What the fuck is up with Obama's church?!?

[El Kabong]

This from someone who supports the Republican ethos .
Pretty much every American President from the Civil War onwards has meddled in the affairs of other sovereign nations. Not that it makes it right. So I assume by your comments about the Shah that you would rather Iran have been run by a ultra-nationalist, anti-imperialist (ie anti-American)?

I'm still hoping someone in the Middle East is a rational leader

[OumaFan]

Just because an Arab leader doesn't say or do the things you want don't mean they're irrational. I'm not by any means an expert on him but for King Hussein of Jordan to have survived as long as he did with all the problems he had to deal with, he must have been pretty rational. Even Ahmininejad (one of these days I'm gonna learn how to spell that) is just playing to the crowd, at least partly.

McCain has a boring problem. He's just flat out boring. I know that's not something that should make or break a candidacy, it should be about more important things, but it doesn't help. I just couldn't get through his whole speech last night, it was just dire. And this morning again, he's just boring. That monotone, the way he chooses his words, spit it out man and move on.

Hillary's speech last night was comic genius.

[Kirkland Laing]

All Middle Eastern leaders are rational.

[El Kabong]

All Middle Eastern leaders are rational.

....yeah, I'm gonna have to disagree with that and suggest you seek mental help

[Kirkland Laing]

All Middle Eastern leaders are rational.

....yeah, I'm gonna have to disagree with that and suggest you seek mental help

Which ones are irrational?

[El Kabong]

Ahmadinijad, al-Otari, The Saudi's, Abbas....basically all of them

[Kirkland Laing]

Ahmadinijad, al-Otari, The Saudi's, Abbas....basically all of them

Ahmadinejad doesn't rule Iran, the clerics do, it's a theocracy, remember? Ahmadinejad runs the country, the clerics rule the nation, and they're plenty rational. They certainly outsmarted dumbass George Bush in Iraq, didn't they?

In what way are the Saudis irrational? Or Abbas? Otari is a placeman for the Assad family, who again are plenty rational. What do these guys do that's irrational?