Comments on: Christine Amanpour/CNN: White House ‘Confused’ On Iran http://helpthemiddleclass.com/2009/09/23/christine-amanpourcnn-white-house-%e2%80%98confused%e2%80%99-on-iran/ News and Information For The Heart Of America Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:42:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: J.V.Hodgson http://helpthemiddleclass.com/2009/09/23/christine-amanpourcnn-white-house-%e2%80%98confused%e2%80%99-on-iran/comment-page-1/#comment-1934 J.V.Hodgson Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:38:20 +0000 http://helpthemiddleclass.com/?p=7065#comment-1934 I agree that the recent election in Iran had many problems from the overall purist definition of democracy in western terms. But that is not what Iran is or now ever will be. It is an Islamic style of democracy, with commercial and social laws we westerners may find abhorrent, or unusual. Having got that established I can see no reason why negotiations with Iran become more difficult or less tenable purely based on (the political oppositions even valid unrest/objections) unless the US and EU nations intent is regime change which I do not support. Of course Iran and North Korea should be encouraged abandon Nuclear weapons development ( how if you USA /EU refuse to talk with its current government??) which is why Obama and his administration is not confused but smart by separately pushing the Arms reduction and Non proliferation international talks. The policy of BUSH = no talks, unless you agree Pax Americana politics and ideology first, and we do not talk to Hamas, Hizbollah, etc simply continues to make Jihad thier only course. The long long history of the world is talk and resolve your differences or forget talk and reasonableness and practically destroy the enemy with all that routes inhumane consequences= forget the idea of collateral damage being unacceptable. Have we learned nothing...understanding, clearing confusions, comes from talk not bombs!! Regards, Hodgson. I agree that the recent election in Iran had many problems from the overall purist definition of democracy in western terms. But that is not what Iran is or now ever will be. It is an Islamic style of democracy, with commercial and social laws we westerners may find abhorrent, or unusual.
Having got that established I can see no reason why negotiations with Iran become more difficult or less tenable purely based on (the political oppositions even valid unrest/objections) unless the US and EU nations intent is regime change which I do not support.
Of course Iran and North Korea should be encouraged abandon Nuclear weapons development ( how if you USA /EU refuse to talk with its current government??) which is why Obama and his administration is not confused but smart by separately pushing the Arms reduction and Non proliferation international talks.
The policy of BUSH = no talks, unless you agree Pax Americana politics and ideology first, and we do not talk to Hamas, Hizbollah, etc simply continues to make Jihad thier only course.
The long long history of the world is talk and resolve your differences or forget talk and reasonableness and practically destroy the enemy with all that routes inhumane consequences= forget the idea of collateral damage being unacceptable.
Have we learned nothing…understanding, clearing confusions, comes from talk not bombs!!
Regards,
Hodgson.

]]> By: Jonathan Morse http://helpthemiddleclass.com/2009/09/23/christine-amanpourcnn-white-house-%e2%80%98confused%e2%80%99-on-iran/comment-page-1/#comment-1728 Jonathan Morse Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:19:01 +0000 http://helpthemiddleclass.com/?p=7065#comment-1728 I am walking on a street over looking Puget sound and the Olympic mountain range. The sun is always high. Suddenly three Bear Bombers come roaring from behind the snow caped mountain’s climbing all most vertical in to the sun. one turns south another heads east toward the lake the third circles over head climbing higher in to the sun. then the air raid sirens scream . There is a blinding white and orange flash and then every thing turns to super heated steam. That nightmare has occurred throughout my life since early child hood. Fear of nuclear attack is prevalent over planet especially in non nuclear countries. The scientist who designed the first atom bomb J Robert Oppenheimer.gave the secret away hoping to prevent further mass destruction like the bombs had done to Japan. These weapons have never been used in sixty two years although further development and improvement in destructive capabilities has continued across that time. Nuclear weapons are no longer only delivered by an airplane dropping bombs they can be delivered via guided missile fired from a cannon or even left somewhere in a suet case. It's no longer a stand off between super powers. Today there are about five powerful nations Dominating the planet. These nations tend to believe in a policy of imperialistic expansion to promote and defend there political ideologies across the planet they rationalize this policy as inevitable or even as granted by god. These nations seem blind to the idea that the people of the third world nations may not want to be dragged kicking and screaming in to the twenty first century in they’re way they are living in the same century as we are. I can totally under stand the need of Iran for nuclear weapons especially because there is a small but powerful and rapidly expanding nation with nuclear weapons on the border. I also understand our (Americas) need to keep Iran from having weapons of mass destruction What I can not understand is the labeling of Iran as a rouge nation, is not Israel a rouge nation or the United States both nations occupy ground already occupied. I can’t understand why instead of demanding the rest of the world remain nuke free the five super powers don’t disarm themselves, not just talk and argue the shape of the table disarm DISARM, DO IT! I am walking on a street over looking Puget sound and the Olympic mountain range. The sun is always high. Suddenly three Bear Bombers come roaring from behind the snow caped mountain’s climbing all most vertical in to the sun. one turns south another heads east toward the lake the third circles over head climbing higher in to the sun. then the air raid sirens scream . There is a blinding white and orange flash and then every thing turns to super heated steam.
That nightmare has occurred throughout my life since early child hood. Fear of nuclear attack is prevalent over planet especially in non nuclear countries. The scientist who designed the first atom bomb J Robert Oppenheimer.gave the secret away hoping to prevent further mass destruction like the bombs had done to Japan. These weapons have never been used in sixty two years although further development and improvement in destructive capabilities has continued across that time. Nuclear weapons are no longer only delivered by an airplane dropping bombs they can be delivered via guided missile fired from a cannon or even left somewhere in a suet case. It’s no longer a stand off between super powers. Today there are about five powerful nations Dominating the planet. These nations tend to believe in a policy of imperialistic expansion to promote and defend there political ideologies across the planet they rationalize this policy as inevitable or even as granted by god. These nations seem blind to the idea that the people of the third world nations may not want to be dragged kicking and screaming in to the twenty first century in they’re way they are living in the same century as we are.
I can totally under stand the need of Iran for nuclear weapons especially because there is a small but powerful and rapidly expanding nation with nuclear weapons on the border. I also understand our (Americas) need to keep Iran from having weapons of mass destruction What I can not understand is the labeling of Iran as a rouge nation, is not Israel a rouge nation or the United States both nations occupy ground already occupied. I can’t understand why instead of demanding the rest of the world remain nuke free the five super powers don’t disarm themselves, not just talk and argue the shape of the table disarm DISARM, DO IT!

]]> By: phillip hamm http://helpthemiddleclass.com/2009/09/23/christine-amanpourcnn-white-house-%e2%80%98confused%e2%80%99-on-iran/comment-page-1/#comment-1718 phillip hamm Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:39:30 +0000 http://helpthemiddleclass.com/?p=7065#comment-1718 Dear ms. Amanpour, Right now you are an influential input to world events. You have always offered a view into sittuations although probably not compleatlyy unbias. does give people a sound prospective for alternative thought. Thank you. Now my prospective. Today I watched Benjamin Netanyahu describing the opportunity to use sanctions against Iran. He specifically mentioned gasoline. Iran already has civil unrest and is putting pressure for a more democratized and uncorupted form of government. Would putting sanctions in place, to stir up civil unrest, that would hurt these same people be wise, or would it only lead to more anti American and anti World thinking? I hope this is clear. I just dont believe that taking away the necessities of people and telling them "it is for their own good" will convince them. THANKS AGAIN PHILLIP HAMM Dear ms. Amanpour,

Right now you are an influential input to world events. You have always offered a
view into sittuations although probably not compleatlyy unbias. does give people a sound prospective for alternative thought. Thank you.

Now my prospective. Today I watched Benjamin Netanyahu describing the opportunity to use sanctions against Iran. He specifically mentioned gasoline. Iran already has civil unrest and is putting pressure for a more democratized and uncorupted form of government. Would putting sanctions in place, to stir up civil unrest, that would hurt these same people be wise, or would it only lead to more anti American and anti World thinking? I hope this is clear. I just dont believe that taking away the necessities of people and telling them “it is for their own good” will convince them.

THANKS AGAIN
PHILLIP HAMM

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