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Iran strike not an option
Alex Fishman
Published: 18.08.08, 16:14
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31. The danger that Iran poses
Roxy ,   Isrel/USA   (08.18.08)
Is real! It reveals its intentions by all of its proclaimations of advances in technology 1), capability to launch a satellite(also means capability of launching intercontinential balistic missles(as those are the rockets they use to launch satellites), 2)Nuclear power for electricity(also means nukes for bombs) 3)Longer range on military aircraft(means they can attack Israel, Gulf States,or Eastern Europe) So do you really think they don't have ulterior motives for these developements, are you blind. Iran is a danger to the entire world and must be stopped now!
32. Hit Iran allready.
Efroim ,   Washington DC   (08.18.08)
Hit now, hit hard. Once the Iranians have their nuke bombs, they wont fill them with hummus or candy. Trust on this one.
33. #22 Mr. Steve Wilson
World Citizen ,   the world   (08.19.08)
We only have to wait to see what the future will bring. Maybe the stupid puppet Bush will listen to his madman VP Cheney and attack Iran. Maybe the Israelis will try to attack a US carrier group and try to blame it on Iran (i.e. USSLiberty.org) Maybe the American military will realize what madmen their political leaders are and stage a coup d'etat on Bush/Cheney and the Congress. The US military is lead by astute professionals. Some of them clearly recognize the dangerous path Bush is pursuing. They could turn him and Cheney over to the Hague for war crime trials, disband the current Congress and call for new elections in a year. Think I'm crazt? Don't think it can't happen because it has happened before. What surprises me most about the warmongers in here is the casual nature in which they wish to bring a nuclear holocaust on the world. We are talking about destroying all life on earth. And yet to prove how macho they, are they talk as if WW3 will be nothing more than a walk in the park. I think it is the hateful warmongers that have gone insane. God save us from these dangerous buffoons.
34. Fishmans cowardly leftist views are suicidal!
JAyyy ,   Israel   (08.19.08)
35. ha ha ha to number 11* it seems......
Mehdi ,   Germany/Iran   (08.19.08)
ha ha ha it seems that you feel safe in alaska after leaving coments like this , ha ha ha .. ..go .eat your ice cream and go to bed ..iran is master and superpower you should take a lesson from us
36. ha ha ha to number 23* steve wilson it seems......
Mehdi ,   Germany/Iran   (08.19.08)
it sems that you feel save in alaska after writing coments like yours, go to bed and eat your ice cream iran is superpower and your master
37. OPEN ISRAELI U TO MUSLIMS
JOHN ISH ISHMAEL ,   TORONTO   (08.19.08)
rachel, #1 I suspect that your Zionist core might be rubbed raw but why now open Israeli universities to the Muslims? Unless you prefer hate and Chosen status to Peace?
38. 36# Iran will be bombed in approximately
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (08.19.08)
77days time. The F-22 Raptors that are flying into Elmendorf Air Force Base as we speak, will be flying over Iran doing bombing missions. The fishing is great.....the weather is cool.....and the ice cream even better. That being said.....I'm sure you can watch all the nuclear facilities blow up with the rest of us on CNN. Iran has already been bombed....they are just to stupid to read their horoscope correctly. Don't pull the kittys tail if you don't want to get clawed and bitten. Do we need to send some blue prints for your new parks, which will replace the rubble. Let us know.
39. 33# If a nuclear conflict is needed to clean out the
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (08.19.08)
neighborhood......then so be it. Nobody is gonna know what happened once it happens anyways. If its a choice of living with scum, who want to indoctrinate everyone under Allah, or the choice of freedom...........well....freedom wins out hands down. Nuclear weapons freed us from Japan. They'll do the same with the terrorist Persians, and Muslims, who follow their cult suicide religion. Iran won't be a superpower for many more days as Mehdi likes to brag. Mehdi sounds more like a person with a member in his hands without a wife. But that's another story. A lot of fantisizing happens during Mehdi's dreams of ruling over his run down neighborhood in a slum in Tehran.
40. #35 did you take over the world yet?
rachel ,   usa   (08.19.08)
41. independent observer
to alex fisman u are   (08.19.08)
it is too late to stop iran . iran became part of russia georgian war against the west and israel. russi a will never give up iran because wether we like it or not it is part of its national security. eliminating iran from the equation will give complete control to the usa over the middle east and jeopardize russia sexistence as asuper power
42. #20, Hezbullah just whopped your proverbial rear
lydia ,   Brisbane, Australia   (08.19.08)
Russia just showed you the door in Georgia but you are still calling for another war. Get it through your thick skull the US isn't coming to your defence if you attack Iran. They didn't come to your assistance when you attacked the South Ossetias and your military experts instead bolted home to Israel. The fact that Iran has restarted their Nuclear program is thanks to your constant irritation and meddling. They mightn't have the 150 old Nukes Carter said you possessed but I bet my last pair of stockings they have enough to do some serious damage.
43. Just Do it before it got TOO LATE,better SAFE than SORRY....
Jews4ever ,   NY,USA   (08.19.08)
44. Unfortunately, Israel doesn't have an option.
Michael   (08.19.08)
The author is in denial of this difficult situation. if it is a choice of being attacked with non convential weapons by Iran. Or Iran responding to an attack with convential attack. You don't have to be a genious as to which would be the lessor of 2 evils. Just sitting back anf giving up is just plain stupid.
45. # 37
NYC Girl   (08.19.08)
Israeli universities are already open to Muslims. Perhaps if you could have managed to remove your head from your rear end, you would have known that.
46. Reply to post #42 Lydia
yasser ,   Beirut, Lebanon   (08.20.08)
Very well said Lydia, brief and to the point. Thanx.
47. Israel must Strike, Russia will Respond
Craig ,   USA   (08.20.08)
Time is short, Israel must strike before it is too late...but Russia will honor their defense pacts; expect it and plan for it. Foolish leftist Israelis just can't accept the fact that Islamics won't stop until you are all dead!! I am sorry for your predicament, sorry for the hatred which so many harbor for the Jewish people...but sticking your heads in the sand will only serve to embolden your enemies. Israel, nor the world, simply can not escape what is coming...but you can at least set the timetable by depriving your enemies of the initiative. Sadly, the coming conflict will be terrible for the world and for Israel...it will end in Israel's deliverence though; only a remnant will survive.
48. 42# The United States is going to bomb Iran into the gutter.
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (08.20.08)
Israel won't have to do anything. But they can clap when the bombing starts. How's the pasture in Brisbane.....or are you in Gaza? Hug your Osama Bin Laden doll for us.
49. #42 lydia
Cynthia ,   USA   (08.20.08)
Get this through your thick skull lydia. What Hizbullah achieved as a warmongering terrorist group against Israel in 2006 is nothing for you to be proud of. And if Iran were to attack Israel, Lebanon would once again place itself in line for further destruction. Be careful what you wish for.
50. Israel will take out the iranian "army". their missiles
zippy   (08.20.08)
and control their oil and gas fields. The mullahs will run and the Persian people will rise up because they hate their government. They will welcome their liberators and Israel will have all the time in the world to find and destroy the reactors. Now that wasn't so hard---was it? The world will be screaming but privately blessing us---as usual.=, for saving their sorry tushies.
51. 8# You can't get into an american university if you are an
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (08.20.08)
american. They reserve the top spots for subversives and terrorists. If you write an essay on how admeeenahnut is probably a really good guy......you'll be accepted immediately. Half of the staff is terrorist supporters, or Arab fund raisers whose brothers are terrorists. What did you expect would be in the Universities? Americans can't afford to go there. Arab Oil babies are bought right into the admissions office. The rest are just unadulterated wanta be terrorists and sympathizers of terrorist causes. The entry word to get through the door is Israeli Apartheid. That's all you have to utter....and you are in like Flynn.
52. 46# You remind me of the woman at the safe house
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (08.20.08)
who always leaves and goes back to get her a$$ kicked again. We will send you a manual with some blue ptints for your reconstruction program. On second thought....why bother. You'll be begging to be bombed again next week. Do you bend over and hold your knees during these insane bouts of bombing to provide a target......or are you just hiding in the only cave available in the nearest vicinity? We are really trying to figure you guys out. Self flagulation went out in the eighties during the civil war. Oh I forgot....your memories are short in Lebanon. Lebanon.....Iranian leftovers for the Syrians.
53. iran's bomb
leib ,   madison wisconsin us   (08.22.08)
this is why the notion that force should be used only as a last resort is foolish. It needs to be used when it will be effective and result in a positive outcome as Begin's action in 81
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