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Dempsey: Israeli strike won't achieve objectives
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Published: 18.02.12, 21:28
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31. Glug, glug, glug
Maureen   (02.19.12)
I like that one! Where is the obama boy is he out peddling for votes again? What a useless creep. America must be terribly embarassed with that boy hangin' around.
32. Frankly, from the Prez. up
Moragh   (02.19.12)
I can't stand one of them. Ever watched them marching around.... they look like they have just filled up their pants. Come on Israel, chum up, you have nothing to lose and in any case, I love you Israel with all my heart and soul and my big toe!
33. Iran is NOT a rational actor.
Reuven   (02.19.12)
It has a cult of death and hatred that is in charghe of things. Bomb Iran NOW.
34. Oh boy! The US just does not seem to get it right.
Harry Wright ,   UK   (02.19.12)
First, peanut Carter gave his full endorsement for assorted mullah nuts to rule Iran. Then Bush, AGAINST ISRAEL'S ADVICE, attacked Iraq and removed the single most important counter-balance for Iran - the equally looney Saddam. Now, Obama is bending over backward to give more time to the mad mullahs so they can get the atomic bomb. Empty promises of engaging in talks has been Iran's fool-proof means of buying more time to work on its nuclear weapon. It worked extremely well under Bush and now it is working equally well under Obama. It gives the US a great excuse to not deal with the problem. Iran uses the carrot on the US and the US uses the stick on Israel. When the US should have held their hands, they attacked. When they should attack, they are holding their hands and Israel's. Well, everything has gotten rather out of hand.
35. Peace in our time
allan ,   canada   (02.19.12)
36. I guess you're wrong, Edithann,
allan ,   canada   (02.19.12)
They did post your comment. I guess that's because freedom of speech, even for opposing views is upheld in Israel which practices democratic values. Try posting an opposing view to the government in places like Syria, or Iran, and see what happens.
37. Many Medals No Experience
Dan ,   Fairfield, CT   (02.19.12)
This guy has seen less combat than the average Israeli. Typical American General. Wow look at all my Medals! Israel is alone as usual.
38. Nuclear Proliferation
Zivron   (02.19.12)
The Jews helped the USA be the number one superpower and are still assisting and I hope Demsey is on the ball but the US A track.record has been mixed
39. Imformation
Zivron   (02.19.12)
Demsey is I hope right but ww2 the 1967. War the Tom Kippur War the Via must have known if Massad did make the Jews wary.The
40. Saving Israel "destabilizing" to Obama relection chances.
Chaim ,   Israel   (02.19.12)
Obama hates Israel. The prospect that Israel saving herself would hinder Obama's reelection prospects must drive him crazy. That is where all this rubbish about "destabilizing" comes from. What would really be destabilizing is allow Iran's Mad Mullahs to build nukes.
41. DEMPSEY and the whole BHO administration....
Armand ,   Los Angeles, USA   (02.19.12)
are palying for time,....they are pushing Israel to face a ''FAIT ACCOMPLI'',...a nuclear IRAN is a threat to ''FIRST & FOREMOST ISRAELIS'' & the JEWS everywhere. For 2700 years WE the JEWS are able to defend ourselves for the FIRST TIME ''regardless of HOW MANY WE ARE'' compared to our ennemies. Israel and Israelis do not get distracted by the prophets of DOOM, who's agenda is their self nterests and for whom another holocaust against the jews is acceptable. ISRAEL STAND STRONG, STAND TALL and anihilate your ennemies it the language the world RESPECTS! SET IRAN back by 30 years, destroy their GRID and their Industrail base as well as their infrastructure. In 30 years and much before that Technology will make life too much fun and nobody will want war. God Bless Israel and all the Israelis (even the useful idiots)! NEVER AGAIN!
42. THE GREATEST INJUSTICE
LARRY ,   US ARMY RETIRED   (02.19.12)
TO THE STATE OF ISRAEL WILL BE FOR ISRAELI LEADERSHIP TO PLACE THE FATE OF ISRAEL IN THE HANDS OF ANY OUTSIDE POWER REMEMBER THE PAST OR YOU WILL HAVE NO FUTURE DEPEND ONLY ON YOURSELF YOUR PEOPLE YOUR MILITARY
43. Would rational actors state that...
Eric ,   Toronto   (02.19.12)
...their county has no homosexuals??? Doesn't just that by itself tell you that General Dempsey is either totally stupid, or he is trying to get Obama reelected at the expense of Israel.
44. Conventional attack useless, nuke attack regrettable-must do
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (02.19.12)
45. They throw real Generals out for not being P.C
Rod ,   Fargo N.Dakota   (02.19.12)
Generals like William Boykin Google him
46. Airpower
max ,   washington dc   (02.19.12)
With all due respect to General Dempsey, we could all learn more about strategic use of AIRPOWER and it seems PRUDENT to most rational people that Airpower can eliminate Iran's Nuclear Bomb Factoriy sites before they develop and give atomic bombs to their terrorist puppets. Unfortuately the Strategic Air Command is no more nor do we have leaders like General Curtis LeMay to advise our Commander-in-Chief..
47. Just another Obama crony: an idiot!
Jake Stone ,   USA   (02.19.12)
I don't think much of the Army's opinion anyway! God bless, Israel; praying for the peace of Jerusalem. Go IDF/US Navy and Marines (Semper Fi)!
48. Rational?!
Z.Z. Coltrane ,   USA   (02.19.12)
Another freakin' idiot with his head up his arse!!! God bless, Israel; may He always protect her. Praying for the peace of Jerusalem!
49. Israel should do what is best for Israel
Larry ,   Los Angeles   (02.19.12)
America has America's interests number 1, 2 and 3 and Israel is not high on the list. Israel should put its own interests first, annihilation is our fear.
50. Who is that guy
Maureen   (02.19.12)
with the dark blue garb on and hundreds of medals to spruce it up? Isn't he a bit embarrassed at wearing all that "getup"? I can almost hear my late brother laughing when he reads some of the news items set before our weary eyes and what's left of our brains. If we want any peace at all, that little f rt from Iran has to go. Just look at the miniature that is trying to take over the world..... for goodness sake, Iran, give the intelligent Westerners a break..... are there any?
51. If you were Iran, who would you believe
Tarbouche ,   aswan   (02.19.12)
52. FYI latest polls
Josh   (02.19.12)
Americans rating for the AIPAC dominated Congress is at all time low of 10%. Obama has a 50% approval rating. Isreal should not mess with the American 99%, Obama is way more popular than the Congress.
53. He also said "stay the course with an iron fist aginst
Kerwood Derby ,   Frostbite Falls, MN   (02.19.12)
Jews living in the land of their own name and as their forefathers..." BB&Barak were ecstatic and and issued an evil edict to destroy the lives of those they serve who live in the heart land of eretz Yisroel again with the iron fist already...the IDF and Police all enjoyed accepting the illegal order to destroy the lives of those they serve to protect.
54. #11 ab - Twice I've written
Devorah   (02.19.12)
that it would come as no surprise if the U.S. shot down Israeli planes attacking Iran. The U.S. would say it was in the interest of "regional stability." I stand by it now more than ever.
55. Maybe the Israelis know something we don't?
Henry from New York ,   USA   (02.19.12)
56. Two lies.
Vlad   (02.19.12)
First off, Iran will not easily replace all those thousands of centrifuges and other nuclear equipment destroyed in a strike, and the deaths of those nuclear scientists will make it mightily hard to recover. Secondly, when he says Iran is a "rational actor", what he is really telling Israel is "let Iran get the bomb; they're rational enough not to nuke you". What the fool doesn't understand is that people might leave the country en masse in the event of a nuclear Iran, creating a massive brain drain. And Hamas and Hezbollah might get bolder.
57. "BETRAY US"
David ,   New York, NY   (02.19.12)
If you can't post this at least you can digest this internally. In his new book, "The Operators," about the conduct at the top of the military echelon conducting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the author, Michael Hastings, states that among his FELLOW OFFICERS, David Petraeus was known as "David Betray Us." While one cannot draw an exact inference, certainly it is a cautionary story about how LITTLE it might mean to betray a nation which is judged to be of minimal value or even a hindrance to America's overall interests?
58. Yup. Israeli chatterboxes reveal all.
I coulda told u that   (02.19.12)
Bibi, Barak and the blonde press tell it all: Israel can only scrape the Farsi mountain tops.
59. When will Israel Strike
sam sweiry ,   london   (02.19.12)
When Israel strike they don't ask the world opinion or how they will do it. Israel will tell the world how it was done and let the world judge them after.
60. Obama to the Jews...lay down and die
Al   (02.19.12)
and what do the Jews say. Mah lasot..... Todays Israel is a far cry from the Israel of my late fathers time. My late dad survived Auschwitz and fought in the war of liberation. Those Jews who survived Hitler helped found Israel. Todays Jews in Israel are waiting for a government cheque. Take thet teat out of your mouths and prepare for the fight of your lives... Iran wants you dead while you all go around dreaming and waiting for Uncle Sam to wipe your ass. America is broke..she cant defend her own border to Mexico..what makes you think she will help you out..
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