It's a Trap!

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by Mule

Let Israel blow up Iran & we just cover their backs from rootin tootin Putin. Any other world issues ya'll need help with?

Oooooooooh, I like it. They owe us anyway, time to collect. Anyone else we can sic them on?

[legion]

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

Oooooooooh, I like it. They owe us anyway, time to collect. Anyone else we can sic them on?

Iraq...eventually.

Turkey?

Afghanistan?

[Mule]

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

Oooooooooh, I like it. They owe us anyway, time to collect. Anyone else we can sic them on?

One step at a time. You think we've been giving them all that money for nothing?

[GothingNC]

Originally Posted by nostatic

Ask Bob

There was a lot of rocking going on that night
Cruising time for the young bright lights
Just down past the gasworks, by the meat factory door
The five lamp boys were coming on strong
The Saturday night city beat had already started
And the, the pulse of the corner boys just sprang into action
And young Billy watched under the yellow street light
And said tonight of all nights there's gonna be a fight

Billy don't like it living here in this town
He says the traps have been sprung long before he was born
He says hope bites the dust behind all the closed doors
And pus and grime ooze from its scab crusted sores
There's screaming and crying in the high rise blocks
It's a rat trap Billy but you're already caught
But you can make it if you want to or you need it bad enough
You're young and good looking and you're acting kind of tough
Anyway it's Saturday night, time to see what's going down.
Put on the bright suit Billy, head for the right side of town
It's only 8 o'clock but you're already bored
You don't know what it is but there's got to be more
You'd better find a way out, hey kick down that door
It's a rat trap and you've been caught

In this town Billy says everybody tries to tell you what to do
In this town Billy says everybody says you gotta follow rules
You walk up to the traffic lights,
Switch from your left to right
You push in that button, and that button comes alight
It tells you
Walk don't walk, Walk don't walk
Talk don't talk, Talk don't talk
Walk don't walk, Walk don't walk
Talk don't talk, Talk don't talk
Hey Billy take a walk, take a walk, take a walk
Billy take a walk, take a walk, take a walk
Billy take a walk, take a walk, take a walk, hey Billy take a walk with me

Little Judy's trying to watch top of the pops
But mum and dad are fighting don't they ever stop,
She takes off her coat and walks down to the street
It's cold on that road, but it's got that home beat
Deep down in her pockets she finds 50p
Now is that any way for a young girl to be
I'm gonna get out of school work in some factory
Work all the hours God gave me get myself a little easy money
Now, now, now na na

Her mind's made up, she walks down the road
Her hands in her pockets, coat buttoned 'gainst the cold
She finally finds Billy down at the Italian cafe
And when he's drunk it's hard to understand what Billy says
But then he mumbles in his coffee and suddenly roars
It's a rat trap Judy and we've been caught
Rat trap, you've been caught in a rat trap
You've been caught in a rat trap
You've been caught in a rat trap

I still have that Boomtown Rats album in Vinyl picked it up in 85.

[DanielDudley]

Originally Posted by legion

I'm working on a theory....

I don't think that we can negotiate with Iran without the threat of a military response. I also don't think we can beat Iran...while they have the backing of Russia.

Could Putin be purposefully drawing us into a conflict with Iran? Does he want Iran to be to us what Afghanistan was to the USSR?

Think about it, Russia gets to sell weapons to Iran and oil to the U.S. The conflict inflates oil prices making Russia even more wealthy--while draining the U.S. of money, resources, and influence. Russia gets to claim top-dog status in the world...

Much simpler explanation would be that the king is a fink, and Putin is trying to maintain world balance, as the US is clearly out stretched.

[tabs]

Originally Posted by legion

I'm working on a theory....

I don't think that we can negotiate with Iran without the threat of a military response. I also don't think we can beat Iran...while they have the backing of Russia.

Could Putin be purposefully drawing us into a conflict with Iran? Does he want Iran to be to us what Afghanistan was to the USSR?

Think about it, Russia gets to sell weapons to Iran and oil to the U.S. The conflict inflates oil prices making Russia even more wealthy--while draining the U.S. of money, resources, and influence. Russia gets to claim top-dog status in the world...

Your thinking is far to ambitious. Putin sells weapons, wants to stir the pot so that oil prices stay high so Russia get the dinero. However as they say all politics are local, he thinking about maintaining his own power in Russia.

[legion]

A cogent dispute. How novel.

[carambola]

it's a simple tit for tat
we spent them into the ground and they are returning the favor.
paybacks are a beyotch

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Originally Posted by tabs

Your thinking is far to ambitious. Putin sells weapons, wants to stir the pot so that oil prices stay high so Russia get the dinero. However as they say all politics are local, he thinking about maintaining his own power in Russia.

Way too cerebral. What would you do if you were once a superpower and the closest thing you have to a peer--by title, high school janitor---by qualification, in the world nicknames you Pooty-Poot.

payback indeed.

I'd love to see Bush and Putin in a cage match.

[Rearden]

Originally Posted by Shaun 84 Targa

Way too cerebral. What would you do if you were once a superpower and the closest thing you have to a peer--by title, high school janitor---by qualification, in the world nicknames you Pooty-Poot.

payback indeed.

I'd love to see Bush and Putin in a cage match.

I knew it was Bush's fault, somehow. Damn, that silly nicknaming came back to bite us in the arse.

[kimlangley7]

I htink we should just wait for Israel to take care of Iran. It's in Israels self-interest to deal with Iran.. as Israel will likely be a prime target if/when Iran gets "the bomb"....

We sold Israel a couple of hundred JDAM [GPS guidance systems for the Mk-82-84 series] a couple of years ago... so let them [Israel] do the wet work. They have the F-15, F-16 .. air to air refuel... probablly would not knockout the entire program > but would certainly put some serious dents in it...

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by LakeCleElum

If Iran attacked Turkey from the rear, would Greece help????

Yep, Greece likes rears