Train Wreck Ahead?

I hope that when Isreal does attack, the Iranians have the SA300 up and running. It is a missile defense system that they bought from the Russians. It can shoot down a missiles or planes from 75 miles away. Also when they detect the 1st incoming missile, they should send some of thiers one way to Tel Avi. Isreal can throw a punch, lets see if they can take one.

The Israelies have been pushing their luck ever since we stepped in and gave them their 'homeland' back. At the time we took the land away from the nomadic Arab tribes and thought very little about the future ramifications of this action. The territory belonged to the Arabs. I guess in retrospect we could have given the Israelies Montana but that probably would have stirred up conflict as well. The Israelies don't play well with others and we support that. Maybe it is time to not support that and let them fend for themselves. Being Israel's greatest supporter has not been good for the US. Enough already!!!

Its about time that we start treating the Palestinians on an equal basis with Isreal.

I support President Obama and VP Biden 100%. Unlike frank112, I wasn't told what my opinion about this conflict should be and did my own research. The common story just had too many inconsistencies and the more I learned the more pissed I got. My government doesn't have the right to treat people like that, nor support others in that kind of behavior, and I've been fighting it even since.

Add the fact that Israel is ranked number 2 in commercial and government espionage against us and I've had it. They need to get out of our government too, because they have entirely too much influence through their lobbying arms. We send them $4 billion a year which gets used to build illegal settlement, have a massive military for a country that size and turn that money back around to Washington for more political control of our foreign policy. The worst part is that the Israeli leadership uses it for things that aren't good for Israel.

Also frank112, why is it when anyone comments about Israel's illegal actions in Gaza and the West Bank the only answer you have to rebut it is to call people names like anti-Semite? Can't you debate or stand up for your opinion without slewing names like a grade school child? I bet you cannot, because you were fed your opinion instead of researched and decided on your own. I would hit you with facts that you never even heard of. The truth is the truth, whether you like it or not.

Thank you for this article, Mr. Hirsh. It's nice to see another moral intelligent human being calling it the way it is instead of sugar coating things for an American "ally". I've had it with our media and government tip toeing around with Israel and want to see progress on this issue, progress that will never happen unless we start holding their feet to the fire. We all know Israeli leadership doesn't want peace if they can get to their Zionist ambition first.

Netanyahu is playing the same game by using Iran as an excuse to delay peace talks with the Palestians. The same rationel first US eliminate a formidle enemy and then we talk peace with the Palestinians.and we all know where that ended. More Jewish settlement were built, more check points were created, the Wall cutting into 10% of the West Bank and the Palestinians keep getting the shaft. Netanyahu wants the Palestinians to recognize Israel without mentioning of recognizing a Palastinian state. And now Netanyahu wants Aamerica to do more of Israel dirty work by attacking Iran a state that's not a threat to the US. If Israel wants to attack Iran then let them but without shedding our blood and treasure. No More

Co-depedency.
That best defines the relationship between the US and Israel under the Bush Administration. Obama seems understand George Washington's warning about "entangling alliances"- namely that we should not give a blank check to a regime which insists in stealing more Arab land simply because of some obscure reference in the Old Testament.
The development of nuclear power is Ahmadinejad's only trump card in the coming election. Developing a nuclear program is widely popular in Iran. Iraq is a great example of what happens to a Muslim country without nuclear weapons. Other than the issue of nuclear power, Iran's economy is tanking. I remember reading reports about gasoline riots because Iran cannot produce its own gasoline. The mullahs issue an endless number of restrictions that are increasingly unpopular among the young - Terangeles is a vibrant school of rock, yet rock music in Iran is increasingly underground. A regime that hates its young CANNOT survive. And, demographically, Iran is a young nation.
What we do not need is an attack on Iran by Israel. That's precisely what Ahmadinejad is praying for. We're better off with a president who can appeal to the young. Who knows? Maybe there's a Generation O in Iran. Who knows? Maybe Baraka Obama is more popular than the mullahs. When or if that happens, there is not hope for the current government of Iran.

The day after Amadinajad retains his presidency Israel will bomb him, and Obama will receive the lesson he never imagined: peace comes only through believable power never through empathy world love and empty bs. Bunker buster bombs work by killing a few appropriate souls exactly when needed,; love bombs kill millions of innocents and ultimately don't work. Save lives, bomb Iran...Bunker bustera away! Oh, Dems, Kerry that is, forget LOST (Law of the Seas Treaty) all those with even a smidgen of military knowledge recognize Law if the Seas Treaty for exactly what it is, a no fly over rule to stop Israel, which pretty well explains why neither Israel, America nor Iran have ratified it. We all want to defend and attack when necessary. Up yours Lurch.

How long do we have to put up with the lies and backstabbing from the Muslims. I do not believe there has ever been a treaty or cease-fire that has been honored by a Muslim nation because they only agree to one when they need time to rearm in order to punish anyone that does not believe the way they do which is to Kill everybody!

Trooper, I wish I had your beliefs in the US foreign policy towards Israel. It is my opinion that Obama will leave Israel to die. His administration is filled with Anti-Israel advocates who want nothing more than for the Jewish state to be dismantled. The 7% of Jews who voted for Obama care not one wit for the Israel-and I am quickly coming to the conclusion that neither do most Americans. Hope and Change.....Obama and his Anti-Zionist administration hope to chamge the US policy in the MidEast.