the west says don't rock the economy, don't attack iran as it likely won't achieve your bottom lime. France talks tough but is mostly empty. Cameron, Ashton and Hague are land of the fairies as they downsize the british force.noweigans and the rest of them attack israel because they are afraid of their own moslems while on the other hand promisinig erdogan that nato won't share radar info with the israelis as the turks kill their own kurds. Now obama sends a procession of dennis ross copies to israel advising not to attack, while at the same time obama is proposing to reduce US nuclear arsenal to 300- is he out of his bloody mind. No he is not. But he is a moslem sympathizer, no question about that. He has western values but he is sync with moslems. That is obvious. so israel is alone. But not alone. It has the jewish diaspora. If israel existed at the time of hitler as he was massacring jews. You know israel would have attacked and smashed him. US will not help israel as it is on his own. All the ross's, dempsey's and others don't help israel one bit. Israel, pick the time and go!

“We are of the opinion that Iran is a rational actor. We also know, or we believe we know, that the Iranian regime has not decided to make a nuclear weapon." What? What a hack this guy is. Another winner for this administration and it's ridicules foreign policy machine. Don't want to disrupt their upcoming talks I guess ( the rest of us know these talks as just another stalling tactic)? Why not just say what they mean and leave the whining out. They don't want Israel to do anything because it will ruin Obama's chances to be re-elected. They can't say enough about the looming threat of gas prices and other related drivel which will all happen 'because of the Israelis' (blame the Jews) They also seem to find it necessary to tell every one that the Israelis really can't do the job. Don't want to scare Iran I guess. Stupid! Apparently not electing Barak O is worse than a nuclear Iran or a world without Israel. At least our congress has some backbone. Israel must do what it thinks is necessary. Enough pandering to this President.

That says it all. Israel is on her own.

It won't achieve the objectives of Mr. Obama and those of his administration. However, that is not the purpose. And yes, it might be so that a strike would be destabilizing, but to let the Iranian regime produce nuclear weapons is suicidal. It's that simple.

Therefore, it will never happen (sorry to disagree with Mr. Plocker.) Israel is too smart, plus it cannot risk a mistake. Let the U.S. (plus Russia, China, Britain, etc., etc.) handle it. But I would encourage Israel not to miss an opportunity to remind the U.S. and Mr. Obama how important it is. Wouldn't Israel know, the U.S. has many very important issues to handle, all the time ...

who will say whatever his handlers tell him to.

The USA swirling down the toilet of history.

It seems that all US goverment agency lost their independent thinking. What if the US is wrong? I guess Obama re-election is more important the life in Israel and future world stability.

Rational actors don't threaten the destruction of another country and call women and children a "cancer" to be eliminated.

The United States imposed sanctions on Japan and the result was War in the Pacific. The Japanese chose WAR over retreat. I have no doubt that Iran will also choose WAR over retreat. Even if they are bombed out of existence, their religion promises great rewards after death. The Shinto religion also promises a further existence after death. Just tell me why would Iran not do the same as Japan did in 1941.

thinks nuclear Iran is a right step towards the Universal Caliphate and nothing would be more stabilizing than One Emir over All

and he should be thrown out of the US military at the spot ! With "men" like him, the US is clearly heading towards the dustbin nof history...

rational actor??????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JUST LIKE ADOLF HITLER....................... WHAT A DISGUSTING AND EVIL OLD MAN DEMPSEY IS !

already on Irans payroll... What a disgusting and evil wimp he is !!!

Everybody, but everybody including the Iranians say they have a timeline of 2014 for the destruction of Israel using a nuclear weapon. Clearly he has been instructed by Obama to say this. Firstly this idiotic statement is an insult to human and other intelligence. Secondly, Its time for this administration to go!

It was the same line the Jew hating Democrats used in the 1940s as an excuse not to bomb the rail lines taking Jews to the ovens

This is obvious Obama-speak.

Dempsey got all his medals from playing pin the tail on the donkey at the carnival , He knows no more then the guy next door , The whole administration is anti-Israel.the administration is looking out for their interest and not Israel interest , Israel got to do whats best for israel and not whats best for America. So why should Israel listen to a pin the tail on a donkey General and a chocolate Muslim is beyond me.

good shekemist in the I.D.F. Or maybe even an assistant cook? General dumpsey leave the military and intelligence work to the I.D.F. They know what to do and how to do it. You are out of your league. Just follow leon and b.o.'s orders.

The Obama Administration has been the worst political event to happen to the United States and Israel. The President has surrounded himself with "Court Jews" and others who mimic his opinions that bear no rational resemblance to the threat we face. In the 20th Century we learned there was no safety in the assurance of Chamberlain's "Peace in Our Times." We do not need another lesson in bullshit. Obama and his cronies have their own objectives which are inconsistent with the survival of the Jewish People. If you believe otherwise I will sell you a bridge.

Unbelievable...

As Israelis are getting closer to make their own decision on how to stop or delay Iran`s nuclear plan, the US incumbant administration is likely to come up with increasingly strong statements to influence public opinion in Israel (& of course these PR pronoucements will have less & less to do with reality & more with deception as in the case of those of Martin Dempsey who is not as stupid as what he says on orders from the politicians in Washington). Given that a recent poll show that almost 50% of Americans would support US action against Iran, the current posture of Washington may backfire for Democrats coming the November elections. The Iranians are meanwhile enjoying these repeated free offerings from the West to play cat & mouse to their benefit.

Wally's right and as part of the roughly fifty percent of Americans who do not support our buffoon of a presidnet it hurts like heck to see this nation going to heck. For gosh sakes Israel don't follow us down the drain.

You can't expect everyong to ally your fears...And anyway, YOU HAVE NO PROOF! We know Proof doesn't matter to Israeli's..They're always right? So how's your peace project coming along.... I guess you're all resigned to ONE STATE'...with everyone having 'Equal Civil Rights +!... Hahahaha... I bet Ynet wont post this gem... TATA

but kept all the Arab ones! General Dempsey seems to have lived on a another planet for the last few years if he thinks that Iran is "a rational actor". Either that or like,like his boss, he would be thrilled to see Israel annihilated and the USA and Europe living under Sharia Law! It seems that the US Department of Defense is shaking the trees to staff its key positions!

This guy need to open his eyes... I dont see rationality in Iran's behavior, actions.

It seems whenever someone takes over as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs he goes stupid. He makes several outlandish statements. Iran is a rational actor?- experience shows the opposite. Israel's actions will not be effective?- he has no basis to think/say that. He's either playing US politics or military mind games.

big difference: israel is not Czechoslovakia. This is what Arik Sharon said a few years ago. Menachem Begin said that Israel is not a vassal state of the US. The useless talking points of BHO delivered by his yes man Dempsey is sickening. It is selling Israel out. But what would be INFINITELY MORE sickening --indeed, nauseating-- is for Israel to delay attacking Iran based on such nonsense. Bibi and Barak : You must act very soon to save Israel from the Iranian would be Hitler. History will not give the Jewish People another chance.If "Never again" has any meaning to it, do not allow our mortal enemy to acquire the means to destroy us. Listen to Anne Frank and Herschel Grynspan---not to Dempsey. Who appointed Dempsey as expert on the how the Jewish State should prevent its own destruction? Am Yisrael Chai!!