Opinion  Nahum Barnea
The last chance
Nahum Barnea
Published: 04.06.08, 16:27
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1. Surely not the last chance for Israel to start WW3
Chanalau, Tova ,   London, UK   (06.04.08)
Knowing the continued power of AIPAC and the Zionist Lobby, there will still be plenty of opportunities left for Israel to destroy the rest of the world in order to save the holy settlements. What is more important after all, human civilisation or the Zionist fatcats of Efrat and Ariel?
2. US attack
Tilford Bartman ,   Holden, USA   (06.04.08)
This article has it right, an American attack on Iran is out of the question absent a very severe provocation from Iran that Jolts the American public, and is viewed as leaving us no choice. Othewise there is virtually no political support whatsoever for an attact on Iran. Price of gas, US economy jitters, military boged down in Iraq, Bush lame duck, make such an attack all the more unlikely. If Obama is elected Iran may "test" him, and if there is a miscalculation it could lead to confrontation?
3. Bush and Olmert, two lame ducks
Judah ,   Golan Heights, Israe   (06.04.08)
4. If Bush had stayed out of Iraq
Abe Froman ,   NY, NY   (06.04.08)
If Bush had stayed out of Iraq Bush may have had enough political powedr dry to take on Iran. He made the bed, now Israel has to sleep in it. Where are all of those sage commentators who whooped loudly about the imminent Iraq threat now?
5. 75%of Americans want the next pres. to only talk with the
monkey? Says who? ,   Lie if I ever heard!   (06.04.08)
6. 1# the fat cats of Efrat are more important
avrom ,   london uk   (06.04.08)
7. more accurately
tom ,   toronto, canada   (06.04.08)
iran is not the threat, and therefore attacking iran is not the solution. the iranian regime, lead by ayatollah khameini, is the source of the problems facing afganistan, iraq, the gulf states, lebanon, israel, gaza, and most of europe. military hardware and nuclear centrifuges can be replaced, given enough money, and the iranian regime has plenty of that, with more coming in daily from their oil revenues.. the real solution is regime change. only a change of regime in tehran will put a stop to the armour-piercing munitions going to iraq, the katyushas in lebanon, and the grads in gaza. and only regime change will put a permanent stop to the crazed "mahdaviat" driving iran to nuclear armageddon. but lame ducks are not known for their wisdom or for the size of their balls...
8. JUST DO THE JOB OURSELVES, WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE TO IRAQ
MOSHE ,   US   (06.04.08)
DO IT AGAIN. THIS TIME STRIKE IRAN. MOSHE
9. McCain
Nora ,   Tel Aviv   (06.04.08)
Will you duck also when your time comes? If you`ll have to shoot shoot, don`t talk.
10. Lame Ducks Bush and Olmert
Brod ,   USA   (06.04.08)
These ducks have reached the pinnacle of their incompetence and impotence. Hence, nothing much can be expected from them.
11. Just Say No to More Americans Dying for Israel
Mr. Know-It-All ,   Frostbite Falls, MN   (06.04.08)
The people of the USA must stand united and demand that no more of our children are sent off to fight wars for the Zionists. Israelis are sending their children off to our colleges while our children are dying in a war they suckered GW Bush into starting in Iraq, and that must never be allowed to happen again. Just once I wish our government would tell Israel's Prime Beggar to go to hell and send him packing back to his corrupt little thiefdom empty handed.
12. nahum and iran
alex   (06.04.08)
Olmert is the last person any US leader would listen to on any security matter. Iran, miliatry weapons, it doesn't matter, US leaders know Olmert has no credibility, he lost the lebanon war, he didn't carry israel's obligations so he can't ask US to do israel's bidding. Iran is israel's problem not the US, so Olmert should stop crying like the scared coward that he is. He is a disgraceful crook and liar.
13. #1 - YNET could you please shut this idot up?
Andy ,   ramat hasharon   (06.04.08)
14. #11 Brain freeze, I fought in Iraq & I can assure you it was
NEVER about Isreal!! ,   WHOOORA!   (06.04.08)
15. #1: what's wrong with u?
joe ,   paris fr   (06.04.08)
didn't get nice presents for ur bat-mitzvah??
16. #11 your Brain is apparently the first thing to freeze.
chinbro ,   USA   (06.04.08)
17. Lame Ducks Bring out All The Cockroaches
Robert ,   New Jersey, USA   (06.04.08)
Stir up talk of eliminating Iran and all the usual shills for this outlaw nation come out of the woodwork! #1, You have it backwards, Israeli settlements are not the reason Iran must be eliminated. Human civilization IS the reason this barbaric nation of Iran must go. #2, If you think the price of gas is high now, wait until Iran - by possessing the nuclear intimidation card - is in de facto control the entire Middle East politically. #5, You are correct: there is NO poll I've ever seen says a majority of Americans want the American President to talk with the monkey president. This poll is a figment of the author's imagination. #11 and 12, The US is not going into battle on any other nation's behalf. We will make the decision solely on our interests. The survival of civilization, of which we are a part and perhaps its only guarantor with the power to act and act decisively, is compelling enough a reason to eliminate the head of the barbaric Islamofacist snake, President Bush's lame duck status notwithstanding.
18. #8 yeah do that...
American ,   NY USA   (06.05.08)
and please leave us out of it. By the way if you could do it alone, you would already have done it by now. Consequences of such attack by Israel to Iran will be very severe, I would not recommend.
19. Not finding WMDs in Iraq shouldn't reward Islamic Repubic
The BOMB. ,   NY, USA   (06.05.08)
20. #11 and others who think USA went to Iraq for Israel
Judith Yacov ,   Herzlia, Israel   (06.05.08)
At the time, I was against the War in Iraq, when they hadn't finished in Afghanistan. Even Bush, the father, stopped short of creating a power vacuum in Iraq that America would have to deal with for years. Bush the son went at it to 'one up' his Dad, not for Israel. Aren't you tired of making Israel the scapegoat? And your remark about our children not fighting is ludicrous as well as offensive.
21. bush/ohlmert
sas ,   israel   (06.05.08)
Dear Mr.Ohlmert , Tell Mr. Bush the truth - no one wants you. You just traveled to pick up the remaining envelopes....... You are so shrewd but certainly very dumb. You never should have mever made this visit to the USA. You have enough of a mess to clean up here.
22. Andy #13. She's too ignorant for Speakers Corner, London &
Stewart ,   USA   (06.05.08)
has nothing to do. I doubt that is her real name. Too, bad we can't pay her a visit. We'll probably find some Muslim hunched over a computer in the back of some London mosque. How many Jews, even the peace now idiots, could write as stupidly as this person does?
23. PS YNet protects your right to free speech and your right to
Stewart ,   USA   (06.05.08)
make a complete fool of yourself no matter how idiotic, assinine, or insane you may sound. I mean how else would their editors or anyone else get a good laugh?
24. Why do you critical of Olmert?
Supporter of Olmert ,   New York, USA   (06.05.08)
Olmert went to the funeral of the author's family member and the author is critical of Olmert. Not good.
25. re 20
g   (06.06.08)
"(...)few remember what AIPAC executive director Howard Kohr told the New York Sun in January 2003: "Quietly lobbying Congress to approve the use of force in Iraq was one of AIPAC's successes over the past year." anything to add to the above, Judith?
26. the last chance?!!?!
one wondering   (06.07.08)
the last "chance" to start the war?!? WTF is wrong with you people?!?! LAST chance?! geezzz.... I am completely shocked.
27. # 11 WHAT? hOW DO YOU EQUATE ISRAEL W/ IRAQ?
petra ,   USA   (06.09.08)
BUSH DECLARED A WAR ON IRAQ TO PLEASE HIS SAUDI SPONSORS. ISRAEL HAD NOTHING TO DO W/ IT. IF BUSH HAD LISTENED TO THE ISRAELIS, IRAN WOULD BE THE BATTLEGROUND. WHERE DO YOU GET SUCH NOTHINS? A HOLE IN THE HEAD? GO GET EDUCATED.
28. # 10 BROD THEY ARE MISLABELED. DEAD DUX MORE ACCURATE.
petra ,   USA   (06.09.08)
29. # 24 OLMERT'S A THIEF.
petra ,   USA   (06.09.08)
FUNERAL OR NOT. BUSH IS A LIAR. HE SENDS AMERICAN KIDS TO DIE FOR SAUDI ARABIA AND OIL. NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS. HE'S THE WORST PRESIDENT WE AMERICANS EVER HAD. SEEMS OLMERT IS ALSO THE WORST THIEF ISRAEL HAS HAD. TWO EQUALS, CRIMINALS AND RATS. BE THRILLED WHEN THEY BOTH LEAVE. BUSH SHOULD HAVE BEEN IMPEACHED ALONG W/ CHENEY. THEY'RE BOTH BOUGHT AND PAID FOR BY AMERICAS ENEMIES, SAUDI ARABIA AND THE LOVE OF OIL $$$$$$$$. BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM THEIR APPORVAL RATING IS ZIP.
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