Is that the 'do' that Terri is organising?
David
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by creativhoney inwoop woop anyone else?.
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IRAN-Deja vu all over again?
by JWdaughter inany of the rhetoric, demands, conciliation, etc., etc., remind you of anything?
wasn't this all how this war started in iraq?
(or the justification for it, anyway?
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Again look at where he was speaking, Turkey, this is where The Occident meets The Orient quite literally physically and metaphysically and Ahmadinejad knows this. Turkey is very very interesting, read books by Orhan Pamuk, the nation is at a crossroads, it wants to join the EU, and the US seems to support this, if it does, it could be a bridgehead into bringing Middle East regimes into the 21st century, rather than remaining in the 15th century.
The problem is this needs to be done very carefully, and firmly managed, if not these feudal regimes could implode, which would be disastrous for all. Ahmadinejad is more a puppet and has his own audience to play to as well at home.
A good friend of mine comes from Isfahan, and he says that they now know that the Iranian people realise that they swapped one dictator for another. The moderates in ( not moderate by our values) Iran should be encouraged imo.
Regards David
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In the Interests of Unity Between us Brits and You Yanks...
by creativhoney intally ho!
i thought it might be jolly nice to have a thread that dispels the myths about each others cultures.
so from little britain i hope y'all respond and we can turn this into a nice chat.
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I thought that we still have earth wire, i am certainly not going to put my finger in to find out.
I think we often get all hung up on pronunciation rather than conveyance of ideas and emotions.
David
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In the Interests of Unity Between us Brits and You Yanks...
by creativhoney intally ho!
i thought it might be jolly nice to have a thread that dispels the myths about each others cultures.
so from little britain i hope y'all respond and we can turn this into a nice chat.
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Pants to us are panties!!
David
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In the Interests of Unity Between us Brits and You Yanks...
by creativhoney intally ho!
i thought it might be jolly nice to have a thread that dispels the myths about each others cultures.
so from little britain i hope y'all respond and we can turn this into a nice chat.
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Can you imagine going into a rest room and finding it is a toilet, not much peace in there, well not most of the time anyway??!!
Ask a Brit to show you their pants and you might get
A funny look
B. A shock
C. Both!
David
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In the Interests of Unity Between us Brits and You Yanks...
by creativhoney intally ho!
i thought it might be jolly nice to have a thread that dispels the myths about each others cultures.
so from little britain i hope y'all respond and we can turn this into a nice chat.
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I was looking for a toilet in The US and all i could see were rest rooms, i thought how considerate of you, as i was knackered after a lot of travelling.
Tea, yes we drink lots!!
Oh, and you drive on the wrong side of the road, just like the French. i was close to be knocked down so many time because of this.
BTW etymology has little to do with how words are pronounced
Regards David
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IRAN-Deja vu all over again?
by JWdaughter inany of the rhetoric, demands, conciliation, etc., etc., remind you of anything?
wasn't this all how this war started in iraq?
(or the justification for it, anyway?
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llbh
From my understanding that is a fairly reasonable assessment of the situation as it currently stands, and it does bear out the above comment that i made about Iran helping the coalition forces in the invasion of Afghanistan.
What is also true is that The US government under Bush paid far to little attention to the familial and religious ties between Iraq and Iran, this was and is a hugely costly mistake. Bush and right wing fundies really were dumb
David
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IRAN-Deja vu all over again?
by JWdaughter inany of the rhetoric, demands, conciliation, etc., etc., remind you of anything?
wasn't this all how this war started in iraq?
(or the justification for it, anyway?
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llbh
I am sorry i can offer no reliable links to you as i know they usually do not up link from The UK. The cooperation of Iran with coalition forces in the Invasion of Afghanistan has been widely reported here.
What needs to understood is that the Iranians are not Arabs like Al Qaeda, The Iranians are Persian.
Iraq is largely Shia too. Saddam was from the minority Sunni, and was supported by The West.
Do you recall who gave the Taliban with Stinger missile to bring down Russian helicopters - you got it the US!!??
David
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the unthinkable....college!?!
by 2pink ini'm 30-something, newly out of the org.
my spouse is also on the way out.. both of us were raised in "the truth"....aka no college education.
we have 2 small children, soon to be 3. we both want to go back to school.
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I did my degree at evening classes over five years, one child age 8 when i began then two were born during the course of my degree- i was very busy!! I even used to take the children with me occasionally when my wife was at meetings.
It is very hard work and tiring, but it is so worth it. I worked during the day and studied at night. I found that it helped my self esteem no end.
Why not both do it for mutual support?
Warmest regards David.
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IRAN-Deja vu all over again?
by JWdaughter inany of the rhetoric, demands, conciliation, etc., etc., remind you of anything?
wasn't this all how this war started in iraq?
(or the justification for it, anyway?
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I am surprised that Iran is helping The Taliban in any, way as i was given to understand that they are on opposite sides religiously, the Iranians being Shiva and the Taliban Sunni.
In fact the Iranians provided alot of help to coalition forces to invade Afghanistan,
I tend to agree with edward's comment earlier, Iran is using this a bargaining point.
David