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Kerry in Israel: Threat of force against Syria is real
Attila Somfalvi, agencies
Published: 15.09.13, 17:10
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1. Just another Obama Joke with
Norbus ,   Jerusalem   (09.15.13)
* Bio weapons Syria * Transfers to Hezbullah Chem & Bio * Door of Iran supply of technology open
2. Did he come to bully Bibbi and shove Israel around.I dont
Alan ,   SA   (09.15.13)
him or his boss..If they could get shot of Israel ,they would!
3. the new york times
anton ,   istanbul   (09.15.13)
headline was indeed correct, putin is the new world leader, he made both militarily and politicly correct moves to bring obama and west to corner, syria didint get bombed assad got to keep his throne probably for good now and most importantly midde east has seen mighty west blinked first, this will give clar message to iran no doubt which will make thier pursuit of nukes more bolder and confident another point is syria will have her mdws thre is no way west can be sure all bio weapons are collected and destroyed assad will make sure to keep some of them enough to make diffrence should need arise no matter what way one looks at this and kerrys ridicolous remarks russia iran and syria has won the political war, now obama tries to save face with bombastic statements america will be taken less seriously by the west of the world having said this i think best happened here rebels fighting in syria are worst than assad way too worse and its absolutly stupid to think they are fighting for syrians no, they are figting for power
4. Not to mention all those Chem
DT ,   TA Isarel   (09.15.13)
weapons now squirreled away.
5. Threat...neds to be REAL..make it so...Bander involved..It
Mohammed ,   Irvine -CA   (09.15.13)
becomes a JOKE.... As long as he is running the show...It will LOOK BAD......
6. kerry talks big, no punch
milson   (09.15.13)
bibi's continued weakness is pathetic still hoping big USA will take care of iran. The evidence is in. Syria will stall, and russia will leave holes for assad to hide his weapons. Israel has only itself and that is it. Bibi needs to resign cause he is taking israel in a direction where peace is immpossible. Even arab christians do not believe in israeli history, do not believe it has a right to a state, in fact believe the koran was written by a jew and acknowldege that there will never be peace, that is the end of the story. Maintain the status quo, encourage arab emigration, and the next 3 wars will see the population of the west bank disbursed into jordan.
7. Under The Table Deal!
Son of Cyrus ,   UK   (09.15.13)
Unless a secret deal has been made already regarding the issues of Syria, Iran & Hezbollah under the table, there will be serious problems in The Middle East engulfing all states from Israel, to Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey, Arabia and The Persian Gulf States and Iran, in not too distant a future!
8. SHUT IT KERRY YOU TWIT
TEL EM STRAIGHT ,   SAFED OBVIOUS HOUSE   (09.15.13)
Nobody is scared of your threats.
9. The US threat is hollow
Alan ,   Canada   (09.15.13)
While the first draft of the UN resolution presented by the French delegation was calling for automatic Chapter 7 military action if Assad failed to respect the process of disposing chemical weapons, that threat was torpedoed by the Kerry-Lavrov agreement which makes military action subject to UN Security Council decision. And we know that Russia & China vetos will not let the Council reach the decision to call for Chapter 7. This public double talk by the politicians is an other ploy to conceal the deep US opposition to get involved in a new war in Syria. It can only incite Syria & Russia to obstruct the work of the UN inpectors by various tricks such as making their insecurity as bad as possible under false pretences. The rebels might also obstruct the UN personel in the vain hope of triggering a US response.
10. SYRIA, RUSSIA, UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL
SJOERD VAN DER VELDE ,   OUR BIG MULTIVERSE   (09.15.13)
AS LONG AS THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION IS A POWERLESS, UNDEMOCRATIC INSTITUTION, UNFORTUNARTELY THAT CAN HAPPEN AGAIN, EVERYWHERE AND ALWAYS. SO LET US ALSO REFORM THE U.N.O. AND THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (N.A.T.O.), IN A DEMOCRATIC AND EVEN SUPRA-NATIONAL COMPANY, SOCIETY AND COMMUNITY AT THE SERVICE OF THE PRESENT, ENTIRE HUMANKIND AND EVERY OTHER FORM OF LIFE, AT ANY TIME AND ANY PLACE.
11. Kerry talked to Bibi for 4 hours.About what?
Alan ,   SA   (09.15.13)
12. LITTLE PIGS :I'M GONNA HUFF
BIG BAD WOLF ,   SAFED OBVIOUS HOUSE   (09.15.13)
I'm gonna huff ,and puff and huff and puff and huff and puff and huff and .....ad nauseum.
13. Blow-back is real, too, and could lead to WWIII. Leave Assad
Rivkah   (09.15.13)
alone. He does not persecute Christians and Jews like the AQ and rebels who are fighting him do. Or haven't you seen the videos of the children and men and women being beheaded for refusing to give up faith in Yehoshua the Messiah who are murdered by the rebels? Help Assad put down the rebels is better than helping the rebels to kill Assad. Hope Assad remembers what happened to Gahdafi of Libya when he cooperated with the West which is what happened to Morsi of Egypt, too. It is looking to me like Putin is a better friend than BHO. What a sad chapter in American history for a US President to be so evil. He will find out what his reward is when he is turned away from the kingdom of HaShem for being a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. YES, BHO IS A MEMBER OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD! READ WALID SHOEBAT'S NEWSLETTER ON THIS TOPIC.
14. HOLLOW THREATS : A RAP
DA RAP ARTIST ,   SAFED RAP HOUSE   (09.15.13)
Yo , World events I do follow ,Kerrys' threats are hollow ,they cause no sorrow ,for tomorrow ,maybe this fellow ,is yellow cos he just bellows , don't be a pest .silence works best , quit this messing ,just keep your opponent guessing , keep in touch but don't say too much , nobody sweats when they listen to idle threats ,you sow what you reap cos talk is cheap.
15. I have a huge respect to John Kerry
an Israeli   (09.15.13)
A super intelligent man and also a good man. Best of America.
16. Happiness is Bibi is PM. Little talk, just action for good
Adi ,   Zurich   (09.15.13)
Happiness is Bibi is PM. Little talk and just action for goodness. The rest of the worlds politicians talk, threaten, beat their chests and destroy their respect when they do nothing.
17. 15
john Darren ,   cairns-Austraalia   (09.16.13)
Do you have the same respect for Obama?
18. Bosom buddies
govind ,   Madras,India   (09.16.13)
Did John Kerry reprimand Israel for persistently violating Syrian airspace.No,of course he didn't.Looks like Israel can do anything she wants at wanton because America is only interested in Israel's security and Arab oil.John Kerry and President Obama are stooges for Israel and AIPAC(the real power that controls America)
19. That's what he said, what he really means is...
David ,   Hartford USA   (09.16.13)
"The egregious use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime against innocent men, women, children, their own citizens, all indiscriminately murdered in the dead of night is unacceptable. However, slaughtering innocent men, women, and children by conventional means is totally acceptable." It's this sick thought process that shows Kerry is an idiot and not fit to be Sec of State of the USA. Putin may be smarter, but he's not much better: Assad in power will only prolong the fighting and increase the body count. Maybe Putin is simply looking to cheaply obtain a beachfront home...
20. @13 so what? Hashem won. Rest is lawyer's work on
Miron ,   USA   (09.16.13)
how opponent capitulates. He is actually a lawyer by education. I heard a brilliant one. What's your worry, Rivkah. Yon won't be getting restitutions?
21. defanged
agokoy ,   cebu   (09.16.13)
Obama and the US has been very effectively defanged by Putin. It's embarassing that the leader of the strongest nation to have been defanged and rendered useless in a global stage.
22. Biting one's knuckles doesn't help: I've tried!
tom ,   tel aviv   (09.16.13)
23. Attila greeted the deal with cautious optimism
Yanni   (09.19.13)
Well, we're not all lefty-looney Tsipi-loving journo-schmournos Attila! I think you've confused the people of Israel with someone else!
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