Tue Jan 17, 2012, 01:13 PM

Newsjock (9,854 posts)

Iran 'frightens me,' Canadian PM Harper says

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/01/17/pol-harper-iran.html

It's beyond dispute Iran is developing nuclear weapons and lying about it, Prime Minister Stephen Harper told CBC News chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge on Monday.

In an exclusive interview, Harper says the evidence, some from the International Atomic Energy Agency, is overwhelming that Iran has a nuclear weapons program.

... "I’ve watched and listened to what the leadership in the Iranian regime says, and it frightens me.

"In my judgment, these are people who have a particular, you know, a fanatically religious worldview, and their statements imply to me no hesitation about using nuclear weapons if they see them achieving their religious or political purposes. And … I think that’s what makes this regime in Iran particularly dangerous."

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34 replies	Author	Time	Post
Iran 'frightens me,' Canadian PM Harper says (Original post)	Newsjock	Jan 2012	OP
Harper scares me much more than Iran does! n/t	teddy51	Jan 2012	#1
+1000 +++	RKP5637	Jan 2012	#3
No kidding.......the man's repugnant.	PDJane	Jan 2012	#7
Why do we care if they have nukes or not again? NT	rbixby	Jan 2012	#2
"Why do we care if they have nukes or not again?"	EX500rider	Jan 2012	#31
Harper ..... a disingenuous, snivelling POS.	polly7	Jan 2012	#4
Bingo!	DeathToTheOil	Jan 2012	#32
I'm scared too	quinnox	Jan 2012	#5
Yep, be careful poking around in the yard too, might be under a rock, an	RKP5637	Jan 2012	#9
Iran frightens him? It's America that should frighten him.	Cali_Democrat	Jan 2012	#6
++++++!	PDJane	Jan 2012	#8
But..but..America would never, ever, actuall use such horrific weapons against civilians...oh, wait.	Tierra_y_Libertad	Jan 2012	#27
Yep, there goes the baby bush wannabe...	Spazito	Jan 2012	#10
Yep.	redqueen	Jan 2012	#11
Yes, he and his party are neocon north...	Spazito	Jan 2012	#13
Did you all notice how the U.S. began out of the blue to invent bullshit against Iran just as it did	Sarah Ibarruri	Jan 2012	#12
Just wait until something conveniently happens	quinnox	Jan 2012	#14
Do you think regime change in Iran would be a good or a bad thing? N.T.	Donald Ian Rankin	Jan 2012	#16
Yep, it's a replay of the same old sh** again, following the playbook line	RKP5637	Jan 2012	#18
On this specific issue, Harper is quite right and his critics are ostriches.	Donald Ian Rankin	Jan 2012	#15
Why would it necessarily be a bad thing, any more than Israel, or U.S., or anyone else's posesession	polly7	Jan 2012	#17
Because the Iranian government is far worse than the Israeli or American governments, of course.	Donald Ian Rankin	Jan 2012	#21
History shows otherwise.	polly7	Jan 2012	#23
Profound-sounding, but not terribly informative. N.T.	Donald Ian Rankin	Jan 2012	#28
I just checked under my bed again	quinnox	Jan 2012	#20
Well, no, under the sand everything always looks fine. N.T.	Donald Ian Rankin	Jan 2012	#22
Some people are easily frightened by imaginary bogeymen.	Tierra_y_Libertad	Jan 2012	#19
Mencken, of course, was never exaggeratedly cynical for comic effect... N.T.	Donald Ian Rankin	Jan 2012	#25
Well, politicians trying to scare the populace are comical..in a grotesque way.	Tierra_y_Libertad	Jan 2012	#26
Then he needs to step	ellie	Jan 2012	#24
Every post in this thread is rude about Harper, but almost none go as far as to say he's wrong.	Donald Ian Rankin	Jan 2012	#29
LMAO	polly7	Jan 2012	#33
I don't? That's news to me...	Donald Ian Rankin	Jan 2012	#34
He should get a dog then. nt	Guy Whitey Corngood	Jan 2012	#30

Response to Newsjock (Original post)

Tue Jan 17, 2012, 01:14 PM

teddy51 (3,491 posts)

Iran 'frightens me,' Canadian PM Harper says

1. Harper scares me much more than Iran does! n/t

3. +1000 +++

7. No kidding.......the man's repugnant.

2. Why do we care if they have nukes or not again? NT

31. "Why do we care if they have nukes or not again?"

4. Harper ..... a disingenuous, snivelling POS.

32. Bingo!

5. I'm scared too

9. Yep, be careful poking around in the yard too, might be under a rock, an

6. Iran frightens him? It's America that should frighten him.

8. ++++++!

27. But..but..America would never, ever, actuall use such horrific weapons against civilians...oh, wait.

10. Yep, there goes the baby bush wannabe...

11. Yep.

13. Yes, he and his party are neocon north...

12. Did you all notice how the U.S. began out of the blue to invent bullshit against Iran just as it did

14. Just wait until something conveniently happens

16. Do you think regime change in Iran would be a good or a bad thing? N.T.

18. Yep, it's a replay of the same old sh** again, following the playbook line

15. On this specific issue, Harper is quite right and his critics are ostriches.

17. Why would it necessarily be a bad thing, any more than Israel, or U.S., or anyone else's posesession

21. Because the Iranian government is far worse than the Israeli or American governments, of course.

23. History shows otherwise.

28. Profound-sounding, but not terribly informative. N.T.

20. I just checked under my bed again

22. Well, no, under the sand everything *always* looks fine. N.T.

19. Some people are easily frightened by imaginary bogeymen.

25. Mencken, of course, was never exaggeratedly cynical for comic effect... N.T.

26. Well, politicians trying to scare the populace are comical..in a grotesque way.

24. Then he needs to step

29. Every post in this thread is rude about Harper, but almost none go as far as to say he's wrong.

33. LMAO

34. I don't? That's news to me...

30. He should get a dog then. nt

22. Well, no, under the sand everything always looks fine. N.T.