Comments on: Mark Steyn on Iran http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/3803.html Some Chicago Boyz know each other from student days at the University of Chicago. Others are Chicago boys in spirit. The blog name is also intended as a good-humored gesture of admiration for distinguished Chicago boys including those pictured above. Thu, 24 May 2012 19:28:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Save The GOP http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/3803.html/comment-page-1#comment-17438 Save The GOP Fri, 16 Dec 2005 18:44:28 +0000 http://www390.pair.com/chicagob/blog/003803.php#comment-17438 <strong>Mark Steyn on Iran</strong> Good news! On Thursday, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, who recently called for Israel to be wiped off the map, moderated his position. In a spirit of statesmanlike compromise, he now wants Israel wiped off the map of the Middle East and w... Mark Steyn on Iran

Good news! On Thursday, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran, who recently called for Israel to be wiped off the map, moderated his position. In a spirit of statesmanlike compromise, he now wants Israel wiped off the map of the Middle East and w…

]]> By: Ginny http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/3803.html/comment-page-1#comment-17437 Ginny Fri, 16 Dec 2005 06:55:16 +0000 http://www390.pair.com/chicagob/blog/003803.php#comment-17437 Ignoring Hitler's <i>Mein Kampf</i> and bin Laden's 1998 <a>fatwa</a> worked so well. It's best to assume people mean what they say (after an irony check). We don't want to - especially when what they say seems unbelievable and unthinkable, but the Iranians aren't strong on irony. If it is said, it has certainly been thought. <a href="http://orwell.ru/library/articles/nose/english/e_nose" rel="nofollow">Orwell</a> observes: To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle. Krauthammer on Fox didn't blink and described the weapons parades of Iran - complete with anti-Israel banners. Ignoring Hitler’s Mein Kampf and bin Laden’s 1998 fatwa worked so well.

It’s best to assume people mean what they say (after an irony check). We don’t want to – especially when what they say seems unbelievable and unthinkable, but the Iranians aren’t strong on irony. If it is said, it has certainly been thought. Orwell observes: To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.

Krauthammer on Fox didn’t blink and described the weapons parades of Iran – complete with anti-Israel banners.

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