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<blockquote data-quote="truthsleuth" data-source="post: 2985839" data-attributes="member: 140908">It is very hard to step outside your own culture and try to understand a culture that is so drastically different.&nbsp; In our culture, where &#039;tolerance&#039; is a virtue, the idea of &#039;dying for one&#039;s beliefs&#039; is considered passe&#039;.&nbsp; In Iran, it is a way of life.&nbsp; Iranian president Mahmoud Amahdinijad (forgive the spelling errors, pls) holds to an apocalyptic belief that the 13th imam will reappear, heralding the end of the world and the start of Shi&#039;a Islamic domination on earth, after a time of great cataclysm.&nbsp; He believes (his words, not mine) that he can hasten the Islamic &#039;end times&#039; by instigating such a cataclysm through a war that he is eager to bring on.&nbsp; Yes, there really are people crazy enough to risk total annihilation in order to wipe out their adversaries, and we are sticking our collective heads in the sand if we build our foreign policy ignoring this fact.&nbsp; &quot;MAD&quot; is dead, because madmen live.BTW, the US did NOT supply chemical arms or chemical arms precursors to Iraq prior to or during its war with Iran - that would be the French.&nbsp; In fact, the top two weapons suppliers to Iraq were France and Russia, not the US.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="truthsleuth, post: 2985839, member: 140908"] It is very hard to step outside your own culture and try to understand a culture that is so drastically different. In our culture, where 'tolerance' is a virtue, the idea of 'dying for one's beliefs' is considered passe'. In Iran, it is a way of life. Iranian president Mahmoud Amahdinijad (forgive the spelling errors, pls) holds to an apocalyptic belief that the 13th imam will reappear, heralding the end of the world and the start of Shi'a Islamic domination on earth, after a time of great cataclysm. He believes (his words, not mine) that he can hasten the Islamic 'end times' by instigating such a cataclysm through a war that he is eager to bring on. Yes, there really are people crazy enough to risk total annihilation in order to wipe out their adversaries, and we are sticking our collective heads in the sand if we build our foreign policy ignoring this fact. "MAD" is dead, because madmen live. BTW, the US did NOT supply chemical arms or chemical arms precursors to Iraq prior to or during its war with Iran - that would be the French. In fact, the top two weapons suppliers to Iraq were France and Russia, not the US. [/QUOTE]

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