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Incidentally, "Obama" translates into Farsi (Iranian) as "He who is with us". Apparently, Iran's lack of comment on Obama's victory is due to major internal confusion. being unable to criticise him they're falling back on old criticisms of Bush while they try to re-think their US policy in the face of someone who can't be relied on to be their enemy. There are serious concerns in Tehran for the livelihood of inflammable flag sellers. These poor people could go out of business unless they can re-locate to Texas. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Accurding to THIS BBC map, Alaska's so upset it's trying to sail south and fasten onto Chile! Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

HOPE YOU VOTED! DON'T CARE WHO FOR, BUT VOTING IS VITAL!

Hmmm... Do you define "Good Luck" as Obamessiah winning the presidency now? Or losing 2008 to stick McCain with the current financial mess so he can win in 2012? Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Can we have one for McCain as well please? In the circumstances I suppose a pic of a plane crash would do. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

... the untimely demise of McCain... Conspiracy theory... Locked deep and never opened... Hmmm... Let's "open" with two words: Dewey Wins For me, the issue isn't the sudden death of McCain, it's his ability to do the job for the next 4 years. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

The same could be said of Iran, surrounded as it is by states under "hostile" control and with a concentrated population and natural resources. That's a possibility. Alternatively, they could follow the North Korean model, where posession of a delivery system and an apparently credible test of a nuke has actually resulted in an opening of dialogue and a reduction in tension in the area. Thus does a "Rogue-State" become respectable and respected? Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

You're assuming that once in posession of nuclear weapons, Iran would use them offensively, rather than Iran realising the fundamentally defensive nature of such weapons when posessed by more than one side. Agreed that Israel would not coherently survive either a first strike, nor a retaliatory strike. Neither would Iran. That's the whole nature of "Absolute War". Can't win it so don't start it. The result is a relatively tense peace where neither side dare hurt the other too much. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Yes. I think the "Half of The Country" who should be happy are the ones who voted, regardless of who they voted for and who wins, they made their voice heard. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Given that even the slightest criticism of Barack Hussein ObaMessiah is seen as an endorsement of racism, then any vote for McCain will automatically imply membership of Aryan-Nation. Hence, a McCain win will produce a massive outcry of "Racist-Fix". Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Depends how you define "enemy". WE now know America was effectively fightinf almost all of Vietnam, which may include several shifty hills and dodgy runways. Now we know where the Viet Minh tunnelers put all the left over soil... In John McCain's flightpath. Once the Viet Minh found out who they'd captured, they took their best care of him. This wasn't humanitarian of them... They just wanted him crashing flying for America as soon as possible. With more pilots of McCain's calibre, the air war in vietnam would have been over by 1966. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

I think he'll be kept REALLY busy handing out government positions and contracts to all his campaign contributors. Having refused Federal Funding and the attendant federal cap, he's spent a fecking fortune of somebody's money to get where he wants. These folk will all want "change"... Or as they prefer to call it, "compound-interest". So yeah... America will see change. Perhaps the institution of something like the British House Of Lords Political Bribe Givers to replace Congress and The Senate, thus saving all those political salaries & expenses & election costs & stuff!!!? Good luck to Y'All tomorrow when you choose your least worst candidate. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Maybe he's practising to play the animatronic President Nixon at Disney-World? In politics, you gotta have a Plan-B. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

uhhh.. not quite Doh. Sorry, I posted that just after I was finally convinced that was the real John McCain! I knew it was a spoof - I thought they were both look-alikes. Quick question though; Just how do you tell the difference between Fey & Palin if you're not a moose? Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Yeah... And what a sense of humour! I've always thought of him as the Less-Worse-Candidate, and that appearance, particularly in response to Obama's commercial, shows a degree of genius.

HuHu.Com is US only! So... For the Non-Americans out there (both of them): http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/mccain-qvc-open/805381/ McCain & Palin's response to Obama's 3 network primetime advert. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

It's definitely a positive. Heh Heh ... Sorry. I couldn't resist that one! Do you prefer Iran to be "bullyable"? Right now, they see themselves as surrounded by all the enemies who've taken over their country in the past - hence their aggressive posture. they see nukes as the only sure way to stop "The Big Red One" marching through Tehran City Centre. Wouldn't something (given their history, the only thing) which allowed them to relax and feel more secure be good? Mike. PS: Didn't Obama raise the likelyhood of attacking Pakistan? I assume the Man-From-Everywhere KNOWS they are a nuclear power. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

I vote McCain. For Iran. But that's based solely on the Skiing Facilities

Sorry Jamille, You're going to have to be more specific and actually name that idiot! Is it the 6 ft of scar tissue who was shot down / crashed five times out of six missions? That's not a war hero, that's a piss-poor pilot. Someone who's unlikely to manage 4 active years in such a stressful job and whose replacement has been pre-selected for being thick! Or is it the completely inexperienced man from everywhere? The man who refuses federal cash (and cap) for his campaign? Who's paying all this money to him and what do they get in return? Once again, the American people don't have a choice of the best candidate, they have to choose the Least-Worst one in the face of massive disinformation and irrelevencies. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

And by that you mean -modern- nuclear war. I believe at least -1- nuclear war has already been "won." Sorry. Yes. I think I said multilaterally or mutually possessed nuclear weapons in an earlier post & continued in that vein. If the nuclear weapons are only posessed by one side, then it's not a nuclear war... Which is surely the whole point of Iran's project. From there, is it a bad thing for Iran to have nukes? It's obvious they can't actually use them except in extremis, and it will reduce their paranoia. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

There is no way for Iran to ever win a nuclear war with Israel... The very nature of a nuclear war (started by anyone) is that it is unwinnable. In a world with multilateral nuclear capability, only a side with nothing to lose would order a nuclear strike. Thus a nuclear armed nation must never be placed in a situation where they feel they have nothing to lose. Every controller of nuclear weapons since Truman & Stalin have understood this. Is that a realistic chioce for Iran?.. Given their view of American behaviour toward them over the past 55 years?.. It would be rather like an armed burglar promising not to break into your house AGAIN, as long as you don't buy a gun! So... As far as Iran is concerned their motive is simple; They're pursuing Nuclear Power for peaceful means... Their guaranteed peaceful existence. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

So... In order to thrive under either system, all you have to do is be honest as a politician! Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Ha!!! Now we know! Are you here to spy on us for Ulbricht, Hoeneker, or Putin? Seriously, I think that according to McCain's ideology, anyone who was successful in the DDR must be suspect because only the "politically-mature" would gain rewards within that state. Personally, I think Merkel's election to president was proof that Germany is finally unified after all rhe re-unification. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

My German may be a little weak, but what I took from this was that Angela Merkel was anOssie and therefore a puppet of Putin? It's almost like the old Cold-War argument about the political colour of a unified Germany has reared it's irrelevant head again. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

Even then? (With a dread sense of deja-vu) When (not if) Iran builds nuclear weapons their sensible course of action would be to produce sufficient weapons and delivery methods to satisfy Clausewitz' definition of Absolute War. In effect a war which is unwinnable because the losses far outweigh any possible gains. At this point, Iran & Israel enter a situation faced by NATO & The Warsaw Pact during the Cold War; Viz: Each nation has the power to destroy the other, but doing so would guarantee their own destruction (or unacceptable loss). Thus, the fundamentally defensive nature of mutually possessed nuclear weapons is exposed. They can be used to posture. They can be used to guarantee the worst outcome in a conflict is stalemate. But they can't actually be used. I have no doubt that the current Iranian regime is fully aware of this, hence their dedication to joining the Nuclear Club alongside Israel. Mike. Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable. Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.