Barnicle: You Would 'Have to Believe Iran is Suicidal' To Oppose Deal

NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Questions for Mike Barnicle: does the phrase "suicide bomber" ring a bell? How about "martyrdom" in the name of Allah?

On today's Morning Joe, Barnicle's argument in favor of the Iran deal was that to oppose it, one would "have to believe Iran is suicidal." The former Boston Globe columnist reasoned that if Iran dropped an atomic bomb on Tel Aviv, "Tehran would be a combination of glass and sand and cement within 15 minutes."

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[USNA74]

Barnicle is a perfect example of the large number of idiots out there (mostly liberal) attempting to analyze Middle Eastern motives and strategies with Western principals and standards. That simply doesn’t work. Our ethics, religious beliefs and respect for life just don’t exist over there — so it’s really useless to judge their motives or objectives by our standards of what one should/would do.

[depressed in 06]

Islamic fanatics - at all levels - are not sane and rational by our standards.

That goes for Obola, also. As a Sunni apostate, Obummer believes standing with Allah somewhere, anywhere, is good.

[MrB]

They ARE “suicidal”, you IGNORANT JACKASS!

Nuclear holocaust brings the “12th Imam” out of his well.

[Army Air Corps]

What part of “call to martyrdom” does he not understand?

[BitWielder1]

Iran could bomb Tel Aviv and 0bama would barely wag a finger.
The Iranians know this.

[Zathras]

The USA killed 80 people in Waco and burned their place to the ground because they believed their leader was God.
They didn’t threaten anyone but were a bit strange.

Iran was involved in killing 3000 Americans and we give them the right to an Atomic Bomb?

[Maris Crane]

“Suicide” is their second favorite sport, second only to murder. This guy is nuts or not paying attention to the news.

[G Larry]

No, Mike, we believe Obama is murdering America and Israel.
There is no threat to Iran in this deal.

[PapaBear3625]

Iran could bomb Tel Aviv and 0bama would barely wag a finger.

Iran could bomb Tel Aviv, and Obama would order all US assets to prevent any counter-strike by Israel.

Also, in a dictatorship, it is unwise to assume that the dictators care about their people. I could see the mullahs ordering a launch, and then getting on helicopters to get the hell out of Dodge before any counter-strike.

[Jack Hammer]

The clearly senile Mike Barnicle has been irrelevant for decades.

[Seruzawa]

Ha! Suicidal governments are nothing new. The Japanese bombing Pearl Harbor is an excellent example.

[semaj]

"They are sucidal."

Yes, yes they are. The mullahs hold the reigns of power and the people of Iran are held hostage.

[DiogenesLamp]

Barnicle: You Would 'Have to Believe Iran is Suicidal' To Oppose Deal

Yes idiot. They are. Look up "return of the Mahdi" or "twelfth Imam".

The leadership of Iran is not your ordinary run of the mill Muslim kooks. They are extra improved nutbag wackos with double healpings of super crazy sauce.

They belong to a religious sect that believes it is their religious duty to bring back the Mahdi who is supposed to return for the Muslim version of Armageddon.

How to bring back the Mahdi? Why by causing an Armageddon, of course! What this means in practice is that their religion requires them to start a world wide holocaust so that the Mahdi will return and put everything right in the world which will subsequently be ruled forever by a perfect Islam.

Yes Idiot, there are suicidal Islamic regimes. This one for example.

God! Why do these Ignorant F***ing people open their mouths? I'm pretty sure that Kerry and President idiot also do not understand the nature of the suicidal regime with which they are dealing.

[samtheman]

Mahdi ping

[Portcall24]

I went through all the replies...you hit the target perfectly.

[Lazamataz]

How does Barnicle eat breakfast every morning?

This is a serious question, because I assume his dribble-cup gets in the way.

[DaxtonBrown]

He obviously hasn’t heard of the Twelfth Imam

[Prov1322]

Will someone please post the Picard facepalm.

I'll see the Picard/Riker facepalm and raise you The Three Stooges Triple facepalm...

[IMR 4350]

They are not idiots they know exactly what the nuts believe.

This is pure propaganda.

All during the Cold War the left told us MAD, Mutually Assured Destruction, wouldn’t work with a country that didn’t welcome Armageddon, now they are telling us it will work with a country/religion that does welcome Armageddon.

Pure propaganda for the Gruber Stupid youth.

[SharpRightTurn]

Mike Barnicle—how did this low-wattage hack ever break into journalism? Poor writer, poor commentator, poor analyst, devoid of original, cogent opinions. Does he have a powerful relative who set him up with his gigs?