Kevin Sullivan: Iran and the Imminent Threat Fallacy

                   
huffingtonpost.com     May 22, 2008            

Reflecting on his now infamous appearance before the UN Security Council in 2003, former Secretary of State Colin Powell has referred to his act of WMD drumbeating at the time as a "blot" on his long record of government service. Critics likely scoff today when Iraq's alleged "yellow cake" and... [read full story]                

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Obama: Iran is a tiny threat...

neoconexpress.blogspot.com     May 20, 2008          

The problem is that to most simple folks, saying that you want to "talk" with your adversary sounds completely reasonable. To be horrified by such an idea as it relates to Iran, one has to have a working knowledge of history and strong grasp of the mentality of radical Islam. Most Americans do...                

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Obama: Iran is a tiny threat..."not serious"

neoconexpress.blogspot.com     May 20, 2008          

The problem is that to most simple folks, saying that you want to "talk" with your adversary sounds completely reasonable. To be horrified by such an idea as it relates to Iran, one has to have a working knowledge of history and strong grasp of the mentality of radical Islam. Most Americans do...                

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Obama: Iran was a threat, before it wasn’t, before it was

crushliberalism.com     May 20, 2008          

Dude’s trying to out-Kerry Kerry. Barry O last year: Obama said global leaders must do whatever it takes to stop Iran from enriching uranium and acquiring nuclear weapons. He called Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad “reckless, irresponsible and inattentive” to the day-to-day needs of the...                

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Obama pooh-poohs danger of ‘tiny’ Iran - Says Tehran, other rogue nations ‘don’t pose any serious...

thesourcedaily.com     May 20, 2008          

WorldNetDaily Leading Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama pooh-poohed the idea that Iran or any of a few other “tiny” nations around the world offer a serious potential threat to the United States or the free world. “Iran, Cuba, Venezuela? These countries are tiny compared to the...                

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Sen. Obama: Would You Allow A Nuclear Iran?

politicalmavens.com     May 20, 2008          

According to Barack Obama, Iran is just a “tiny country” that doesn’t “pose a serious threat to us..” Question, Sen. Obama: should Iran be allowed to go nuclear? If your answer is yes, perhaps you could explain how such a development is either “inconsequential” or serves the best interests of the...                

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Well, this is just silly!

the-reaction.blogspot.com     May 20, 2008          

By CarlI can't say I really support either of them in this dust-up, but I'd lean towards Obama's position:CHICAGO — Senator John McCain put Senator Barack Obama on the foreign policy defensive once again Monday, criticizing him here in his hometown for saying Iran did not pose the serious threat...                

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Embarrassing Rhetoric On Iran

d-day.blogspot.com     May 20, 2008          

I don't know if this Jerusalem Post story about an imminent attack on Iran is true or not. There have been dozens of these kinds of stories. But you cannot deny that Bush and Cheney have certainly been using the kind of rhetoric that presaged war with Iraq with respect to Iran. They certainly...                

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Obama’s ignorance: this is getting scary

neoneocon.com     May 20, 2008          

I used to think it might be a good thing for Obama to continue to make egregious errors. It would allow people to see his feet of clay and to understand the dangers of his naive and uninformed views. But, as he’s made goof after goof and none of his myriad supporters—including his enablers in [...]                

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John McCain Responds to Obama’s Iran Foolishness

blogsforvictory.com     May 21, 2008          

Loud and clear, as usual: Before I begin my prepared remarks, I want to respond briefly to a comment Senator Obama made yesterday about the threat posed to the United States by the Government of Iran. Senator Obama claimed that the threat Iran poses to our security is 'tiny' compared to ...                

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McCain - Not a Serious National Security Candidate

armchairgeneralist.typepad.com     May 20, 2008          

It's great how Sen. John Syndey McCain just does all the work to make us understand how poorly he grasps the tenets of national security. In a recent blast against Sen. Barack Obama, McCain accused Obama of failing to adequately appreciate Iran's threat to the United States. Republican John...                

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