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Gates: Iran planning on obtaining nuclear weapons
Dudi Cohen
Published: 27.09.09, 14:01
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1. Ahmadinejad = BinLaden on Steroids!
Danger: Iran   (09.27.09)
2. Question
Ricardo Macher ,   KarneiShomron Israel   (09.27.09)
People must de dumb to be in Obama's team?
3. Nero fiddled while Rome burned
Sarah B ,   New York/Saviyon   (09.27.09)
Just exactly how long is the United States willing to wait before taking appropriate action? Or is the U.S. plan to let Israel do its dirty work? Probably. The U.S. has been largely ineffective in Afghanistan, hugely ineffective in Iraq. Sigh. Okay. Put Jewish lives in peril to fix YOUR mistake, Mr. so-called President. Not the first time the U.S. has knuckled under, leaving Israel to clean up your mess.
4. boy Gates sure changed his tune
Brian ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (09.27.09)
gates sucks
5. #3 sarah
(09.27.09)
i agree fully, sarah. the usa and europe have always left israel in a position to fight their dirty wars against russian influence in the mid east and to clean up the mess these powers created...with out blood and our jewish soldiers. imagine how well we cleaned the mess in iraq during 1981 when we sucessfully bombed the osirak nuclear reactor sadam built with FRENCH HELPING HANDS AND SCIENTISTS...FRENCH!!!! can you possibly imagine what the usa and coalition forces could have faced during the 1991 gulf war had sadam's reactor was still operational. not only should the europeans and american kiss israeli iaf butt, but so should the saudis and gulf states who were quick to "compalin against this israeli aggression", but behind closed doors sighed a huge sigh of relief since they hated and feared sadam more so that feared israel. i can guarantee you that the iraqi maniac, sadam, would have gassed and nuked the coalition armies, or threatened them with such an attack. if he was sucessful, all the gulf states including s.a. would have fasllen under his control by an iraqi war of invasion, just like they did to quwait in 1991. so, israel is always left to clean the shit of the antisemites and the israeli haters. sometimes i wonder why we have been put on earth for just such a task. when will this all finish? a jew
6. WMD
Simon ,   London   (09.27.09)
whats good for the gose is good for the gander
7. It's only conjecture on Gates part.
Rich ,   Toronto, Canada   (09.27.09)
The US and Israel governments lied about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction. And now they are lying about Iran.
8. "GATES : NUKES ARE IRAN'S GOAL"
LAWRENCE RAP ARTISTE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (09.27.09)
It must be tough being a Genius..
9. The world is itching to mass war and we have dummies
Al   (09.27.09)
in the White House playing games. All they see is the BIG BAD ISRAEL. Does this not remind you of something? Its before Yom Kipppur. We got to pray like the dickens. We are all in deep trouble. Please G-d help us.
10. no difference if 1 or more sites
Alex ,   Cardiff, UK   (09.27.09)
..one can straddle them all anyway. Every underground factory does have exits, - finite number of exits. Destroy exits and don't allow restoring them. One can keep it this way as long as needed - Iranian theocratic regime won't last forever, especially after being humiliated this way.
11. To #3 Sarah living in the bad America
George ,   Canada   (09.27.09)
Since its creation more than 54 UN resolutions commending Israel were vetoed by America. America gives Israel huge political cover on the world arena, huge military and technological aid. More than 3 billions financial aid each year (this is what been declared) and we don’t know about what is going undercover aid and the financial manipulation etc… You live in America and make living here Mrs. NY girl and still unhappy. in the first occasion you are ready to throw dirt on America. Jew historically never been loyal to any country they lived in. In 33 days fight , 3 Israeli army brigades which is about 3 0000 soldiers equipped with the latest technological weaponry couldn’t conquer a small organization from3000 fighters in south Lebanon fighting with primitive weapons .(read one more time Winograd commission report ) this might lower your arrogance and endocrine. And finally you are more than welcome to show us your talent, super power and heroism in Afghanistan where Taliban are way stronger than Hezbollah.
12. Saudi Arabia
Barney ,   USA   (09.27.09)
how about these guys getting off their butts and doing something besides milking the world of petro dollars.they don't want a nuclear iran more that Israel. they buy all these arms from the u.s. for what? to protect against Israeli aggression. they better worry about their neighbor iran and try out some of their military capabilities. they would rather let Israel do the dirty work and suffer the consequences. the only argument against letting the saudis do it is they probably don't have the skill
13. Is this guy (gates) kidding or what ?
Michel ,   Jerusalem   (09.27.09)
That' Obama staff level ? Poor Western world !
14. #11 Canada is the whimpest country of all and your stupid
t/b reiterates it. ,   SC New York   (09.27.09)
15. #11 Bright boy?? Why would US veto 54 resolutions commending
Israel?Condeming ,   perhaps? IDIOT!!!!   (09.27.09)
16. to #14 the wise american from SC new York
George ,   Canada   (09.27.09)
Not a secret now, that Israel worked very well behind the scene and desperately pushed the moron George Bush to invade Iraq by supplying falsificated intelligence reports about the inexistent Iraqi WMD program. .Cheney and his Israeli loyal lobby were behind the ashamed reports handed to Colin Powel for presentation at the UN. More than 4000 US soldiers and 400000 Iraqi were killed for lies, an open lies and no accountability. They are trying to repeat the same game with Iran. But no, enough is enough .Our blind support to Israel with its illegal land stealing and settlement and the unsolved Israeli Palestinian problem is radicalizing Islam and bringing all these Jihadists fanatics to our step door. No more American or Canadian will be killed for Israeli cause. This maybe clear up your obscure minde .
17. #15 yes ,you the smarty condemning ,
George ,   Canada   (09.27.09)
you got it it was a typing mistake.Refer to the UN archive and you will know why Israel was so many times condemned and how many times America use the veto .
18. Peaceful Electricity?
Fred ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (09.27.09)
You can learn from the web that Iran has just one nuclear power plant and it's not operating yet. And they have a lot more uranium than that plant can use. You can also learn about the many medium range ballistic Shahab missiles Iran has already deployed. The Shahab-3 has a maneuverable re-entry vehicle so the warhead can evade anti-missile defenses. Only weapons do that. And the only weapon that makes sense for this missile is a nuclear warhead. You can also learn about the Sajjil-2 missile they tested in May, that also has features only useful for a nuclear delivery. There is ZERO probability that Iran's nuclear program is just for power. They've put too much effort into advanced missile weapons.
19. TELL THAT TO OBAMA
zionist forever   (09.27.09)
The US may admit Iran is developing nukes but under this administration the facts on the ground don't matter, Iran could get a nuke tommorow but all that matters is diplomacy as a solution. Obama has turned the US into a paper tiger it has trillions of dollar worth of the best military equipment in the world but its not willing to use it under any circumstances. The EU are a bunch of non confrontational pacafists and always have been. Russia & China will never allow sanctions to be passed thats going to really hurt Iran and even if they are Iran is likely to be defiant and prefer sanctions than being push around. Israel is willing to do something but its being held back by Obama. Iran is winning this and they know it at this rate they will have nukes very soon. All they need to do is keep playing the same game we have been playing for around 4 years now and going round in circles WEST - Iran we are offering you incentives but we want you to stop your nuclear weapons program or else sanctions. IRAN - we will never give up our nuke progrm WEST - ok sanctions IRAN - not so fast we want diplomacy WEST - here is a new offer IRAN - we willnever give up our nuke plan WEST - sanction time IRAN - come on give diplomacy more time. We go round and round in circles playing the same game whilst Iran continue to enrich uranium and devlop nuclear weapons technology. In cases where sanctions have been used Iran has defied them and anything to harsh Russia & China will veto. This whole process is a farce there is only 1 practical option left and thats military action preferably by the US who have the hardware to destroy not just nuclear faciities but also chemical weapons and missile building and launching facilities. If not then Israel should be allowed to try and take action it could at least put the program back by a number of years give the diplomats time to play their games more & hopefully get a competent president in the White House who isn't afraid of confrontations he can't win without the help of a teleprompter.
20. NEW US PREXY - SAME OLD ACCUSATIONS...
stude ham   (09.27.09)
21. We're all going to die.
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22. Zionist Forever #19
Brod ,   USA   (09.27.09)
Unfortunately, so long as Obama is the President he will sabotage Israel's effort to defend itself. Ergo, Israel will have to defend itself without Obama's knowledge and interference. Israel may have to use its ultimate pie to defend itself should the fanatics in Iran unleash its long-range missiles on Israel. It is time for the good people in Tehran to flee to the Mountains. It is time for the foreigners to start returning to their own countries for their own safety. Israel should begin advising its people to protect themselves and be ready to defend the nation. Congress should be united to oppose Obama who is trying to sabotage Israel's effort to defend itself. Obama is not a leader. He can't even manage the war in Iraq and Afgrhanistan. How can he deal with a more formidable challenge from the fanatics in Iran?
23. Farewell from Gates, remnant of Bush government
Tayfun_Turkey ,   Istanbul   (09.27.09)
Republician Ministry of Defence serving in Democrat Governement What a democracy, they cannot find or replace a Republician war criminal despite Democrat electors voted down Republician War crimes.
24. 11
zionist forever   (09.27.09)
1) Yes the US has vetoed alot of resolutions passed against Israel many of them were unjust and biased in the first place. 2) The US no longer gives Israel financial aid it gives around $2.5 billion in military aid and that benefits the US economy more than it helps Israel & its the US that doesn't want Israel to end military aid. 3) There are many types of warfare and you cannot compare a conventional war - a urban warfare palestians fight or fighting an enemy thats mobile and well armed in their own home turf as with Hizbollah. Hizbollah are also armed with alot more than primitive weapons thanks to Iran. They have the latest anti tank rockets even UAVS which they try to use as a poor mans guided missile. Israel mistakenly went to fight on their homeground where they know every bush & dirt road and a man whilst a man with an anti tank rocket can hide behind a bush a tank cannot. The failure in Lebanon was mainly the politicians trying to micromanage the war and ignoring the officers on the ground because they thought they knew better. It wasn't until the last days that Dan Halutz chief if staff agreed to send more infantry which the men on the ground had been asking for fopr weeks. Olmert was a fool, the defense minister believed that first strike meant going on strike before giving the employers a list of demands. 4) The Taliban have less advanced weapons than Hizbollah but again they know every cave and dirt road, people who will protect them and generally much more mobile than the allies and through simple weapons like roadside bombs & RPGS they have limited defense over. If the US was going head - head with Hizbollah & the Taliban in a good old fighting match tany v tank and plane v plane then it would be a one sided battle in favour if Israel & the US but non conventional wars are harder to fight.
25. gates like barak
alexi   (09.27.09)
GaTES is an intelligence man-ask him to do something and he does it. Policy, projection,power forget it. Barak is the same-ask him to do something in special tactics, fine. But ask him policy and what should israel do--here is his blather-iran is a threat... iran is no threat... we put it on the table,... we take it off the table.... offer arafat , abloody murderer everything like our sellout shmuck olmert... I went in there as a ploy to expose no partner. Ask yourself why he would appoint 2 academics beilin and ben ami to entrust the state when between the 2 of them , they have no combat or security experience. Beilin has good intentions and ben ami likewise. But they misunderstood israel's resilience. Rabin was tired, they were tired, israelis were tired but still had fight in them as they know their progrome history and they are not going back. Barak and olmert would put israel back pre 48 with hez missiles, hamas missiles ingaza and soon west bank. The corridor is lunacy and whoever proposed it should be put in a hospital. israel would then not be contiguous and hamas would fire missiles from both sides. Don' t tell me sunken or elevated highways. The answer to arabs is jordan or saudi arabia or autonomy with jordanain citizenship--no israeli citizenship.
26. #17 Tut,tut,tut,If your'e gonna appear to be blovating,ya
gotta learn how to ,   spell!!!!!   (09.27.09)
27. #16 IDIOT!! The worlds leaders knew about this for the past
SC ,   New York   (09.27.09)
2 yrs. The only difference is, now they are letting the public know that they know so as to put pressure on the UN and others. Do you honestly think this comes as a suprise to us?? Really?? Our support will ALWAYS be for Israel. Deal with it and move on already. Let these islamic morons beat their chest and threaten the world. In the scheme of all things who really gives a damn? Besides, we have gleefully killed more muslims since 9-11 then they did to us. And we will gladly kill more too. It's just ignorant Canuks like you that really make the world a bad place to live. PS. It's MIND, not MINDE.
28. To: No. 5
Sarah B ,   New York/Saviyon   (09.27.09)
Oh, I agree wih you so much. I have long reminded people on various threads on this board what a different war the Coalition would have faced in 1991 had Israel not taken upon itself the task of destroying the Osirac reactor. The Europeans? No a really big surprise there. Europe is one huge Jewish cemetery. As to why it always to fall upon us to clean up everyone's mess? I don't know. Neither can I explain how it is that a fraction of a percent of the world's population (Jews) has managed to garner better than 75% of Nobel prizes and can claim ownership to incredible advancements in the sciences and medicine. Maybe that's why everybody hates us. It all boils down to jealousy. Here we are, a tiny fraction of the world's population, always persecuted, always derided, always a real easy target. Despite all this, we have made such significant contributions to humanity, all the while clinging to our religion. We're chosen. Of that, I am certain. (Well, may as well work with the best and the brightest!) Gmar hatima tova.
29. To: No. 16
Sarah B ,   New York/Saviyon   (09.27.09)
Clearly you believe in some weird, non-existent Jewish conspiracy. The United States has wonderful satellites that can track pretty much anything any country does. Very pretty pictures, there are, of Iraq trucking its weapons of mass destruction across the border into Syria. Which explains the why and the how of the reason Israel flew no less than 600 miles outside its airspace to destroy the budding Syrian nuclear reactor. As to a need to invade Iraq? Honey, I don't know how you feel about it, but I justified the invasion when US troops came across the first mass grave. You just tuck yourself in comfortably and worry about Quebec, okay?
30. The coming events are sad: war, death, famine, disease.
Rivkah   (09.27.09)
The only way to head it all off is for the United Nations and the EU and the Arab League to pray together for the God of the Jews to come and lead them since they cannot find the solutions to avert the nuclear wars that are coming. If God's authority is recognized by the leaders of the nations, then the Jewish Messiah can come without the wars and earthquakes and tsunamis and so many other disasters that will precede his coming, otherwise.
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