I've said it before,will say it again. The same nonsense about technical disabilities was(in providing centrifuges and fuel for the reactors)was said about north korea. Guess what?today north korea is a nuclear power. Iran too shall have the same faith. Just put your senses together for a minute and think hard. If a country like north korea,which has been under constant trade embargo by the west can develop nukes,what makes you think the iranian regime,which has a wide network of its trade proxies all over the globe cant and wont be able to do it????how hard is it for them to get things smuggled into their home land?I'm not saying satellites dont pick up stuff moving around,but does that include every shipment(through air,sea,land)that goes to that country???and guess what,iran is a big country(geographically speaking),which makes it even easier for them to smuggle,hide,and do what ever they wish(underground),not to mention the terrain is no where close to any arab country(yeah i know they are not arabs), with lotsa mountains and hill's. You cant keep on insisting that your hi-tech would notice every detail in iran. That's ridiculous. Your telling me there's absolutely no way thing's happening there would go unnoticed??gimme a break already !!that's why they have made use of north korean assistance in building deep underground tunnels(around mountains)which makes it even harder to hit. Never forget-under estimating the enemy(IN YOUR case iran)would have unforgettable consequences.

Like they could invent something

Nah, he's still busy emptying the drawers and paper shredder baskets left by his mate, Mohamad El-B

To all the zionests now is crying time iwill let you now when is barking time.

Soon, when they are erased from the map.

how is your comment, referring to Iranians as monkeys and the eradication of their country, any better than what Mr. Ahmadinejad said about Israel and its people? Do two wrongs make a right according to you? Why can you say that about him and he can't say it about you? Doesn't Judasim call for rightousness and turning the other cheek? Please explain...

It took Iran ten years and half a million lives to achieve a pitiful "draw" against a vastly inferior Iraqi military. Iran, as I recall, actually hurled twelve and thirteen year old boys in front of tanks. Israel is not Iraq. Let's see -- Iran's an economic basket case -- unemployment at 30% (according to Iran; experts in the West put it at 40% or greater); rampant inflation; crippling sanctions and a very discontented populace. Electricity routinely shut off for between five and six hours a day; mullahs that ride herd on an increasingly desperate citizenry, fraudulent elections and ayatollahs who live in the lap of luxury while the average citizen can no longer afford food. Iran's military has never recovered from the debacle that was the Iran-Iraq War -- aged materiel, no spare parts and a disaffected standing military and questionable, unproven military equipment from Russia (you can see how effective Russian equipment that is more advanced than what they have indicated they might sell to Iran has been in combating rebellion in Chechnya and Ingushetia). As a courtesy, then, I am telling you that Iran is a whimpering, mangy three-legged mutt. A rabid one. Won't take much of anything at all to push that criminal Islamic regime over the edge -- it is teetering on the brink already.

Change your mantra wacko, its boring us.

Then Iran can build their nukes without being in breach of the NPT. Its probably is already at the point of no return now with their nuclear weapons program but still all Obama does is make speeches and threats of sanctions which don't worry Iran. We have Russia promising to speed up work on their nuclear reactor. China saying no sanctions more talk. The Egyptian El Badrei one day condemning Iran and the next day urging against sanctions. Israel is being held back by Obama. Whatever happened to the good old days of George Bush. He might not have been popular but the Iranians did take his threats seriously Obama they are running rings around because they know that he would rather see them develop a nuke before using military action to stop them. IRAN HAS WON THIS AND ALL THIS TOUGH TALK SEEMS PRETTY POINTLESS BECAUSE THE IRANIANS ARE NOT FOOLED BY IT.

Permit me to explain. 1. Actually, the reference to monkeys relates to a news report of a little Iranian girl whose stuffed monkey was named "Ahmedinejad." It's become something of a running joke throughout the world. 2. The Islamic Republic of Iran has for thirty years threatened to "wipe the 'Zionist entity' (i.e., Israel) from the map." The rhetoric has grown increasingly bellicose under Ahmedinejad's regime. Most recently, he threatened to obliterate Tel Aviv. I don't recall seeing any posts from you expressing shock and horror over that. 3 - This is not a question of "two wrongs making a right," by the way. This is a question of thirty years of Iranian belligerence aimed very specifically at Israel; it is a question of Iran's state sponsorship of terror, including, though not limited to, arming Hamas and Hizbollah. That is a contravention of international law. Again, you have raised no objection to that. 4 - Yes, Judaism does call for righteousness. Call me silly, but I don't exactly understand what you, as an American finds particularly "righteous" about Iran. I seem to recall an invasion of the United States in Tehran (a United States embassy is, after all, United States territory anywhere in the world), hostages which were taken and kept for nearly four years and, in a rather pitiful attempt to rescue the hostages which ended badly for the United States, I remember seeing videos of the corpses of American soldiers who died in the rescue attempt being kicked and otherwise defiled by assorted Iranian mullahs. 5 - No, Judaism does not call for "turning the other cheek." That would be Christianity. Judaism does call for justice and an equivalent response to the provocation, which is why Israel (a) destroyed a convoy in Sudan intended to supply Hanas with missiles and other weapons; (b) blew two Iranian arms-laden ships out of the water; and (c) interdicted a container vessel bearing arms intended for Hizbollah. There! Now do you understand?

you are well known for grabbing the chance when it comes to preemptive or surgical or all the fancy terms you use for aggressive mode if what you claim is true why not end the suffering of those who are unsure to stay or to leave to reassure them you owe to them didn't you hear 1/4th will leave if iran just showed her baby teeth

Israel is not crude like Iran. Iran has been attacked in quite a few ways, not the least of which include "accidents" befalling members of Iran's imported cadre of nuclear physicists and engineers and strange mishaps that have occurred with the physical elements required to build working reactors. Then there are the mysterious explosions that destroyed two arms-laden vessels carrying arms intended for HIzbollah and Hamas -- those vessels barely cleared Bandar Abbas. Not too long ago, a third such vessel was interdicted in the Mediterranean by the Israeli Navy, and all its weapons -- quite a haul, too -- confiscated. I seem to recall Israel destroying a weapons convoy in the Sudan sent by Iran and destined for Hamas. Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Face it: Israel can get you anytime it wants. And there is not a damn thing that Iran can do except take it, right on the chin. And these are just love taps, dear. If you go by the name "Reza Shah," then you are well aware that the symbol of Iran is the peacock. Lots of showy feathers (just like Iran's empty rhetoric) and lots of puffery and strutting (just like Iran's ridiculous leadership). No teeth, though. Like Iran, the peacock has no teeth.

Seems so encouraging indeed.All arms destined for Hamas and hizbullah's being confiscated..........imagine the latest one being a ploy to take the world's attention off the Gaza massacre as well.Some haul of arms coinciding with world's attention being solely on the probe report of Gaza.Well done,Sarah. 'Israel can get you anytime'??? Indeed a bold statement but confined only to the readers of talk-back from you,of course.Let us keep record of when next you would still continue with these words..........we are almost getting into 2010,Sarah.Keep it up,we enjoy reading it.

Time will tell, won't it? Contemplate the possibility that Israel releases information on interdicted shipments of arms and destroyed shipments of arms -- all emanating from Iran and intended to support its terrorist proxies, quite in contravention of international law -- when it wishes and when it results in a toughening of Western resolve to put an end to Iran's nuclear ambitions. Many similar actions go unreported because Israel feels no need to release the information. It's enough that Iran knows. I notice you use many words, but say nothing. As usual, your comments are limited to insults and rather childishly ineffective attempts at sarcasm (you want to leave off that, by the way -- you are not sufficiently skilled a writer to employ sophisticated literary devices effectively. Your attempts are clumsy and fall flat). I note, however, that for all your comments aimed at insulting me (they don't, by the way; I would have to take you seriously in order to feel insulted), you have yet to refute the factual content of my posts. I suspect we all know it is because you cannot.

It's Zionist to you my dear. Please learn how to spell check before you put the same boring comment on this site. Woof! woof!

All the huff and the puff turn the peacock on you know why ((he)) show his beautiful feathers do we have death wish or are we sure? as for not being crude thats ajoke that draw a yellow smiles all around the woeld after what happen to crippled shiek and Qana 1&2 then Gaza

Israel waited eight patient years to see if diplomatic efforts would cause Iraq to abandon its nucler ambitions. It didn't, so Israel took out the reactor by itself. I guess Israel is waiting to the end of the year to see if the world can get its act together on more stringent sanctions before it acts unilaterally. (Well, not really unilaterally -- both the Emirates and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have offered Israel an air corridor and refueling services.) Israel's nuclear submarines already patrol the Persian Gulf. Iran will never know what hit them. Most of the world cannot wait to see those peacock feathers fly! In answer to your question, though -- does Iran have a death wish? Not sure. Iran's leadership does not really appear to have a good grasp on reality, that's for certain. Do they -- and you -- really believe the terrified posturing that has emanated from Tehran of late? How sad if they -- and you -- do. No one else in the world buys it, and Iran is running out of time. Don't worry. Civilian casualties will be minimal, and avoided as much as humanly possible. Neither the people of the State of Israel, nor the people of the United States, bear any ill will towards the Iranian people. The people in both countries sympathize greatly with the plight of the Iranian people. The Islamofascist regime has to go, though. And the greatest benefit from that will be to the Iranian people. I am sure you know that thirty years of Islamofascist rule has brought Iran to the brink of disaster and made Iran an international pariah. Believe it or not, the civilized world does not think much of Iran's policies -- both foreign and domestic.