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Netanyahu: Israel has right to defend itself
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Published: 02.03.12, 20:20
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31. Preemptive nuclear attack...
Peter A ,   Stockholm, Sweden   (03.03.12)
...is the ONLY way to go! You Israelis have the nuclear option but what's the use of it when the Iranians eventually have already removed you from this world? A conventional attack on Iran is very complicated and risky to carry out even for a great and highly war experienced nation as you; It's not unthinkable to imagine a scene where you lose a significant amount of your air force, drones and pilots in a conventional attack over hostile territory - great prizes for the mad mullahs to put on display for the world. Americans saying you're on your own 'cause you did'nt wait for their approval, and Iranians still with a nearly intact nuclear weapons program happily carrying on towards your destruction. I wouldn't count on your nuclear arsenal as a second-strike form of deterrance either. It would usually work as such against a more resonable foe but the ruling mad mullahs of Iran will (just like Hitler viewed his fellow germans) see their subjects as collateral damage wort sacrifying for the "good" sake of Israel's destruction. The preemptive nuclear attack is much easier for you to carry out by yourselves and has the highest probability of success (the disablement of Iran's plans for your destruction). The americans have already done the same against Japan during ww2 so the idea is not unthinkable. And your justification is certainly not weaker than theirs. Of course you will be condamned and hated for it by all the world's moslems, their prime supporters in russia and all the 'good idiots' in europe & america. But they already hate you, so no big difference there! Better hated and living than hated and dead.
32. Peace ONLY via BALANCE, balance ONLY via SECURE BIG ISRAEL.
Jerry ,   The Netherlands   (03.03.12)
33. Obama still backs his Iranian darlings...
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (03.03.12)
as he continues to betray the US and Israel...but he LOST his evil game of deceit and the hour of reckoning is going to arrive soon...BOOOOMMM!!!!!!!!!!
34. Netanyahu:Israel has right to defend itself from Iran
Gigette ,   Melbourne Australia   (03.03.12)
Iran is a victim? Wow it is amazing how he distort facts and truth.
35. Recipe for disaster!
Zed ,   UK   (03.03.12)
A pre-emptive strike with nuclear weapons, if you're suggesting the strategic form, would be absolute suicide and invites all h*ll to come down on Israel. Russia could well side with Iran if such extreme initial force is used, and they have 10,000 nukes compared to Israel's 400. Would the U.S, UK, French or the EU formally ally with Israel and invite nuclear armageddon? The U.S did indeed use Atom bombs on Japan but there is no comparison at all as no other nation had those weapons so there was zero risk of like for like retaliation. Hiroshima and Nagasaki also came at the end of a long war where countries were all too glad to see it end even though the suffering for the Japanese was quite horrific.
36. To #35
Peter A ,   Stockholm, Sweden   (03.03.12)
Can yoy please explain how ridding the world from the iranian threat can be more suicidal than letting them develop the Bomb? As far as I know Russia has not made any promises or statements to back the mad mullahs with their nuclear arsenal. And if they did that without making such threats in advance, they wouldn't gain anything. You simply can't achieve deterrence without first making threats. Russia and Iran do have a lot of weapons business together but so far it seems to be strictly monetary on the russian side: They surely don't say no to earning a buck from the iranians deadly ambitions - But they won't take the risk of getting hit themselves by retaliating on the iranian behalf, especially not without making threats before! Regarding justification I still think the israeli cause of defending oneself and one's people from destruction is morally higher than the american justification of being too lazy to invade the japanese mainland. Use those nukes before it's too late! Their traditional worth as a second-strike deterrence is small or even non-existent against a threatening power that simply don't care about the well-being of its own people. In the second strike scenario there might even show out that the operators of those weapons start doubting when the situation gets real and it's time for action. Please consider this: "Ok my country and my people is gone. It's terrible. Millions of innocent are dead. What's the point right now in killing another 70 million?". The second strike capability is greatly overrated Im agraid and should be reconsidered.
37. The peaceful option
Peter A ,   Stockholm, Sweden   (03.03.12)
Of course there is a more peaseful option: Iran can stop their work on the Bomb development. Or (would it to everyone's surprize be a strictly civilian project) start giving international inspectors full access to all nuclear assets and complying w the non-proliferance treaty wich it has signed and ratified. Not just because it is fair, but primarly because they are threatening a "mad dog" (one of their lables for "the zionist regime") who can handle the threat in a much less desireable way. Of course it will hurt their feelings but they will not be attacked.
38. Enough talk. Destroy Iran's nukes NOW!
Chaim ,   Israel   (03.03.12)
Obama will always oppose Israel's right to defend herself against Iranian nukes because Obama is on Iran's side. Iranian nukes represent a clear and present danger to Israel. Enough talk. Destroy Iran's nukes NOW! There are risks but the risks of Iran building functional nuclear bombs are infinitely greater.
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