Guest blogged by David Edwards of Veredictum.com
Here are two recent news broadcasts from the Middle East. The first is from the city of Al-Basra in Southern Iraq and the other from Israel. Both clips are evidence that the threat of war with Iran has already become a reality for those who are living on its’ battlefield.
VIDEO – Iraqi Officials Pledge Suicide Bombers to Stop Attack on Iran
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Al-Basra City is located in the southern part of Iraq. The city has a seaport that is crucial for the export of Iraq’s oil. Basra’s location on Iran’s southern border makes the city valuable strategically for the launch of a ground attack against Iran (map).
The City Council of Al-Basra has vowed that it will “do everything in their power” to prevent U.S. forces from launching an attack on Iran from Southern Iraq. The Council said that it wanted to maintain a good relationship with neighboring countries. The Council believes that Iran has a right to develop nuclear power for peaceful purposes.
The head of Basra’s City Council stressed their resolve to stop any attack by saying, “I assure you when we talked about martyring that it wasn’t a slip of the tongue. Iraqis are known for their willingness to offer the ultimate sacrifice for the sake of their principals.”
Iran claims that coalition forces are already conducting operations along the southern Iraq/Iran border.
VIDEO – Israeli Propaganda TV: Iranian Threat Worse Than Nazi Germany
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The Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) recently aired this segment of a new film, “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West.”
The film compares the threat of Radical Islam to the threat of Nazism. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the new Hitler.
Background music builds tension and suspense. Pictures of radical Islamists overlay film of soldiers marching in Nazi Germany. Hitler’s followers cheer as he promises death to all Jews. Thousands of Iranians chant “Death to America”. Writers and Historians speak with authoritative voices of dire warnings and predictions that this terrible history is repeating itself.
The film evokes feelings of helplessness along with the psychological terror of an impending nuclear Holocaust. It’s emotional manipulation worthy of the most vile Bush/Cheney campaign advertisement.
Goebels would be proud. Worthy of a heil or two.
Hitler was ok with Islam
Dershowitz? Who takes him seriously?
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So….let’s go blow the hell out of Iran too? That will solve everything, right?
I believe most of the arab nations are very anti-Israel. So, is that news? I don’t condone that hatred anymore than I condone any other type of irrational bigotry.
Drawing comparisons to Adolf Hitler is about the most threatening thing you can imagine. This ought to create tons of anxiety among the Jews and Americans here at home. But what is the answer? I would be first to shout IT IS NOT BLOW IRAN OFF THE FACE OF THE PLANET. There had better be some better alternatives. If not, this is a one way road to destruction.
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"Drawing comparisons to Adolf Hitler is about the most threatening thing you can imagine" — Michael at #5 above.
I can’t even begin to count how many times I have heard liberal compare Pres.Bush to Hitler. You may not have, Michael, but tons of liberals do it every day.
Even back when Pres.Clinton was in office, the Republican-majority Congress voted to reduce the amount of the proposed increase the in the school lunch program. So how did Democrat Representives respond? They compared Republicans to Nazis. Even Rep. Tom Lantos(D-CA) joined in the Nazi name-calling which suprised me because when Lantos was a child, he escaped from Nazi Germany. He should know how the Nazis really were.
So making the Nazi comparision has been over-used perhaps. I was called a Nazi for the first time ever right here on this board a week or so ago.
But the threat from a nuclear Iran who openly say that they will give the nuclear information to other countries (perhaps even terrorists) is a real threat.
We should not allow terror to win. Israel has been fighting terror for 50 years. Can you not see that they deal with it for their very survival every day? They fight against an enemy who thinks it’s ok to bomb public buses killing women and children. Their enemy kills people attending a wedding reception killing the fathers of both the bride and the groom plus others. Their enemy breaks into a Jewish neighboorhood and goes into houses killing women and shooting little children.
Yet there are those among you who think that Israel is wrong to fight back? Get a grip!
why dont all you americans wake up and see the real truth… watch the movie called (9/11 lose change 2nd edition) you can watch it on google videos believe me it will chang your entire view about the world and who is the real terroists in america