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Biden: Israel has 'sovereign right' to attack Iran
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 06.07.09, 00:52
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1. Obama and Biden Should Leave Israel Alone
steven stein ,   New York   (07.05.09)
I wish Obama would Leave Israel Alone, cause How can an American President Run Affiars of another country? Obama likes the Arab Ccountries let him make relations with them I blame all the American Liberal Jews for Supporting Obama to get him into office! Israel needs to be alone on this one!
2. Iran has a right
Anonymous ,   Vancouver, Canada   (07.05.09)
Israel needs to leave Iran alone.I am doubtful that Israel will survive an offensive strategy against Iran. Iran has a sovereign right to pursue uranium enrichment for peaceful purposes.
3. Now let me get this straight.
Gideon Reader   (07.05.09)
So, if this idior from Scranton(Pa) who actually resides in another state(Delaware), and was the Senator from that State but would not recognize it, says that Israel can do what it deems is in it's own best interest, like bombing a nuke facility, but cannot build some new houses for it's younger citizens, or determine what the capitol city is, is THAT correct? As my Savta (Granny) and Bugs Bunny used to say: "What a f__king maroon!" BTW: Idiot that he is; Joe Biden would be a better president for the USA. Atleast he would be content to steal small, and play golf and hide.
4. VERY SELECTIVE ON WHAT INTERESTS USA WILL NOT GET INVOLVED
.........DACON0   (07.05.09)
LIKE THE ISRAELI CITIZENS LIVING AND BUILDING WHERE THEY PLEASE...
5. Deliver us from Obama, Lord. And then deliver us from
Rivkah   (07.05.09)
Mrs. Biden's teeny bopper short skirts.
6. iran is doomed; Ayatollahs will be history soon
Zohan ,   Tel Aviv   (07.05.09)
7. Time to strike!
Nour ,   Land of Israel   (07.05.09)
8. Obama needed a slap from the steel fist to learn
(07.05.09)
9. really impressive
A Watcher ,   Canada   (07.05.09)
it's really impressive Mr. Biden..soverign right for a country doesn't mean the right to attack any other country..you just tell Ban ki mon to shutt down UN and go home. it's very ignorant from a responsible person like Mr. Biden to say that.
10. US policy created the problem, let the US invade to fix it.
David Turner ,   Richmond   (07.05.09)
Right or wrong, Bush overthrew the Sunni regime of Sadam and replaced it with a Sh*ia regime beholden to, and influenced by Iran. It was Bush, not Obama, who opened the way for an Iranian military presence along the Saudi border. It was Bush who, facing a losing and never-ending quagmire reminiscent of Viet Nam finally turned to the main enemy in Iraq, the Islamic Republic of Iran, to control its Iraqi militias and allow the US to withdraw *with dignity.* For which favor Bush rewarded Ahmadinejad with diplomatic recognition, a first-ever US interest section in Teheran. Iran was now emboldened by Bush weakness and dependency to challenge the US in other areas of the region, missionizing in Saudia, Egypt and even far-off Morocco; confronting Israel on the north and south, Hezbollah and Hamas. If he did not create the Iranian juggernaut, then Bush certainly contributed to the emerging confidence Iran today displays in defying the world, the US, the region, and its own citizenry. For the US to permit or forbid Israeli action against the Iranian nuclear threat is to put the shoe on the wrong foot. The real question is not permission for Israel to bomb Iran but, Why should Israel go to war against to solve or forestall a problem that the US-created?
11. Psalms 83.....
Galut ,   Selah   (07.05.09)
a Psalm writtin 2500 yrs ago spoke of this future event....
12. # 2
Birdi ,   Israel   (07.05.09)
"peaceful purposes" my foot !! How many times has Iran threatened to whipe Israel off the map ?? You are very naive.
13. Israel Must STRIKE NOW
Roy Chweidan ,   Netanya   (07.05.09)
Iran intends to wipe us out as soon as it can. We have the capability to destroy all Iranian Uranium enrichment sites now. What on earth are we waiting for Bibi. We can rely only on ourselves. Roy Chweidan, Netanya
14. #7 Fake Nour
Marco ,   Spain   (07.05.09)
hehehehehehe, best joke I have heard this century!
15. A SPEECH FOR IRANIANS & JEWS TURNING AWAY FROM OBAMA
zionist forever   (07.05.09)
There is not a chance in hell Obama would let Israel bomb Iran if he is informed in advance. This nice little speech from Biden makes the US jews who are starting to turn away from Obama because of his anti Israel policy think hey maybe Obama isn't so bad he will at least let Israel defend itself against Iran. Its also for the Iranians to say look we want to use diplomacy here we don't want a fight but if you don't do deals with us and Israel decides to act independently ( without backing or help from the US ) then we can't stop them because they are an indpendent state. Its only because they want to see this resolved with diplomacy that they are holding back so come on lets do deals here so we can hold Israel back.
16. Warning, This is a trap
Zarebin ,   London, UK   (07.05.09)
I believe this is a trap by Obama administration to Israel and I call it final solution. what Biden says is mean Do not count in US (USA) so lets not to be naive. Obama adm. are not happy with Israel's current politic and such remark is the outcome of it.
17. Writing / editing
Ray in Seattle ,   Seattle, WA, USA   (07.05.09)
One of the two key paragraph in this artice is: However, the vice president did add that "what we believe is in the national interest of the United States, which we, coincidentally, believe is also in the interest of Israel and the whole world. And so there are separate issues. What does this possibly mean? If Biden actually said that he must have been on drugs and that would have been newsworthy itself. Since he probably was not, how could you possibly publish such an incoherent paragraph and not find out what his words actually were? I would expect this in a typical forum comment by someone who never learned to write. But not in an article by an international news-org. Pardon the rant but sometimes one must speak out.
18. #14 Fake you Marco, Jokes on you when
Zohan ,   Tel Aviv   (07.05.09)
Iran bites the dust.
19. it does not really matter!!!!!!!!
Robert ,   farmington   (07.06.09)
it really does not matter what the white house has to say or the world has to say , its coming sooner or later, according to ezekiel so everything else is really a non issue may the lord forever bless the state of israel.!!!!!!!!
20. Wheels within wheels and flat tires
Gideon Reader   (07.06.09)
Possibly. Just possibly the US would not block an air strike by Israel against Iran, but,...I do not doubt that early warning would be given to the Iranians in order for them to set up their air defenses, thereby causing the US government du jour, i.e., ZerObama"s administration to reap the best of both bad worlds. The reduction and possibly removal of Israel as a regional military superiority and the destruction of the Iranian nuke facilities. Saudi Arabia's needs will be met by Israels reduction as will ALL of the Arab/Muslim nations of the area, and the US gets to play the "innocent" bystander. Byzantine? Obtuse? You betcha sweet ass, but does anyone who does not dream of rainbows and unicorns doubt the scenario for even a hot New York moment? Nah. Didn't think so.
21. DIPLOMATIC OPTIONS ???.
ORAO STRANKA. ,   TSARIGRAD U SRBIA.   (07.06.09)
but White House says 'allies know Obama believes now is the time to explore diplomatic options' THERE IS NO DIPLOMATIC OPTIONS REGARDING IRAN !!!. ANYTHING SHORT OF NUCE IRAN TO DEFEAT AND SUBMISSION, 'WILL NOT STOP THEM, ONLY HINDER THEM A COUPLE OF YEARS. Orao.
22. Marco, Spain: You have a convenient way of hiding.
Steve   (07.06.09)
On another thread, you wrote to me - the person you call an "idiot': 39. #32 Steve When you say "acts of violence against innocent women and children" were you refering to the massacre of Kana 1 or Kana 2 or was it the massacre of Der Yassin that you are referring to? Please be more specific idiot! Marco , Spain (07.05.09) I wrote: 40. #39: Marco, SPAIN I am talking about Muslim jihadist bombings of innocents, like the coordinated attacks against the Cercanías (commuter train) system in Madrid, Spain on the morning of March 11, 2004 (three days before Spain's general elections) which killed 191 innocent people and wounded 1,800. The Aznar administration lost the general elections as a result of the unprovoked Muslim terrorist attacks, just like all the unprovoked Muslim terror attacks in Israel against innocents; the 7/7/2005 Muslim-terror attacks in London and the 9/11/2001 Muslim-terror attacks in New York and Washington, D.C. Only your people capitulated in the face of violence. You panicked and you voted for retreat. You voted for surrender in the face of unprovoked violence. International Headlines read as follows: "SPAIN REWARDS AL QAEDA: BOMB (Neville Chamberlain speaks Spanish)"
23. Finally, The Noose Is Starting To Tighten!
David H ,   Georgia USA   (07.06.09)
I trust Obama as far as the Secret Service would let me throw him, and Biden will babble whatever words come into his pea brain first. But Netanyahu is PM (thank God!) Saudi will allow overflight (they have definitely got to be pooping in their collective thobes), Israeli missile subs sail the Suez into the Red Sea, which means the Persian Gulf is accessible , and now the Marxist-In-Chief apparently had his arm twisted by someone high up here in Washington... If I were in the Iranian government in any position, I would certainly take notice,or at least be getting my money into a Swiss bank account as quickly as possible. Allah the Merciful be willing, this will be over soon. Once the Iranian nuclear threat to the world is dealt with, I'll feel safer if Obama has to take on the dangerous midgets in North Korea.
24. Biden "suggestion"
Pedro Cruz ,   Hackensack, USA   (07.06.09)
Did Biden say "Israel has 'sovereign right' to attack Iran"? No, he didn't. That is the instigatory spin provided by the Jewish press.
25. Israel/Iran
Marilyn ,   USA   (07.06.09)
This is perhaps more of an off the cuff comment by Biden, maybe because he's especially upset about the circumstances lately in Iran. However in the cold, hard light of day, it's not so easy to go to war.
26. Sounds a lot like the answer Saddam got when...
Persian CAT   (07.06.09)
he brought up the "idea" of invading Kuwait with the American ambassador to Iraq at the time. The US is putting the responsibility of acting foolishly by attacking Iran squarely on Israel's shoulders. It's up to Israel not to hang itself with rope the US is offering.
27. 10 David Turner: Sadly, the UN and the USA will go to war
Rivkah   (07.06.09)
with Iran according to Daniel chapter 8 in the Bible. A Grecian (Gentile in Strong's Concordance) he-goat (UN) with a notable horn (USA) comes from the ends of the earth (not from Greece) and touches not the ground (Alexander did not have airplanes) and subdues a ram (Media-Persia or Iraq-Iran) with two horns, the last horn being subdued lastly which is the greater horn or Persia (Iran). There will probably be an attack on Israel (Jerusalem in book of Isaiah) that provokes the UN/USA war with Iran. After Iran is subdued, the notable horn breaks. That could be the death of a US President or the economic collapse of the nation into four parts as Daniel indicated. Or the collapse could be from foreign invasion of civil war. From one of the four parts the notable horn breaks into, comes the LITTLE HORN who is the Anti-Christ who invades Israel and kills two-thirds of the people. A third flee south to Petra or Sinai. Isaiah the Prophet said the Lord would not protect swine eaters or those who eat unclean foods. So Israelis must stop eating pork, shrimp, catfish, oysters, octopus, squid, scallops, and seafoods that lack fins and scales. God will NOT protect people who eat unclean foods. Daniel and his three friends were protected by God in part because of their diet of clean foods. Download a copy of the 613 Commandments and follow what you can to increase your odds of protection because God can walk those who obey him through floods and fires.
28. Iran’s nuclear threat and the West.
Dave Ronen ,   Haifa   (07.06.09)
Referring to Iran’s nuclear weapons program, Kouchner said the West is not particularly worried about Iran’s nuclear threat because everyone believes that Israel will attack Iran for them. In his words, “I honestly don’t believe that [a nuclear arsenal] will give any immunity to Iran. First, you [Israel] will hit them before [they acquire nuclear weapons]. Because Israel has always said that it will not wait for the bomb to be ready. I think that they [the Iranians] know. Everybody knows.” A sad reality at : http://xrl.us/otzko
29. Thank's Biden ,I gues Israel didn't know ?
Marcel ,   Florida   (07.06.09)
it's so nice of Imperial Biden to inform the vassals of their rights toiday. What wil he say tomorrow to the lap dog of Israel, Bobo behind closed doors is what I want to know ? Those who give the light are the same who take it away. How sick you have become that you rely on the goyim for permission for anything instead of the One who Founded/Created Israel. You are bastard children. It's truly sad and bad that Israel has become a nation of slaves who seek to please the wrong god.
30. Sounds like
Sarah ,   New York City, USA   (07.06.09)
a great big "go for it" to me .....
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