Scarborough on Iran: Protestors "are doing quite fine without us screaming and yelling and beating our chests"
June 22, 2009 8:01 am ET
From the June 22 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe:
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There are so many times he just GETS IT, when all the Fox-screech-monkey and Rush (the 800 lb gorilla) don't.
To me it's more of a head scratcher when he goes off the deep end on their side of the pool. He just makes sense too often to be that dumb.
Maybe he's not in the tank for either side, which would be a good thing. I just wish he'd use better discretion and avoid the Republican talking points.... then he might have more credibility.
Truth is, there is little that we or anyone else can do, short of invading the country. I know that some of the Troglodytes would like that just fine, but we have neither the resources nor the justification to do so.
Do you have any idea how many American lives will be lost by sending in a peacekeeping force?
I don't think you understand what a peacekeeping force does. They keep the peace. What you suggest is an invasion, a protracted war, and if and when we're successful, having our troops keep some kind of peace.
Iran is the most nationalistic country in the Persian Gulf. The people who you see twittering and demonstrating would turn their outrage on us instantly if one American soldier were to step foot onto Iranian soil. All sides in the current election turmoil would have a common bond, the defense of their country from a foreign aggressor.
You'll have to convince the Iranians of that. Good luck.
There are two ways to get "in".
Invitation or invasion. There is no other option if we were to "go in".
Where in the US Constitution does it state we are the "World's Policeman"?
Because nothing lifts up the Muslim world's opinion of the U.S. like more intervention.
How dare you point out the obvious!
Just listening to the various levels of idiocy on cable in spurts is enough to make one want to pull out his ears.
However, I will say this and I've not been much of a fan of Scarborough since nearly the beginning, but once in a while he does say something that makes sense. This is one of those few times.
Mr. News
But he did get it right this time. So props to Joe for that. That's as far as I'm willing to go.
I am not sure what everyone else (all those saying we need to say/do more) expects.
It isn't our country so we really don't have a say in it.
We may have responsibilities as the worlds strongest power.
(apoligies to Russia and China) But; I don't know when we were elected the world's policeman, or what laws we would go by when filling that role.
Basically this boils down to an Iranian version of Teiniman Square. The Iranians will do whatever they do and we will be left on the sidelines to applaud or critisize based on how much we like the outcome.
There is no chance, at all, that the Republican response to this would be favorable to the West.