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Ahmadinejad: Israel weak, won’t attack Iran
Dudi Cohen
Published: 20.11.06, 11:32
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31. Jesus has to stay out of this subject
Atilla Karagözoğlu ,   Istanbul & Turkey   (11.20.06)
Jesus was a man of peace. What we talking is not PEACE. Thanks. I dont mean hurt a feeling. Somethimes I just cant take (I start to be boring hear the name 50 times a day ) his name on every problem. He was a prophet. He died. He wont come back. any question about the fact ! Just ask to me. please no hurt feelings. LETS KEEP RELIGIONS OUT FOR THESE SUBJECTS. Cant help. Cant help. Thanks
32. Ahmadinejad sure knows his employees well
malcolm   (11.20.06)
33. This IS a "religious" issue!
Suzanne ,   Glen Rock, Penn., US   (11.20.06)
To those who believe this is not a religious issue: G-d gave the land of Israel to the Jewish people. This was not a "conditional covenant;" in other words, there were no conditions His chosen people had to meet and maintain in order to retain exclusive rights to inhabit this land. Despite the repeated vicious threats made by Pres. Ahmadinejad to destroy the Jews and take their land, the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob will NOT permit it. Anyone who denies this special protection should read Ezekiel 38 and 39, which tells us of an invasion of Israel instigated by Russia and Iran, and who are joined by other traditionally Muslim nations. Have courage, dear chosen ones. Your G-d has not forsaken you. He has sworn and will not relent that He will rise up to protect you! Please, let us all pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
34. you contradict yourself
Josh ,   Montreal, Canada   (11.20.06)
the fact is the jews were the 1st majority to live in Israel/Palesitine, just because muslims were once a majority in a place, doesn't give more right to the place then any past religion like christianity, or jews who were the majority before the Muslims, according to your logic Muslims occupy stolen lands from the jews, and btw at no pointe in history dating back to the 18th century was there ever more muslims then jews in Jerusalem.
35. #27Robin
jerome ,   Basalt, Colorado   (11.20.06)
Hamas is very popular because they provide social and econimic support to the Pali's and they also teach the Pali children lies, hate, and fundamentalist islamic ideology and there goal is to destroy Israel, not to deal with them. They still spend most of the money given to them from the E.U., Arab nations others on weapons that are not for self defense. Amhadinejad talks about the end of Israel, wiping them off the face of the earth and the coming of the 12th imam, the Mahdi who needs a war for Islam to rule over the world. I believe he has to be taken seriouly when he talks about this. Amhadinejad doesn't care shit about the Pali's. He wouldn't mind martr'n them all to destroy Israeli. As far as your comment about the Pali's lord masters being the Israeli's, that is just plain ignorant and very prejudice! The Israeli's have offered peace time and time again and the Pali's answered with suicide, homicide and war. Like when Arafat had the power and Pali majority behind him and turned down the best and more than fair peace plan deal. Israel DOES NOT HAVE A PARTNER FOR PEACE with HAMAS. It takes two sides for a real peace.
36. #27 - Someone gets it!
Terry ,   USA   (11.20.06)
I read the talk backs all the time, mostly for amusement because most people are fanatical one way or the other and most times dont have any other message to speak of other than hate for the other side. #27 actually is right on the money. Love will always win over hate given enough DETERMINATION to spread it. Israel always speaks of love and the Arabs of hate, but what really needs to happen is for Israel to have to courage to stand up with LOVE for their neighbors even in the midst of rocket attacks or whatever else they throw on you and bring the plight of the palestinians as a majority to an end. If you were to do this, Hamas would be the minority of Hate while Israel would be loved for the GOOD they do for their neighbors. The magical question remains, is it too late? I think not, as long as their is a Jesus Christ our Savior!
37. nukes
oh please ,   California, USA   (11.20.06)
i don't think that the answer is nukes...ever
38. He Looks Like Ringo.
Jeff ,   Cherry Hill, NJ USA   (11.20.06)
39. reasoning with a mad man
isaac ,   lusaka,zambia   (11.20.06)
keep the mad person in the mental institution fast
40. FUNNY
TOM ,   BSAS,ARGENTINA   (11.20.06)
1.5 billion against 6 MILLION JEWS IN ISRAEL AND STILL STANDING STRONG. WEAK? JAJAJAJA FUNNY LONG LIVE ISRAEL
41. to Attila
Bruno ,   alsace   (11.20.06)
You are not very well informed about Jesus. i do not think that you have the right source in your hand. Read the bible, New Testament, there you will find what Jesus will do at the end of the times. This concernes also your life. Every eye will see him when He returns! In order to have peace the evil forces must be destroyed first. One cannot have peace with all the demons walking on earth. i know you would like to see Him dead, because the truth does not really please you.
42. Peaceful Nukes?
Berkeley, CA, USA   (11.20.06)
I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure that there is no such thing as a peaceful nuke...
43. #27 & #36 Don't assume that everyone
USA   (11.20.06)
was brought up with Judeo-Christian morality like "love thy neighbor" and "don't hate your enemy, love your enemy." For this moral ideal to work, you need to have a receptive audience. If we had had this attitude toward Hitler, where would we be now? On the other hand, the only time resistance has truly worked was when it was the PEOPLE using NON-VIOLENT means to demand they be treated fairly, like in the case of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Hamas entity has proven it has NO INTEREST in standing up for its people in a NON-VIOLENT way. They show this daily by shooting rockets into Israel aimed at the cilvilian population and by allowing their own citizens to put themselves in harms way to shield their gunmen. In war, the army is supposed to protect it civilians, not the other way around. The palestinians have it reversed! You are not dealing with people who have a Christian mindset. Don't assume that people in that region of the world will be receptive either to sound reasoning or Christian moral ideals.
44. Iran attacked the US in 1979 when it assaulted our Embassy
Charles T. Brown ,   Gray Summit, USA   (11.20.06)
According to the International Conventions regarding a nation's Embassy, Iran committed an act of war in 1979 when it attacked and held hostage the US Embassy and the US diplomats and personnel. So when Ahmadinedjad says that Iran is a peaceful country that never attacked anyone, he is lying through his teeth. Iran commited an unprovoked attack in 1979 and the International Community Should Always Remember this fact, and face the fact that Iran has no intention of honoring any International agreement longer than what it takes for them to achieve their goals. And from all indications one of those goals would be to acquire Nuclear Weapons and use those weapons against Israel, NATO, and the USA.
45. I hate all this hate
El Haque ,   Bangladesh   (11.20.06)
I always stop by to reah peoples rants here and always found them to be interesting. I am a muslim from Bangladesh and I look at this conflict more as a human being and a Bangladeshi more so than "muslim" eyes. I mean I am tired of people who tell me I have to view this conflict a bit biased cause I am muslim and have to support my muslim brethren. I would say that If Palestine was the aggresor an confined and humiliated and systematically made life hell for Israel and its citizens, I would blame palestine in a heartbeat, regardless of whether or not they are muslim. However the reality is that Israel is disproporionately eslaving a nation of people in their own refugee camps and that wont solve anything. I am tired of all this finger pointing. So many right wing idiots in both countries who only understand violence. From the politicians in both countries to the idiot (rueven brauner) who posted here that somehow "a peace rally for peace in jerusalem against war" was a "bad thing". Why is standing for peace a bad thing? whats your solution lets kill each other and end all this? I believe if israel and palestinians can solve the issue FOR ONCE AND FOR ALL, Countries like Iran and Saudi Arabia will have no agenda on the table. Cause there really isnt any reason for conflict. The people wont allow it. The so called "muslim" unity wont allow it. People here in Bangladesh are 90% muslim however we really dont care about joining the global "lets hate israel" campaign that most arab countries like to promote under the veil of "Religion". Truth be told Gulf state arabs have too many issues to sort on their own . Their governments are corrupt and are all monarchies who dont give a damn about their citizens unless it is related to them by blood (since they intermarry so much and have so many wives). (i would say Lebanon and Morocco are two exceptions. They have pretty progressive mentalities, the population does anyway). ARabs need to stop yelling and using religion everytime their inept government does not take care of their needs. Israel needs to be courageous and re start the peace process and stop being a racial state like the apartheid era South AFrica. Stop doing what the Nazis did to the Jews. Systematically confining people to crowded refugee camps that they call the "gaza strip". It is important not to repeat history. So be one better than the Nazis. So far that has not been the case. Peace. Thank you for reading.
46. When Arabs/Muslims love there children..
DR ,   Florida, USA   (11.20.06)
more than they hate Isarel and the Jews.... That's when we'll have peace in the middle east.
47. to # 9
Birdi ,   Israel   (11.20.06)
Its not "him" we got to be careful about, its the maniac behind him who is calling the shots. If Isreal is pushed far enough, it will retaliate.
48. Iran israel america
AR ,   California USA   (11.20.06)
First of all Charles you should check your history book and you would see that the usa (cia) commited its first ever cou de ta in iran in 1953. We overthrew their democratically elected prime minister and installed a dictator you might have heard of him they called him the Shah. Believe me he wasnt a good guy to his people. Savak was trained by the cia to torture iranians and keep them in check. During their revolution they took those hostages to prevent anymore U.S. involvment in their internal affairs and seeing how america overthrew their first democratic government you cant say they werent justified. Its not like the people in that embassy were totally innocent either they were helping in the suppression of those people and you cant blame them for doing what they did and im sure they wouldnt apologize for it either just like the us. never apologized for a) telling saddam to invade iran, b) arming him with high tech weapons and training. c) satalite imaging and intellegence and dont forget the chemical weapons we gave him. So when the president says hes fighting wars too keep weapons of mass desruction out of the hands of people like saddam and to promote democracy you should also remember that his father was a top guy in the cia during the cout, his father and rummy gave saddam his first wmd's and his father and rummy gave were in office when the us shot down flight 655 (a civilian airliner) so you should ask yourself who declared war on who first. PS. The U.S. signed an agreement with iran saying they wouldnt interfere with their internal affairs but when the Bush is supporting the MEK terrorist and demanding regime change he is breaking america's word. So check yourself and your country. Their is a reason the world thinks america is the most dangerous country to world peace. Who has used the nukes... twice..... on civilians. Ignorant.
49. to 28
debby   (11.20.06)
sorry to pointing this out to you but your brothers keep saying it for nearly 60 years and you lost every each time. you all bunch of losers. israel will beat you all every each time and about the iranin presidant he's day will come
50. to 28
debby   (11.20.06)
over 60 years israel and israel still stand against all ods. what does it say? israel is clever. smart. and you all stupid. and israel will keep on winning on you keep one dreaming and crying. god bless you israel. love you
51. Isreali Hesitation- Couch soldiers
Hassuneh ,   US   (11.20.06)
For you Israelis that live outside the Israel it is always easy for you to call for war. You won't be the one hiding in a bunker. YOu will be eating your sandwich in front of the TV or playing video games whilst people are dying. To you Israelis at home, I say don't listen to the couch soldiers like Erfan. Peace
52. Fool, #26
Nas ,   Texas   (11.20.06)
You fool.......Allah means God (the same God you worship) in Arabic. And Muslims believe in Jesus whilst the Jews don't. Read some books in the trailer you llive in.
53. good one AR and the rest are morons
Ilyas ,   Helsinki   (11.20.06)
most of you cows dont know shit about history, just come here and mouth off! if you want to find the cause of everything go dig up the twentieth century history on the US, Iran and middleeast region and maybe then u'll understand, atleast you wont look like a dumbass that just crawled out of the sewers
54. #48 Agree, CIA don't know s**t, and that's why I trust
AK   (11.20.06)
Israeli intelligence more. Your lame excuse, however, that CIA orchestrated a coup in 1953, so Iranian mullahs can have a free pass at obtaining atomic weapons is downright silly. So, do you are prepared to live under sharia to spite the Republicans, or is it that you really, really believe that Islam is the best thing that could possibly happen to the world, right after, or is it before, Communism? The other alternative is that you one of Allah's soldiers. No sane person would wish WMD in the hands of Iranian mullahs.
55. #53, Helsinki is within range of Iranian missles.
AK   (11.20.06)
Did you know that? We have a bit of the time, you don't, really.
56. ME
p ,   usa   (11.20.06)
any of you that thinks Iran has a chance to be anything but the second rate,third-world country is only fooling themselves...they will always be second rate because they can't see past their own idiocy..the only ones scared by MR. A's threats are his own coward muslim dogs around the world
57. The Options
Michael ,   Los Angeles, CA, USA   (11.20.06)
It is beyond me why the leaders of Israel and the US will allow this crisis to escalate to near war with Iran, without any concrete diplomacy. From the US perspective, talk to the Iranians about working together in Iraq, we need the Iranians who have more influence with the Shiites in Iraq than we do, to solve that crisis. Through building a door of trust in the wall of mistrust, we can use this channel and negotiate with the Iranians about their right to nuclear energy and entrance into the WTO and other global economic organizations by convincing them that by cooperation they can have their nuclear energy, economic growth, etc. but in return, start being a partner for peace in the Middle East, leave Israel alone, etc. Regardless of the ignorant comments that Ahmadinejad says, he is a puppet, the real leaders, the mullahs in Iran are rational rulers, and they are inflaming Israel because it benefits their popularity in the Muslim world. The U.S. "stick diplomacy" does not work without the carrot. If we build trust and convince them that they have more to gain as partners for peace, then they will take it as rational leaders do. On the nuke issue, Israel possesses nuclaer capable submarines, four of them actually, so any strike on Israel will be mutually destructive. Iran would not dare to fire a nuke at Israel nor the USA. All in all, the talk of war without having fully taken the diplomacy route is foolish. By diplomacy route, if Ahmadinejad writes a letter to Bush, Bush should respond to Ahmadinejad's boss, Khamenei or fly to Tehran and talk to these guys first. Why do more people have to die before the leaders of these countries can get it. Also, making a partnership with Iran can help Israel make peace with Syria and Lebanon.
58. Bottom Line!!!!
mmileto   (11.20.06)
This is the bottom line!!!! All out war between Islam and the West WILL come to pass! Islam does NOT want peace. Israel MUST defend itself against these Islamic lunatics and the U.S. WILL be it's ally in helping to destroy or at least badly damage the Islamic fundamentalist movement. The American AND Israeli military HAVE EXTREME military capability of thoroughly kicking EVERY Islamic ASS in the world! The difference??? We value LIFE!!! These Islamic NUTS KNOW THIS and use it to their advantage. It is NOT a weakness to love and care about human life! If we have the same frame of mind as those Islamic nut jobs we would have leveled Lebanon and Baghdad and wouldn't give a rat's ass about it! Those extreme Islamic assholes who hide behind their own women and children WILL go too far and will do it very soon. There is no talking to these fanatics. There is not reasoning. The U.S. should pull out of all the major metropolitan areas of Iraq, cordon off those areas, secure the borders with our 150,000 troops and allies. This will stem the flow of insurgents and equipment to/from Iraq. No insurgent can successfully attack the U.S, miltary out in the open without getting killed. No women and children to hide behind either. Let the Iraqi forces establish the rule of llaw within their cities and towns. Let them have their civil war with no outside interference. The U.S. will watch from a safe distance and will keep their fight THEIR fight. Israel is going NUTS over Iran's intentions! And rightfully so! With the U.S. securing Iraq's borders by containing their civil war and keeping outsiders out, Israel and the U.S. can pummel the heck out of Iran with airpower and psych warfare and ready themselves for surgical ground incursions with massive and overwhelming forces. There's going to come a point where being politcal about fighting a war with a weak enemy who hides behind their women and children WILL stop! And you Islamic Extremist loonies better BEWARE!!!
59. Persians are a great nation; Ahmedinejad is Arabized
Jake   (11.21.06)
The regime governing Iran by terror is an Islamofascist oligarchy that keeps the Persians under the boot of tyranny, while representing only the interests of the worst elements of the whole Arab world. I truly hope and believe that the Jews and Persians will not fight eachother, being as they are long-time historical allies, and that the terror regime in Tehran will collapse at the hands of its own people.
60. Wrong,#52
adam ,   knoxville, tennessee   (11.21.06)
Allah is NOT the God of the Bible. They are complete opposites. Jesus Christ is Lord of lords and King of kings and he is coming back very soon. The muslims don't believe this, and God didn't choose Israel for their sake, but for His glory. Read the Bible and you can see that everything is coming to pass as it has been prophecied to. If you cannot see it you aren't looking hard enough or you are just being willingly ignorant.. Just trying to help.
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