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Entry: The NIE Revisited Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/the_nie_revisited#12110 Post contents: Mr. Foy, It seems to me that you are engaging in the very political response you claim neoconservatives and Zionists of. You have not actually addressed their criticism, merely attacked their motives. I suppose that you may simply be intellectually lazy, but given the next statement, I believe that you are also ignorant. "At any rate, Tehran is not a terrorist regime. We can be friends with it at any time we choose. A rapprochement is long overdue." Iranian Hezbollah proxies have murdered American troops in Lebanon in the 1980s (Embassy and Marine Barracks) and in Saudi Arabia (Khobar Towers)a decade ago. Iranian special forces were captured in Iraq training Shi'ite militia in the use of ieds and bombs, as wells as in the use of weapons provided by Iran. Likewise Iranian funding for Sunni groups has also been documented. These groups are not just killing American soldiers, but also killing Iraqi civilians in an effort to destabilize the country and discredit the US. This terrorism is the policy of Iran. Hizbollah carried out a string of attacks on Jewish centers in South America, helping to ensure the complete Arab and Muslim control of Latin American foreign policy. PS. Tel Aviv is no more the capitol of Israel than NY is the capitol of the US. --------------------------------- Lester, How is knowledge of Iranian political and religious eschatology neoconservative? Is not understanding opponents important, or are you going to ignore facts for you politics. (The type of thing that Russell Kirk denounced as ideology and unConservative?) The fact that Iranians believe in what they do makes democracy untenable. This undermines neoconservative thought. However, for those who confuse opposing neoconservatism with isolationism and operational dhimmitude, facts are the enemy. Sent at: 2008 09 07