http://samsonblinded.org/blog/iranian-nuclear-bragging.htm A Machiavellian Perspective on the Middle East Conflict Sat, 19 May 2012 18:30:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://samsonblinded.org/blog/iranian-nuclear-bragging.htm/comment-page-1#comment-109982 Rexblade Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:16:26 +0000 http://samsonblinded.org/blog/?p=23#comment-109982 Iran must be bombed? I don't recall Iran ever boasting about any warhead. It would help if you posted sources to your information. Why isn't <a href="http://samsonblinded.org/blog/nuclear-populism.htm" >Iran entitled to nuclear energy</a> like any other country meeting the regulations required? Given Israels non stop saber rattling and how Israel makes "peace" its quite possible the only way to ensure Iran isn't bombed is to get a on the same level as its neighbors and the governments Israel controls. Iran must be bombed? I don’t recall Iran ever boasting about any warhead. It would help if you posted sources to your information. Why isn’t Iran entitled to nuclear energy like any other country meeting the regulations required? Given Israels non stop saber rattling and how Israel makes “peace” its quite possible the only way to ensure Iran isn’t bombed is to get a on the same level as its neighbors and the governments Israel controls.

]]> http://samsonblinded.org/blog/iranian-nuclear-bragging.htm/comment-page-1#comment-70485 kiefko Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:37:57 +0000 http://samsonblinded.org/blog/?p=23#comment-70485 How many more ARABIAN BLACK-NIGHT they all WILL BE FORCED BY THEMSELVES TO SLEEP OVER? Iranians SUICIDELS? Want they become BLOWN-UP-Heroes or are they ALL CRAZY MUSLIM MANIACS? And WHY... Yes, WHY are they all born as the most unique fatalists? WHY is their Heaven so incredible Hellish? How many more ARABIAN BLACK-NIGHT they all WILL BE FORCED BY THEMSELVES TO SLEEP OVER? Iranians SUICIDELS? Want they become BLOWN-UP-Heroes or are they ALL CRAZY MUSLIM MANIACS? And WHY… Yes, WHY are they all born as the most unique fatalists? WHY is their Heaven so incredible Hellish?

]]> http://samsonblinded.org/blog/iranian-nuclear-bragging.htm/comment-page-1#comment-12 Ronald W. Satz, Ph.D. Tue, 25 Apr 2006 19:37:26 +0000 http://samsonblinded.org/blog/?p=23#comment-12 R E V I E W O F O B A D I A H S H O H E R ' SS A M S O N B L I N D E DbyRonald W. Satz, Ph.D.4 StarsShoher properly applies Machiavellian principles to the Middle East conflict, and demonstrates a superb understanding of world history, religion, culture, politics, and military affairs. The text reads like a stream of consciousness, with thousands of descriptive and prescriptive statements intermixed. It's most appropriate for Middle East experts at Western policy and military think tanks; the many prescriptive statements need to be categorized, quantified, costed, and prioritized for use by political and military leaders. There are 160 end notes and a detailed table of contents, but no index, charts, maps, or diagrams—so I cannot quite give the book 5 stars. I agree with Shoher that the Palestinian Arabs should be paid to leave Gaza and the West Bank and to move to Jordan; eventually the Hashemite Kingdom will fall, and the Palestinian Arabs will take over. The Jordan River makes for a good military boundary, and good fences make for good neighbors. I disagree with Shoher, however, in his proposal that Orthodox Jews should form an independent theocratic state in Judea—an enclave like the Amish have in Pennsylvania should be sufficient; Jews around the world will not accept a non-democratic Jewish state. Shoher favors moderate religiosity, as I do, and a return to a Sadducean (rather than Talmudic) code of law (i.e., minimal law, strongly enforced, rather than maximal law, weakly enforced). The work is similar to, but more detailed than, Michael Ledeen's Machiavelli on Modern Leadership. The only factual error in the book is on p. 175, where Shoher asserts that Muslims outnumber Jews in the U.S.; this is not so, most demographers say there are approx. 3 million Muslims and approx. 6 million Jews in the U.S. Shoher closes the book with a detailed riposte to Edward Said; I never understood Said's popularity in the academic world, particularly after Commentary magazine's blistering factual refutation of him, and I'm happy to see that Shoher concurs. ---------Obadiah: I submitted the above to Amazon.com. It doesn't appear that they're going to display it. At least I tried. Thanks for the book. R E V I E W O F O B A D I A H S H O H E R ‘ SS A M S O N B L I N D E DbyRonald W. Satz, Ph.D.4 StarsShoher properly applies Machiavellian principles to the Middle East conflict, and demonstrates a superb understanding of world history, religion, culture, politics, and military affairs. The text reads like a stream of consciousness, with thousands of descriptive and prescriptive statements intermixed. It’s most appropriate for Middle East experts at Western policy and military think tanks; the many prescriptive statements need to be categorized, quantified, costed, and prioritized for use by political and military leaders. There are 160 end notes and a detailed table of contents, but no index, charts, maps, or diagrams—so I cannot quite give the book 5 stars. I agree with Shoher that the Palestinian Arabs should be paid to leave Gaza and the West Bank and to move to Jordan; eventually the Hashemite Kingdom will fall, and the Palestinian Arabs will take over. The Jordan River makes for a good military boundary, and good fences make for good neighbors. I disagree with Shoher, however, in his proposal that Orthodox Jews should form an independent theocratic state in Judea—an enclave like the Amish have in Pennsylvania should be sufficient; Jews around the world will not accept a non-democratic Jewish state. Shoher favors moderate religiosity, as I do, and a return to a Sadducean (rather than Talmudic) code of law (i.e., minimal law, strongly enforced, rather than maximal law, weakly enforced). The work is similar to, but more detailed than, Michael Ledeen’s Machiavelli on Modern Leadership. The only factual error in the book is on p. 175, where Shoher asserts that Muslims outnumber Jews in the U.S.; this is not so, most demographers say there are approx. 3 million Muslims and approx. 6 million Jews in the U.S. Shoher closes the book with a detailed riposte to Edward Said; I never understood Said’s popularity in the academic world, particularly after Commentary magazine’s blistering factual refutation of him, and I’m happy to see that Shoher concurs. ———Obadiah: I submitted the above to Amazon.com. It doesn’t appear that they’re going to display it. At least I tried. Thanks for the book.

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