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Report: US asked Israel not to respond to drone launch
Roi Kais
Published: 27.04.13, 13:37
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1. Lebanon responsible
Bill Stein ,   USA   (04.27.13)
If it was launched from Lebanese territory even by the Iranians Lebanon is guilty because they allowed the Iranians on their soil to launch the drone.
2. Yep:just like not bombing Auschwitz was helping US fight the
tom ,   tel aviv   (04.27.13)
Germans. Why the heck would we want to help fighting Assad? This war is a blessing! It'll bring the inevitable sooner and it is BETTER!
3. Soon they'll be requiring permision to go to the loo
ab   (04.27.13)
4. Total victory for Israel! End evil of restraint.
Chaim ,   Israel   (04.27.13)
"There is no substitute for victory". (General George Patten) What Israel really needs is total, resounding victory with no concessions whatsoever. End the evil of Israeli restraint once and for all. The WW II Allies showed us the true path to peace. Israel must follow it.
5. Chaim "what Israel needs is total victory resounding victory
BUILD BABY BUILD !!! ,   United States   (04.27.13)
with no concessions whatsoever." I agree and believe that will not happen until obama's term has ended. He seems obsessed with persecuting Israel instead of fighting Muslim terror in fact, even saying that is an effort for obama.
6. hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Ahmad ,   Amman   (04.27.13)
This makes me laugh....what else Israel can do?This article just to save Israel's face! They can't test Hizbullah because they know very well what it means..... This is also very rude article....for how many times Israel penetrated lebanon airspace and the whole world did nothing about this? Double standards!
7. Israel must support Assad against islamis.st
Ivan ,   Haifa   (04.27.13)
8. It's funny...
Israeli ,   Haifa   (04.27.13)
The US always requires us to alter our policies to accommodate theirs.
9. Restraint..Restraint....
Eli F. ,   Toronto, Canada   (04.27.13)
ENOUGH with this B.S. from these so-called Experts `..... Rockets from Gaza..Have `Restraint`, Rockets from Sinai, Have `Restraint`, Rocket fire and drones from Lebanon, Have Resistant`...Stray small arms fire from syria, Have `Restraint`..ENOUGH already, LEVEL all sources of attack on Israel!!
10. Oh, f**k it
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (04.27.13)
Cometh now the Moslem-in-Chief in the White House begging for Israeli restraint. Why should Israel listen?
11. Ben-Gurion "we should not ask the Allies to bomb...Jews"
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (04.27.13)
See..."Auschwitz bombing debate"
12. What our administration really means...
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (04.27.13)
The report states: that the US does not want international attention diverted from the accusations the US leveled against Syrian President Bashar Assad regarding the use of chemical weapons against opposition forces. In other words Obama wants to be the center of attention so he can try and look presidential.
13. Not to respond immediately
Get Real ,   UK   (04.27.13)
implies alright to do so at some future date. Whether chemical weapons have or have not been used and by whom in Syria is distinct from Israel's right to take action against enemy entities.
14. So according to American policy, if someone
A ,   Belgium   (04.27.13)
points a gun at me, shoots and misses, I have no right to fire back in order that America might be able to catch a dangerous Mexican drug dealer? What a STUPID policy, especially since Mexico is not sending drones to spy on America. But there is no logic regarding American policy towards Israel, only more requests for "restraint".
15. #11 I'm sure you see at as a win-win situation
A ,   Belgium   (04.27.13)
Either way Jews would die, right national socialist party wannabe?
16. #5. Israel must not listen to Obama.
Chaim ,   Israel   (04.27.13)
Of course, Obama doesn't want Israel to do what is best for Israel. Obama hates Israel. However, Israel must not listen to Obama. No other nation does. No world leader, except Bibi, has any trouble telling Obama "NO".
17. America Stay Out!!!!
Phoenix ,   Israel   (04.27.13)
America does not rule over Israel. Don't tell us what to do or what not to do. Take care of your own country and shut it!
18. it's a sign?
Toledano Jean-Pierre ,   Israel   (04.27.13)
Syria, Hezbollah, Iranian Revolutionary Guard in Lebanon,... Maybe it's a sign or signs that we have to be ready and to be prepared about the military solution of the Iranian nuclear problem?
19. sunni empire
marian ,   Romania   (04.27.13)
Husein grew up in Indonezia,in an islamic environment, his father is muslim. Probably they want to create a sunni empire in MidEast and NordAfrica, led from Mecca by Abdalah who is now king in Jordan, but, being a hashemi like Mohamed RA,and under the American and British control,who knows, the saudi leaders are illegal because they are not hashemi............
20. Who are you trying to kid?
Mike Van Harris ,   Belgium   (04.27.13)
Since when does Israel needs permission from the U.S to act? The fear of Hezbollah retaliating against Tel Aviv, Haifa and Dimona is more like it...
21. This Request is Oxymoronic and Dangerous
Edward ,   New York USA   (04.27.13)
Help Fight Against Assad????If the US is not fighting against Assad what help is additional restraint. As expected Obama will never intervene in anything. As Obama will never stand up to the enemies of the US, the only thing he does well is make enemies out of our friends like Israel. Israel needs to throw Obama under his own bus and destroy its enemies with overwhelming force. If Obama objects, so be it. Through his inactions and actions to restrain Israel, rather than our common enemies, he is a greater danger to Israel and the US, than he would be if Israel threw caution to the wind and unleashed its military to do the necessary job.
22. Auschwitz
Drew ,   Lawrence, KS USA   (04.27.13)
Exactly - not a direct comparison, but in principle similar.
23. Must we wait for one to drop a canister of sarin on a israel
Galut ia ,   Selah   (04.27.13)
As far as I am concerned - don't even give it a chance to do damage ....shoot them down !
24. Israel must always do what is in her own best interest
Cipora Julianna Kohn ,   Z   (04.27.13)
Israel must never take orders from obama or his people. all that said, this information coming from lebanon, citing unnamed western sources, is suspect.
25. TELL OBAMA NOT TO RESPOND TO
LARRY ,   USA   (04.28.13)
A RUSSIAN DRONE OVER ALASKA. OR ADVISE OBAMA NOT TO TELL GREECE TO RESPOND TO TURKISH AIR FORCE FLY OVER THER COUNTRY .ISRAEL SHOULD START MAKING THERE OWN BUNKER BUSTER BOMBS AND SCREW BEGGING THE US
26. YES!
Jak ,   USA   (04.28.13)
I'm from the US and I agree this administration should mind its own business.
27. To: No. 6
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (04.28.13)
How long do you think it will take Israel to roll over Lebanon, Syria and Jordan were we to pull out all the stops and not care about civilian populations? Would that be five, or ten minutes? Still laughing? More fool you. We can send your bodies back to the Stone Age, where they can join your brains. Five minutes should about do it. Ha, Ha, Ha. Better not test our resolve, asshole. And get your summer animal wrap ready.
28. This is called Hutzpah from the US "because there was.......
(04.28.13)
no harm done." Restrain, REstrain etc Israel doesn't have to receive lessons from NObody including US, when security of It's people is concerned. The intention was to spy on us or test us. It'a enough, to give them a deterrance warning. In the first Gulf war Israel was adviced to restrain. But Sadam did not, Teal Aviv received the damage. FRankly Hutzpah at it most
29. #20 Hezbollah without Iranian handlers
Benji ,   US   (04.28.13)
No money, no weapons, no purpose. No need to wear these silly uniforms and weird shoes. They'd have to run back to uncle's deli and beg work.
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