Is the US shook of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?

Niggas back
Niggas back Members Posts: 2,259 ✭✭✭
edited October 2011 in The Social Lounge
Since ? got nukes, id say they are... What yall take on that?

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  • A.J. Trillzynski
    A.J. Trillzynski Members Posts: 2,270 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2011
    http://www.cracked.com/article_19461_6-b.s.-myths-you-probably-believe-about-americas-enemies.html

    6 B.S. Myths You Probably Believe About America's 'Enemies'

    #6. Iran Could Start a Crazy War at Any Minute!

    What You've Heard:
    It's easy to see why people are afraid of Iran. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has threatened to wipe Israel off the map and claimed the United States was behind 9/11. You wouldn't trust anyone who says things like that to be in charge of a country!

    Actually:
    That's why Ahmadinejad isn't in charge -- Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is. Despite a title that sounds like an overcompensating member of the Wu-Tang Clan, Khamenei has been running the show for years. See, unlike our president, Ahmadinejad doesn't control Iran's nuclear strategy, armed forces or even foreign policy.

    Ahmadinejad is more like the Joe Biden of Iran -- he says stupid things that embarrass the country, but the guy in power thinks he's a good enough ? , so he keeps him around. Though even that gives President Spell-Check a little too much credit, because Ahmadinejad isn't even the second most powerful guy in the country.
    Try 14th. In addition to Lord Sexgantic Ayatollah Khamenei, he's outranked by the 12 members of the Guardian Council, which sounds like something out of the extended Star Wars universe, but actually functions more like Ahmadinejad's boss. They can shoot down his ideas via veto and get to decide who runs for president in the first place.

    As the Iranian people know, Ahmadinejad doesn't even have the power to get women into soccer games (one of his campaign promises in 2007), and he has become increasingly unpopular among the masses with every day in office.

    The problem is that the West pays such an unreasonable amount of attention to Ahmadinejad that according to political experts, it's one of the only things keeping him relevant in Iran. Despite a failed economic policy, and the fact that he's ? of the Ayatollah so much that experts don't expect him to finish his second term, the Iranian people feel like they have to pay attention to him because America is paying attention to him. And America is paying attention to him because his job title sounds impressive to us.

    OK, but even if Ahmadinejad isn't in charge, the real leaders are religious hard-liners who hate America. So Iran is still a threat, right? Actually, their annual military budget is around nine billion dollars, which puts them behind the powerhouses like Greece and Australia. In terms of per capita spending, Iran is dead last in the gulf region. Nuclear weapons aren't a concern, either, as U.S. intelligence agencies believe Iran has halted its program.
    Making your enemies seem like unbalanced lunatics is just an old propaganda trick. For instance, remember that comment about wanting to wipe Israel off the map? According to the people who translated the statement in the first place, it was translated worse than a Final Fantasy game, due to "time pressure to produce a translation quickly." It would be more accurate to say Ahmadinejad wanted to see a regime change, which is a pretty common statement in global politics.

    Of course, the media didn't have to exaggerate his statements denying the Holocaust and claiming that the U.S. was behind 9/11. They just had to ignore the fact that the guy saying it doesn't matter.
  • SoutCity
    SoutCity Members Posts: 1,901 ✭✭
    edited October 2011
    reaperbong wrote: »
    http://www.cracked.com/article_19461_6-b.s.-myths-you-probably-believe-about-americas-enemies.html

    6 B.S. Myths You Probably Believe About America's 'Enemies'

    #6. Iran Could Start a Crazy War at Any Minute!

    What You've Heard:
    It's easy to see why people are afraid of Iran. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has threatened to wipe Israel off the map and claimed the United States was behind 9/11. You wouldn't trust anyone who says things like that to be in charge of a country!

    Actually:
    That's why Ahmadinejad isn't in charge -- Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is. Despite a title that sounds like an overcompensating member of the Wu-Tang Clan, Khamenei has been running the show for years. See, unlike our president, Ahmadinejad doesn't control Iran's nuclear strategy, armed forces or even foreign policy.

    Ahmadinejad is more like the Joe Biden of Iran -- he says stupid things that embarrass the country, but the guy in power thinks he's a good enough ? , so he keeps him around. Though even that gives President Spell-Check a little too much credit, because Ahmadinejad isn't even the second most powerful guy in the country.
    Try 14th. In addition to Lord Sexgantic Ayatollah Khamenei, he's outranked by the 12 members of the Guardian Council, which sounds like something out of the extended Star Wars universe, but actually functions more like Ahmadinejad's boss. They can shoot down his ideas via veto and get to decide who runs for president in the first place.

    As the Iranian people know, Ahmadinejad doesn't even have the power to get women into soccer games (one of his campaign promises in 2007), and he has become increasingly unpopular among the masses with every day in office.

    The problem is that the West pays such an unreasonable amount of attention to Ahmadinejad that according to political experts, it's one of the only things keeping him relevant in Iran. Despite a failed economic policy, and the fact that he's ? of the Ayatollah so much that experts don't expect him to finish his second term, the Iranian people feel like they have to pay attention to him because America is paying attention to him. And America is paying attention to him because his job title sounds impressive to us.

    OK, but even if Ahmadinejad isn't in charge, the real leaders are religious hard-liners who hate America. So Iran is still a threat, right? Actually, their annual military budget is around nine billion dollars, which puts them behind the powerhouses like Greece and Australia. In terms of per capita spending, Iran is dead last in the gulf region. Nuclear weapons aren't a concern, either, as U.S. intelligence agencies believe Iran has halted its program.
    Making your enemies seem like unbalanced lunatics is just an old propaganda trick. For instance, remember that comment about wanting to wipe Israel off the map? According to the people who translated the statement in the first place, it was translated worse than a Final Fantasy game, due to "time pressure to produce a translation quickly." It would be more accurate to say Ahmadinejad wanted to see a regime change, which is a pretty common statement in global politics.

    Of course, the media didn't have to exaggerate his statements denying the Holocaust and claiming that the U.S. was behind 9/11. They just had to ignore the fact that the guy saying it doesn't matter.

    Bruh the man never said that....
  • kingblaze84
    kingblaze84 Members Posts: 14,288 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2011
    No the US isn't shook of Iran, it has gone to war with most of its neighbors lol. Pakistan, Iraq, and Afghanistan all border Iran and look what America has done, or is doing there. Iran is next, it's only a matter of time.......

    China and Russia on the other hand, nooo America wants no war with them. But a war with Iran would be a disaster for sure, not due to Iran's military but it's well educated citizens who will fight very hard for their pride as a nation. If America is losing badly in Afghanistan, I dont want to imagine what Iran would look like.
  • A.J. Trillzynski
    A.J. Trillzynski Members Posts: 2,270 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2011
    mrsoutcity wrote: »
    Bruh the man never said that....

    helps if you read beyond the first paragraph
    remember that comment about wanting to wipe Israel off the map? According to the people who translated the statement in the first place, it was translated worse than a Final Fantasy game, due to "time pressure to produce a translation quickly." It would be more accurate to say Ahmadinejad wanted to see a regime change, which is a pretty common statement in global politics.
  • SoutCity
    SoutCity Members Posts: 1,901 ✭✭
    edited October 2011
    reaperbong wrote: »
    helps if you read beyond the first paragraph

    FOH quoting the same murfuggers that spreading the propaganda. The ? said we want to wipe the Zionist regime of the face of the earth.
  • DarkRaiden
    DarkRaiden Members Posts: 1,423 ✭✭✭
    edited October 2011
    LOL didn't know that IC ? read Cracked.com. Good ? .
  • one_manshow
    one_manshow Members Posts: 4,591 ✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2011
    The Iranian people would probably pull off a blackhawk down pt 2 you are talking about prideful people..kids at the age of 11 years old recruited to the army...I know a couple dudes who I was classmates with telling me stories how they would round up kids for the army by force had to dress up as females so they wouldn't be recruited to the army. U.S won't make a move until Iran does its all about strategy but they will make up a reason to go in 2012.

    Chinese just sipping on cool aid dapping each other and waiting for the U.S to make a move those guys will intervene on some big brother ? .
  • blackgotty
    blackgotty Members Posts: 345
    edited October 2011
    The US finally understood that a war is more than just bombing and taking out army
    There´s a fear of occupying a hostile region again knowing it would be much much worse this time .So yes they are shook and much more reasonable

    isolating iran and forcing the UN to lead this one is probably the plan (add propaganda and other tactics)
  • 2stepz_ahead
    2stepz_ahead Guests, Members, Writer, Content Producer Posts: 32,324 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2011
    the us is not scared......and fukk china and russia

    yall ? need to read sometimes....
    the us is cool with russias enemies in chechnya and georgia
    US is cool with tiawan, vietnam , india, indonesia and singapore...

    all the us has to do it supply them dudes and have them weaken the enemy then we ca strike.

    do you seriously think we was supporting saddam during the iran/iraq cuz we liked that dude? no it was to weak both sides...millions died in those wars
    once the fighting stopped....saddam happen to invade kuwait....an it was his ass...
    china will implode before anything happens...that country cant sustain what they have trust me i've been there

    so iran will also be weakened....by guess who...al queda...al queda dont like the us but once they leave iraq...watch who they go after next
    and remember...alot of weapons and money dissappeared in iraq...so they are well funded and well armed

    then i dont even want to start with the israel part of it
  • b*braze
    b*braze Members Posts: 8,968 ✭✭✭
    edited October 2011
    sionb55 wrote: »
    He's next......

    nah he aint no ? .. thats a real ? right there. so to speak.