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Mullen: US committed to preventing another Holocaust
Ronen Medzini
Published: 15.02.10, 19:18
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1. THWART -
Arn. ,   SWEDEN.   (02.15.10)
While in Tel Aviv, Mullen also met with Ashkenazi and Military Intelligence chief Major-General Amos Yadlin. The three discussed the Iranian nuclear threat, among other pressing issues. Upon his arrival in Israel Sunday, the US military chief told a press conference that he was concerned over the "unintended consequences" of a military strike by Israel on Iran, but vowed to thwart Tehran's nuclear program. -IRANS NUCLEAR PROGRAM - HOW ???. Reiterating that "Iran must not acquire nuclear capability," Mullen said that if a regional confrontation were to break out following a strike on Tehran, it "will be a big, big, big problem for all of us, and I worry a great deal about the unintended consequences of a strike". Asked about the red lines the US administration has set for Iran's nuclear program, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff refused to offer a detailed response, but said, "President Barack Obama was very clear that from a policy standpoint, Iran cannot have nuclear weapons." HOW CAN NOT IRAN HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS - -HOW-!!!. Arn.
2. 1930s revisited.
Harvey ,   london   (02.15.10)
This is history repeating itself . Nazi Germany violated the Terms of the Treaty of Versailles throughout the mid 30s . Hitler developed his armed forces beyond the limitations of the Treaty with total impunity. The free world ,anxious to avoid another war listened to the voices of appeasement and excused Hitler of each new violation . The Rhineland followed by the Sudentenland were all deemed expendable in the quest for a peaceful outcome. The situation now is no different. A fascist tyrant demands a new holocaust and is rapidly developing the means to make good his threat. It will not end there.Nuclear material will be freely available to Islamist terror groups in order to attack the West with. Israel will continue to follow the diplomatic route but only for so long. A point will be reached soon when hard decisions will have to be taken and which doubtless will have serious consequences.Those consequences will be containable.A nuclear Iran will not be. Ultimately ,I do not believe Iran will achieve their goal.
3. # 2
Birdi ,   Israel   (02.15.10)
Harvey, I hope your crystal ball is correct.
4. Excuse me?
zznhl   (02.15.10)
No...we'll prevent another shoah!
5. Who is Mullen to say it he'll stop another "HOLOCAUST"?
James ,   ISRAEL   (02.15.10)
That is not for you to say it Mr.Mullen When time comes it is the JEWS WHO WILL STOP IT BEFORE YOU.or Iran decides. Not up to you and yours to pontificate as though you are one of us.YOU ARE NOT!
6. Shoah
Birdi ,   Israel   (02.15.10)
As long as Israel exists, there will never be another Shoah.
7. How,how?Arn SWEDEN?
James ,   ISRAEL   (02.15.10)
Just empty dialogue no substance and just mouthing inanities. if the US wants to stop Iran acquiring the nukes,they most certainly are not doing much to prevent it. You Arn in Sweden are quite right in demanding HOW? Do you know something,and I have said it before(either here or elsewhere) this: Never in the realm of politics has so many important people come on a visit from afar.. to see a small people ...Israel I wrote it better elsewhere =,but you get the gist don't you?
8. Excuse me again?
zznhl   (02.15.10)
Does he mean like the Americans stopped the Ruwanda shoah, or the Yugoslavia shoah or the Sudan shoah or the Cambodia shoah or what?
9. # 7
Birdi ,   Israel   (02.15.10)
James, I believe Obama will also be visiting Israel this year; so I have read.
10. Please, Please Do Not Trust Obama
Dan ,   USA   (02.15.10)
to save Israel. You don't sit in a church for 19 years where hatred of whites and Jews is the theme and then go out to save Israel. The man pulled the wool over America's Democrats and Independents. Do not believe a word he say, watch what he accomplishes. Usually nothing.
11. Better Future for Our Children
Bharat - Hindustan - ,   New delhi - India   (02.16.10)
Just dont waste time, even "G" is with you
12. # 11
Birdi ,   Israel   (02.16.10)
All the way from New Delhi,India, thankyou for caring.
13. Mullen: US committed to preventing another Holocaust
david ,   San Francisco, CA   (02.16.10)
If the US is committed to preventing another Holocaust why hasn't the US referred Iranian President Ahmadinejad to the UN on the Charge of Incitement to Commit Genocide under Articles 2, and 3 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Article 8 states: "Any Contracting Party may call upon the competent organs of the United Nations to take such action under the Charter of the United Nations..." Better yet, why doesn't Germany step forward and refer Iranian President Ahmadinejad to the UN on the Charge of Incitement to Commit Genocide? Considering their recent past that's the least they could do.
14. get rid of nuclear arms.
sjoerd van de velde ,   hoorn- the netherlan   (02.16.10)
""president obama said from a political point of view iran cannot have nuclear weapons"" . not only iran can have nuclear weapons, not a single country, even the u.s. and israel can have nuclear weapons. obama said he wants to get rid of all nuclear weapons in this world., but until now, no deeds, just only words. he can start today (together with other countries) to destroy all nuclear weapons to be an excample for the world. long live the brave mordechai vanunu! all countries, all peoples and all human beings are equal. no exceptions to the rule (of law) long live a world without nuclear weapons!
15. Mullen is putting put the standard reply
AY_Lamb ,   Globestan   (02.16.10)
you see how easy it is "if you inept Jews can't save yourselves don't worry we will save ya just like last time in WWII" --- Same thing's being done in Afghanistan and Iraq "all them there Hajjis is gay and uneducated; we is occupying them for their own good" "you know helpin em out to become human like us" All Bush doctrine; the C-streeters and the jesus-only folks in Texass and DC have already decided to help you guys out like it or not.
16. Prevent another Holocaust by destroying Iran's nukes.
Chaim ,   Israel   (02.16.10)
All talks about preventing another Holocaust is idle chatter unless we destroy Iran's nukes. As we all know, Iran's Mad Mullahs are building nuclear bombs to enable them to perpetrate another Holocaust. The situation couldn't be more clear or more serious. We know we must destroy Iran's nukes. What are we waiting for?
17. Only the strong IDFwill prevent another Shoa
e.m.Jordan is Palest ,   s.f   (02.16.10)
Sixty-five years after the end of World War II in which the Nazis took the lives of six million Jews, the Jews around the world are still as much in danger as they were in the 1930’s, if not more so. In Europe anti-Semitism comes out mostly disguised as anti-Zionism. Almost all of the European Left is anti-Israeli, especially in Spain, where the anti-Israel policy of the socialist government of PM Zapatero and FM Moratinos is now notorious. It took more than a year, for instance, to close the channel connection to the Hispasat satellite of the Hizbullah TV, al-Menar, which was thereby able to continue broadcasting more than a year of hate and Islamist propaganda into Latin America. In a country with the most anti-Catholic government in its history, but with a multicultural obsession for Islam, Al-Manar TV was part of “freedom of press.” During years in Pakistan, it was surprising to note how many metropolitan legends circulated within the country having, at their center, a Jewish plot. When Pakistan exploded its first nuclear device, for example, people said they had been compelled to do so to deter India, which was about to bomb them, and that shortly before the blast, Indian bombers, with Israeli pilots [sic], were already warming up the engines on some runaway. The logical question is: Why in Heaven would the Indians need Israeli pilots? The staunchest enemies are in the Muslim world, and in particular, those who deny the Holocaust. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, who has called Israel a "cancerous tumor that must be wiped from the map,” last week reiterated his intention to get rid of the Jewish State: "Definitely, the day will come when nations of the region will witness the destruction of the Zionist regime," Khamenei was quoted as saying. "How soon or late [Israel's demise] will happen depends on how Islamic countries and Muslim nations approach the issue." The Iranians, and movements such as Hamas and Hezbollah, are certainly the most vocal in boasting of their hatred for the Jews, but in the whole Muslim, world anti-Semitism is widespread, even where they have never seen a Jew.
18. Average American
Larry ,   ILLINOIS   (02.16.10)
The average American knows very little of the dangers Israel faces from those that wishes it ill. Left-wing news organizations such as the BBC NITELY NEWS tend to portray the Palestinian Hamas terrorists as being the oppressed in every instance. Who will provide both sides fairly and how will they provide the real story to the American public. The one adv that has run lately regarding Israel was a solicitation for money with old Israeli men and women, torn clothes and hungry. It absolutely gave the wrong impression of how Israel as a state takes care of its own. One could get the idea that Muslim governments are more concerned about their people than Israel is about the health and well being of its own.
19. U.S. failed to stop genocide
Kyle ,   Southpark, CO, USA   (02.16.10)
Never mind the Shoah, U.S. failed to stop genocide in Cambodia, Rwanda, Iraq, North Korea, China...
20. One Day, US will try to 'save' Israel by occupying her
shnitzlman   (02.16.10)
Remember, ROME was a friend for 200 years before Titus conquered Israel. Beware such 'friends'.
21. i like to visit the museam
hala   (02.16.10)
but i can not reach it please make a film that can visit evry house to be seen for humanity sake i mean for the future of the children to see the past of the nation
22. Between politics and friends.
Ron B. ,   Lod   (02.16.10)
"Army Says Israeli Armor Has Saved "Many" U.S. Lives in Iraq. The U.S. Army has thanked Israel for supplying it with armor for armored personnel carriers (APCs) in Iraq, the Israel21c website reported. The Israeli armor has saved "many lives," according to a letter sent by the Army to Rafael, the Israel Armament Development Authority. Israel expedited delivery of the armor to the United States to help protect American APCs from roadside bombs, which have killed more than 150 U.S. servicemen in Iraq.(March 2005). Lately the alliance with the USA bears a question mark : http://xrl.us/beub6e
23. Forget Mullen and put your faith in Hashem,
Rich ,   Toronto, Canada   (02.16.10)
because in 2012, when the Solar System passes through the galatic equator, you are going to need it. Fighting Muslims will be the least of our problems. Judgement Day is coming.
24. #21
Logic ,   Israel   (02.16.10)
Look up "Yad Vashem" on the internet and their YouTube channel (they have one in Arabic too).
25. TALKBACK NUMBER 7.
Arn. ,   SWEDEN.   (02.16.10)
WELL - I AM WERY CONSERNED ABOUT THIS, -WAIT AND SEE- , TACTIC, THIS, -CHAMBERLAIN PEACE POLICY- OF THE US. THEY OF CAUSE DO NOT FEAL DIRECTLY THREATHEND, AS AN ELEPHANT DO NOT CARE ABOUT AN MOSQUITO, BUT THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL ARE FOLLOWING SUIT, TO ITS OWN AND THE WORLDS PERIL. JUST NOW IT IS THE JERK OBAMA WHO IS THE MILITARY LEADER, AGAINST IRAN, AN TOTALY UNEXPERIENCED MILITARY COMANDER. OF CAUSE THE PSYCHOPATHS OF IRAN AND OTHER EVIL FORCES, SEE THIS WEAKNES OF HIS. HE WILL ONLY ACT AS THE OTHER SIDE ACTS, AND ACTION ALWAYS BEAT REACTION. AND THIS IS THE DANGER, WHEN HE REACTS IT WILL BE OUT OF PROPORTION, AS AN HYSTERICAL DEMOCRAT, IN THE FACE OF PSYCHOPATICAL DICTATORS, THOSE PSYCHOPATS ALSO COUNTED WRONG, WHEN THEY WENT TO FAR. IF THEY HAD TAKEN IRAN ON SEVERAL YEARS AGO, EVERY OUTCOME COULD HAVE BEEN PREDICTED, NOW IT WILL COME TO , "UNINTENDED CONSEQUENSES", SINCE IRAN HAS BEEN GIVEN THE TIME, SEVERAL YEARS , TO GIRD FOR THIS WAR TO COME. NOW THEY WILL BE FORCED TO USE NUCES AGAINST IRAN, TO JUST HALT THEM IN THEIR TRACS, IT WILL GIVE THE WORLD SOM 3-4 YEARS RELIEVE, BEFORE THEY COME THE NEXT TIME. ONE CAN NOT BATTLE SHIA-ISLAMIC FAITH, WITH DIPLOMACY AND PEACE, SINCE THEY ARE INTENDED UPON WORLD DOMINION EVEN BY FORCE. I CAN UNDERSTAND THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL, WHY THEY WAIT, THEY WANT TO HAVE THE US WITH THEM, WHEN IT COMES TO MILITARY ACTION, BUT MILITARY ACTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN YEARS AGO, AND THE GOD SIDE IS LOOSING POSITION AND MOMENTUM BY THE DAY. AND TO HAVE THE US ALONG WITH ISRAEL, ISRAEL HAS SACRIFICED THE WILL OF JEHOVAH CONCERNING THE LAND OF ISRAEL, ISRAEL NOW IS PREPERED TO PART THE LAND OF YEHOVAH, AND FREEZE THE CONSTUCTIONS IN IT. GOD BEVERE AND HELP US, FROM US POLICY, AND THIS FOOLISHNESS OF THIS ISRAELI GOVERNMENT !!!. Arn.
26. To: @9 Am Aware BUT!
James ,   ISRAEL   (02.16.10)
Birdi hello Just read your post (Tuesday 16th) Of course I read about it,but,of what use will Obama be to Israel. My conclusion is:Perhaps to force Netanyahu further,or pick his brain after Bibi's visit to Russia? Other than that he (Obama) must be desperate after sending Mittchel then Mulen and Clinton running like a headless chicken in all the Arab,and Gulf states.With not much to please him. Soooo he is going to pay us a visit?BIG DEAL.However so long he does not try to impose more of his unacceptable demands I don't mind. But do you really think he is coming all the way just to visit Israel? Don't hink so.He will do the rounds of the Arab countries as well sheeesh... What a pity we do not have KING SOLOMON FOR HIM TO BOW DOWN TOO EH? That is what I would have liked to see Birdi. Shavua tuv
27. To@14 typical stupit response
James ,   ISRAEL   (02.16.10)
Obama said he wants to see a nuke free countries ALL? Then he had better destroy all the nukes the USA has.This would be a priority and example. Funny how we get odd thinking responses from the Netherlands .Always whining and giving advise they do not follow themselves with their Islamofascists tey are innundated.with for a start. To begin with Israel has never annonced it has the Nukes. Even if they have,tough on the ones who think we will destroy our only means of survival if PUSH COMES TO SHOVE. Go and have a chocolate and eat your hert out about Israel's weapons. P/S Vanunu was a traitor and he paid for it. I hope he gets his further comeuppance somewhere in the near future.stop eulogizing the BASTARD.
28. # 21
Birdi ,   Israel   (02.16.10)
Hala, you can see more about Yad Vashem here; www.yadvashem.org
29. # 26
Birdi ,   Israel   (02.16.10)
James, Obama believes in diplomacy, he is dead against bombing Iran.So for now its chit chat time. Whether he will visit Israel is yet to be seen. As for him bowing, what about to Ovadia Yosef??
30. To@ 29 Agreed>>>>>>>>>>>>
James ,   ISRAEL   (02.16.10)
Hi Birdi I'll go for that in an reluctant waYthough.nOT THE SAME AS KING THO'' HA? Chit chat,shmichat I care not. All I know is: Them lot are pushing our country to the pit. But we will not let them as much as they try. He can have his chit chat,but no more or any less. Were I in poltics I'd be jolly hard on anyone trying to subvert our constitution( although we have not the American system). Nevermind ha? Tell you something I am furious that Ynet has not put my post addressed to all respondents on the other forum.That woman from Oz who was not only hateful with her comments but monopolizing it. I sent it three times,but nothing. Oh well,up to Ynet I guess. Bye for now..see you soon.
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