Alive and well.

yepper. it's real and they do cooperate. Inter-theological rivalries and self destructive agendas aside. Don't believe that and you will be fooled again indeed. Very old trick. Enemy of my enemy sort of thing...but you knew that...must've just slipped yer mind.

Edited by Centrix Vigilis - 31-Mar-2012 at 09:53

I can't see Al Qaeda working with the Iranians. They hate each other

Well, to be faire towars Nick, such news is surfacing back at a pretty convenient time... Not that it's one bit lacking in truth. To be honest why the hell would it matter if they are allied to AlQaeda or not? They're already held at pretty low esteem globally, they are trying to get a nuke and have already threatened to block the strait of Hormuz amongst other threatening messages they've been sending this past year.... This is a bit like discovering Hitler strangled a kitten when he was a child, changes nothing!

Al Qaeda's movie industry in cooperation with Hollywood presents You:Al Qaeda's network in Iran!

Sardonic cynicism is one thing Toltec. And within reason is not going to cause any problems. It's a poor form of counter expression usually used when someone is losing a debate but feels the necessity to continue it merely because they have no immediate and more worthy response. But if and when it begins to infer other and certainly that of a personal nature that is rude or disrespectful... you wont find it's use here acceptable. You already know this.

Nor will you be expressing it in that fashion. Period.  And you already know who determines that so we need not bother going there.

The example above was fine. My only complaint was you have done better.

As for your blog? Your blog deserved recognition. That's why it received it. But if you believed there was a hidden quid pro quo arrangement you were mistaken. For in truth 'being nice and or restrained' even when disagreeing shows a sensible and friendly attitude that facilitates communication. That should have been your concern for all. Not just attempting to make me an exception.

 

 

Consequently, no further communication along these lines is necessary. Unless you wish to do it PM as directed in the CoC. So get back to my op or you will find yourself revisiting the same CoC reference trolling. And you also know where that migh lead. Accept this in the friendly fashion it's being given or move on to other venues. The choice is yours.

Edited by Centrix Vigilis - 01-Apr-2012 at 11:40

Originally posted by Toltec I find self rightiousness to be the last bastion of the defeated man, it conveniently changes the subject of conversation away from the topic of the post among other things.   Now what was the topic of the post? Ah, yes (everyone?!) understanding the maxim, those who don't learn from the past are condemned to repeat it, and seeing the properganda and lies build up to Iran is identical to the one that happened with Iraq a decade ago.

Saddam was a bad guy but no real threat to the US... But Iran is openly manufacturing a nuke and sending threats in all directions. Say AlQaeda has no connection to Iran as you seem to claim, what would that change? Are you telling me that Iran is not trying to gain influence over the ME, especially with the whole nuke thing? Or is the nuke also propaganda and lies?

Originally posted by Nick1986 Iran would be more likely to work with North Korea than Al Qaida. The Ayatollahs (and North Koreans) are more interested in repressing their own people than attacking America (despite the claims of their own propagandists)

Oh it was never so much a question of 'who' they were trading with.. the characterizations aside for now...but what they were trading for and why. And consequently was it represented and assumed as a threat to their opponents.