Sanctions No More: Iran spends $21 Billion buying from Russia

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  1. Mandelus

    Mandelus Well-Known Member

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    Really ... or reading and understanding sometimes too, isn't it?
     
  2. Albert Di Salvo

    Albert Di Salvo New Member

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    Sometimes. One is more likely to find mistakes of grammar and syntax among those attempting to master English as a second language.
     
  3. Dutch

    Dutch Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Here you go, genius: :)

    "Armies run on their stomachs and equipment, and both require regular supplies. Without a steady supply of food and water, an army will starve or dehydrate, killing or demoralizing the troops. Eventually, the army would fall apart"

    http://romanmilitary.net/strategy/resource/

    Even Romans knew that.
     
  4. Dutch

    Dutch Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Indeed. But then we must entertain the idea of martyrdom, perpetual life in heaven etc etc. Are there such people, willing to kill themselves and bunch of hated enemies, just to get to 72 virgins?
     
  5. Questerr

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    How many Ayatollahs or Presidents have conducted suicide bombing attacks?
     
  6. Dutch

    Dutch Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    There's always the first.
     
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    You could use really wide mountain bike wheels.
     
  8. Questerr

    Questerr Banned

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    Sure. Yet if there is no evidence to support that "first" then there is no reason to entertain the possibility as realistic.
     
  9. Dutch

    Dutch Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Yes you could. But then again, why? Bicycles are not really useful in combat - solder will get tired fast pedaling, and will not shoot straight because of his wobbly legs :)
     
  10. Dutch

    Dutch Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    It is realistic, it's in the culture and its been done everyday albeit on smaller scale, of course. No Ayatollah done it, you say? What's to prevent Ayatollah to move far, far away and watch the mushroom on TV while sipping cocktail on some tropical isle?
     
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    Questerr Banned

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    Why hasn't the Ayatollah of Iran launched a massive surprise nerve gas attack on Israel? It would accomplish the same practical goal and wouldn't even irradiate the land and prevent it from being reclaimed by Muslims.
     
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    Well ... whoever finds grammatical errors, and / or spelling mistakes in my posts, has my permission to keep them as a gift. :wink: :angel:
     
  13. Albert Di Salvo

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    Isn't it fascinating that Obama is financing Iranian purchases of Russian equipment?
     
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    The money was always Iranian.
     
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    How many suicide bomers in the Iraq war were Iranian?


    How many suicide pilots and their henchmen were Iranian on 9/11?

    How many Iranians were firing rockets into Israel from Gaza?



    -------near 0. Most of them are from our allied country, Saudi Arabia. Yet, the idiotic right wing zionist blow fest we have here in the states ignores that because.... OIL!
     
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    So what?
     
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    I don't know about a gas attack, but he has pretty much flat out stated that he wants to level the nation of Israel and that it needs to cease to exist. Do you deny that?

    It is my opinion that the US military strength is the only thing stopping action.
     
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    Finish the thought: he wants Israel replace by an Islamic state. Kinda hard to do that when it's an irradiated wasteland.

    More to the point, he doesn't have to raise a finger to accomplish that goal. Israel is going to cease to be due to demographics within a couple generations unless the Israelis start putting Arabs in concentration camps.
     

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