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US: There's still time for diplomacy with Iran
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 14.08.12, 00:37
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1. Bridge for sell
Raplh Laurent ,   Canada   (08.14.12)
Yeap ! And I would to sell you a bridge on the River Kwai
2. sure , let's just wait until the first iranian bomb ....
David ,   Israel   (08.14.12)
After the first bomb is launched , in TeL Aviv , or in Berlin , the Obama government is going to say : Ops ! We didn't have "intelligence" of this attach ...... It took us totally by SURPRISE !!!!!!
3. not one of you is immune
Peace maker ,   Palestine , Hebron   (08.14.12)
Mr. Netanyahu, before you bomb Iran, say goodbye to everyone you know. Say goodbye to everyone you love. You know you won't be able to protect all of them from the retaliation that will surely come. Everyone you know is a target. Everyone you love is in range. Some of the rockets with high explosive warheads will get through the missile shield. And even if you and a few of your loved ones are sealed into the most sophisticated shelter yet devised, not one of you is immune. When it's over, when you get back to the surface, this will be a different country, and someone you care about may well have been torn dead by a rocket warhead, or crushed under the weight of a building.
4. what he meant to say was there is time for elections
jack bauer   (08.14.12)
then, after I get reelected, then I can ignore the issue, continue to prevent the Israelis from acting on their own to protect themselves and then eventually when they have the capability, let the psychopath islamonazis (who I sympathize with) to wipe out little Israel and carry on their world wide jihad.
5. Give us a break,get him out of office!!!!!
Anna M Sedda ,   Rome-Italy   (08.14.12)
This spineless man should be kicked out of office now; we are all in danger and this idiot is talking about sanctions????Obama wagamama lives in the moon and has not respect for human life!!!Obama is more dangerous than Iran;fire him now!!!
6. P5.1 & Ashton are fooling Israel
Ted Dexter   (08.14.12)
P5.1 & Ashton are fooling Israel. Moscow was supposed to be the final talks, but now it seems to be getting extended indefinitely. By the time these P5.1 scoundrels finish their "meetings, consultations, expert-level, deputy-level, confidence building measures, yada yada" and other such time-wasting tactics, mushrooms clouds will be rising over Tel Aviv and Israel. The Iranian centrifuges are spinning non-stop and nuke work is going on at breakneck speed. The Zone of Immunity has almost been reached. Its time for Israel to act, before its too late. Obama, the Europeans and Ashton can jump into the nearest sewer.
7. Absurd, did America act
(08.14.12)
Absurd, did America act against North Korea, Pakistan, Syria, Iraq when they were building nuclear reactors ? No, they just emitted a lot of hot air just like today. Israel acted promptly against Osirak & Syrian nuclear reactors (despite American & European objections), else those Scuds that hit Israel in the Gulf War in 1991 would have had Nuclear warheads on them. And who benefitted the most from Osirak attack ? Obviously America, they were able to throw Saddam out from Kuwait & invade Iraq easily. If Saddam had a few nukes, he would have been the Emperor of the Middle-East by now !
8. the article above
Sam jacks ,   Florida   (08.14.12)
The article right above this one talks about how the Syrian ambassador is in Tehran giving a speech on how Syria and Iran are at war with the 'axis of evil' Washington and Iran. Any sane person realizes there is no hope in negotiation and sanctions they want war they want our destruction.
9. Hypocrisy, thy name is Israel.
Marc ,   L.A. California   (08.14.12)
Israel is hell bent on starting a war with Iran. No matter what the Iranian's do Israel will hound other nations and attempt to maneuver others into doing Israel's dirty work for them Israel needs to learn how to get along with it's neighbors and quit expecting the U.S. to back it no matter how stupidly they act. We don't need Israel as an ally if all they want to do is play us to their advantage.
10. Why Do America's Jews Still Love This Guy ?
A.C.Guard ,   USA   (08.14.12)
11. carney and obama whistling past the graveyard
milt   (08.14.12)
US has no intention of blocking iran from nuclear short of being attacked by kameinei and his jewish president sabjourian. Diplomacy has run out. A plan should be readied and resorted to if psyber, rebel antikameinei efforts and other methods do not work.
12. dummyjad wrote his speech.
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (08.14.12)
13. la la land
Ellen ,   Israel/USA   (08.14.12)
Obama is functioning in his own la la land. I fear what it is going to take for him to understand that Iran could care less what the US says or thinks. When you are dealing with a certified, calculating madman, like Ahmadinejad, the rules of normalcy are tossed out the window.
14. this white house also believes in the easter bunny
jerome ,   basalt, colorado   (08.14.12)
and that diplomacy worked for neville chamberlin
15. there's no crying in baseball
jerome ,   Basalt, Colorado   (08.14.12)
and there is NO DIPLOMACY with islamOideology that want to kill Jews and other various infidels. the nutzis thought of themselves as superior just as the islamOideologist
16. Diplomacy
Paul ,   Jerusalem   (08.14.12)
Is the leftist-socialist code word for the inability to confront evil, when it has already confronted you, and to allow the enemy to flourish.
17. sanctions on IRAN
Steven Farley ,   CoosBay/USA   (08.14.12)
Obama and his panel of so called experts are so afraid of upsetting Iran that they are willing to give Iran more time to build the nuke bomb and wipe Israel off the map. Is this the way to world peace? NO!!! Help Israel stop Iran if it is not already to late---THEN GOD ALMIGHTY WILL HAVE TO MOVE HIS HAND IN IT!
18. Diplomacy can only work IF...
Jordan Ispalestine ,   Los Angeles   (08.14.12)
...it is coupled with a legitimate military threat. This is what the feckless Obama administration doesn't seem to realize. They keep talking about "diplomacy" and "negotiations" and "all the time" we have left, but they don't get Iran doesn't give a rat's a-- about sanctions. They have been living under sanctions for 30 years. The only thing that will make them change course is a credible military threat. One that Obama seems almost defiant in not applying. The only way to AVOID WAR is to talk about it as a possibility.
19. US sanctions are FAKE, Obama is increasing Iran science ties
Dr. L. Brnd ,   San Diego, USA   (08.14.12)
Obama's "sanctions" are completely fraudulent. Instead of imposing them all at once, years ago, he dribbles them on one at a time so Tehran has time to compensate. Why are there even sanctions left to impose when everybody agrees they aren't working? Its so Obama can buy time for Iran, and protect them from Israel. For further strong proof that Obama's sanctions are fraudulent, just look at page 429 of the 27 July issue of the respected journal SCIENCE. Obama is strengthening science ties with Iranian universities, particularly in the field of physics, which Iran uses for its nuclear program, even placing a US Nobel laureate in an office in an Iranian university. Does this sound like a strike by the US is on the table? Of course not.
20. Obama is a despicable liar.
Chaim ,   Israel   (08.14.12)
Everyone knows there is no way negotiations and sanctions will stop Iran's Mad Mullahs from building nukes. Obama is only concerned with stopping Israel from saving herself because it could harm his reelection prospects. Obama is a despicable liar.
21. What a pair
Amos Avitan ,   Canada   (08.14.12)
One is a conniver, deceiver, the other incompetent. Both will lead Israel into disaster.
22. NO...there is not time,you moron!!!
Malone ,   Hfx   (08.14.12)
23. Obamanutless: The Muslim appeaser!
Jake Stone ,   USA   (08.14.12)
If Israel believes this clown, they're fools!!!
24. Delaying tactic
Brod ,   USA   (08.14.12)
Israel must not depend on the closeted Islamist for its defense. The rest of Judeo-Christian America knows this. The delaying tactic is helping the fanatical Ayatollahist-Islamist-Jihadists attain their nuke. The Ayatollahists have threatened to annihilate Israel repeatedly and are feverishly working on their nukes to accomplish their evil intention. Diplomatic talk is all crap-delaying tactic.
25. mr president I Believe Most Are On To November
(08.14.12)
And The Change WILL BE, Sorry But You Missed The Boat, Because you Contemplate TOO MUCH. Besides You Can Buy You foreign policy With American Tax Payer's Cash and Chose The Wrong Path? You Had Three Years To Engage The Nation Of Israel And Bibi, Knesset, And Even Real Israeli People Who Live With Rockets, Missiles and Motars Shot At Them by their peace partners??????????????
26. Chamberlain continued to claim his politics vs. adolf was Ok
ab   (08.14.12)
to the last day ..He didn't step down himself,he was forced out after disatrous British attempt at repelling Germans taking over Norway
27. Even for politicians, who by default are expected to tell
tom ,   tel aviv   (08.14.12)
lies, this is beyond hutzpa. At the same time it shows utter contempt for human intelligence (in this case, the famous and considerable JEWISH intelligence) To be able to stand in front of someone and make a total jerk out of yourself, well: even if your name is Hussein Obama is quite a feat! Maybe it IS IN theName?!: the typical Arab penchant for shameless lies that their culture is baased upon. Sorry to point it out, but we know/they know: it's the truth!
28. A duel to the death
Avishai ,   Tel Aviv   (08.14.12)
It seems like Obama is perfectly happy to have a duel to the death with Iran, so long as Israel is the stand-in for the US. Wait till he finds out that Israel isn't the only target on Iran's list.
29. Irans time is >>>>>>UP<<<<<<<<
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (08.14.12)
30. Don't like our timeline?
Dan ,   NYC   (08.14.12)
Then do your own dirty work. Friggin ingrates.
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