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Iran: Israeli nukes greatest threat to peace
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Published: 03.05.12, 12:23
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1. It is the opposite :our 200+ warheads cool down our peace
trumpeldor   (05.03.12)
loving neighbours ...........
2. Uh-huh
Devorah   (05.03.12)
Why isn't anyone making noise about N. Korea which reportedly has enough weapons-grade uranium for six nuclear bombs? Why did the U.N. just blow a sneeze of condemnation over their failed missile test on April 13th?
3. they want to disarm and leave bae to the wolves
disarm-no protection ,   ISRAEL   (05.03.12)
the only democracy in this corner of the world y net - when u publish such rubbish its just a shame
4. Jewish Defense Is Always A Bad Thing!
Eric ,   Canada   (05.03.12)
Muslims and Christians have butchered, massacred, raped Jews for thousands of years! Now that the Jews can defend themselves against villains and barbarians they become a threat to peace. Nothing is new! History repeats itself.
5. What threatens ME Peace?
Tim ,   Brighton   (05.03.12)
Ill tell you what threatens ME Peace! 1. Ahmadinejads constant belligerence and threats tof attack to the US, Nato, Israel, Gulf States, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey.... 2. Ahmadinejads unequivocal claim to control of the Hormuz and Arabian Gulf 3. Their clandestine nuclear programme - culminating in the ,most absurd Ahmadinejads public 'blessing' of a Nuclear Rod! 4. Their historical 'holy' claim to Bahrein 5. Their de facto colonisation of Lebanon through their arming of Hezbollah 6. Their threats to annihilate Israel 7. Their espousing the denial of the Holocaust and denial of the Mass Expulsion of Jews from Arab Lands 8. The willingness to 'hold the world to ransom till it squeals' by artificially driving up the price of oil 9. Their support of the most extreme form of Shia Islam that denounces Sunni Islam and all other faiths as infidels 10. Their stranglehold on power making it a Police State etc
6. Oh Come On
John ,   Herzliya, Israel   (05.03.12)
Just explain to the world media, what would your orders to Hizballah and Hamas and Syrian regime would be without Israeli nuclear weapons!
7. Bullshit!!!! iran and the little bearded monkey
(05.03.12)
and his Mad Mullahs Threaten The Region And The World!!! How countries Have Proxies? How many countries Have Made Overt Threats to other countries? How many countries Have Covert Nuclear Programs? I'll Tell You All "iran" the one and Only Threat To The World!!!! May Ha Shem End this Illegal regime So the World can Move on!!! ברוך הא שם
8. Israeli nukes greatest threat to peace
Albrecht Klein ,   Germany   (05.03.12)
In other words: we want to attack Israel but we are too scared.
9. Iran is right!
An American ,   USA   (05.03.12)
Israel needs to let IAEA inspectors in immediately! She is the only nation violating international nuclear law. USA should impose sanctions against Israel.
10. What threatens Midddle East peace
sk ,   USA   (05.03.12)
What threatens Middle East peace? Religious bigotry, super-intolerance, hate-filled rhetoric, inability to get along with neighbors, sowing historical revisionism & lies, inability to comprehend or acknowledge truth, the teaching of each generation lies, the killing of innocent people ("martyrdom"), and calling for genocide of people following a particular religion... well, it sounds like Islamic Arabs, Islamic Iranians and Islamic Turks to me. Most of these losers are the real threats to Middle East peace.
11. IDIOT - !!!.
Arn. ,   Sweden.   (05.03.12)
Do this Idiot believe that even the Usefull Idiots of the West would believe this Hipocricy - -Iran trying to shift the Focus of their Nuclear Program ?. And I Quote - Iran's Deputy FM Mohammed Mahdi Akhondzadeh says Israel's nuclear weapons pose 'gravest' threat to Mideast peace, Comment - How ???. Further - Beyond Israel, Akhondzadeh criticized "certain nuclear-weapon states" that have ratified the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, saying their stockpile of weapons "and their continued modernization ... (is) the most serious threat to the survival of mankind." Comment - So the Nuclear States are intended upon Suicide then ???. Arn.Sweden.
12. To: No. 9
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (05.03.12)
Israel has been a nuclear power with delivery capability since the 1960s. Israel has never used a nuclear weapon. The United States, on the other hand, has used nuclear weapons, twice. Against civilians who cannot even remotely have been military threats. Perhaps the U.S. should sanction itself. Try itself for war crimes, too.
13. #9, SCUMBAG shut up !
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (05.03.12)
14. #10 Sounds like Israel to me.
Tom ,   USA   (05.03.12)
15. The Circuit Breaker
Adam Neira ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (05.03.12)
The circuit breaker is for a reconvened NPT Conference to be held in Jerusalem by the end of 2012. The current lull in proceedings is either a great window of opportunity or it will develop into a downwardly spiralling satanic vortex that will suck everyone in. P.S. I know the Where; When; Why; How; Who; What; Cost; Duration; Intention; Flow and Format. The Helsinki proposal is a trial balloon.
16. H5N1 > Nukes
Chris ,   Maine, USA   (05.03.12)
dont worry modified bird flu will take care of it, us, probably for the better?
17. # 12
Jim ,   USA   (05.03.12)
I agree the United States did use two nukes on Japan but i do believe they were targeting military/manufacturing installations not the civilians specifically.
18. # 9
John ,   Herzliya, Israel   (05.03.12)
It is of course too much to expect that an American would hear about "Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons" which was signed by Iran and wasn't signed by Israel...
19. That's true...in a convoluted sort of way
William ,   Israel   (05.03.12)
Israeli nukes are the greatest threat to ME peace! Because without the deterrent of nukes (which Israel might not even have), Arabs would be more brazen in their large-scale genocidal attacks on Israel. And if the Arab armies were able to re-create their 1948 attack on Israel and finally wipe it out, then the entire Middle East can become Arab Islamic, allowing Arabs to focus on those other populations deemed "infidels" to purge them from the "pure Ummah" which Islamists claim will bring peace on Earth....once Islamist are in complete control, of course. So, following that path of Arab logic Israeli nukes are a "threat to ME (Arab) peace". Following the exact same logic, one can replace nukes with "Israeli settlements" and "US support for Israel".
20. #9 - cite the intl law you claim Israel is violating
William ,   Israel   (05.03.12)
Otherwise, shut your pie-hole! Israel is not a signatory to the NPT and has not proliferated any technology to a third party. In addition, Israel has been seen as very stable and very responsible with any nuke technology it has, which is still ambiguous. Conversely, Iran IS a signatory to the NPT, did threaten to share all technology with other Arab and despotic States, does have a history of supporting terror proxies around the world, threatens many of its neighbors, and has been caught numerous times in flat out lies while blocking IAEA inspectors.
21. #14 - then its obvious you've never been to Israel
William ,   Israel   (05.03.12)
No one has been attacked or killed for one's religion or ethnicity, en masse or as part of a State decision. That is not the case among our Arab neighbors who attack anyone looking like a Jew, let alone an Israeli. Let's discuss how many Israeli Arabs were injured or killed by "Palestinian" rock throwers and snipers for driving a car with Israeli license plates.
22. #10 not just religious ideology
William ,   Israel   (05.03.12)
but any ideology that causes a person to forgo commonsense and basic logic. Liberalism is a perfect candidate for invasive ideology and comes from both inside the Middle East but mostly from outside - poking its nose in a region they know little about, insisting cultures adhere to the "new commandments" of liberalism
23. Iran: Israeli nukes greatest threat to peace
Paulo A. Pereira ,   Sao Paulo, Brazil   (05.03.12)
Bah ! Mr. Akhondzadek, take it like this: Every peacefull household on the planet has a very sharp knife on the kitchen. However, to allow the same thing in a madhouse is inconceivable,
24. #17 - when you nail an entire city with a large nuke
William ,   Israel   (05.03.12)
You're not targeting a manufacturing installation.
25. 9# should be the first one forced to live in Tel Aviv
Steven Wilson ,   Anchorage, Alaska   (05.03.12)
when Israel is forced to give up its nuclear deterrent. He can put his body where his mouth runs incessantly.....in a pile of dung.....or as some call it....a world of ****! His life expectancy would be nil.....just like the Jews from an Iranian Nuke.
26. The Arabs can say anything they want . . .
nibor ,   israel   (05.03.12)
It doesn't mean they're right. Israel does not threaten to wipe out countries. Nothing hypocritical about that.
27. Relevancy
DEB ,   WashDC   (05.03.12)
#12. Your comment is off the mark. The target was Japan because Japan was a military risk - huge one! The intent was to secure early surrender so as to avoid further bloodshed of both military and civilians in the planned envasion of the islands.
28. 26
Anton ,   Istanbul   (05.03.12)
Syria did not threaten to wipe out israel yet you bombed their nuc facilities as well :) its all power game you want to remain dominant and your enemies getting stronger, its hypocritical on israels part have nukes and oppose to others :)
29. Tom # 14 Perhaps if you....
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (05.03.12)
get your head out you will be able to hear better. Things will suddenly sound different.
30. #28, oh we're so dominant.
nibor ,   israel   (05.03.12)
We are 7 million people surrounded by 100 million Arabs who would love to get rid of us. The Nazis actually did get rid of a third of the Jewish population. If we allow you all to annihilate us, you will still be accusing us being dominant. Should anyone listen to you?
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