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Why Israel must strike
Hagai Segal
Published: 09.03.12, 15:00
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1. Well written
Ariel ,   São Paulo - Brazil   (03.09.12)
2. All Nettanyahu's speech achieved
Chris 4077   (03.09.12)
was the ghettoisation of the Iranian Nuclear Programme. He turned ot from being an International affair into an Israeli affair and already the leaders of the International Community are kicking it into the long grass as they try to calm oil prices and protect their domestic economies.
3. Why Israel must strike
Retired ,   palm beach fla.   (03.09.12)
A few ideas,not in any particular order. 1)Iran threatened Israel a number of times,these threats are recorded.They are not hearsay! 2)If someone made even the slightest threat ,supposedly as a joke,to blow up an airplane he would be taken away to the nearest jail.If the person who lived 3 doors down from you said in public that he was going to kill you the police would be over to his place to take him away.If someone even whispered a threat against a political bigshot,the Secret Service would quickly incarcerate the bum. 3)When the mad dogs in Iran declare that they will destroy Israel the Anti Semites come out from under the floorboards.They declare that Iran does not really mean it.That it would be unjust for Israel to defend itself.What they really mean is that A)they don't want to be bothered & B) If the Jews were to be murdered it would give them great joy. 4) what drives these Anti-Semitic low-lives crazy is this is not 1938,this is 2012 & the Jews have muscles.WE WILL DO WHAT WE MUST & THE WORLD CAN GO TO THE DEVIL IF IT DOSEN'T LIKE IT!
4. I agree. The nations are not concerned about "little Israel"
Efroim ,   Virginia   (03.09.12)
Israel has to look out for itself. Nobody else will. israel has the know how to do the job. Regardless wich enemy, each one will get it when the time comes. Shabat Shalom.
5. ASSASSINATE AHMADINEJAD
DA URBAN POET ,   SAFED OPERA HOUSE   (03.09.12)
Simple enough ?
6. This drama would make a great fund-raising speech but...
Rafi ,   US   (03.09.12)
it has little to do with reality on the ground, diplomacy, or military planning - that if not conducted carefully, could affect the well-being of 1,000's on all sides....
7. Not so simple
Moisha Kapoir ,   Nanuet USA   (03.09.12)
Assassinating I'maneedajob will not accomplish anything. You still have the Ayatollahs and his islamists. A regime change is in order. However there is no guarantee that other Islamist groups will not take over, as wee have seen in Libya and Egypt.
8. you hit the nail on the head
alexi   (03.09.12)
dagan is an important figure in israel. His views against striking iran are important to consider. Regime change which he proposes will not work until the generals have had enough of kameinei's bsht. So far he knows how to keep an iron grip what with putin's arm supplies and hezbollah basigi sniper muscle.So don't hold your breath on it. Do we have the right people in charge? The group of 7 needs to make the decision on an iran strike and hitting th em early is the important factor as it gives time for oppponents and restrikes can always be done. Yaalon needs to buttress barak who is not good anymore leading. And lieberman needs to give bibi confidence as he hesitates. Merridor will work from behind, yishai will rubber stamp and begin will be for it. Obama is not a coward and pacifist like carter. But he is inclined towards moslems and definitely views jews as fatcats in the US(which many of them are spoiled rotten) but worse, he views israeli history through a distorted lens. He did not challenge kalidi when he was feeding him the arab narrative which is filled with lies. israeli generals do not make good leaders for israel. Rabin led israel to oslo, and sharon led israel to a unilateral unverifiable gaza withdrawal. Dagan would follow in the same line sinice his saudi admired initative is garbage.
9. Ginning up the troops
John R ,   NYC USA   (03.09.12)
Bibi's speech did nothing. Thank God there are cool heads in the American administration. Even in Israel, a recent Univ. of Maryland poll indicated most Israelis are against a unilateral air strike by Israel. First, It is a band aid which would delay at best Iran's nuclear program by 18 months. Second the entire world will blame Israel for $200 barrel oil and resulting terrorist attacks in the US would jeopardize the relationship with Israel's best friend.. Israel will obviously also be attacked with missiles and the final outcome of all this is unpredictable. The coalition on sanctions will fall apart and Iranians will be united against Israel for what is clearly an act of war. There are only two ways to stop Iran's nuclear development. 1. Israel transfers all its nuclear weapons and enrichment facilities to a neutral party subject to inspections if Iran does the same ( that is the only way Iran can save face if they stop development) or 2. the US mounts a full scale invasion of Iran. Anything else is just kicking the can down the road.
10. Not possible now
Aldo ,   Brooklyn   (03.09.12)
As you all know Bibi came to the USA to beg Obama for bunker buster bombs and aerial refueling tankers. That means Israel can not attack Iran now unless Obama gives Israel those capabilities Obama won't do it until he is reelected
11. This author is believes Israel must be a suicide bomber....
Persian CAT   (03.09.12)
that's what real terrorists want to be.
12. No sh-t sherlock
Ken ,   Australia   (03.09.12)
The memory of our dearest people has been attacked in the most vile and heinous way, the 2nd holoaust not only to finish hitlers work but to remove the current ancestry of those who we lost, who is that, the Jews who are us, that's right we are the ones with the target on our backs according to the Aryan-Iranian solution For the conquering of Islam. We are the target, this disgust by a nation that has brainwashed it's people, used every antisemetic tool from the playbooks of the third Reich is an abomination to the birth rights of world Jewry and Judaism, put on trial by mad-men in Iran to place us , the rest of us on a death march right back to the gas chambers, just like they were never stopped, this attack is a wake up call to the Israelis, it's time to avenge the blatent denial and put this issue to rest, it's time to hurt them back and hurt them good, a lesson must be taught to the Iranians that the legacy of the 6,000,000 is not something they should have played with, we will send them into darkness for an eternity.
13. There is no sane argument for letting Iran build nukes.
Chaim ,   Israel   (03.09.12)
The author is dead on. There is no sane argument for letting Iran build nukes. Destroy Iran's nukes NOW!
14. Iran is only a paper tiger...it is as powerless
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (03.09.12)
as Saddam Hussein or the Syrians had been, when their nuke plants became struck !
15. #11, Persian blowCat, never mind, your
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (03.09.12)
mullah darlings will get a good spanking ! LOLLLL
16. why israel must not
arne ,   chicago usa   (03.09.12)
strike --and hear's why--#1--no more than a temporary fix and a retalitory strike for sure. #2--Gaza- hezballa far bigger issues--#3--watch what goes on in Syria , if Assad falls it could hurt Iran and Hezballa.If anyone needs a licken right now I'd say Hamas--their right next door and hell bent on the destruction of Israel, even more so than Iran--remember , Iranians are Persians and alot smarter than Arabs--they'll back off when the shit hits the fan.
17. #9 dumb comment !! Israel people
Don Rosenberg ,   Palatine USA   (03.09.12)
like you nothing. Israel and us Jews will be blamed whatever happens. the racist muslim animals need to be stopped and destroy, period. Israel should turn over its nuclear weapons, screw you and the world. Israel survive because the racist muslims fear what Israel will do to them, just like you bigoted gentiles. If the US helps, iran we become a graveyard of racist morons joined by their 7000 virgin whores. May Israel and us Jews destroy all our enemies and make no apologies.
18. ISRAEL, THE UNITED STATES, IRAN...
SJOERD RUURD ,   PLANET EARTH   (03.09.12)
AS LONG AS IRAN REFRAINS FROM AGRESSION/ATTACKING ISRAEL, OR EVERY OTHER COUNTRY, IT IS SENSELESS TO STRIKE/TO ATTACK IRAN, OR AS IRAN MINDS IT''S OWN NATIONAL, DOMESTICAL, INTERNAL, IRANIAN BUSINESS, WITHIN IT''S OWN IRANIAN TERRITORY, WITH IT''S OWN IRANIAN PEOPLE. IT ALSO IS STILL A QUESTION IF THE IRANIAN PEOPLE WANT THE PRESENT IRANIAN LEADERS-SHIP...
19. #17. Don: You're correct
Tom ,   USA   (03.09.12)
The "Kenyan messiah" unleashed the hordes of idiot, hard-leftist Islamist in the US. They love to flock here to disgorge their inane venom.
20. #16. Saddam Hussein could have sent nukes...
Chaim ,   Israel   (03.09.12)
#16. Saddam Hussein could have rained nukes, instead of scuds, on Israel had Israel not destroyed his nukes. The same is true of Iran. It's a very simple situation that calls for an overwhelming Israeli response. Destroy Iran's nukes NOW!
21. plan ahead
gene ,   usa   (03.09.12)
Guys.I'm trully confused.what r we waiting for.lets start the cleaning process.the sooner we start the easier it would be to finish. Don't wait. It will have to be done. Israel dou realy need average pips to advise u. Don't u see
22. There will never be nukes in Iran, I believe what Obama says
Michael ,   California, USA   (03.09.12)
23. Correct Shoah Lesson: Israel/Jews R Not Island
American Jew ,   New Jersey, USA   (03.09.12)
We are not alone nor should we behave alone ...
24. One sentence
JPoL   (03.09.12)
This could all be done with if the ayatollahs came out and said the following. We believe the Jewish people deserve to have a State in their ancestral homeland and we wish them no harm. One simple sentence would change the world.
25. So let me get this straight
Avramele   (03.09.12)
So unless I buy into the bomb Iran now position I dishonor the memory of my great grandparents and the dozens of my family who perished in the Shoah?must we so politicize memory that our dead now vote from their graves?? History and experience informs the present - it does not dictate the future.
26. Response to#17
John R ,   NYC USA   (03.09.12)
I appreciate your rational response about destroying all racist Muslim animals (although I should tell you I am not a bigoted gentile) but let me add the following. What Israel is proposing doesn't stop Iran from developing a bomb and it also will start a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. It will eventually cause nuclear weapons to be in the hands of terrorists. The US will not invade Iran. What is left that works? I believe if Obama publicly offered the Ayatollah to denuclearize the whole Middle East and lift sanctions provided he accepted unrestricted inspections(as would Israel) that he would accept. He is concerned with face saving and his own population avoiding a war and sanctions. We know where his enrichment facilities are and sanctions work. If they didn't work why did Iraq and North Korea go to great lengths to prevent them? With all its risks, this approach is the best of the alternatives.
27. Response to#13
John R ,   NYC USA   (03.09.12)
I agree there is no sane argument for letting Iran build nukes. Israeli bombs can penetrate 14ft of reinforced concrete. Iran's latest enrichment facility is under 250ft of bedrock granite. You do the math. Your raid at best delays the inevitable by taking out some of their exposed facilities. Even if the US gets involved that won't change because we will not invade Iran and we cannot fully disable all their facilities. We are not the world policeman and Israel introduced Nuclear weapons to the Middle East . You don't need them provided no adversary posses them. If you have a solution that works, let's here it.
28. HAGAI SEGAL IS AN EXTREMIST !
Stan ,   Israel   (03.09.12)
He was a member of the Jewish Underground that operated in Israel from 1979 - 1983 The leaders were sentenced to life in prison for murder (they were released after 7 years ) AS FOR IRAN ATTACKING ISRAEL WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS, IT WON'T HAPPEN. The Iranians know that the Americans have waited 33 years for an excuse to hit them hard. If Iran attacks Israel with NUKES TEHERAN WILL BE DESTROYED !
29. We can't wait
Syd Chaden ,   Palermo Calif USA   (03.09.12)
It is a much simpler matter to anguish over a Holocaust that has already occurred, than it is to face up to one that is in the offing, and act to prevent it.
30. The time will come
American Jew ,   Colorado, UJSA   (03.09.12)
Well, when Israel does attack Iran, Russia will nuke Tel Aviv, and Israel's constant warmongering will come to an end!
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