Pentagon: 2 US Navy Boats Held by Iran but Will Be Returned

[CID1990]

This sounds like a non-story. U.S. boat breaks down, drifts into Iranian water - Iran picks them up takes them to shore, asks them why they're there - and they've all been released.

If an Iranian boat drifts into US waters tell me how it's any different...

I think there's a lot of speculation going on here - we probably ought to wait and see what the Navy says after the sailors are debriefed if they're allowed to talk about it

[andy7171]

No. It shows that if they want a nuke, they will just have one FedExed from North Korea.

Worked for Pakistan. And Dubya sat still for it.

The fuck is this about?

India destroyed Pakistan in the 70's, and got nukes. Pakistan started in retaliation(like Saudia Arabia is scrambling now, in do response to Iran's new deal) Mutual assured destruction. But the attained the bomb in the late 90's.

Now I know it was a long time ago in your mind, but Bush wasn't in office then.

[CID1990]

Worked for Pakistan. And Dubya sat still for it.

The **** is this about?

India destroyed Pakistan in the 70's, and got nukes. Pakistan started in retaliation(like Saudia Arabia is scrambling now, in do response to Iran's new deal) Mutual assured destruction. But the attained the bomb in the late 90's.

Now I know it was a long time ago in your mind, but Bush wasn't in office then.

its Bush Derangement Syndrome

covered as an illness under Obamacare

symptoms include blaming Bush for things like Paki nukes, the Tunguska explosion, and the assassination of Franz Ferdinand

[93henfan]

Yeah, the whole Pakistani nuclear aspirations spanned Nixon through Clinton. Basically we didn't concern ourselves too badly with it. Hell, what is really lost if Pakistan and India annihilate each other anyway, other than a shortage of cab drivers and convenience store owners?

[dbackjon]

This sounds like a non-story. U.S. boat breaks down, drifts into Iranian water - Iran picks them up takes them to shore, asks them why they're there - and they've all been released.

If an Iranian boat drifts into US waters tell me how it's any different...

I think there's a lot of speculation going on here - we probably ought to wait and see what the Navy says after the sailors are debriefed if they're allowed to talk about it

Speculation? Wait and See?

What kind of Message Board poster are you?


I want answers, and I want it now!! Until then, we have to make shit up!!

[Ibanez]

Yeah, the whole Pakistani nuclear aspirations spanned Nixon through Clinton. Basically we didn't concern ourselves too badly with it. Hell, what is really lost if Pakistan and India annihilate each other anyway, other than a shortage of cab drivers and convenience store owners?

What about tech support?

[kalm]

Yeah, the whole Pakistani nuclear aspirations spanned Nixon through Clinton. Basically we didn't concern ourselves too badly with it. Hell, what is really lost if Pakistan and India annihilate each other anyway, other than a shortage of cab drivers and convenience store owners?

What about tech support?

Or southern governors?

[Ibanez]

What about tech support?

Or southern governors?

Exactly. You'd expect the North or the PNW to be more welcoming....interesting.

from Dailykos

[/A Republican governor is marginally more likely to be a woman, and about 2.8 times more likely to be a minority, than a Democratic governor.

A lot of flak gets thrown at the Republican Party for being less friendly to women and minorities. Some of the criticism is valid and some is not. A Democrat might volunteer that their party is more friendly to woman and minorities by pointing to the higher number of Democratic woman and minority officeholders in the House of Representatives, state legislative offices, and the presidency.

Nevertheless, it appears that the Republican Party does a better job at promoting minorities and woman at the governor's level, as of October 2011, than the Democratic Party.
quote]http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/11/6/1033741/-

[Grizalltheway]

Or southern governors?

Exactly. You'd expect the North or the PNW to be more welcoming....interesting.

Were those the states bent on keeping the big, bad Syrian refugees out?

[Ibanez]

Exactly. You'd expect the North or the PNW to be more welcoming....interesting.

Were those the states bent on keeping the big, bad Syrian refugees out?

Oh I don't know. SC has accepted Syrian refugees and we've participated in the Refugee Resettlement Program since the 1970s. Haley has said over and over that security is paramount in this situation and anyone not thoroughly vetted shouldn't be allowed in.

No state/politician/party is perfect.

[CitadelGrad]

Or southern governors?

Exactly. You'd expect the North or the PNW to be more welcoming....interesting.

from Dailykos

[/A Republican governor is marginally more likely to be a woman, and about 2.8 times more likely to be a minority, than a Democratic governor.

A lot of flak gets thrown at the Republican Party for being less friendly to women and minorities. Some of the criticism is valid and some is not. A Democrat might volunteer that their party is more friendly to woman and minorities by pointing to the higher number of Democratic woman and minority officeholders in the House of Representatives, state legislative offices, and the presidency.

Nevertheless, it appears that the Republican Party does a better job at promoting minorities and woman at the governor's level, as of October 2011, than the Democratic Party.
quote]http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/11/6/1033741/-

I pity the fucker who posted this on Kos. I imagine he was cyber-mobbed and cyber-raped by those nutjobs.

[CitadelGrad]

No. It shows that if they want a nuke, they will just have one FedExed from North Korea.

Worked for Pakistan. And Dubya sat still for it.

Um, Pakistan first tested a nuclear weapon in May, 1998. I don't recall who the POTUS was then but I'm thinking maybe it wasn't Bush. I'll have to dig into that question a little deeper. Maybe I'll just ask the board for some help.

Hey, does anyone here know who the POTUS was in 1998? Thanks in advance for your help.

[andy7171]

Worked for Pakistan. And Dubya sat still for it.

Um, Pakistan first tested a nuclear weapon in May, 1998. I don't recall who the POTUS was then but I'm thinking maybe it wasn't Bush. I'll have to dig into that question a little deeper. Maybe I'll just ask the board for some help.

Hey, does anyone here know who the POTUS was in 1998? Thanks in advance for your help.

I'd like to think this is dawg's 6.93 moment. But I don't think he has the wherewithal to figure out the folly.

[CAA Flagship]

Worked for Pakistan. And Dubya sat still for it.

Um, Pakistan first tested a nuclear weapon in May, 1998. I don't recall who the POTUS was then but I'm thinking maybe it wasn't Bush. I'll have to dig into that question a little deeper. Maybe I'll just ask the board for some help.

Hey, does anyone here know who the POTUS was in 1998? Thanks in advance for your help.

Not exactly sure, but I think his last name was Dotcom.

[Grizalltheway]

Um, Pakistan first tested a nuclear weapon in May, 1998. I don't recall who the POTUS was then but I'm thinking maybe it wasn't Bush. I'll have to dig into that question a little deeper. Maybe I'll just ask the board for some help.

Hey, does anyone here know who the POTUS was in 1998? Thanks in advance for your help.

Not exactly sure, but I think his last name was Dotcom.

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[andy7171]

Wait! The Ruskie's have nukes too!!?!?! I'm done defending W!!!!!! NO MORE!!!!!!

[andy7171]

Wait! The Ruskie's have nukes too!!?!?! I'm done defending W!!!!!! NO MORE!!!!!!

Also, Fuck the Japanese!

[houndawg]

Worked for Pakistan. And Dubya sat still for it.

Um, Pakistan first tested a nuclear weapon in May, 1998. I don't recall who the POTUS was then but I'm thinking maybe it wasn't Bush. I'll have to dig into that question a little deeper. Maybe I'll just ask the board for some help.

Hey, does anyone here know who the POTUS was in 1998? Thanks in advance for your help.

I'm talking about Dubya sitting still for the transfer of missile technology from North Korea to Pakistan. Your half-brothers are barking up the wrong tree as usual. Even the normally more.... deliberate...CID.

[CID1990]

Um, Pakistan first tested a nuclear weapon in May, 1998. I don't recall who the POTUS was then but I'm thinking maybe it wasn't Bush. I'll have to dig into that question a little deeper. Maybe I'll just ask the board for some help.

Hey, does anyone here know who the POTUS was in 1998? Thanks in advance for your help.

I'm talking about Dubya sitting still for the transfer of missile technology from North Korea to Pakistan. Your half-brothers are barking up the wrong tree as usual. Even the normally more.... deliberate...CID.

then maybe you should actually say "missile" next time, Mr Clarification

[CAA Flagship]

Um, Pakistan first tested a nuclear weapon in May, 1998. I don't recall who the POTUS was then but I'm thinking maybe it wasn't Bush. I'll have to dig into that question a little deeper. Maybe I'll just ask the board for some help.

Hey, does anyone here know who the POTUS was in 1998? Thanks in advance for your help.

I'm talking about Dubya sitting still for the transfer of missile technology from North Korea to Pakistan. Your half-brothers are barking up the wrong tree as usual. Even the normally more.... deliberate...CID.

[andy7171]

To quote the late Ursus, "Fuck me running!"