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Iran strike the only way
Shaul Rosenfeld
Published: 19.11.11, 12:06
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31. A FORM OF HATE/WAR-MONGERING.
SJOERD RUURD VDV ,   MULTIVERSE   (11.19.11)
FORGET ABOUT THAT. LET THE IRANIAN PEOPLE AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION SOLVE THAT POSSIBLE ISSUE.
32. I recommend...
Dudu Brown ,   Baltimore   (11.20.11)
Israel strikes the nukes. USA does back-up work. Lights out in Iran. Disrupt their radar and computers,etc.. Israel's work would be more precise and better than USA.
33. #15 Joyce you sound like Pauline Hanson
Chris.B ,   Australia   (11.20.11)
are you related? If you want to blame somebody blame the Governments immigration policy. You can't pluck somebody from a foreign country and expect them to drink beer with you at the pub and sing kaysan.I am well aware of all religious fanatics desires to induce their prophets return. You have selectively forgotten the nuts in America who think Jesus is coming back and this will be spurred on by war. There are Jews with the same idea the return of their king. At the end of the day this is just a small proportion of the population so condemming the whole country to death is not the answer. Why push the people to the fanatics side??? The demonization of Iran has obviously had an effect on your brain.
34. iran strike the only way
jacques ,   nsw   (11.20.11)
unfortunately it is too late to bomb Iran now, the window of opportunity was in 2005 to bomb Iran when their nuclear program and their military was in its infancy! even with the high tech and gadgetry Israel possesses, it will not even dent or curb the Iranian nuclear program this is the biggest blunder ever Israel made since its creation
35. Only Two Things Required for US Attack
Mark of Lewiston ,   USA   (11.20.11)
All you pro-war people need is at your fingertips. If you want the US to make an attack, just have your lobbies tell Congress you want them to declare war. Congress has done that lots of times in the past. It is done by Congressional Resolution and does not require a Presidential signature. Then all they need to do is specify how and who will pay for that war. This second item may be a little iffy. The current crop in Congress doesn't talk to each other about how to pay for stuff. That is why the US defense budget cuts will be triggered in 4 days - already signed into black-letter US law. If you decide to go it alone, drop some food and bullets to the US troops in Afghanistan. The payoffs to Pakistan to let the US resupply are being cut too.
36. To: No. 11
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (11.20.11)
Really? Are you forgetting who has labeled the United States the "Great Satan?" Have you forgotten who stormed the United States Embassy in Teheran (U.S. soil under international law)? As to thanks -- what kind of a Gulf War do you think the United States would have had in 1991 had not Israel destroyed Saddam Hussein's nuclear ambitions -- an act for which Israel paid dearly in terms of United States sanctions. So instead of whining that Israel isn't sufficiently grateful to the United States for everything that it is -- and is not -- doing, perhaps you should express a little gratitude for all those American servicemen and women that did NOT return from the Gulf War in body bags. Actually, I'd say a great deal of thanks would be in order. Israel has always had your back. Would that the same could be said for the United States with respect to Israel.
37. To: No. 24
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (11.20.11)
Be careful what you ask for, chica. You just may get it and I GUARANTEE that you won't like it. We've already brought it on. Blown up Iranian arms-carrying vessels. Interdicted other vessels. The mysterious demise of key Iranian scientists. Stuxnet .... Duqu .... 90% of Iran's Shahab arsenal up in flames. Don't push us, kitty cat. You have no idea the kind of punishment we can bring to bear upon Iran. Thirty-two years of threatening to destroy Israel has been more than enough. I'll be in Israel for that great glorious day. Will you be in Iran? Somehow, I doubt it. I very seriously doubt it. You're an armchair Islamista. You poor, pathetic, deluded cretin.
38. To: No. 27
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (11.20.11)
You are a complete idiot. For your information, whenever major wars have broken out involving Israel, Israelis living overseas have always returned home. Moreover, Jewish volunteers from throughout the world have come to Israel in order to help free up people for milluim. Iran's idea of bolstering service consists of taking young girls and forcing them to make a daisy chain around a nuclear installation. That's called cowardice everywhere in the world.
39. #26 Persian Pussy
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (11.19.11)
Iran has been making all the threats, when the time is right, we will do the necessary Israel has already taken care of the Osiak Reactor in Iraq, the other Reactor in Syria Make certain that you're in Tehran to await our response to the thrreats I would suggest you wear asbestos skivvies, it's going to get hot
40. #23 SPLIT/SCHIZO
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (11.19.11)
It is going to happen so fact, Russia or China won't have time to step in I suggest you get a fresh appointment with your own shrink if you think anbody will have time to react A plane or two overhead, then poof, just liike Hiroshima & Nagasaki, all up in smoke
41. Jews are accustomed to threats of annihilation.
Steve   (11.19.11)
Western weakness may play a big part of it but make no mistake about it, nothing has changed since the second world war. After the war, the nations pretended to be aghast at the mass-slaughter of Europe's Jews, even though not one nation - including the United States - lifted a finger to help our people. The international community thinks if it is only the Jews that will be decimated, that's a price the nations are willing to pay, lest there be any destabilization of the global economy. "God forbid the Jews get in the way of the absolute free-flow of oil from the region!"
42. #14 David: Israel is a "One-Bomb State"
Dallas ,   Canada   (11.20.11)
The apocalyptic kooks running Iran casually refer to Israel as a "one bomb state." The world has not heard anything like this from Israel, or the US. Nor has the world seen Israel and the US calling for the "Death to Israel" and "Death to America". Learn from history. Pre-emptive attacks against Iran are morally required, because all signs point to the fact that, as soon as Iran has the bomb, and given everything we have know about history, taking Iran at their word (as we must), leads to the terrible necessity of taking decisive action, and immediately.
43. #19 Gunnar
Dallas ,   Canada   (11.20.11)
Britain and France had the same fears in their negotiations with Hitler. It was wishful thinking. Hitler meant what he said. Do you think Iran has been merely joking all these years? History does repeat itself because human nature doesn't change, from the point of view of both sides.
44. Persian Cat
Steve R ,   Dallas USA   (11.20.11)
Dear Mr. Persian Cat, I want my country to attack Iran and the reason is this: No country which calls the United States "the Great Satan" and shouts "Death to America" every Friday will be allowed to have a nuclear weapon. We pay attention to words here as well, not just in Israel. All the marching on top US flags, the attacks on our country, have been heard by our citizenry. Israel may or may not be able to attack but we most assuredly can. We will not wait until a bomb goes off in Washington DC, courtesy of one of your Revolutionary Guards. Too bad for you. We are coming. No US President will allow your mad government the bomb. All the talk about an attack from Israel is smoke. It will come from us, so get ready.
45. Wake up and smell the uranium!
Rachel Rabin ,   TA   (11.19.11)
We have over 300 nukes. We must stop lying, stealing land, and agressing against our neighbors. We're bringing on our own end!
46. The Person SHAT again....
Riki ,   Tel Aviv   (11.20.11)
Keep it up. When we blasted 90% of your Shahabs into oblivion a few days ago - your response was to MAKE A WALL OF LADIES IN FRONT OF YOUR NUCLEAR REACTORS!!! We were laughing our asses off at you girlie men! The pictures of all those black robes with eyeglasses and mascara peering out - holding hands in front of Isfahan in a defensive circle with some dude holding a Koran at the head of the line. That's your defense!!! What a joke!!! And you have the nerve to call us cowards? Hiding behind your women? An attack on Iran is an eventuality, not a threat. So shut up and get ready to clean up the rubble - because that is what will be left of your pathetic country when we are finished with it.
47. Bombing Iran
Dan Lewis ,   Pittsburg, Kansas US   (11.20.11)
Just do it. We will have to back you. And we will..Obama will not take the lead to do it, look what he did in Libya. He waited until someone else did it. He is only interested right now in his re-election, not starting something that might make him look like starting another war..
48. Kitty Cat
Birdi ,   Israel   (11.19.11)
All your posts here show how petrified you are of your beloved Iran being attacked. Stop barking & calm down will you. Start behaving like a lady & not like a fishwife.
49. UNLEASH ISRAELS MILITARY POWER NOW !!!
ARI ,   GERMANIA   (11.19.11)
THE WORLD WANTS TO SEE IT - THE POWER OF ISRAEL ! THE WORLD WANTS TO SEE THE JEWS DOMINATING FIRST TIME IN HISTORY ! THE WORLD WANTS TO SEE STRONG AND TOUGH JEWS CONQUERING AND RULING !!!!
50. #24 Where the real warmongers are at home
Max ,   Vienna, Austria   (11.20.11)
There is a large difference between a careless warmonger and a threatened people defending itself against decades of hatred. Don't turn the things upside down, as the Jewish people maybe are the one with the most affection to their loved ones; the one with the most experience in suffering in their history. Does Israel threat Iran with extermination, like Iran does towards Israel? Isn't it vice-versa, that Iran is a theocracy, sponsoring life-hating terrorist fight? Isn't it the ideology of Iranian theology, according which Jews are to be considered as unclean (sic!)? What about justice, also Islam speaks about. Why branding Israel as the small Satan? Forgot about Hafez, the great Iranian poet, who said, there is only love in my heart? Why hate, if we all are God's creation?? What's the matter with you? So who is the warmonger?! Put your weapons down, stop the war of words, enjoy life and live in peace.
51. The coming weeks will tell
Yael Schlichting ,   Raubling - Germany   (11.20.11)
There is a political game going on and we actually know it. If the permanent members of the UNSC agree on substantial sanctions, it will not stop Iran from reaching its goal of a nuke. The real and much bigger problem is, that the U.S. will be leaving Iraq by the end of the year. Iran then will try to deliver the nuke via proxy, even if Israel manages to blast Iran's MRBMs there are still good chances to deliver it with one out of Syria's or Hezbollah's arsenal. There is a known way to disaster and this way always worked. If you ignore the danger and don't use all options from the very beginning but hesitate and only, after you cannot avoid it any longer choose a slightly stronger option to fight a problem..... So Israel really has a large number of military options and they must all be considered and non of them must be ruled out in order to address potential issues, that might come up during an operation against Iran. The real danger I see, is that many jet fighters of the IAF will be on their way to Iran, just over it or on their way back. So they will be on a mission, which makes them unavailable for several hours and of course, the jets will have to undergo maintenance. During this time, we will have limited capabilities against Hezbollah, Syria and Gaza. This means, that Israel needs other options that will either be unacceptable for Hezbollah, Syria or the terrorists in Gaza or that just put out the fire, without asking the terrorists whether they like it.
52. 11. you really do not follow world events?
Jared ,   Canada   (11.20.11)
Obama himself has come out along with the rest of his cronies saying "oh no we wouldnt do anything like that...maybe we could hit their central bank...please! not every country int he world believes power comes from money...Iran...is an accepted country for funding terrorism...even if you hit their central bank...what about I.J? (islamic jihad) 200 thousand dollar bet that they have no iranian currency...im willing to bet their bank accounts are in the almighty american dollar...thanks for looking out for the world guys
53. 14. your serious
(11.20.11)
you compare a nuclear israel to a nuclear iran...really? there's not even a comparison...name the last time israel went out on the world stage and openly called for the destruction of an entire people? check your history...mahmoud himself has already done it as has ayatollah nutcase think before you speak yes?
54. Riki #42! Well put! He is just a blabber
Israeli 2   (11.20.11)
55. romney just stated, "I WILL BOMB IRAN." there is is our
debra ,   usa   (11.20.11)
answer: support his campaign and vote for romney. every jew should be for romney--for the sake of our beloved israel's safety and security from iran's soon to be atomic bomb.
56. To 44 Steve - Tell Your Congressman
Mark of Lewiston ,   USA   (11.20.11)
Declaring war is a Congressional function. Its right there in the Constitution. Then tell your Congressman how to pay for the war, whose taxes should be raised. Right now under the deal cut last August, the Defense Budget is scheduled for a 10% cut, even in the bomb budget, right along with the food and fuel budget for the people fighting the war. The trigger is November 23, this year for the cuts. Tell your Congressman also to talk to the Dems since they have votes that might be needed.
57. 47 Dan - Guaranteeing Reelection
Mark of Lewiston ,   USA   (11.20.11)
Another war, especially one the US did not start might well be just the thing to get Obama reelected in a landslide. He is the one who got bin Laden when the entire republican party had given up. Obama is the one who found a way to do what Reagan didn't do with Gadhafi, and without taking a single American casualty. Do you think the US will trust US national security to another Bush or Bush-lite because he talks big?
58. #57
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (11.20.11)
Leon Panetta and Hillary got Bin Laden. They were forced to go behind Obama's back because Obama couldn't make a decision. That's why Obama got pulled out of a game of golf when it went down. Obama was just as surprised as the rest of us were. Of course Obama was more than happy to take the credit.
59. #58 Tell us about Sasquatch.
Mark of Lewiston ,   USA   (11.20.11)
60. Iran is Israel's problem, deal with it!
Trev ,   Canada   (11.20.11)
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