Comments on: How the U.S. Spies on Iran http://themoderatevoice.com/16425/how-the-us-spies-on-iran/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:08:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/16425/how-the-us-spies-on-iran/comment-page-1/#comment-107629 DLS Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:23:25 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/places/asia/middle-east/16425/how-the-us-spies-on-iran/#comment-107629 <a href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1196847297094&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull" rel="nofollow">Israel monitors Iran already.</a> <a href="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?c=JPArticle&cid=1195546795593&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull" rel="nofollow">Oh, those beholden-to-Israel US bureaucrats...</a> Israel monitors Iran already.

Oh, those beholden-to-Israel US bureaucrats…

]]> By: Somebody http://themoderatevoice.com/16425/how-the-us-spies-on-iran/comment-page-1/#comment-107556 Somebody Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:45:55 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/places/asia/middle-east/16425/how-the-us-spies-on-iran/#comment-107556 <em>in the U.S., we get used to seeing the “surface story” without underlying information or context that would allow us to assess its veracity.</em> Very astute assessment of Americans. It is very true. We have as a nation become obsessed with facts without understanding the underlying meaning of those facts or the historical context in which those facts shed light. For example I responded the other day to a post here in which I discussed briefly the founding fathers and the 14th amendment. I was called a moron because the 14th amendment was passed in 1868. Not by the founding fathers. Yes. This is true. Yet 1868 going backwards to 1789 is how many years? 79. Now today lets backtrack 79 years into our past. What was happening 79 years ago? Why gee that would be 1938 and Germany and Hitler and Poland. Now lets fast forward to 2004-2007 and see a president being called Heir and oberfuhrer. What will be the assessment of those trying to understand these happenings in the year 2155? Unless one looks at facts in the context of their historical perspective one simply begins to be a memory freak. Facts without context are often meaningless. I fear Mister Google is turning many people visiting the internet into nothing more then walking versions of cliffs notes. in the U.S., we get used to seeing the “surface story” without underlying information or context that would allow us to assess its veracity.

Very astute assessment of Americans. It is very true. We have as a nation become obsessed with facts without understanding the underlying meaning of those facts or the historical context in which those facts shed light.

For example I responded the other day to a post here in which I discussed briefly the founding fathers and the 14th amendment. I was called a moron because the 14th amendment was passed in 1868. Not by the founding fathers.

Yes. This is true. Yet 1868 going backwards to 1789 is how many years? 79. Now today lets backtrack 79 years into our past. What was happening 79 years ago? Why gee that would be 1938 and Germany and Hitler and Poland. Now lets fast forward to 2004-2007 and see a president being called Heir and oberfuhrer. What will be the assessment of those trying to understand these happenings in the year 2155?

Unless one looks at facts in the context of their historical perspective one simply begins to be a memory freak. Facts without context are often meaningless. I fear Mister Google is turning many people visiting the internet into nothing more then walking versions of cliffs notes.

]]> By: Rudi http://themoderatevoice.com/16425/how-the-us-spies-on-iran/comment-page-1/#comment-107555 Rudi Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:04:43 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/places/asia/middle-east/16425/how-the-us-spies-on-iran/#comment-107555 Great articles, and this line begs an important question. <blockquote>“Part of this information is communicated to the Israelis, who do not have sufficient satellite capability available, since theirs is concentrated on Lebanon and Syria,” stated an official with the French Ministry of Defense, who underlined the level of cooperation between the US and Israel concerning the threat of Iran.</blockquote> If Iran is an "existential threat" why is Israelis spy satellites not trained on Iran. This would be like US SpySats all trained on Cuba, when the USSR is ignored. Great articles, and this line begs an important question.

“Part of this information is communicated to the Israelis, who do not have sufficient satellite capability available, since theirs is concentrated on Lebanon and Syria,” stated an official with the French Ministry of Defense, who underlined the level of cooperation between the US and Israel concerning the threat of Iran.

If Iran is an “existential threat” why is Israelis spy satellites not trained on Iran. This would be like US SpySats all trained on Cuba, when the USSR is ignored.

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