From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

George Sherwood wrote:
> Ad wrote:
>> George Sherwood wrote:
>>> Adam > wrote:
>>>>>> You will be as wrong about Iran as you were about
Iraq - except now
>>>>>> you're
>>>>>> facing Persians.
>>>>> What in the world does that have to do with the article?  Facing
>>>>> Persians that make up only 51% of an Iran that is not
nearly as united
>>>>> as you are trying to say, but the point is just leave
them alone.
>>>>>
>>>>> George
>>>> It would appear America is even less united esp wrt another foreign
>>>> adventure.
>>>>
>>> Again you are attempting to attach an opinion to me that I never put
>>> forth.  My answer was purely that much of the great Persian coherence,
>>> just isn't true.  You can't rebut that so you give me an opinion that I
>>> don't have.
>>>
>>> George
>> Oh hardly George. When the Iran-Iraq war came along the Iranian nation
>> on the whole fought as one. Being attacked by an external force often
>> has that effect (e.g. the US before & after 9-11).
>
> Which I have never suggested isn't true.  As a matter of fact it is
> probably the strongest reason to not attack.  But that doesn't change
> the fact that Iran is a very disjointed country.
>

As is the US.

>
>> As such frankly your opinion wrt the disunity of Iran is no different
>> than my opinion wrt the disunity of the USA.
>> So :
>> (A) Yes I can rebut that given an external threat/attack &
>> (B) I never suggested that you hold the opinion that the USA is
>> disunited as that would run counter to the official position of the US.
>> That opinion (backed up by many polls & facts) is mine.
>
> What I didn't like is that you play one against the other.  Like you are
>  telling me, that I don't think America disjointed at this point.

Your opinion.

>  Let
> another attack happen in the USA and see how it plays out.  No different
> then Iran.

Good. So why state that somehow it is? If Iran were to be attacked then
there'd be a unified national response just as one would expect from most
countries in the world.

> But your statement that the USA is disjointed doesn't have
> anything to do at all with a course of action in Iran.
>

I would state that neither is more disjointed than the other. Certainly not
when facing an external attack. Persia has been persia for thousands of
years. Yes there are Baluch, Kurds, Turkic types etc. ? There are latino
Americans, black americans, russian americans etc.

>
>> Simply by replying I am attaching an opinion to you? My, my, is that a
>> sensitive spot?
>
> Not sensitive at all, but I will make sure that my opinion is mine. 

I never suggested anything else.

BTW to return to the subject of the original post it is nice to see you
agreeing with a cheerleader for disengagement from Iraq.


Adam

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