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Wall Street Journal: Israel may attack Iran
Yitzhak Benhorin
Published: 31.08.09, 18:15
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1. Can't you guys leave obuslim alone? He's on vacation now &
can't be bothered by ,   such trivial stuff!!   (08.31.09)
2. Hmm, I'll betcha omama will appoint an Iranian czar to take
care of this since ,   he has NO clue.   (08.31.09)
3. We'll see
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (08.31.09)
4. THE US HAS WAITED TO LONG !!!.
ORAO STRANKA. ,   TSARIGRAD U SRBIA.   (08.31.09)
'Israeli attack dangerous to US' THERE IS ONLY ONE OPTION LESS DANGEROUS, AND THAT IS, A US STRIKE ALONE, OR TOGHETER WITH ISRAEL !!!. THE US CAN IN BOTH CASES, ISRAEL ALONE OR, THE US ALONE, OR TOGHETER WITH ISRAEL, KISS AL THEIR RELATIONS WITH ISLAM,THE ARABS, THE MIDDLE EAST, THE FAR EAST, AS WELL AS THEIR ECONOMY, GODBYE. Orao.
5. Sanity
Robert Haymond ,   Ashdod, Israel   (08.31.09)
Much belated sanity appearing from the USA about the real situation and its imminent dangers. Perhaps Obama is losing some credibility.
6. WSJ or National Enquirer?
emanon ,   USA   (08.31.09)
This has been floating around for a while now, even before the last American presidential election. Yawn . . .
7. Boker Tov!!!
Shmuel ,   Israel   (08.31.09)
It looks like SOMEONE finally woke up!!
8. I will believe it when I see it DOH bama wants to stop it
zionist forever   (08.31.09)
Lots of newspapers in the US, UK, France, Israel, arab states and many other countries have said before Israel is going to be attacking Iran. I will believe it when I see it and we won't see it as long as DOH bama insists there should be no deadlines for diplomacy. Also thanks to the US X Band radar in the Negev which the US pick up just about anything in the skies over Israel so there can be no going it alone like in 1981 and the first thing the Americans hear about it is after the job is done. If they don't want Israel to do it they will detect the Israeli jets a long way beyond Israels national borders even if they are flying bellow conventional radar and DOH bama will be informed and he will just order Israel to order its jets to return to base and cancel the mission because it will harm his chances of reaching a diplomatic agreement. So until its confirmed there has been an attack I won't be taking to much notice of what anybodies newspapers have to say.
9. Iran
EDY BURAK ,   miami , usa   (08.31.09)
is better an Israeli strike than a nuclear bomb in Iran Ajmadinejad hands..... the west can say thank to Israel one day.....
10. Time is running out.
daniel ,   Israel   (08.31.09)
11. Media should stop lying and trying to wag the dog.
Jake   (08.31.09)
12. Noh bama and the iranian nukes
Mark   (08.31.09)
Yeah, an attack on iran is out of the question...the Messiah in the White House wouldn't allow that-doesn't fit in with redistribution and appeasement. Pity that Israel doesn't kick the US out of Israel and reclaim its sovereignty.
13. israel won't attack iran
andy dubois ,   toronto, canada   (08.31.09)
a) israel cannot win a war with iran b) israel realizes its end will come sooner if it goes to war with iran c) israel fears that war on iran will unite arabs and moslims d) talk of israeli attack on iran didn't stop for about 5 years ... before iran even had any centrifuges ... talk will continue forever ... hey israel, who is stopping you? e) israel will keep pushing the u.s. to fight on its behalf
14. iran
farrokh ,   tampa,usa   (08.31.09)
I wish this toothless dog(zionests)would stop barking.
15. Israel will be blamed because the West failed to act
Raymond in DC ,   Washington, USA   (08.31.09)
The UN didn't act (in the pocket of the Islamic bloc); the EU didn't act (too busy making money); Russia and China didn't act (building up their strategic positions); the US didn't act (over-extended, doesn't want to give Islamic world another grievance against us) And Israel? Just a little country always putting us in an awkward position, those Jews... So because the world is too feckless, too gutless to do something serious about Iran, it may well be that Israel must act ... alone. And when the rockets start flying in response, when oil prices spike, we know who will be blamed. Hint: It won't be the UN, the EU, NATO or the US.
16. The USA strategic nuclear self-deception.
Ron B. ,   Lod   (08.31.09)
Nuclear weapons, while useful, are not essential to the Iranian strategy against Israel, which is based on Hezbollah, Hamas, and Syria (with its massive stockpile of non-nuclear missiles, some of them with chemical and biological warheads). NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE ESSENTIAL, HOWEVER, FOR THE STRATEGY AGAINST THE US AND THE WEST. And this explains the willingness of the Iranian regime to expend huge sums of money — to the detriment of its population — as well as expose itself to the possibility of military attack from a cornered Israel. Unfortunately, the US is behaving toward Iran very much as it behaved toward Hitler’s Germany in the late 1930’s, pretending that, after all, the worst that can happen is that somebody else will be hurt. Nuclearization of Iran must be understood in the context of the Islamic Revolution as explained at : http://xrl.us/bejbft
17. To 13
Smith   (08.31.09)
You forgot f) F) Israel will stike and win this war. Antisemites pigs will become mad again. Answer: F
18. Blame Howdy Doody & Buffalo Dick
Jon ,   USA   (08.31.09)
While they were busy with disastrous invasion of Iraq, Iran & N'Korea did as they pleased. They had no fear of U.S. Now Obama has a big mess on his hands everywhere he looks!
19. ISRAELI ATTACK WOULD BE A GOOD THING
Arik Silverman ,   Milwaukee USA   (08.31.09)
The whole Middle East, the UK, EU, and especially the US need to be shaken up. They're living in a fools' paradise of half-measures and temporary efforts. I'm afraid the only way for the situation to get better is for it first to get far, far worse, and an Israeli attack would do the job. The predicted consequences, such as a severe shortage of oil, would wake the people of the Western countries up to the fact that they must enforce a settlement of issues in the area.
20. No 13, are you totally brainless?
(08.31.09)
21. 14, Now, here's a very,very angry Farook.
(08.31.09)
22. Israel has nothing to gain by attacking
Rich ,   Toronto, Canada   (08.31.09)
a country that doesn't attack them first. Certainly, the average Israeli is not going to get anything from this, except dead relatives. The people should not let themselves be used as cannon fodder by the corrupt "Mafia" government.
23. b.o. will protect his moslim bros!
jason white ,   afula,israel   (08.31.09)
24. Israel seems to be.....
Rabbi Hafeez ,   Ethiopia   (08.31.09)
running on empty bravado.
25. #13
dan   (08.31.09)
the israeli strategy is to get the americans/NATO to do this, but if they won't, to do it themselves (less desirable). i think you very much misunderstand the israeli mindset if you think that israel will *not* attack iran. if the iranians resort to attacking american interests in response, that will end up being suicide for them (and what israel will be praying for). they will not likely do it, rather they will activate hezbollah against israel and probably use non conventional means through hezbollah.
26. WSJ-Fox News Rag
John Woo ,   Oakland CA   (08.31.09)
The WSJ once was a credible news source. Now it has become another part of the Murdoch, frothing at the mouth, misinformation empire. America is so "weak" that it presently is at war in two countries in the M/E. But this is not nearly enough blood letting for the warmongers. They insist on a Trifecta with a paper tiger.
27. iran
ali ,   france   (08.31.09)
perhaps israel should attack iran but they must do it on their own no help from the US, no intervention, no aid, no info, nothing. the best is let the best men win. that way it will be clear if israelies survive is their own doing as if they disapear. the west must distant itself from this mess even if they create it. anyhow israel believes is closer to britain than to iran so be it.
28. Bluff; Israel is a nation of cowards
Chanalau, Tova ,   London, UK   (08.31.09)
The only people Israel will attack is those that cannot defend themselves. Israel won't risk an Iranian rocket hitting Dimona; that is why that swindler Nethanyahu is trying to con the US to do its dirty work for it.
29. #22. Israel cannot be blamed for fake media reports
Jake   (08.31.09)
none of which have even a scrap of evidence to back up their claims on Israel's intentions RE Iran. If anything, Netanyahu has a far steadier hand than his predecessor. In the end, the media tries to whip up a storm using fabrications, like the Swedish article on "organ harvesting". Is it Israel's fault that she is at the center of all this contrived media hooplah,when she is simply trying to mind her own business?
30. we have to defend our interest first not those of the US
dovdevan ,   ashdod,israel   (08.31.09)
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