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NATO mulls Israel's warship offer
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Published: 10.02.12, 19:59
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1. israel is a tremendous asset
alexi   (02.10.12)
7 million israelis including those arabs who are loyal and do their duty(you are doing the right thing) hae a tremendous military, worth at least 10-20 times its numbers with arguably the best air force in the world. That is why russia though it stabs israelby arming its enemies with lethal arms, still trades with israel.The brits and canadians are first rate and tough but cameron is downsizing england's forces and france is OK but not frontline. Turkey military is good but are led by a loud mouthed chicken named erdogan and they keep lambasting israel for gaza while it and syria butcher the kurds and the syrian people. So nato needs any contribution from israel notwithstanding yossi beilin dovotogolu, their useless fm trying to keep israel out of nato maneouvers. Obama has to be careful because if he pushes israel away too far, it may go its own way and associate with others. And without israeli knowhow, US would be in huge trouble. You want to think about something. suppose russia made a deal with israel to completely supply it with gas, oil free of charge and weapons in return for a treaty to use ports and a strategic alliance. US would be up a creek. Be careful obama!
2. the best of usa
cristian ,   argentina   (02.10.12)
but not everything is wrong,bad and evil from usa,urbanization unprecedented and an influx of immigrants hastened the country industrialization,the wave of immigration provide labor for business in turn transformed culture,high tariff protection,the creation of national infrastructures and new banking regulations encouraged industrial growth,a growing civil rights movement represented and led by african north americans as rosa parks,martin luther king and james bevel used non violence to deal with segregation and discrimination, a widespread countercultural movement grew driven by opposition to the war,black nationalism and the sexual revolution also come a new wave of feminist movements led by betty friedan,gloria steinem and other women who sought political,social and economic equity,the national territory has multiple forms of terrain and landforms by its large size and geographical variety the country has the most types of climate,usa is considered a megadiverse country about 17000 species of plants,the country is home to more than 400 mammal,750 birds and 500 species of reptiles and amphibians species,being a developed country united states has an advanced transport infrastructure 6465799 km of motorway,226427 km of railways,15095 airports and 41009 km of waterways,an index of 0,97 the 12 highest worldwide education and usa is a leader in scientific research and technological innovation since the 19th century,united states is a multicultural nation home to a wide variety of ethnic groups,traditions and values besides their films,entertainment,music,literature,philosophy and sports because of all these it is hard to believe the dark side behind the light they got
3. NATO mulls Israel's offer to sign the IAEA treaty
Chris ,   Peace of the world   (02.10.12)
4. ''ISRAEL'', ''THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION'' AND S
A WONDER-S. ,   MULTIVERSE   (02.10.12)
SO ON... FOR EXAMPLE NATO, EU ARE NOT AN ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. THEY SHOULD/CAN BECOME A DEPARTMENT OF THE ENTIRE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION, TO EVOLVE IN A/THE REAL DEMOCRATIC ELECTED REPRESENTATION OF EVERY PEOPLE, OF THE ENTIRE HUMANITY, OF THE FAMILY OF MANKIND, IF EVERY PEOPLE, THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE WOULD WANT/WANTS THAT, A.S.O.
5. the good news
cristian ,   argentina   (02.10.12)
everything will be alright when "the last will be the first and the first will be the last" told him,when the titles of the newspapers will be first enviroment,activism,culture,lifestyle and health and the last selfish business & finance,religions struggles,tares opinions and bad evil news,amen and blessings
6. # 1 Israel is an asset !
Mark ,   T.a. Israel   (02.10.12)
I want to add to your comment Israel is the most experimented nation in the warfare because 6 Major Wars imposed on him and minor wars all terminated with ISRAEL'S VICTORY ! In many Military Academies the Israeli Wars Tactics have been studied as an innovation in warfare !
7. NATO mulls Israel's offer to sign the IAEA treaty
Chris ,   Peace of the world   (02.10.12)
8. Isreal nato
giovanni ,   U S A   (02.10.12)
why would turkey be against this, they have become a pain in my butt. When we have someone who is a biggot in our town we kick their ash, biggot, racist arabs, muslims
9. Israel, NATO #1
arne ,   chicago usa   (02.10.12)
Pretty good talkback until you went cockga in your last paragraph. It ain't going to happen, not in our lifetime
10. Boot the Turks out of NATO and replace
Tzioni   (02.10.12)
them with the better equipped, better trained and better all around Israeli military.
11. Turkey has no problem treating the Jews
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (02.10.12)
just like Armenians. It's in their blood. They won't even acknowledge the treatment.
12. Let them join as practice target. Ha Ha
ken ,   burma at peace   (02.10.12)
13. #1: haha
TaylorT ,   Earth   (02.10.12)
The following is one of the funniest things I've read on Ynet in some time. "Obama has to be careful because if he pushes israel away too far, it may go its own way and associate with others. And without israeli knowhow, US would be in huge trouble. You want to think about something. suppose russia made a deal with israel to completely supply it with gas, oil free of charge and weapons in return for a treaty to use ports and a strategic alliance. US would be up a creek. " Where do you people come from?
14. It takes a special sort of nation to be refused by NATO!
TaylorT ,   Earth   (02.10.12)
15. #13 - Israel, sometime in the past good sir.
Henry from New York ,   USA   (02.11.12)
16. NATO mulls Israel's warship offer
Alan L ,   Seattle USA   (02.11.12)
Closer and closer to GTNW. If Israel joins NATO then when war arrives, Iran will attack a NATO ship. Then NATO would have to retaliate against Iran. Then Iran retaliates against that retaliation. Then Russia and China get involved and...voila! Back to the beginning, GTNW!
17. #16 - Neither Russia nor China would be stupid enough to get
Henry from New York ,   USA   (02.11.12)
involved. For Russia, the odds would be stacked against them to such an extent that the outcome would be humiliating. For China it would mean war against their greatest trading partners. That would wreck both the Western economies and the Chinese economy. In short, participation by either country in such a war would be suicide. Don't think that either country would stick by their words if push came to shove.
18. #7, #12 chris
solomon ,   bklyn   (02.11.12)
Two different circumstances, but both are meant to sustain peace while preventing a war. If Israel did not have nuclear weapons, the arabs would be trying to destroy it at this very moment. If Israel was going to use nuclear weapons as easily as you intimate, they would have used them by now. Ignore reality at your own peril. Get your head out of the sand. And don't use ridiculous monikers eg "peace of the world". Your post shows you mean 'peace of the world except Israel'.
19. trying to get into NATO through the backdoor
zionist forever   (02.11.12)
So far Israel's formal requests to join NATO have ben denied so this is just an attempt to get in via the backdoor. We have held training exercises in the past. We have contributed a warship to your patrols. Come on don't you think you should go the next step and officially give us NATO membership.
20. nato
enrico   (02.12.12)
The nato needs nothing. you should simply apologize to turkey. You can't hide from your big faults and from your political loosers like barak & liberman. israel is in the offside position. and it won' t get into a treaty organisation like nato. israel isnt a important country. only a lame duck that has to be protected. You ever meet twice in life.
21. #20 enrico
solomon ,   bklyn   (02.15.12)
You probably won't see this, but I'll take a chance. Turkey is a supporter of terrorism against Israel in that it supported the IHH and the Mavi Marmara, seeking to illegally break a legal naval blockade. The blockade was set up to help prevent arms and ammunition that would be used by Hamas to try and kill Jews, from entering Gaza. When the IDF legally boarded the boat, the terrorists jumped them as planned, with knives, steel rods, etc. The soldiers fought in self defense with the pistols they carried, but which were not drawn when they first boarded. Instead, the IDF boarded the ship with deadly paintball guns! (Yea, right...) Your post shows you either have no idea of what happened, or that you are blind to facts.
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