Comments on: Stuff you wish you didn’t know http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/08/stuff-you-wish-you-didnt-know/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:05:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: sauravhttp://www.passtheroti.com http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/08/stuff-you-wish-you-didnt-know/#comment-1238 sauravhttp://www.passtheroti.com Mon, 28 Aug 2006 02:56:15 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=673#comment-1238 <i>Iran is not to be trusted..what makes you think that Iran or any middle eastern country for that matter of fact can ever be good friends with israel?</i><br/><br/>Well maybe if they had reached a deal, khatami's successor would have been a reformer and we wouldn't be dealing with 16 page letters advocating a mutual interest in theocracy and invasion plans (among other things).<br/><br/>But I forgot...other countries aren't allowed to have domestic politics. <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a><a HREF="http://www.passtheroti.com" REL="nofollow" TITLE="saurav at passtheroti dot com">saurav</a> Iran is not to be trusted..what makes you think that Iran or any middle eastern country for that matter of fact can ever be good friends with israel?

Well maybe if they had reached a deal, khatami’s successor would have been a reformer and we wouldn’t be dealing with 16 page letters advocating a mutual interest in theocracy and invasion plans (among other things).

But I forgot…other countries aren’t allowed to have domestic politics. 

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]]> By: Saheli http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/08/stuff-you-wish-you-didnt-know/#comment-1237 Saheli Fri, 25 Aug 2006 17:24:51 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=673#comment-1237 <i>what makes you think that Iran or any middle eastern country for that matter of fact can ever be good friends with israel? </i> <br/><br/>As I am fond of pointing out till the cows come home, Jordan does an amazingly good job of trying, especially considering that it is actually home to more former Palestinians than most of the so-called champions of Palestine. Former, because unlike those other champions, Jordan has actually given many of them citizenship. Jordan and Israel cooperate on all kinds of trade, academic, and even security projects. <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a><a HREF="http://ssrdatta.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow" TITLE="sahelidatta at hotmail dot com">Saheli</a> what makes you think that Iran or any middle eastern country for that matter of fact can ever be good friends with israel?

As I am fond of pointing out till the cows come home, Jordan does an amazingly good job of trying, especially considering that it is actually home to more former Palestinians than most of the so-called champions of Palestine. Former, because unlike those other champions, Jordan has actually given many of them citizenship. Jordan and Israel cooperate on all kinds of trade, academic, and even security projects.

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]]> By: Anonymous http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/08/stuff-you-wish-you-didnt-know/#comment-1236 Anonymous Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:31:32 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=673#comment-1236 Countries don't have good friends, nor are they to be trusted. Still, mightn't it be better to pursue mutual interests, rather than mutual destruction? <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a><a HREF="http://rhinocrisy.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow" TITLE="">hedgehog</a> Countries don’t have good friends, nor are they to be trusted. Still, mightn’t it be better to pursue mutual interests, rather than mutual destruction? 

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]]> By: nikhil http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/08/stuff-you-wish-you-didnt-know/#comment-1235 nikhil Fri, 25 Aug 2006 10:18:21 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=673#comment-1235 Although I am of the firm opinion that bush is an idiot...Iran is not to be trusted..what makes you think that Iran or any middle eastern country for that matter of fact can ever be good friends with israel?  <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a><a HREF="http://www.frustratedminds.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow" TITLE="nikhilfotedar at gmail dot com">nikhil fotedar</a> Although I am of the firm opinion that bush is an idiot…Iran is not to be trusted..what makes you think that Iran or any middle eastern country for that matter of fact can ever be good friends with israel?  

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]]> By: saurabh http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/08/stuff-you-wish-you-didnt-know/#comment-1234 saurabh Fri, 25 Aug 2006 00:26:35 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=673#comment-1234 Sure, this is par for the course, but that doesn't make it any less aggravating. You'd think there'd be some sort of infuriation fatigue that would kick in after a while, but this level of cosmic stupidity/evil doesn't seem to get any easier to stomach. <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a><a HREF="http://rhinocrisy.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow" TITLE="rednblack at alum dot mit dot edu">saurabh</a> Sure, this is par for the course, but that doesn’t make it any less aggravating. You’d think there’d be some sort of infuriation fatigue that would kick in after a while, but this level of cosmic stupidity/evil doesn’t seem to get any easier to stomach. 

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]]> By: Jonhttp://www.tinyrevolution.com http://rhinocrisy.org/2006/08/stuff-you-wish-you-didnt-know/#comment-1233 Jonhttp://www.tinyrevolution.com Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:28:12 +0000 http://rhinocrisy.org/?p=673#comment-1233 I hate to be an old foreign policy fogey, but you find this pretty much uniformly in recent U.S. history. Look at any war, crisis, etc. of the past fifty years, and you'll generally find we were offered whatever it was we supposedly wanted. And then we ignored the offer, because what we wanted wasn't what we said. What would anomalous re Iran is if this hadn't happened. <br/><br/><a></a><a></a>Posted by<a><b> </b></a><a HREF="http://www.tinyrevolution.com" REL="nofollow" TITLE="">Jon</a> I hate to be an old foreign policy fogey, but you find this pretty much uniformly in recent U.S. history. Look at any war, crisis, etc. of the past fifty years, and you’ll generally find we were offered whatever it was we supposedly wanted. And then we ignored the offer, because what we wanted wasn’t what we said. What would anomalous re Iran is if this hadn’t happened. 

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