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Roee Nahmias
Published: 19.06.10, 14:55
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31. #21 who are you calling a meatball? even a "swedith" one
James ,   Canada   (06.20.10)
Iran has options. They just have to stop the sea lane traffic in the Straight of Hormuz. 20% of the worlds oil travels through that straight, so they don't need to touch Israel to make themselves known. They just declare a closure of the sea lane and enforce it with mines. Doesn't take the latest technology to plant mines in the water there. Iran also posses the sunburn anti-ship missile, NATO designation SS-N-22 go look it up. Travelling at Mach 3 and sea skimming, any ship in that straight is easy prey including US vessels. Iran isn't any Iraq, talk with all the bluster you want. Any type of war will only help the mullahs, wars have a habit of consolidating the masses. The mullahs would love a war, it would take the public's minds off the high unemployment, corruption amongst the clerics and the "revolutionary guard"(just another name for a shadow government) which are all getting rich. There is a movement trying to separate from the religion obsessed rulers,(mostly the young) but start a war and all bets are off.
32. #26 O'bama probably doesn't know!
CanadianforIsrael ,   Montreal   (06.20.10)
He probably is clued out about this one and was warned to keep his mouth shut until the operation is well underway!
33. #28 Who's stupid?
CanadianforIsrael ,   Montreal   (06.20.10)
Who's weeping and crying like babies? Who's suffering in the bed they have made for themselves? Stupid indeed! Your people rot while Israel rises above your stench!
34. Mike #28 the epitome of stupidity
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (06.20.10)
Harry S. Truman with its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3; the Norfolk-based guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61); the Norfolk-based guided-missile destroyers USS Barry (DDG 52) and USS Mason (DDG 87); the Groton, Conn.-based fast-attack submarine USS Albuquerque (SSN 706); and the combat logistics ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8)
35. to #1, Rich in Boston
tom ,   toronto, canada   (06.20.10)
you are absolutely wrong. if you had been watching iran over the last couple of years, you would notice that they are not concerned with "winning" or even with "surviving" the war that they seek to provoke. threats and aggressions against opponents armed with nuclear bombs (and effective delivery systems) will inevitably end badly, but that's exactly what they have been doing. they have been working very hard at bringing about mahdaviat, the prophesy of the return of the mahdi, in which they are supposed to LOSE (amidst the general destruction of the world), only to be resurrected again. the mullahcracy is on a mission from god, and so they don't care how many of their own people need to be "sacrificed for the cause". in the 10-year iran-iraq war, one million iranians were slaughtered for nothing. so let's just hope that the crazy fanatics in tehran won't kill too many innocent iranians (or israelis) in their quest this time!
36. Israel and Iran
YisraelYemachShemo ,   Bristol, UK   (06.20.10)
The article is fine. It seeks to make no bias comments, as far as I can see, and only reports what has come to the attention of the writer of the report. There appear to be few loaded words involved and nothing has been stated as fact only as reported. This is in wild contrast to the vast majority of the 'News' I read from the USA mainstream press and hear from the US main stream television. Let's get a few things into perspective for a moment, and let's not get into any airy fairy ground of guessing or imagination or even the feelings and loyalties we all may have! Let's stick with legalities! Iran - MAY be pursuing the idea of enriching nuclear material (although has recently struck a deal with other countries to trade off some radio active material) and currently imports over 50% of it's gasoline so pursuing nuclear power (while I think that idea sucks to death) is actually within the legitimate bounds of the IAEA. Whether we love, like, adore or detest Iran makes no difference to the legality of the state of what they have and what they do not have. The IAEA are on top of their haves and have nots and they are not calling for any changes to international status. Israel - legally has around 90 outstanding UN and UNSC as well as ICJ rulings to comply with. Israel also refuses to allow international inspection of nuclear, chemical and biological weaponry stored. Iran - has attacked no neighbours and was in fact attacked by Saddam Hussain's Iraq and bombarded for 8 years with chemicals, bombs, etc, quite a lot of which were provided with the knowledge of some very high up American people! Remember Iran Gate anyone? Not that the UK were innocent in this, as well as many other countries. Meanwhile, Israel has invaded: Lebanon, twice, Palestinian territory, well continually occupying that land since 1967 despite being told annually to leave by the UN and UN SC. They are in constant breach of article 49 of the 1949 Conventions of Geneva (4th) and refuse to accept the ruling (by a VAST majority of 14 : 1, which is almost unheard of in the ICJ) pertaining to the Security Fence, as the Israelis call it, or the Apartheid Wall as others call it. Let's call it The Wall to be neutral. Iran has a population which is ripe for revolution and massively young! If they are allowed to, the younger generation will most likely bring down the old guard within a decade by non-violent means (or with minimum violence) and resolve many of the issues we get dealing with such archaic ruling elites as Iran has in the Ayatollah. Israel is also a religious extremist government who affect a great deal of Christian areas of extremely high importance. The town of Bethlehem is a Palestinian town and the population there are under a WW2 style curfew almost all the time. This is almost unreported and millions of Christians in the US support Israel without knowing half of what is happening to the oldest Christian shrines in the world. Enough is enough. Let's get things in proportion.
37. war is 'cool, sweet..' and what?
YisraelYemachShemo ,   Bristol, UK   (06.20.10)
Alexis. Your dumb comments shows you have no notion of what war is or you would not be flag waving so grandly. I am guessing your bollocks have just dropped, or perhaps you have a low IQ, but which ever side of the equation you may sit on, war is many things but none of those which you choose to scrawl here.
38. Iran
YisraelYemachShemo ,   Bristol, UK   (06.20.10)
There are few who realise that Iran is the Land of Aryans. The people of Iran are NOT ARABS, M Carr! My back almost breaks under the overbearing weight of the contempt I feel for idiots who prattle on whistling for Israel, the state which is brutalising the oldest sites of Christianity, and cursing the only truly ancient civilisation in the entire area - Iran. Get some education before you wipe it out Speiby mind!
39. the US ships wont bomb Iran & there are no Israeli ships
zionist forever   (06.20.10)
There is no way there was any Israeli vessel amongst that convoy it would be seen as a provocation to Iran & the arabs and Obama bows down before muslims he doesn't provoke. He wants to look like a friend of the muslms and that the era of US support for Israel is over and an Israeli ship amongst a US battle group doesn't send that signal. The US is sending more carriers to the Gulf but more likely Obama is trying to play chicken with Iran rather than it being a build up to air strikes and if Iran calls his bluff all he will do is start threatening more sanctions.
40. # 28
Harvey ,   London   (06.20.10)
Methinks you may have had a little too much Sunburn
41. Mike/Vanc Comment
ALL4HIM ,   US   (06.20.10)
You should really not use such strong language when referring to Israel. Remember this....Israel is the apple of God's eye. Enough said.
42. #24..Swedith Meatball...
Rich from Boston ,   Boston USA   (06.20.10)
Lets have some specifics. The "new" Iranian fighter jet is nothing more than a rework of the F-5E and no match for anything the US or Israel fly. All Iranian missiles are either modernized SCUD incarnations or designs based off North Korean no-dong which have had very limited success. There exists no modern day military doctrin based on offensive missiles alone. So meatball, whats your point? The US and Israel with shut Iran down before they can counter strike. Wanna bet? Idiot.
43. Nuclear Iran.
Ron B. ,   Lod   (06.20.10)
Iran is determined to acquire and develop nuclear warheads. The UN sanctions regime did not work; Iran has many resources at its disposal to hire nuclear scientists and related equipment. After all it has the whole state apparatus at its disposal to conduct this kind of illegal activity. Without decisive use of force, we may only expect a nuclear war, a massive amount of victims and, yes reaction by democracies when it is already too late for many of our citizens. This might be the ultimate lesson learnt from the Versailles fiasco. More about the M-E and nuclear Iran : http://xrl.us/bfvnfk
44. Bad Idea.. Their population is 74million.
lara ,   Australia   (06.20.10)
They have almost 1 million trained troops and 11 million men and women are members of the Basij who could potentially be called up for service. That is double Israels entire population. I don't think war is a good idea for anyone.
45. To: No. 21
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (06.20.10)
Permit me to propose an option. Iran steps back from its nuclearization program (the world is NEVER going to let Iran go nuclear, anyway) and stops its crazy rhetoric promising to "wipe the Zionist entity from the map" and "rain missiles into the heart of Tel Aviv." In case you haven't noticed, Israel takes existential threats very seriously. Iran may be big; it may have a huge standing army (well, maybe not so huge, given the beating it took at the hands of Iraq). What Iran does NOT have is the wherewithal to challenge Israel militarily. It does so very much to its peril. Best is to stand down. But they won't. The Islamofascist regime is bent on self-destruction. Must be the allure of rivers of honey and 72 virgins. Or abject stupidity. Take your pick.
46. NR. 42.
Arn. ,   SWEDEN.   (06.20.10)
So meatball, whats your point? The US and Israel with shut Iran down before they can counter strike. Wanna bet? Idiot. Rich from Boston , Boston USA (06.20.10) SURE THING - THIS BRILLIANT MILITARY ANALYSIS OF YOURS !!!. IRAN WILL NOT GO FOR THE HORNS OF THE BULLS, BUT FOR THEIR SCROTUMS/MEATBALLS. FURTHER - SHOULD I EDUCATE THIS BRILLIANT MILITARY ANALYTIC CHARACTER, IN SCROTUM/MEATBALL WARFARE, AND AT THE SAME TIME, GIVE THE IRANIANS TIPS HOW TO DO IT, SINCE THE IRANIANS READ THOSE TALKBACKS ???. I DO NOT THINK SO. LET THIS CHARACTER HOLD HIS WIEV, AND INSTEAD BE TEACHED SCROTUM MEATBALL WARFARE THE IRANIAN WAY.. FURTHER AND ANYWAY - THE IRANIAN SCROTUM MEATBALLS WARFARE, WILL SINK THE WORLDECONOMY !!!. Arn.
47. WARFARE ANOTHER WAY !!!.
Arn. ,   SWEDEN.   (06.20.10)
PROVERBS CHAPTER 20 vers - 18Every purpose is established by counsel, but only with good advice make war. PROVERBS CHAPTER 24 vers - 6For by wise counsel thou shalt wage thy war, and in the multitude of counselors there is safety. THE IRANIANS HAS BEEN WARNED BY THE FOOLISHNES AND IDIOCY OF THE WEST AND ISRAEL, MANY MANY YEARS AHEAD, OF THE US AND ISRAELI MILITARY OPTION AGAINST IRAN. IRAN KNOW THEY CAN NOT MEET , AND COMPETE, WITH THE HORNS OF THE US AND ISRAEL WITH THEIR OWN. SO THEY HAVE TAKEN COUNSEL, HOW TO STRIKE AND BRING DESTRUCTION TO THEIR OPPONENTS. THEY WILL SINK THE IRANIAN HORNS, IN THE SCROTUM OF THEIR OPPONENTS, WHERE IT WILL HAVE THE MOST EFFECT. Arn.
48. Research these facts, please!
joeskate ,   usa   (06.20.10)
It is obvious most posters here have no knowledge of the way the world really is working! America is going broke, going to war with Iran would put many americans on the streets. We already give Israel billions of dollars of U.S. tax dollars every year, if they go to war, guess who is going to pay for it? That's right, the AIPAC owned congress will not hesitate to destroy every Americans way of life (and bank accounts) to serve their zionist handlers. "Every time we do something you tell me America will do this and will do that . . . I want to tell you something very clear: Don't worry about American pressure on Israel. We, the Jewish people, control America, and the Americans know it." - Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, October 3, 2001 Netanyahu stated "We are benefiting from one thing, and that is the attack on the Twin Towers and Pentagon, and the American struggle in Iraq," then added the events "swung American public opinion in our favor." Any person who was behind 9-11 would have thought it all the way through, and been sure they were to benefit from such an event! It was not muslims! Even if they did hate us, they are not that stupid! The only benefactors of 9-11 are wealthy elite(mostly zionist) and Israel! If any of you had half a brain you would have researched and learned that several Israelis were detained on 9-11, including some who were caught filming both planes hitting the towers and cheering and celebrating! They even appeared on an Israeli talk show when the United States released them. They told the show's host that they were "just there to document the event" thus letting on that they had knowledge the attack was to occur! Please just investigate for yourself these facts! Please! Check out the video of the talk show on youtube, look up the info about the other detained Israelis on 9-11. What about the Israeli attack on the USS liberty? Mossad's motto is "By Way of Deception, thou shalt do War'. What about the biggest spy in recent U.S. history? Israeli spy Jonathan pollard passed millions of secret and classified documents to Israel! Wake up, people! Please just check out these facts and take the wool away from your eyes! You will be amazed! There is a lot more damning info and evidence, but i am going to sleep now.
49. #36, #37, #37 Yemach Shemcha
Mark ,   Lodz, Poland   (06.20.10)
First of all, let your back break for your self-inflicted contempt, Silas You're putting too much energy into how events have played out post- 1967. This present conflict has a lot to do with the Brits reneging on the Balfour Declaration and dragging their heels to implement their mandate for Palestine to create a home on both sides of the Jordan river for the Jews...( the the Arabs agreed as they were going to receive Lebanon, Syria and Iraq.) If you want legal...not political or religious reasons why Israel is not occupying the West Bank check out this interview with Dr Jacques Gauthier, a gentile international lawyer, who spent 25+ years researching this conflict for his doctorate http://ctstv.com/ontario/player.php?ctsvidID=17133&show=On And, incidentally, if it weren't for Arab terror, there'd be no curfew in Bethlehem or your other unnamed ' Christian areas of extremely high importance'.
50. NR 48.
Arn. ,   SWEDEN.   (06.20.10)
YOU ARE DECEVING YOURSELF !!!. EVEN THE US SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THE WARNINGS OF AN ATTACK AS THE 9-11th SERIOUSLY BUT DID NOT. THOSE WHO COULD FILM THIS EVENT ARE AS THEY SAY - If any of you had half a brain you would have researched and learned that several Israelis were detained on 9-11, including some who were caught filming both planes hitting the towers and cheering and celebrating! They even appeared on an Israeli talk show when the United States released them. They told the show's host that they were "just there to document the event" thus letting on that they had knowledge the attack was to occur! WHAT SEEMS TO YOU - A TOWN WITH SOM 15 MILLION INHABITANTS, AND I DO NOT KNOW HOW MANY JEWS LIVING THERE, COULD NOT SOMEBODY OF THOSE INHABITANTS, HAPPEN TO HAVE FILMCAMARAS WITH THEM OUT IN THE OPEN ???. AND BY THE WAY - DO YOU THINK THOSE ISLAMIC AL-QUEDA TERRORISTS AND SUICIDERS, WAS IN COOPERATION WITH JEWS AND EVEN THE US AS SOME IMBECILLES HAS SUGGESTED ???. WHAT KIND OF PERVERTED HOSTILE MINDS THERE IS, AGAINST ISRAEL AND THE WEST, THEY HAVE NO LIMIT TO THEIR SELFDECEPTIVE IMAGINATIONS. Arn.
51. #46...The Swedith Meatball is too funny...
Rich in Boston ,   Boston USA   (06.20.10)
Hahaha. Ya the Iranians really did a job on those Iraqis. 10 year war. Millions dead. Stalemate.. We American and Israels know nothing of such topics...so glad we have a swedish meatball to set us straight.
52. #45 To the eloguent Sarah B...
Rich in Boston ,   Boston USA   (06.20.10)
I hope you are right and Iran does back down from its nuclear bomb ambitions. Unfortunately I think this one is going to take military action to resolve. You are right, Iran will not strike Israel in an overt military gesture. Even the crazy little monkey knows the results of such actions. I'd expect to see more covert, indirect activity to destabilize the region come from the regime. However, a direct military strike on Israel does not seem very likely.
53. #31...James..Iran stops sea lanes in the straights...
Rich in Boston ,   Boston USA   (06.20.10)
the military planners get the green light they have been waiting for. Mines, Sunburn etc., are all situations that have contigencies. The US, its allies and Israel will not go after countering these issues immediately, but instead will go after separating the Iranians governments head from its shoulders. Missiles and mines can be dealt with. The onslaught of American, British, French, German and Israeli airstikes taking out command and control, communication, miliatary and industrial assets will take only hours.
54. #44 Yes sure lara, but how many .....
Mark ,   Lodz, Poland   (06.20.10)
....can multi-task???
55. NR 51.
Arn. ,   SWEDEN.   (06.20.10)
YEAH - !!! - IT IS SO FUNNY - HAH-HAH-HAH-!!! SOME 10-20 TERRORIST, IN EXCHANGE FOR SOME 2500 AMERICANS IN THE 9-11th. We American and Israels know nothing of such topics...so glad we have a swedish meatball to set us straight. Rich in Boston , Boston USA (06.20.10) SURE THING !!!. WHAT AN FOOLOSH IDIOT THIS SEEMS TO ME. Arn.
56. NR 52.
Arn. ,   SWEDEN.   (06.20.10)
IT SEEMS THIS ONE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE SHIA-ISLAMIC MIND OF IRAN. IRAN CAN NOT USE NUCES AGAINST ISRAEL IN THE FIRST PLACE, SINCE THE SHIA-ISLAMIC AL- MAHDI SHALL RULE FROM JERUSALEM. TO USE NUCES AGAINST ISRAEL, IT WILL BE NUCLEAR CONTAMINATED, AND DWELLING THERE IS NOT POSSIBLE. WITH CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL WARHEADS ON THE OTHER HAND, IT WILL BE ANOTHER MATTER. SO A FIRST STRIKE AGAINST ISRAEL WITH MISSILES DELIVERING THOSE WARHEADS, IS POSSIBLE. Arn.
57. AN OVERT MILITARY GESTURE !!!.
Arn. ,   SWEDEN.   (06.20.10)
IF IRAN SENCES THAT AN US AND ISRAELI MILITARY STRIKE ARE IMMINENT, HOW CAN ANYBODY BELIEVE IRAN DO NOT DARE TO STRIKE ISRAEL DIRECTLY WITH MISSILES ???. THEY WOULD HAVE NOTHING TO LOOSE, AND THE IRANIAN PEOPLE WILL BE UNIFIED TALKBACK 35, AND OTHERS OF MINE. AND ACCORDING TO EZEKIEL CHAPTER 38-39, IRAN WILL JOIN IN WITH JAPAN,CHINA AND RUSSIA IN WAR PARTLY WITH ISRAEL,EU AND THE US. Arn.
58. The Second Amendment applies to everyone.
Bezukhov ,   Providence, R.I., US   (06.20.10)
Why are the same people in the U.S. who yell the loudest about their right to keep and bear arms are almost to a man the same ones who are so eager to spill blood to deny that right to others? Iran has 2 neighbors who were invaded by the U.S, and they know that they are next, and if it wasn't this issue about supposed nuclear weapons that they are charged with trying to develop it would be something else concocted to bring war to Iran. If having nuclear weapons keeps Iran from being invaded, more power to them.
59. Mighty Moses
melvin polatnick ,   Brooklyn, USA   (06.20.10)
Warships are on their way to the Red Sea, they are composed of elements of the American and Israeli navy, but they are only there to protect the X51. It is a communication ship full of Iranian defectors that are fluent in Persian, Pashto, Kurdish, Lurish, and Baluchi, with earphones they are capable of listening to every conversation in Iran. A threatening word spoken in any Iranian language will send the Mighty Moses missile right into the mouth of its speaker.
60. #56..meatball....
Rich in Boston ,   Boston USA   (06.20.10)
10 years Iran and Iraq where at war. Chemical/biologic weapons are extremely difficult to use affectively. Neither side deployed with any great success. Any attempt by Iran to use such weapons on Israel would be the immediate end of Persia as we know it. Even the crazy little monkey know it.
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