tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post6045873584056561399..comments2024-03-28T09:55:42.123+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: Is an agreement with Iran wise?CityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-80413796227645785542015-03-31T10:29:11.035+01:002015-03-31T10:29:11.035+01:00That the Tories would sooner do a deal with Iran t...That the Tories would sooner do a deal with Iran than Ukip says it all. <br /><br />No wonder the polls are so close despite the Miliband/Balls idiocracy. E-Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-65283971911845315132015-03-30T21:23:39.494+01:002015-03-30T21:23:39.494+01:00The current situation with Iran is an outcropping ...The current situation with Iran is an outcropping us backing the virulently rabid horse in the Middle Eastern battle of the sects, a more sane policy would've seen us wooing the Iranians after the revolution regardless of how both sides mistrusted each other.<br /><br />After all the Iranian people tend towards the more secular, tolerant and open to attitudes than the Saudis. Just a shame the power base in Tehran is filled with more fruitcakes than a hypermarket patisserie, something the Western powers should've been tackling with more subtle methods than backing Iraq.<br /><br />Obama has gotten very little right, however trying to being Iran out of the cold is a very good idea and one with plenty of benefits.<br /><br />Israel may be upset, but then they've recently been less allies and more the kind of demanding partner that gets you asking for a good divorce lawyer. And whilst their actions against Gaza have been more than justified, their continued efforts to piss off the entire West Bank stinks. You'd think the prospect of Iran reducing their funding of Hamas would be a nice thing, but no, they've gotten too wedded to a bunker mentality. An understandable mentality yes, but still a bloody stupid one.<br /><br />And the biggest thing is, with the Quds, Iran has a powerful mechanism to influence matters for good or ill. An alliance could see the ME joining the rest of us in the 21st century before the start of the 22nd, stick with the Saudi's and it'll be a battle with the Greens to see who can get us the 9th century first.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-52041116229273973302015-03-30T21:00:59.663+01:002015-03-30T21:00:59.663+01:00Here to kill another thread :-)
With Seb on this o...Here to kill another thread :-)<br />With Seb on this one. Kick the grandstand from under Cameron and tell him to keep his fat face shut. This dispute has been ongoing since the dawn of time and there is no good reason to get involved His only job is to condemn violence on both sides, while releasing the free market to peddle its wares. (and to corrupt an old Enoch Powell joke. Britain will be sending its own home-grown mad mullahs to replace the ones lost in this disaster. We will provide one way tickets to any volunteers and they will have a direct flight with German Wings)<br />What’s not to like, let them get on with in. The rest of the world just has to huddle around chanting fight, fight, fight and tell the UN teacher, that they thought they saw someone doing global warming by the bike sheds. Oil is as cheap as chips, with each side using their weapons of mass production to flood the market. Until now they have all been funding their own little terror groups and now it’s starting to get a bit out of hand. Now it’s time for the big boys to step up to the plate. It’s ok for these terrorists running around unopposed with their new toys but let’s see how Mossad deals with them. As was stated in an earlier post “sometimes what these people need is a good kick in” (Britain will also be sending its entire army of social workers. The conscript will be given a one way ticket accompanied by a BBC reporter. BBC2 comedy will be back on the map) <br />Seriously<br />I think the real question is, how we get Putin back in from the cold. With the oil price tanking, the only thing he has left to sell, is nuclear expertise. @rwendland 2 years is a hell of a long stretch in modern warfare (how long did they say it would take Russia to overrun Europe?). Despite modern myth, a nuclear weapon isn’t something you can knock up in your garden shed, unless you buy the components of a disassembled nuclear weapon.Suffragentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-50814726066621830902015-03-30T17:47:05.131+01:002015-03-30T17:47:05.131+01:00"Iran really wants a nuclear bomb" - I d...<i>"Iran really wants a nuclear bomb"</i> - I don't think that's the case, and there is certainly no definite evidence. I think what Iran wants is to be <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203658804576638392537430156" rel="nofollow">in Japan's position ("a tacit nuclear deterrent")</a>, to have the technology so that everyone knows that it could have the bomb, possibly on a missile, in about one year if the situation went pear-shaped and an emergency programme to build one was started.<br /><br />That way it stays within the NNPT, but deters an attack on its territory (missile or seizure of part of its territory) as any attacker has to factor in the risk of possible severe reaction an a year or two's time. retalliation in a year or two.rwendlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07861901317813829419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-44058381861840768852015-03-30T17:43:39.180+01:002015-03-30T17:43:39.180+01:00Jer - I am not a fan of that bit. They are indeed ...Jer - I am not a fan of that bit. They are indeed mad in parts of iran and their fanning of loons like Hezbollah is nasty.<br /><br />Best to keep the real dangerous stuff out of their hands. CityUnslickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-14300191291260048312015-03-30T17:36:29.848+01:002015-03-30T17:36:29.848+01:00_If_ Iran acquires nuclear weapons - do we care?
..._If_ Iran acquires nuclear weapons - do we care?<br /><br />Biological weapons are much nastier - let's keep Iran focussed on the old fashioned big bang stuff - especially as it's unlikely to ever affect us directly.Jernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-87629387756564062272015-03-30T17:29:00.350+01:002015-03-30T17:29:00.350+01:00Used to do business with Iranian National Oil Corp...Used to do business with Iranian National Oil Corp who could not organise a p**s up in a brewery - not that they'd want to.<br /><br />Nuclear weapons? I think there are in the next bunker to Saddams' WMD with Shergar on the other side.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-938844542459996422015-03-30T17:23:51.733+01:002015-03-30T17:23:51.733+01:00kaiser Wilhem II once asked Cecil Rhodes what coul...kaiser Wilhem II once asked Cecil Rhodes what could he do to make himself much more popular in England.<br /><br />Have you tried doing nothing? Said Cecil.<br /><br />If Old Bill had heeded that sage advice, then WW1 might have been averted.<br /><br />Let's stay well out of any Iran,Iraq issues for a good long while.Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-40582388558350134522015-03-30T13:41:19.394+01:002015-03-30T13:41:19.394+01:00Can't we persuade the Chinese to buy Iran?
Re...Can't we persuade the Chinese to buy Iran?<br /><br />Re the election, I will happily volunteer to run the site over the next few weeks: I live in a safe Labour seat.BEnoreply@blogger.com