What Will Israel Do?

What's the matter with you Betz55? Are you as concerned about the British and the French having a nuclear capability as you might be about North Korea? No double standards, eh? Have you counted the number of times Israel has gone to war to destroy an Arab nation, as opposed to the number of times the various Arab nations have gone to war to destroy Israel? Um, who still demands and insists on the annihilation of whom, eh?

You didn't live through the Cold War, did you? Early on, it was based on the concept of "mutually assurred destruction". ("MAD") That prevented the political/ideological/psychological conflict from being fought on the battlefields. I'm sure you've have read about it though. We won because we played the game better than the other side; we eventually wore them down in several different ways.

Your pseudo-knowledge appears to come from the rabid ravings of a small group of propagandists. I've read Mearsheimer and Walt's articles, too. Had I thought they were writing a parody, I would've laughed, but it's not nice to laugh at people who are obviously disabled.

You're making an ass of yourself, betz55. Until you gain a little knowledge and a lot of insight, please go sit down over there and shut your pie-hole.

I suspect that there was a secret agreement made with Iran and the U.S. agreeing to make announcemnets by the U.S. in a retreat from the Iranian nuclear crisis in order for Iran to stop supplying ieds to Iraq. If you notice there has been a sharp decline in the use of these weapons in Iraq all of a sudden. We look weak in my view of such a possible agreement because Iran killed hundreds of U.S. troops, again, and got away with it. A sharp 96 hour bombing capaign of terror training camps, nuclear sites and ied factories would have led to a shocking change of Iranian attitude towards the U.S.. Their fragile economy and the new fear of the U.S. military strikes for future problems would have led to a 180 degree turn in Iranian attitude and maybe even leadership in Iran. Israel should consider airstrikes, although they can do only lmited ones with their limited resources, on key Iranian nuke sites. This would even be difficult to do with out U.S. okay and as a result of that okay to use the air space of nations such as Iraq and Jordan. Now Israel is in a tight spot because of this military limit on using air space in an Israele strike. Unless they use missiles from Israel to strike at area targets in Iran over a continuous campaign then their military option is limited due also to the new U.S. stance. The launching of missiles from Israel itself will also escalate Iran's efforts to get similar missilies from North Korea to do the same to Israel. It might though lead to Iranian concessions if the Israeli attacks are severe enough. ALso it might lead to Iran's withdrawal of suppling of rockets to Hamas that are killing Israelis every week.

AIPAC sure won't like the NIE report that's for sure. It's about time the media starts pointing out and talking about the fact that Israel sits as the absurd and hypocritical gatekeeper to nuclear technology in the Middle East. That Israel has not signed the Nuclear Non Proliferation act and refuses inspections should be brought up everytime the word Iran is brought up. It should also be remembered that when the Israeli's were building their first reactor at Dimona they too were secretly building a nuclear bomb and lied to the US and US inspectors about it. Whatever the neocons insist Iran is doing, Israel has already done it and worse. Israel needs to be dealt with before Tehran.
It is time for the U.S. to break the grip that the unholy alliance of Christian and Jewish Zionists have on our foreign policy. Israel is upset because we may not do their dirty work. Israel is the biggest and most dangerous destabilizing force in the Middle East. Israel is the rogue nuclear power. Israel is the state that is practicing apartheid. At present, Israel is not a source of stability but a serious catalyst of instability because of its belligerent policies. Israel has proven itself to be the most demonstratively warlike state in the Middle East. They have attacked Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, factions inside Lebanon and currently occupy territory in at least two other sovereign nations using "defense" as justification. Israel is surrounded by 24 Arab countries who to one extent or the other deny their very existence. Israel hasn't complied with a single UN resolution.
Who would expect Israel to say otherwise ? After all of the Nuclear arsenal they've developed and posses, they are still in fear of a new Middle East War? Maybe they should get serious about negotiating for a change and quit playing games of one-upmanship. Otherwise they are playing their violin again, woe is Israel, that the United States won't comply once again, by falsifying American reports to play into their self created games of fear and scare tactics. When Israel grows up, we'll all know it, but that's a job for them to do, and not the United States of America to do for them. If $30 Billion US Dollars, wasn't enough for them, nothing ever will be, in fact America hasn't been doing them a favor with its support, and has made them actually do nothing for what they get. Too bad Washington, is owned by the Israeli Lobby it perverts any real justice being done on either their behave or America's.

nuke iran w ~200,000 or so US troops N civilians in Iraq?

"why would the NIE release a report like this at a time when America is working hard to pass a third resolution against Iran"
new processes to keep it from influence of policy makers after Iraq embarresment

"The actual NIE process makes clear how impossible it would be to cook the books in order to damage the administration. Sixteen separate intelligence agencies contribute to the report and must concur on key judgments. In the case of the Iran NIE, every detail of evidence for the report???s conclusions was looked at repeatedly and from all angles. In the classified version, there are more than 1,500 footnotes describing the sources used. When the draft came to tentative conclusions, the findings were attacked by analysts acting as a ???red team??? to determine if there were flaws in the analysis or whether Iranian disinformation was being used to mislead CIA analysts. This process was repeated over and over again until everyone was satisfied with the results. A final no-holds-barred review took place in the White House in mid-November, attended by Bush, Cheney, Robert Gates, Condoleezza Rice, and senior staff members, where objections to sourcing and conclusions were aired. No agenda-driven judgments could possibly survive the process."

The logic of weapons of mass distruction is harsh. Isreal can't just launch a pinprick against Iran. Taking out the nuke sites will only cause a massive missile counterattack with chem/bio weapons causing the destruction of many an Isreali city. The only solution? Total nuclear anihilation of Iran. Just look at the old version of WWIII 80's style. The west thought that they could have a war and slowly lose in Germany. Then they'd lob a nuke. The ruskies respond with a nuke. Peace? No? OK a couple o nukes this time. Then the ruskies lob a couple back. Eventually peace would break out. The Ruskies had different plans. They would annihilate W. Germany from the start. Hundreds of nukes launched. They hoped the West would let the radioactive death stay in Germany, if not the next step was armaggedon.
The idea of a surgical strike against Iran's nuke sites is ludicrous. If Isreal attacks it wll be with dozens of nukes nothing less. Were playing harball folks. Stop thinking it little leagus.
Isreal v Iran

I hope Isreal takes the necessary steps even if they have to nuke them till they glow. The Islamic Republic of Iran wants to destroy not only Isreal but all in the world who are not followers of Islam. Just another racist and radical nation that needs to be nuked.

Clearly the republican US administration is split between neo-cons (Cheney clan) and the pragmatists (Gates Clan). For now the pragmatists have pulled the rug from under any ideas the neo-cons might have harbored about a military confrontation with Iran in 2008. Judging from their unfortunate peformance against Hezbollah in the summer of 2006, taking on Iran alone seems to be way above Israel's pay grade.

I don't have any propblem with Iran, I'm for opening up both embassies, full diplomatic ties, and yes, help them with their nuclear program, which Our President Ford christian for them. We don't have to love the Iranians, just like we didn't have to love the russians during the clod war.
I think the real issue here is Israel feels threatened by Iran becoming an Ally with the United States once again, 5.5 million people,vs 72 million people sitting on the third largest oil reserves in the world.
AGAIN, the nut job current president of iran did not say he wanted to wipe israel off the map it's called propaganda,
Israel has a lot of nuclear weapons, how is non nuclear Iran a threat. to a nuclear country with what 200+ nuclear weapons. Hirsch, in all due respect it's only the jews like yourself using america as a platform and the right wing Israeli party. Go find a cure for cancer.
whining about it. Please tell me America isn't this f##king
dumb to believe this b##sh#t.