, nothing new. It's great to see it condemned, though I think the daily show manages to do so more effectively, and it's a comedy program. I like the RealNews(all news actually) better when it's doing news rather than editorializing.

As for reading more into the lack of Iraq coverage as to any pro-war agenda, remember that the media's short attention span is equal opportunity with everything. The Iraq-Iran war, the gassing of the Kurds, Cambodia, Serbia, Rwanda and so on.

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Kulpims: eer, how old are you, 12? US was very friendly with Saddam's regime just a few years before the first Gulf war. look it up

I know this. I never said we weren't friendly with them at one point. My statement was directed toward the here and now.


Kulpims: well, I think you don't know what you're talking about

Awesome rebuttal.

Kulpims: can't wait for your post-Iran war commentaries

You obviously have no idea how I feel about war. Next time try not to jump into the middle of a conversation unless you know what's going on.


Kulpims: don't care what you do (meaning the US) just stop meddling into affairs of other nations. you and your fucking moral high ground...

Again, another example of you having no clue what we were talking about. My whole point is that the moral high ground is to be a friend to all nations and people.

Next time, try paying attention to other people's points of view before you jump on the I-HATE-ALL-AMERICANS bandwagon.

In response to Kulpims' comments made here:

Kulpims: eer, how old are you, 12? US was very friendly with Saddam's regime just a few years before the first Gulf war. look it up

I know this. I never said we weren't friendly with them at one point. My statement was directed toward the here and now.


Kulpims: well, I think you don't know what you're talking about

Awesome rebuttal.

Kulpims: can't wait for your post-Iran war commentaries

You obviously have no idea how I feel about war. Next time try not to jump into the middle of a conversation unless you know what's going on.


Kulpims: don't care what you do (meaning the US) just stop meddling into affairs of other nations. you and your fucking moral high ground...

Again, another example of you having no clue what we were talking about. My whole point is that the moral high ground is to be a friend to all nations and people.

You obviously didn't read my previous comment.

Mentality made it seem like the US only does what's in the United States own best interest. I say, it was in our best interest to stay out of Iraq. If both those statements are true, than we would have stayed out of Iraq.

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>> ^deedub81:
Mentality: By your logic, it would have been in the United States best interest to make friends with Saddam regardless of how he was treating his people? With the amount of money we've spent in Iraq, we could have made Saddam's Regime VERY friendly with us.

eer, how old are you, 12? US was very friendly with Saddam's regime just a few years before the first Gulf war. look it up


I don't think your arguments are exactly on point.

well, I think you don't know what you're talking about

...which brings me back full circle: I don't care what the motives were then (actually, I do. I don't want history to ever repeat this mistake). I want to know what the future President is going to do to make Iraq a better place to live. Starting...yesterday.

can't wait for your post-Iran war commentaries

The Founding Fathers who created the checks and balances in this country had it right. The more we stray from their ideals, the farther we stray into the gray areas of morality. We can breed and encourage better politicians by insisting on abolishing ear marks and voting for a smaller government with fewer unchecked powers.

don't care what you do (meaning the US) just stop meddling into affairs of other nations. you and your fucking moral high ground...

>> ^deedub81:
Mentality: By your logic, it would have been in the United States best interest to make friends with Saddam regardless of how he was treating his people? With the amount of money we've spent in Iraq, we could have made Saddam's Regime VERY friendly with us.

eer, how old are you, 12? US was very friendly with Saddam's regime just a few years before the first Gulf war. look it up


I don't think your arguments are exactly on point.

well, I think you don't know what you're talking about

...which brings me back full circle: I don't care what the motives were then (actually, I do. I don't want history to ever repeat this mistake). I want to know what the future President is going to do to make Iraq a better place to live. Starting...yesterday.

can't wait for your post-Iran war commentaries

The Founding Fathers who created the checks and balances in this country had it right. The more we stray from their ideals, the farther we stray into the gray areas of morality. We can breed and encourage better politicians by insisting on abolishing ear marks and voting for a smaller government with fewer unchecked powers.

don't care what you do (meaning the US) just stop meddling into affairs of other nations. you and your fucking moral high ground...