By Pentagon Correspondent Barbara Starr
The United States has become increasingly concerned Israel could be preparing to strike Iran's nuclear program, a senior U.S. military official told CNN on Friday.
The U.S. military and intelligence community in recent weeks have stepped up "watchfulness" of both Iran and Israel, according to the senior U.S. military official and a second military official familiar with the U.S. actions. Asked if the Pentagon was concerned about an attack, the senior military official replied "absolutely." Both officials declined to be identified because of the extreme sensitivity of the matter.
Both the U.S. Central Command, which watches developments in Iran, and the U.S. European Command, which watches developments in Israel, are "increasingly vigilant" in watching potential military movement in both countries. U.S. satellites are a crucial method of gathering intelligence in both arenas, though the official did not specify that was the method being used.
Separately, another senior U.S. military official is now calling Iran the largest threat to the United States in the Middle East. Concerns about the threat to American interests from Iran has grown for several reasons, according to military officials. In addition to the country's nuclear ambitions, recent allegations have come to light about an Iranian assassination plot in Washington, Iranian shipment of weapons into Iraq, and continued Iranian support for the militant group Hezbollah.
The concerns over a possible Israeli strike come as the International Atomic Energy Agency is set to release a report next week detailing Iran's progress on its nuclear weapons development program. A number of Israeli newspapers in recent days have speculated that the Israeli government could respond with attacks.
The military official told CNN that the United States is watching any Israeli military movements closely as well as those inside Iran. In the past, the U.S. officials felt they had assurances from Israel that it would give warning to the United States of any attack.
"Now that doesn't seem so ironclad," the official said.
The American assessment is that an Israeli strike could likely include both manned aircraft and use of Israeli Jericho ballistic missiles. Manned aircraft are particularly risky because Israeli pilots would have to cross into third-country airspace, and likely engage in mid-air refueling that could be detected by radars in the region. In addition, Iranian air defenses are "top notch," according to the official, and pose a threat to both manned aircraft and missiles. Drones do not have the range to attack Iranian targets and do not carry enough firepower to destroy Iran's underground weapons facilities.
The official underscored long-standing U.S. military concerns about the risk of hostilities to American troops in the region, both those still in Iraq and U.S. naval forces and ground forces throughout the Persian Gulf. The official also strongly emphasized the United States has no current intention of striking Iran.
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Anyone buying the propaganda machine should consider a less intellectually demanding job.
Ms. Starr already has another job of course.
We continue to do the bidding of others, prompted by the 1%, while 99% of us continue to fall behind.
We have not only lost our moral compass, we have also lost of mental compass!
Go get 'em, and feel free to pay Mekka a visit while you're at it.
Iran is entitled to civil nuclear power,bu not nuclear weapons! Israel is our closst ally and one and the only democratice country. I strongly support any strike by Israel at Nuclear facilities,Unstable nation's with nuclear weapons are a threat to peace and stablity in the world.
how many billions would breathe a sigh of relief if iran's nuclear ambitions went up in smoke. we lack the guts to do it. the euros lack the guts to do it. the chinese and the russians lack the motivation (either would do it in 24 hours if it suited their interests). the gulfers lack the means. the world _again_ depends on israel. and as much as haters bemoan israel's "militarism" they would benefit from their decisiveness as much as everyone else. and, yes, iranians would benefit, too. ask the iraqis and the syrians and the lybians how much fun it is to live under a regime that is short-circuited on its own grandstanding and absolute power.
I am a man of my word, if you are lucky enough to get it. In 2007 I promised you an uprising (2009) (who stopped it you or us, you let your quarry bleed out) and I also promised you that I would bomb you into the Stone Age. Human Shields, once a human flesh peddler always a human flesh peddler. Its 2005.
The Jews are going to bomb you and you are going to like it, understand me. It is all falling apart and you know it, build it the bomb. That is why I was sent to Israel, messing your s***t up, planning war for 6 years, you human shields and building the bomb, that was your plan. Clocks ticking.
You earthlings are so easy.
You fight among yourselves.
It makes the invasion so easy.
You do realise that you have been
genetically engineered to be slaves
dont you ?
Check your bible.
We are coming soon !!
This has been planned for centuries.
We own the planet you call earth.
We just want the resources.
You are not needed.
END TRANSMISSION.
Plausible. We do fight like animas don't we. We never could win a war against alien intelligence.
Hitler said the Jews caused trouble. I am starting to think he was right.
Pound on Israel all you want. But when an Iranian nuke lights up a horizon somewhere...anywhere...you all will wish that Israel hadn't waited so long to act. *I* wish that Bush had acted years ago. I *know* that Obama doesn't have any intention of doing so. Word has it, this Administration is conceding that an Iranian nuke is just a reality, whether it's next month or 3 years from now. It's unwilling to incur the HUGE loss of life in order to prevent a bomb from going off that will incur much more devastation. This President is a coward.
where would we be today with a nuclear iraq under saddam hussein and a nuclear syria under assad? and people ask what good israel does...
That's a stupid post. No one knows where we would be so to insinuate Israel does good and it sure as hell doesn't is foolish. Just because you believe in anarchy and support Israel when it breaks the law and attack others unprovoked doesn't mean people agree with you or that you just "laid down the knowledge". You sound like a damn fool with your hypotheticals.
An Iranian nuke is not going to light up anybody's night and you, and several heads of the Israeli security establishment, know it. Israel, on the other hand, is an aggressive, heavily armed, militaristic state that the world should be concerned about. I hope no one is surprised if Iran or other regional nations retaliate upon Israel if it attacks first.
David you are exactly correct. And if Israel does what's criminal and attacks Iran unprovoked Iran by law has the right to retaliate.
Remember the Soviet Union?
Funny how some never learn.
One million of dead of people of Iral is genocide,
Bush and Cheney must be acussed of criminals, this aninals, butchers atacked a poor people, with out airforce.Bush Cheney and Lieberman are a ligyng animals.
We do'nt need a wars we need technology abd work.
Alkaeda is an american and israel bussines
Yes there needs to be a war crimes investigation! Now.
So we are posturing to help Iran? We heard Israel announce they might need to attack, if international pressure fails.
They did not make such a proclamation before attacking Saddam Hussein's nuclear weapons program, nor Syria's. Perhaps the deep thinkers at the pentagon should learn to recognize an opportunity to avoid war when it is presented.
the deep thinkers at the pentagon don't make our foreign policy...
Cowardice is a gut reaction, not a plan. Taking on Iran would be a bloodbath and I think everyone knows that. Israel would take a pounding as would some of our carriers. But that's nothing compared to what nukes can do. A nuclear-armed Iran would probably succeed in blackmailing the west because our leaders don't have the spine to strike first and take our lumps. We need to think less, act now, and take our lumps today because it will be far far worse tomorrow. Remember, the Muslims don't mind martyring the innocent. Their cities, ours...they won't care so long as they believe they can deal us a crippling blow. Living in the stone age actually gives them an advantage.
appeasement doesn't work on serial killers. dropping one's pants and burying head in sand doesn't work on serial rapists. nuff said.
And vasecheck your junk psychological analogies doesn't work on anyone.
let's all remember this when Israel fires the first shot because American public is so gullible by Zionist media and politicians, in a few weeks after Israel's attack, the public will believe it was a retaliation defensive war in which America had no choice but join to protect the Israeli thieves who believe in freedom and democracy blah blah...
Iran fired the first shot when Ahmedinijab said Israel needs to be wiped off the face of the Earth. When a head of state says something like that, then that state needs to take responsibility for it.
Its amazing to see all of the bigots coming out of the woodwork.
People, for God sake, NO ONE IN IRAN EVER "THREATENED TO WIPE ISRAEL OFF THE MAP"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a seriously FALSE accusation based on the (deliberately) bad interpretation of Ahmadinejad's words: "een (this) rezhim-e eshghalgar-e qods (regime that occupies Jerusalem) bayad (must) az (from) safheh-ye (pages of) ruzgar (history) mahv shavad (vanish)"
In other words: Ahmadinejad said that the Israeli REGIME must vanish from the pages of history. This is the sentence that all you ranting biggots are making a fuss about. This is the so called "annihilation threat".
I hope the more intelligent among you will now understand that Ahmadinejad was only stating something that has been stated before by many other Western Nations towards Iran. And believe me, when I hear some of you talking I get the feeling there are more people in the West who'd like to wipe Iran off the map than vice verse.
Educate yourselves people. Don't swallow everything the media presents you!!!!!!
no we'd just like to wipe the islamofascist regime in tehran off the pages of history. get my drift?
Sure Moe they don't want to wipe the land from the map, just the jewish and christian people on the land.
I agree with MOE. This was a mis translation from Farsi. I can't stand how Zionists teist the truth.
About time the Christian Americans politely say, enough is enough. You have your homeland. Please leave the USA before you destoy it within.
LIAR! Iran never said israel needs to be wiped off the map. You just keep parroting that lie. Your so called "first shot" is a lie.
it takes an islamo terrorist w h o r e to label american media and politicians as zionists. iran's weapons program is as much a threat to us as it is to israel, but islamo terrorist w h o r e s don't care for our interests any more than they do for israel's. israel would AGAIN be doing the entire free world a favor by destroying iranian nuclear weapons program, for the third time already. of course that would upset islamo terrorist w h o r e s, but why would we care?
Zionazi traitor, even the US does not believe Iran is a threat and does want to start a war. Nor does any nation supports a war. Only Israel and its hateful Zionazi supporters want more wars, hate, death and destruction. They are the most dangerous creatures to world peace.
if they were to destroy iranian nuclear facilities they would be destroying instruments of war, you silly, silly terrorist w h o r e. in that they would be diminishing the possibility of a really serious war in not so distant future for everyone – including us and the euros, and the arab nations. unlike your mental twin, the iranian lloudspeaker, israel doesn't set goals of destroying a people or wiping a country off the map. it sets out to prevent people who make such goals from getting the means to do it. kapish?
Israeli nazi policies backed by its nukes and WMD's guarantee war, Israel wiped out Palestine from map and refuses to recognize its right to exist. Iran does not colonize other people's homes. Only Israel does. If anything, Israel should be stripped from nukes and all means of launching new wars on Palestine, Lebanon, Gaza, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, and now Iran. Israel is a nazi regime destined to vanish even according to CIA analysis, mostly due to its belligerent policies.
islamic terrorists have drawn up fake maps with a fictional palesitinia drawn on them.
it's not israel's fault that the maps are fake. the problem is with the dopes, such as this little terrorist w h o r e who believe the fake maps and the primitive pali propaganda.
israel never signed any npt's and are fully within their rights to develop and maintain a nuclear weapons program. iran, on the other hand, signed the treaty. i understand that honor and backing own words with actions is a foreign concept to islamo terrorist w h o r e s, but to those outside your sheepish cult it still means a thing or two. whatever israel has it hasn't used any of it even if they had plenty of incentive to do so when faced with hordes of moral and mental zombies whom you represent, right at their doorstep. there is little doubt however, that your little infant throat-cutting and pregnant woman-shooting cult which is funded and nurtured by the very same iranian rulers you so ardently defend would not stop for an instant in using wmd's against people that don't share their religious superiority manias.
Let's hope the Israeli Nazis send all their air force into oblivion. They're used to dropping bombs on kids, let's see how they like someone who can fight back.
This stupid religious argument has been going on since before I was born, and I'm an old lady! This is ridiculous.
I sincerely hope Iran and Israel just destroy nuke each other. If Israel were so radiation-soaked that nobody lived there I doubt we would still be funneling money into a lost and pointless religious cause.
i heard that the torah is not really like our bible in the true meaning. that it is a book of guidance for the jews. i sometimes come upon readings from it online and it seems weird. e.g like killing non-jews, that non- jews are dirty people. Our christian beliefs doesnt say that towards non believers. i really dont understand. there are plenty of our countrymen that says ,'if we help the jews we are going to be blessed'. i dont buy it.
these interpretations are usually peddled by the people enthralled by the ideas of killing all jews or that jews are dirty people... you may remember some pretty well-known people in history who ascribed to such ideas and had entire departments dedicated to creating and disseminating the propaganda you describe...
Mark you are right. Therer are plenty of Orthodox Jews disputing the Telmud teachings as non Jewish. Just go on You Tube!
. Unfortunatley Ukrainian Tribesman were converted to Judaism 2000 years ago, they then lived in Russia Poland and Germany, and now they wanted a homeland. The irony is non Jewish blood is killing Jews who converted to Islam. Only Zealots fled the Roman occupation. And they were a little koo koo!
Just reading what some of you have to say is sickening and makes me ashamed of being in the same country. Why on earth would anyone want a war to start? Some of you seem to think of a war being the answer to all the problems in the MidEast, but the reality is that more problems and death will occur, and nothing more. Neither Iran or Israel has anything to gain from attacking each other because NOTHING GETS SOLVED WHEN YOU TRY TO KILL.
You attack a country by taking out their nuke site is an immediate act of war. Not to mention the countries Israel is going to go through to get there, invading air space. Crap is going to hit the fan very soon. Deny it all you want.
Saudis will allow ISrael to use there airspace.
The Saudis are more troubled by Tehran than ISrael.
what is signing a non-proliferation treaty then turning around and launching a nuclear weapons program while spouting off about how there is a country you'd like to wipe off the map if not an act of war?
Well, I don't want a war but I think it will come to that. Iran doesn't respect their neighbors. The regime does not respect human life. It does not care one bit beyond becoming a new Persia. Hopefully a way will be found to get Iran to, at a minimum, stop making a bomb and respect other nations.
Those who say this won't happen are in denial, this is going to happen. Stock up and food and whatever you need, I'm not the only one who thinks this will be a very bad idea on Israel's part. May or may not be WW3 but a full scale mid east war is about to start. Iran is going to attack everything near them that has to do with the United States. U.S. will be dragged into this and many fronts will open in the Mid East. Have fun Israel. I knew you'd start WW3
Hasselhoff, your clueless.
Bigdakine, you better stop your people making war. The whole world will turn on them like the world turned on Nazi Germany.
The Zealots lost Israel by pushing the buttons of Romans. The true Jews tried to reason with them, but when the Romans realised their own people could not calm them, they gave them an ass whooping.
If you don't want to lose the entire Israel lands, concede some to the Palestinians and make peace.
I am starting to think your people was a little crazy, when they followed Abraham into the Desert. Oh I forgot, Abraham heard voices and was going to kill his child.
Enough said. It is Genetic miswiring. You guys need help!
Everybody was supposed to be born equal.Jewballs are certainly not better than anybody else.Their best bet is to get along with their neighbors. We aint gonna fight no big wars they start for theirselves, and what little importance they hold will dissipate as the USA gets off of foreign oil and stops heading towards being broke.Clean, Affordable, Energy–>
Go Nuclear. One way or another, this world will be Green. Amen and Amen.
WE NEED TO BE HAVING A NATIONAL DISCUSSION ABOUT THE RISK COMING OUT OF IRAN, AND WHETHER THE U.S. CAN TOLERATE AN IRAN WITH NUKES. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO MAKE THE POINT THAT IF A SMUGGLED NUKE GOES OFF TOMORROW IN L.A., WE CAN BE REASONABLY CONFIDENT THAT IT WAS PAKISTANI, AND WE CAN RESPOND QUICKLY. BUT IF IRAN ALSO HAS NUKES, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO PROVE WHETHER THE ONE THAT HIT THE U.S. WAS PAKISTANI OR IRANIAN? WHO WILL THE U.S. RETALIATE AGAINST? WON'T THIS DRAMATICALLY INCREASE THE RISK OF A NUCLEAR STRIKE ON THE U.S.? IF THREE ISLAMIC COUNTRIES WERE TO GET NUKES, DON'T WE FACE A NEARLY 100% CHANCE OF GETTING NUKED? Do you know that experts estimate that we have a 50% chance of getting nuked with things the way they are now?
We would only get nuked if we are seen supporting Israeli policies. Oh I forgot, we voted against the Unesco resolution to give Palestine a homeland.
Perhaps the Arabs will nuke Israel if we just leave the Arabs alone. I am starting to realise that the Jewish controlled media has fed us lies, and now we fight their wars, and they drain our Treasury.
Iran has had the least amount of terrorists of all Middle Eastern countries. Israel continues to sap our tax payer dollars. America overthrew Iran's democracy in the 50's. Israel antagonizes every Islamic/Arab country. Israel is the most xenophobic and racist state in existence. Iran held an 1,800 person candle light vigil in Tehran on 9/11. Benjamin Netanyahu's comment: Now you know how it feels. Israel was created out of Western guilt on the basis of a fictitious belief (like all religions) by removing people off their lands. No one knows why we're still in the Middle East except the Israel Lobby and the American government. No one knows why we're "allies" with Israel. People don't get that the army can't nation build and that destroying governments doesn't automatically mean progress.
Guess who you should support?
lemm guess: the same terrorist w h o r e s that you support? you spit out some canned propaganda slogans and expect people to believe that our sworn enemies are in fact our best buddies, while our best buddies are secretly putting poison into our cereal. gd luck with that...
Vasecheck, stop pedding this w ho r e line.
It is repititios propaganda to make people think Anti Zionists are w h o r es an traitors. Hitler used this tactic as a propagand a tool. Say it enough and people believe. Just like your line that Iran wants to wipe Israel off the map. It is deliberate spreading of false hoods so the public believes.
After reading the comments on this site, your kind's time is up. I suggest packing your bags and selling up and taking your USD converting to Shekels and get out while the going is good. I monitor the rise of Anti Zionism, and over 10 years it is building. My Grandmother was in a German concentration camp, and she said the papers used to publish opinion pieces, and it got increasingly anti semitic. Get out of the good old USA while you can!
Israel has become too much of a dangerous liability. Dump Israel or move it to NY and FL where it perhaps can live in peace. But where it is now, it has to start a war in the region every few years or so.
Well Said!
I think its funny the we(The USA) are concerned about Israel bombing Iran when we sold Israel the fighter jets(and probably the smart bombs to complete the task).
what's funny is that we beg israel not to re-design the military technology we give them so as to reduce competition.
Their own weapons systems are at least as advanced as the ones we give them, often more so.
Jets yes, munitions no. They prefer to build their own bombs. They do sometimes collaborate but not often. Although we would sell them bombs if they asked.
we give them the jets to keep them from making their own and putting lock mart and boeing out of business. then they re-design the jets we give them to make them significantly better than our own versions. their f-15s aren't the same as our f-15s
Light them up Israel...(Thumbs Up)
Kevin. lets be sensible here. humankind wants peace. it doesnt matter who, what. but i think and i believe it. Israel will attack iran and iran will just defend and retaliate. which is the right thing to do. if our country will still help israel for thier mistake of attacking a soveriegn country. it makes no sense. helping israel doesnt make sense. sensible people and countries all over the world will laugh at us for doind so.
does it make sense to allow a rogue regime to break a non-proliferation treaty it signed and enable it to hold the entire world hostage?
This is the same idiocy as Truman. He wanted to test the bomb on live people to test the effects of radiation, not save GI Lives.
This is the same attitude of German guards when they shot Jews. The dehumanised people , just like we demonise the Arabs and Persians.
You disgust me. Leave America, it is a Christian nation. We have lost our way and adopted the Old Commandments. Jesus would be gut wrenching now!
The Warfighter has been and always will drive the U.S. Economy. Love it or hate it, it is the reason why you live in the most amazing country in the world. Travel abroad and see how the rest live..........If you find a country that seems to compare, it is only because the they have great natural resources of which they sell to the US or they are tapping into the US as their natural resource.
The question I have asked my entire life is this.
What does Israel have or do that we are willing to go to war or bankrupt our own nation for them?
Answr?
NOTHING!!!
Yet because of some knucklehead religion based entirely on human sacrifice, (Christianity) we as a nation are held hostage???
Like it or not, this country (USA) was founded on Christianity. Then all the non-believers came over and started turning this country into a joke.
This country was NOT founded on Christianity. Most of the founding fathers were Deists. Look up what Deist means. There's a big difference between that and Christianity. Most were outspoken about their disdain for organized religion and how it is corrosive on society, particularly Christianity. Just because you read the word "God" on the dollar bill or the mention of a Creator in the Declaration of Independence, you think it's YOUR god. Sorry, you're mistaken. Even Lincoln has plenty of written opinion against Christianity to go along with Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Paine, Ben Franklin. Or do you consider this country to have different founding fathers? Educate yourself! If this nation was founded on Christianity, why isn't Jesus, The Bible, or Christianity mentioned even once in the Declaration or our Constitution?
Ryan, try reading something (ridiculous, I know). This country was not founded on Christianity – most of the founders were deists, people who believed in God and a creator, but not in organized religion. Many of them said Christianity was a dangerous European philosophy that should be kept out of the new nation. Furthermore, Christians have always hated Jews. Look up a little thing called the inquisition. Their recent conversion of belief is to their credit, but hardly a justification for war on behalf of Israel.
I read not too long ago a comment referring to Israel as "America's aircraft carrier in the Middle-East," which is oversimplified, but nevertheless makes a point. Israel is a highly technological representative democracy surrounded by third-world countries, which is enough of a reason to support them. The fact that they are attacked on an almost daily basis should be enough to convince anyone they are threatened by their undemocratic, militaristic neighbors who should not be and can not be trusted with cosmic weapons.
Furthermore, Iran is a theocratic regime allied with Russia and China against us, and can and will do everything they can to destroy Israel, needing no justification other than the fact that they're our allies.
The real mistake is assuming that these regimes hate Israel for being a Jewish state – they couldn't care less, that's just used to stoke the fires of fanaticism amongst their uneducated populace. They hate Israel for being a bastion of western democracy and power in what they believe is their exclusive realm. The war isn't about religion – religion isn't even about religion. It's about power. And when you want power, the first place you look for people willing to blindly hand it over to you are amongst religious fanatics.
I'm so glad we don't have any people like that in the US.
"I'm so glad we don't have any people like that in the US."
here's to hoping that statement is as true as can be!
you don't know the answer, yet you keep asking yourself the same thing over and over and get frustrated with the results.... brilliant!
bombs Iran...Yeah...bombs Iran
I couldn't wait to see that day
bombs Iran yeah bombs Iran....bombs the whole bunches of camel jokey
I'm sure many more americans will die.
I hope Brazil stays out of this and cut all ties with Israel.
Iran will attack Israel and US bases in range if attacked, since the US shares intelligence with the criminal Zionist Israeli government. Iran promised to light up the Middle East.
If Israel attacks Iran and US still supports Israel, then Russia and China have both declared and warned that will begin the WWIII
Russians and the Chinese have done know such thing and could care less. The Russkies love the Iranians so much they refuse to sell Iran Russia's latest air-defense system. As Iran has already paid the Russins in full for developing Iran's nuclear program, the Russians no longer care if Israel bomds it back to the stone age. As for China, Israel is very popular in China. So with respect to WW3 talk, it is laughable. When Israel goes after Iran, they will have plenty of help. Suadi Arabian and Israeli military offcials have already collabrotaed; corridors in Saudi airspace have already been established for use by the ISraeli airforce. In addition Azerbejan is allowing ISrael to base military equipment.
What is hilarious is the idea, that only ISrael feels threatened by Iran. The Saudis and the gulf states would be only to happy to see Israel put Iran in its place, which is why they will allow Israel to use their airpsace.
The ignoramuses really have shown how clueless they are today.
Iran is attempting to become a world superpower, but they first need to become at least a regional one. in that they are putting themselves squarely at odds with the sunnite gulf nations. saudis will rip their tongues out before openly admitting to collaborating with israel, yet they will give an arm and a leg to get an advantage over their regional arch-rivals.
Nukes don´t make a superpower, see North Korea, not even a regional power despite having a handful of nukes in working condition. I agree with a surgical attack on Iran only and only if the other countries who have developed nukes illegally will be forced to scrap them too. If we want to get the world rid of nukes, then let´s do it thoroughly: not only USA and Russia should scrap nukes but the other nuke equipped countries too. Using a double standard and allowing certain countries to develop nukes just because they´re friendly will only give nuke-pursuer countries like Iran and Syria reasons to point the finger back at the accusers. The "ambiguous policy" of Israel regarding its nuclear program is accepted , China, India and Pakistan developed nukes almost undisturbed , North Korea, a nuke equipped country with an aggressive foreign policy, especially towards South Korea, sits untouched by a single bullet, and still everyone´s eyes are fixed on Iran. USA and Russia shouldn´t reduce their arsenals only, but also put pressure on the other nuke armed countries to do the same, and that regardless of their "friendliness quotient".
Can someone explain to me why we should care about Israel? An ally for the sake of being an ally is not something that is worth going to war over. No one ever talks about the 1,800 candle light vigil the Iranian people held in Tehran the night of 9/11. No one ever talks about how Iran was an enemy of Al Qaeda and that Bin Laden urged his followers to kill Iranians.
The worst part is is that Iran was a democratic government until the CIA and MI6 overthrew it in the 50's. This is a WIDELY known fact, but not something the government wants you to know.
Maybe because Israel is "Gods Chosen People?" Just maybe?
MONEY=GOD
ryan, with due respect. am a christian and the jews are not. they dont believe in Jesus Christ. its an insult to me and christendom for them to be specially treated as ' God s Choosen people' . its really insulting
Remember, Jesus was a Jew.
Chosen People?
didn't helo when they were going into the oven in germany.
Remind me what happened to Germany and Hitler? The Nazis had the most powerful military in the world. If Hitler would have just listen to his commanders instead of being greedy and wanting everything NOW NOW NOW, we all might be speaking German right now. Well, that is if your race survived.
Gods chosen people? Tell that to the Ultra Nationalist Han Chinese. hundreds of millions of them.
iranian people's dissent with iranian regime is widely publicized. hardly anyone talks of destroying iranians or doubting that an average iranian doesn't dream of ruling the world, destroying nations or ascension through nuclear holocaust...
Well, first we have strong Jewish Lobby group. Next, Israel is a Democracy, although not quite the same flavor as ours. They unlike other allies in that region, actually do like us. Last they are stable where as other nations in that region go through shifts in policy every time a dictator is shot. i.e. Arab Spring
We care about Israel for the same reason we care about Japan, or South Korea, or England, or France (okay, maybe a little less) – because they're on our side, and they are strategically located in amongst our enemies, big, powerful countries that would love it if the US were to fall of the map tomorrow and let them run the world their way. The idea that the US supports our allies out of charity or the goodness of our national hearts is pathetically naive. We are a nation-state, and we act in our own best interests.
And, Chris, you would do well to remember that Iran is a democracy today. Syria, too. Just ask them.
jesus was a jew, alright. and he espouses to love your neighbors. the torah doesnt say that. it treats non jews with malice. its insulting to christians. torah of course is not a bible in the true sense. its a rule of living for the jews.
Our troops should come home for good and defend our own borders America has enough problems of her own however if it happens our forces would be in the middle of a fight and our obligations to defend an ally will commence therefore we will have no choice but to defend them at all cost.
F**K USA F**K USA F**K USA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! USA IS ON THE BRINK OF FALLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
chris the us is falling on your empty head.soon there will be air instead of your empty head.poor chris is a looser and a big jerk
the way i look at it is this: our country is eating up all resources from around the world. anywhere where it could find them. we should have been dealing and engaging with the arabs, iranians, venezuelans, russians, negirians (part of countries with big reserves of natural resources).But we look the other way. these countries are willing to supply us. however in DC, i beleive there are powerful hands that favors Israel for these countries because of religion (Which is a big question mark to me). Israel doesnt even have its own natural resources. Wrong policy in DC, i believed. and for a long, very long time already. our TRUE CHRISTIAN leaders should wake up ( am not talking about jewish senators and congresmen)
Sung to the tune of barbara ann. Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb iran, bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb iraaaaaaaannnnnnn, (etc)
Your Grandmother and family should be ashamed of you.
The enemy of our enemy is our friend. Go get 'em, and pay The Kaaba a vist while you're at it.
That's a poorly thought out cliché.
For example, Stalin and Hitler were enemies. Which one would you call a friend?
Stalin but only long enough until Hitler was dead, and not one second longer.
At some point in the future, Iran will have the atomic bomb and I firmly believe they will use it on Israel. So the only choice for Israel is to strike before they do.
We can talk against Israel as much as we can but it is this country that is living under the threat of a nuclear attack. At some point they will have no choice then to strike first. We should be working harder on trying to disarm Iran by negotiating with them. Only regular people from both side will be paying for the stupidity of their respective governments.
iran will not nuke israel....only a fool would believe that....if iran did nuke them they would not just be destroying the Israelis but just about everyone else in the region....the Palestinians would be gone...and the radiation would spread across the region and get everyone else....this is just propaganda so that iran doesnt join the nuclear club that the US and Israel are a part of...also the use of nukes is not wat nukes are for....nukes are there so that nations will have weight to throw around...........................................................................................
You might be right and I hope Iran will not do it but remember the Iranian might put the destruction of Isral before anything else, in the name of God. The Iranian gov does not seem logical.
why would they build it if not to use it?
Moebar, the Hiroshima bomb didn't destroy that city, because it didn't kill all the people. Same with a low yield Iranian detonation within Israel. It wouldn't wipe out all the people. They would rebuild. They would suffer but rebuild but why should it come to that. No matter what, Iran should always be prevented from building a bomb. That regime would detonate a nuclear weapon and would not care about any of the reprcussions, except for maybe a retalitory Nuclear detonation from the US.
My little Bobby knows a bully at school, Mikey. Mikey will someday be a gun owner. My little Bobby is scared of Mikey being a gun owner because he thinks he might get shot. That's why I gave Bobby permission to kill Mikey first.
To some of us, you sound this intelligent.
Never said it was smart, or even tasteful. The world is what it is. Sometimes you have to strike back at a bully but hopefully another way could be found.
Brilliant analogy!!!
Hitler ordered a preemptive strike against Stalin, as he mistrusted the Jewish high command in the Communist party. He knew Stalin would be fed lies, so he took the initiative. Look where that got us!
And you know this because? You have tin foil wrapped around your head so aliens can communicate from the future?
Vote in another Republican and you'll see WWIII within a week.
GOOD, GO FOR IT. LETS ROLL.
you're a moron
would you like plague with that?
Concerned my A-ss ! HELP THEM , you Puddin heads Israel is trying to save the world !
Israel is trying to save itself. http://bit.ly/StopUSInvasionIranIraq
Iran is so screwed if the two nations do start to trade shots.
Obama and the warmongers in D. C. – busily seeking another war. Idiots!
Let them blow the h-ll out of each other!
See what happens when you deny yourself delicious, delicious pig meat!
iran will not nuke israel....only a fool would believe that....if iran did nuke them they would not just be destroying the Israelis but just about everyone else in the region....the Palestinians would be gone...and the radiation would spread across the region and get everyone else....this is just propaganda so that iran doesnt join the nuclear club that the US and Israel are a part of...also the use of nukes is not wat nukes are for....nukes are there so that nations will have weight to throw around...
Not so, it depends on the yield of the weapon in question and what do they really care about Palestine. Really the only drawback for them would be destruction of Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem. There are other places they could detonate though.
Agreed. If the Israelis and Iranians would just sit down over a big plate of bacon, they'd solve everything over breakfast! Maybe thrown in some sausage, egg, and cheese breakfast sandwiches, too. So delicious. Who'd want to nuke anyone with a belly full of such ambrosia?
Bacon and some pronography.
and why are we so concerned about it? If Israel wants a war with Iran than let them have it! It is not our business!!!! We have our own problems here at home with economy and unemployment, this is what's important. Israel is an independent country, so let them do what they want to do and definitely LET'S NOT GET INVOLVED IN THEIR ,NOT OUR, MESS!!!! We have no money to go to another war, nor Americans want to go to war. Republicans almost ruined us starting 2 wars in the last 10 years. Enough is enough!
Amy, you are naive. What happens in the Middle East will effect us here in the United States. If you want to bury your head in the sand, go ahead. Recent events there, aside from the evolving "Arab Spring," can only spell trouble here at home. If you want to pretend otherwise, go ahead, but others know better.
You are fooled Dede, absolutely fooled. You sound like a German supporter in 1938 talking about attacking Poland.
Republicans started two wars, Democrats started a war much bigger than the two combined. Arab spring, thanks to social media and US fueling the fire. Current president spends billion on his whim. He was elected to fix things not make them worse. The bailout that he signed when he got into the office, AIG reported $4.1bn loss. Help US with another bailout. This time bail us out from this president.
Here is why we are concerned. Iran has made it known that in the event of an attack on their country, no matter who did it, they would make a try to shut down the Persian Gulf via choking the Straight of Hormuz. This would be tidal wave in economic circles because a very very large quantity of oil flows through that straight everyday. Can you say double gas prices overnight? I understand your arguement of why would we dare get involved in another conflict but sometimes the alternative is much worse. This is the world we live in.
gd luck trying to fix the economy by turning your back and burying your head in the sand when faced with a physical threat
What you are saying sounds great and so easy, but it will not happen. Every administration for the past 40 years has embraced Israel as one of our closest allies. Most administrations have said we will stand by Israel no matter what. So what you are saying would be the best for us, but unfortunately, it won't happen and we will immediately be dragged in to it. So it is in our best interests for everyone to cool down over there.
I say convince the Israelis to give up Israel bring them here and nuke the whole dam middle east, just a hotbed for trouble and ridicule since the beginning of history. Let them all have their 72 virgins and allah , remember it's a holy war, the war of all wars for god who doesn't even exist except for, call him, her MOTHER NATURE she can be a real @#$%!%&(^&!!!!!!
Occupy our Foreign Policy!
WE give Israel over $4billion a year in aid, Egypt $2Billion, Jordan 1$Billion all said this is $7Billion $ yearly based on our Israel policy. This is only for Israel. Our FP on Israel is against our domestic and national security, and wastes our money (i.e. debt as we are broke).
I prefer Iran, they do not hide their evil, our country hides its evil. Israel does not hide its evil either.. We are the evil ones in our FP objectives: Oil flow, Israel through propping up dictators = terrorism, our 3rd objective that our first 2 created.
You are all 3 wrong. "We", the U.S government is behind this giving the green light to Israel, and even working with the UK on contingency plans. The sudden convenient of some drab dumb american-Iranian plotting some silly B movie plot with a turned drug convicted DEA stooge informer is great for mass media chimps to eat up. Americans always "plan" before they do something, whether its stupid or not. Its our culture. Obama confirmed whether it was a murky legal loophole to assasinate the American Al Qaeda blogger.. weeks before. Next, killed him.
This is just a silly war drum march.. The Jewish Lobby is the most powerful lobby in US.. The food lobby just paid $5million to fight govt improving school lunches after 15 years of crap and obese kids.
special interest does not equal public interest..
It affects us in many ways. First of all, Iran can move to control shipping lanes in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz. Iran is placed very well strategically, which is why the U.S. cares so much in the first place. If it wasn't in such an important position, it wouldn't matter. Plus, a war between Iran and Israel could bring a third nation into, which considering most of them have majority Muslim populations, the other nations would likely side with Iran. While Israel refuses to admit it, it's widely believed that they have nuclear weapons. Lastly, the U.S. military may not be on the ground in Iraq, they still have a very large naval presence in the area, which could be caught in the middle and forced to get involved.
one thing folks fail to understand is that the u.s. has 0 chance of avoiding being dragged into a WW3 and any war involving the middle east and israel at this point will surely deteriorate into a global war. rather than dropping our pants, bending over, closing our eyes, and trying to whistle a happy tune, we would be better advised to try and defuse the situation before it explodes or, if an explosion is imminent, at least try to make it a "controlled" one by bending it in our favor from the start... You can't wait out evil hoping it will go away. WW2 is a shining example of the fallacy of that strategy.
Someday people will understand that we all live on the same planet.
We only have one.
We have to take care of the one we have.
You cant go to the store and buy another one.
Time for the inhabitants of planet earth to grow up.
I wonder what will become of the Middle East, if the world turns from oil to alternative energy sources.
By the way, when is that air-craft carrier-sized asteroid due to pass?
Nov 8th. Strange place to ask that. Middle Eastern wealth would plummet precipitously but not go away completely. Oil is used for a lot more things than just fuel.
Is it really such a strange place to ask such a question?
Think about it!
Consider the history of the discovery and sale of oil in the Middle East (1930's–f) and how this has factored into regional disputes and wars..
Still think my question was out of place?
the asteroid question was out of place.
as for the oil – the damage is done. enough wealth has been transferred already and enough weaponry and zombies created using it. it's hardly reversible at this point
Israel will do what they have to do to preserve their existence. The European Union and the Obama Administration has proven impotent when it comes to Iran. By all means, hit them BEFORE they have the bomb. A fanatical fundamentalist Islamic regime should be stopped from producing atomic weapons or the world will pay a dear price for its moddycoddling stupidity. Fundamantalist Islam is a direct threat to the secuirty of the world.
so is fundamentalist Christianity. and so is Israel, who stopped them from acquiring nukes? that's right, nobody, we gave it to them.
and that is the only thing that is keeping Israel from a total islamic cult invasion, the world needs to know islam wants to distroy the world as we know it, they tell us this everyday, believe it
Jim, please strap a bomb around yourself and go to Iran, you can clearly see that the biggest threat to the world is Israel they are the ones constanly starting wars
Yeah Ed because Israel is on record as saying that the very existence of Iran is unacceptable. WHOOPS – it's actually the other way around. Pay attention much?
Iran makes direct threats and then we blame Israel based on some conspiracy theory? Want to make a list of the countries within 100 miles of Israel's borders who have either directly attacked them or who have directly supported terrorist groups operating within Israel? It's a long one – get a sheet of Legal sized paper...
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Ed
Jim, please strap a bomb around yourself and go to Iran, you can clearly see that the biggest threat to the world is Israel they are the ones constanly starting wars
Israel has been attacked over and over since 1948 by its neighbors.
Only on one occasion has Israel attacked, when it was found out an attack
was coming anyway.
I get so pissed off when people flat out LIE when they post garbage.
You are entitled to your own opinion'
but you are not entitled to make up facts.
Nations that have attacked or contributed attacks against Israel :
Egypt
Iraq
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Libya
Lebanon
Countries that Israel has attacked
(when not defending itself)
Z E R O !!!!
THE UN has gotten more and more Anti-Semitic and is pretty much useless as far as Israel goes.Israel is the only Western-Style Democracy in the Middle East.And those Palis are a bunch of terrorists.Their government is a known terrorist group HAMAS.I am glad that Israel cutoff UNESCO and so did USA.Our Western World Religion of Jusaism and Christianity came from Israel.Those Moslems came to Israel and conquered us.Remember the Crusades !
The Palis are not even native to the region.
Iran is a piece of poop.They do deserve a good pasting.
Stupid. Nuke at Israel's hand are safe? Unnuke everybody including Israel and U.S.
One billion angry, suddenly extremeist muslims. Think of that. If that doesn't scare you, nothing will.
That fight is coming someday – the Muslim religion guarantees it via it's statements about the world and the Islamic Caliphate.
We can do it sooner when there are fewer and they are not as well armed – or later when it's 3 billion armed with Nuclear Weapons.
jim in florida have no fear israel knows how and what to do .just watch them.the poor little skunk will not know what hit him that ominajhschmuck
Its easy to talk and say bomb the Iranians back into the stone age without knowing military sciences and being aware of Iran's capabilities in the gulf and the region. Keep talking you will regret it when things get catastrophically out of hand.
no way....the truth, whether people like it or not, is that the US and NATO alliances are the world supreme when it comes to military. The Iranian army would retreat and surrender just like we saw the Iraqis do...you remember, the ones we were told were sooooo bad and scary. Im not advocating more war or bombing etc...but the truth is, if there's a real threat and something needs to be done, it will get done and we'll topple that regime. And the posts about the world not wanting an islamic regime in power...true. religion has no place in politics let alone running a country with nuclear capabilities. Islamic extremism = nutism
oh yeah babara, because US military leaders (i.e. war pirates) say so you just print it without even pretending to be a journalist... good job being a part of the problem, your parents should be proud, corporate shill
Where exactly do you want her to get her information regarding military actions from, if not those directly involved?
again with the retards on hear that cu nt spel curectly and there ignurent commence
Skivermont, Jews like the US alright, and American Jews are loyal to their country, and would die for it in a heartbeat. It's only the disgusting hateful SOBs like yourself that we dont like in America.
You can't be both pro-Israel and pro-USA, we have totally different objectives
ED WAKE UP USA/ISRAEL A CLOSE KNIT FAMILY TEAM .AND THE WINNERS
you can't make any broad generalizations about Jews any more than you can about any other ethnicity. some are loyal to the US and many of the conservative and traditional are loyal to Israel first and foremost. i don't know about you TimTim but my guess is your loyalty lies with Israel. I like my friends but if it's between my friends and family i go with my family every time. if it's between the US and Israel, who are you with Timmy?
People don't believe the bible is gods world. But here we r and all the focus is on Israel. A small state is gods time table. Read the bible and find out who wins.
It ain't gonna be the people who killed Jesus dude!
Jesus was a Jew.
You meen syrian solder of Rome?
Nobody ever said it would be the Romans, dimwit.
Smart people know how to recognize facts from fiction... obviously you're not one of them...
Let me break it down for you: If Isreal (US) attak iran....
1) Iran will test all his adavance missle on Isreal in mater of mins...
2) All US bases in middle east will be attacked
3) Strait of Hormoz will be shut down by iranian navy
4) what I care about it is: Me and you here at home will pay $10 or more at the pump.....F that.... hell no
this is just min impact,.....our economy goes back to stone age man ...stupid politician
don't forget china and Russia will support IRAN in all of the attack....
2
YOU GOT THAT WRONG,IRAN WILL BE DESTROYED IN A FEW MINUTES ,UNFORTUNATLY THE GOOD IRANIAN PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO SUFFER BECAUSE OF THE DISABLED MONKEY
You dream is not mak you right
STOPJIHAD . I AM RIGHT CORRECT!!!!!!!!! SPELLING FORE MAKE IS NOT MAK. SOON YOU WILL KNOW MY DREAM IS CORRECT
Droll,
No, if it dome correctly the ability of Iran to continue to threaten the peace of the world and its neighbors will be surgically removed. You obviously think like the Iranians, who are a legend in their own minds.
What the guy said should ring true to your ears.
This confrontation will be huge. ( third world war). Russia + China are bound to stick together and as a matter of fact they will join iran. After all who are we to tell a country not to advance its Electicity Grid. If the concern was they would build bombs, then any European country could have offered to develop and hand the nuclear facilities to Iran. But instead they choose to hit them with sanctions and more sanctions. ( Which by the way only strengthens the drive).
I bet you have not heard of their post-secondary education. You might think they are backward but i give Iranians credit for what they have archived so far.
I don't think its going to stop there. Each country has its own free will and drive. Unlike USA where the people are dictated too by the millionaires
Jim Beach boy....
I hate to say how stupid and uneducated you are ,.... but you are who you are... go read and educate yourself about the world, location and capabilities then talk....I m gald you said i think like iranian b/c they are one of the smartest people in the world and work with them and were my classmate, A student and very smart at work... go serach and see how many iranian have key position in NASA, and other places ...
b/c of idiots like you our economy is the way it is..and i don't want me, my family or any of the American lose their job, house,etc b/c of stupidity of our politician so PLEASE STOP COMMENTING ... why the helll we have to support Isreal... when we suffering here
Jerry is right. Iran won't have much left.
The problem is, Obama and Hillary Clinton put this in motion when they basically, back around March, removed language saying the US would never allow for a Nuclear-Armed Iran. It was then that Israel realized it would have to be ready to strike.
Syria is really the only real response threat; maybe Egypt. But Syria has their own problems – though this might end up rallying Syrians in unity..
You are giving Iran to much credit. No way they would be able to respond like that. Also, they are a conventional force and not a gorilla force. Remember Iraq back in the early 1990s? Russia would complain and holler but in the end will not do a dang thing. China also realizes that if they do anything to help protect Iran, then they would lose about 90% of all exports in return basically cutting their throats for what?
HEY YOU DUMDF**KS, China has iran's back .China will attack the America and Win with ease.
CHINA WILL PROTECT IRAN
Yeah, Uh-Huh – China will go to war with the next biggest military; who's people have been comingling for a generation; against it's biggest debtor and economic partner. Who's the dumb f??
Also don't forget about France, pakistan, and Turkey
Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Libya
Iran has no Navy, thats a joke, US Navy vs Iranian "navy" is an absolute joke. China and Russia would strongly condemn but would not dare attack US. Iran has no way of attacking Us bases without opening themselves up to a devastating attack by the US military on either side of them. Nope if Israel attacks Iran, Iran will use Hezbollah and Hamas to attack Israel. Thats it.
We should have went to war with iran after the first few times they disrespected the US....america no longer is feared but rather looked at as the crazy guy in the corner.
Concerned? I though we were counting on it. We can't get away with bombing Iran's nuclear sites, but Israel can. Wasn't this the plan from the get-go?
That stinky looking short piece of disheveled dirt ahminadidjadasshole should be made into a candle so that everybody could burn his ass every day. He walks around like a somebody,but in reality he is a nothing. I would not hire him to clean my toilets as i don"t want him to talk to his relatives while flushing them down the toilet. He really looks like a disabled monkey,walks like one,talks like one and guess what,,,,HE IS ONE.GET LOST AHMINADJIDASSHOLE THE SECOND.
Doesnt matter what you think of ahadminjad – - the ayatollah and the sheiks have all the power – - ahadminjad is just a figure head, makes the people think they actually are a part of a voting process and get to select someone.......to sum it up – he is like the queen of engalnd, no power.
Israel must figure out, as they do have very smart people, that the US is just getting out of 2 wars. My kids, myself, and my tax dollar will not go to defend Israel. I really don't care is Israel is there tomorrow, any more than I care if Iran is. Do you really think the American people want another war? Do you really think Obambam likes Israel?
Well 2 out of 3 of those things may happen like you say, but I'll bet your tax dollars will continue to support Israel.
Islamofashism has to be destroyed by any means
But you have no issues with our involvement in Yemen, etc.
I suppose it's not worth defending the only country in the Middle East that would have our backs over there anyways.
If it came down to a US Jew defending Israel or the US, they would choose Israel. Can't trust the Jews... why do they spy on us? I would not want a jew watching my back side. The only reason Israel counts on the US is they have no one else to count on as every other country has figured Israel out.
It is all about who takes over the resources first. It is not about WMD in Iraq or Nukes making stuff in Iran, it is their oil and friendship with China and Russia.
We must defend Israel.
You are mistaken. If Israel and Iran go to war, you will not go to defend Israel. But your tax dollars certainly will, and your children may some day, as this would not be a cut and dry 6-day war. Should either country attack the other, the US will get involved (not that Obama or the people generally want to) to keep its strongest ally in the region from being wiped off the map, and it could touch off a full-scale Mid-East war that will last years.
Iran is not Iraq – the population is much larger, the people are not divided into 3-4 factions suspicious of each other, they have much greater resources, and their defenses are not to be trifled with. Iran will not be deefated easily. On the other hand, Israelis are ever nervous and keep one finger on the button (yes, THAT button) , due to their diminutive size and resolve to exist in a rough, hostile neighborhood. Israel will not allow itself to lose a war with Iran, which means eventual reliance on US might and diplomacy, or "the" bomb as a fallback to ensure survival.
Pray Iran keeps its mouth shut and Israel doesn't get twitchy, or the situation will get very, very bad very fast.
viewing iran as one with the ayatollahs and/or their joker is a mistake. you're right: iran is not iraq – there are more free-thinking individuals there, more education, more wealth and less bowing down to a dictator. if their nutty rulers are held in check neither us nor israel will be interested in any armed conflict
With the 55 bunker busters we sold them, we have to assume what they're going to use them for and we'll be guilty by association for providing the weaponry. I just hope that if Israel tries to knock out their weapons program that it doesn't turn into a wider war.
Guess again.
If Israel would attack Iran, then the US should immediately cut diplomatic relations and trade with Israel, and destroy them.
because the us has a long-standing and deeply rooted alliance with the iranian regime... sure...
YOU ARE A JOKE .GET LOST YOU FOOL
POOR STEVE WHY DON'T YOU GO TO IRAN AND SEE WHO IS LEFT STANDING YOU JERK
Get this.. if Israel would do something so dangerous to the world, they deserve to be eradicated. ANdI mean Israel's military, and essetially their government. ANy reasonable person in Israel woudl be appalled if Israel would start wWII and guarnatee their destreuction. Pakistan would be providing Iran with nuclear weapons after such an event. The US would need to take decisive action AGAINST Israel.
So far Israel had nukes and never used them even once. Given your friend Ahmadinejad had nukes he'd use them all right. So in order to selfprotect Israel has to do what it has to.
STEVE YOU ARE SO SILLY JUST WATCH WHAT HAPPENS,THEN MAYBE YOU WILL KNOW THE TRUTH ,POOR BOY
Guess again there steve. Israel will do what is in Israel's own interests, whether the U.S. likes it or not. Further, we have a lot to be worried about in the U.S. First, if Israel strikes first, which I would be willing to bet they will, Iran will retaliate, not just against Israel, but the U.S., and if Iran has indeed been working with either the Pakistanians, or, worse yet, North Korea, they could have already have planned and be ready to carry out an attack on the U.S. That attack will not be with a "bunker buster." It would be much more significant, and deadly. This information is deeply concerning.
IF Israel woudl ever use nuclear weapons.. it would have been an act of suicide.
*** MORON FIRST CLASS ***
Steve
Get this.. if Israel would do something so dangerous to the world, they deserve to be eradicated. ANdI mean Israel's military, and essetially their government. ANy reasonable person in Israel woudl be appalled if Israel would start wWII and guarnatee their destreuction. Pakistan would be providing Iran with nuclear weapons after such an event. The US would need to take decisive action AGAINST Israel.
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So Israel should just sit back and wait to be attacked ?
And after Israel is attacked, and the fallout has also destroyed parts of Jordan, Syria, Lebanon,
and has affected saudi Arabia, Egypt and any other country
depending on the way the wind blows.
Israel would probably get a nuke off before the devistation
then everybody gets involved.
Russia and China may use harsh words, but they are not going to "get" into it with
America or nato.
Too much to lose.
World War III
will only start if Iran is alowed to have these weapons.
You seem hell bent on blaming everything on Israel.
One tiny sliver of a country surrounded by snarling dogs.
right, and then nuke all islamofashists
Iran, has been pretty much isolated by the major powers. An attack on Iran by Israel, remember Lebanon, would play right into the hand of the many Islamic governments fighting the Arab spring. Good thing Obama's president.
long live ahmadinejad, elected president of iran... obama fu.... nigger
you're an idiot
AMINAJUADASSHOLE123
YOU POOR BASTARD YOU NEED SOME MOUTHWASH AND A FEW BRAINS MIGHT HELP YOU TO KNOW HOW TO USE A TOOTHBRUSH
Why can't we flag racist, idiotic comments as inappropriate or for removal here, since posting does not even require an account to be set up?
I am reporting this guy now.
He was NOT elected......he with the Ayatollah STOLE the election,that is why they were protesting, then mowed down..
"the International Atomic Energy Agency is set to release a report next week detailing Iran's progress on its nuclear weapons development program"
Not so. The IAEA is releasing a report that makes it clear they don't know *IF* Iran has any nuclear weapons development program at all! There are very good reasons to suspect that Iran's oil has long since hit peak production and is running out, however. Economic growth for Iran practically demands that they create alternate sources of energy, because it is far more profitable for them to meet their own electricity needs by using nuclear, coal, or hydro for it, while saving their limited oil reserves for export, where the prices only keep going up. Green energy for Iran is simply much more expensive than any of these three choices would be.
The fact is, there is no compelling evidence to suggest that Iran has enriched any of their uranium beyond the relatively low levels needed for electricity generation, which Iran has every legal right to do. Indeed, evidence suggests that they do not have the ability to refine uranium to that degree, even if they wanted to, as they lack the right kind of reactor. It's like comparing light beer to everclear!
CNN should correct their text / do a retraction, if they cannot conclusively show that Iran has a nuclear weapons program. Even GWB went back on his previous statements regarding an Iranian nuclear weapons program, after a national intelligence estimate said that Iran scrapped its nuclear weapons aspirations long ago.
It’s good to see people still in the U.S. can think clearly and long term. I whole heartedly agree with the above statement.. Its better written and less speculative than the article.. I enjoyed the comment and took more from it than the biased article.
Your right Mark. CNN, IAEA, and the UN all have nothing but conjecture and innuendo about Iran's nuclear ambitions and production capabilities. I want to hear your reasoning say in 2013 when Iran announces to the world that they possess nuclear weapons. You seem like an intelligent individual and I would imagine you would be able to see through the smoke screen that the Iranian government is throwing up.
Mark......
Be very quiet.
The military industrial complex wont like this.
My bros and sis its the most glorious tym we r living in for israel has recognised its day and message,ishmael wil neva prevail over isaac.israel is nw ready for the messiah
uhhh..... OK then.....
Iran would nuke Israel in a New York minute if they could, so the Israelis shouldn't be ridiculed for protecting themselves. Iran has publically called for the enialaiton of Israel, which cannot be ignored. I think Israel will lead the attack, and when Iran retaliates against American interests, we'll have no choice but to respond in kind. I have sympathy for the Iranian people, as I don't believe they agree with the belligerence of their gov't. The world could not withstand the mayhem of a nuclear-armed Iran.
did someone just say the Iranian government is belligerent? Compared to what? Surely, not the United States, because we attack countries like flies. Maybe they are belligerent compared to Canada. I suppose I shouldn't expect much from someone who says "enialation."
Even if Iran had a nuke, they couldn't use it on Israel without risk of being blown off the face of the Earth by the U.S.
Israel's going to get messed up if they attack Iran. They will, though.
Thomas G
did someone just say the Iranian government is belligerent? Compared to what? Surely, not the United States, because we attack countries like flies.
If we stopped voting for Republicans, maybe no more wars, huh ?
ONCE AND FOR ALL ITS TIME TO LET THE WONDERFUL IRANIAN PEOPLE LIVE IN FREEDOM AND NOT TO WORRY ABOUT THEIR STUPID,SICK,ANIMALS OF LEADERSHIP. I HOPE THE IRANIAN PEOPLE COULD PREVENT A WAR, AND GET RID OF THOSE VIRUS SICK IRRITANTS,LIKE THAT WALKING SICK SKUNK OF A DWARF LITTLE FOOL AND STUPID SHMUCK.IF NOT LOOK OUT !!!!!!!!
US get as much from Israel as it gives them...we give them billions, but it's a pittance compared to the amount of intel, spy capability and tech capability that comes from Israel back to the US. The aid being sent has to be disclosed because it's part of the budget, but the secrets and intel coming back are classified. Anyone who does just a bit of digging can easily see how truly intertwined the two intel operations of both countries are.
Israel gives virtually nothing to the US. Intelligence, top secret technology and spying capability etc, these are things we can't possible quantify or prove – so it remains mere speculation. How convenient. If the relationship wasn't so lopsided, why would the pro-Israel lobbies need to be so powerful in this country? Is there a pro-US lobby in Israel?
yes there is. the israeli non-arab population.
Past National Security advisors have publicly stated Israel provides nothing of value to the US, they are only a liability.
Anti-semits of the world! Its you who got nothing to contribute to the US, Earth or even your future offspring except your anger and jealosy. Jews responsible for most human progress. Counties who had no jews still running around naked and eat berries, raw meat and each other. Destroy jews and you back to where you belong: Stone ages.
Why do the Jews spy on the US.... can't trust them.
cranium, there are significantly more non-jews spying on u.s. and many jews spying for u.s., so when you get your bigotry gland taken care of you will realize that statistically you're better off trusting jews than non-jews.
Dead wrong. I know something about this issue and no at best they are a hindrance to actual intelligence. The stuff they provide is one-sided. Remember the intelligence issue around the Gulf War 2? Israel should be cut off. If they "go rogue" and attack without letting us know our relationship should be re-evaluated.
ugogirl love you you are 100% correct what israel has given the world is totally amazing...compare any of their neighbours to see what they have contributed to this world.oh sorry ,they build lots and lots of tunnels.as far as iran ,may their people live in good health freedom and happiness.someday they will not have to hide their faces behind some smelly shmata and will be a happy freedom loving people ,without that little rattle slimy snake
Of course they will. Of course it will set off regional fighting and start an OPEC embargo against all American imports of oil from OPEC. Of course we will have gas lines like in 1974. Of course of course of course.
ii'd take gas lines over a nuclear-armed iran in a heartbeat.
I read an artical in sciencedaily last week that said we have enough geo-thermal energy in the entire US to out-produce coal at least ten times. One would think that we as a country would start building on a lot of these technologies before it comes to embargos against the US.
Bombing and getting rid of the Ayatollah makes the world a better place after the smoke clears......
That monkey looking president of Iran and the Ayatollahs....GONE
Syrian Gvmnt falls.................
Hamas and Hezbollah...GONE
Iraq can prosper without Iranian interference....
The World is a better place.....
I'm sure it'll happen just as you describe.
Strike them already. They grow more powerful every day
Fair enough, but let's send your kid over there instead to fight them Iranians. What, you don't like my idea?
Sometimes a well placed threat of action in any situation will get the parties rethinking their current behavior. Be it people or nations.
If Israel attacks Iran, is that initiation of war or a pre-emptive strike? Can Iran pre-emptive strike an Israeli pre-emptive strike?
If they want a holy war, then let's have a really big one once and for all. Gather all of them in one place, no weapons, and let them all fight to the death. The group that survives at the end can claim their god is real. I'm sick and tire of these wars. Just end it once and for all!
If Israel attacks any of their Arab neighbors at this point, it very likely WILL BE the start of "the big one".
Saber rattling, much to do about nothing. Cowards know who to frighten.
Isreal has never apologized for lkilling 34 US Sailors aboard the USS Liberty in an unprovoked attack.
They are not our ally, and they are not our friends.
They will do whatever they without regard to fallout, and don't give a damn if they drag us into a war.
Screw Bibi Netanyahu and all his ilk.
Cut all aid to Isreal.
Amen!
So I gather you believe that the Arab nations are our allies. Your statement is pure ignorance.
No they are not... they are our masters.
Of course they apologized. they also resuced the sailors from the sinking ship. A US Navy ship in 1988 shot down an Iranian Ariliner killing 200+ people thinking it was an Iranian F14 about to attack it.
If the US can make such a hideous mistake, so can any nation on Earth including ISrael. Its my experience that the Liberty incident is always conjured up by neo-nazis or other rpeople incapable of honest discussion.
lleave it to terrorist w h o r e s to dig up a 50 year old friendly fire accident and try to dress it up as a pre-meditated attack to try and deflect attention from the absolutely vile and definitely pre-meditated attacks on civilians that have been going on for the past 3 decades and will continue to be planned and attempted in the future – courtesy of the very same terrorists these w h o r e s prop up.
What sets the Israeli army apart from absolutely every other army within 5,000 km is that they are hired, trained and paid to defend the people of Israel. Syria, Iran, Yemen, Jordan and others have armies to protect their goverments and have no hesitation to fire on their own, unarmed civilians. Muslim respect for life? Not in today's world!
I guess you equate "Israel" with "Jew" the same way you equate "Syria" with "Muslim". Must be a product of the American public school system.
Lou, if you think you are unlucky now, go to Syria or some other (Muslim) country and speak just one word against their "prophet" I reckon you would find out pretty quick, swift, and in a hurry just where these Arabs/Palistinians all tend to stand.
Hey Lou,
Iraq had free and fair elections under Sadam.
The only one on the ballet was "Saddam"
He won with 99%.
The other 1% ?
Bang !
Israel has muslims and palestinians in the government.
Its called "democracy".
Like the U.S. has respect for human life? Really? Watch the documentary "BURZYNSKI" and tell me how much respect our government has for human life. A cure for cancer developed by one man that works without toxins, cures what chemo and radiation cannot cure, but our government would rather let people die and continue making money for the pharmaceutical lobbies and itself when the cure is readily available and has been since the 70s. Anyone with cancer in their heredity needs to watch this documentary. Anyone who wants to know the truth about our despicable government should do so as well. Chemo and radiation should be immediately outlawed. Google it: Burzynski.
I'm sure whatever Israel does we will defend them and their actions. They can apparently do no wrong in the eyes of the US govt.
I hope they do attack Iran. Someone has to do it. We certainly cant afford another big war, and Israel has proven themselves capable of surgical strikes. That said, I bet they wont. More likely they will find other low impact ways of hurting Iran, like they already did with Stuxnet.
Who do you think will be expected to come to Israel's rescue when Iran and every other Arab nation counter-attacks them?
The Arab nations distrust Iran almost as much as Israel does.
Two biggest rivalries in the middle east right now are
Saudi Arabia and Iran.
Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman and many others have a great
interest with Israel as trade partners
Iran, and its proxies Syria and Lebanon are a problem
as they destabilize the region.
Just like in America, religion in government is a bad idea.
How do you erase centuries of ignorance and hate ?
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I'm sure Israel will be just fine – they have the benefit of $300,000,000 per year from the good ol' U.S. of A. Personally, I wish they'd blow each other up – sick of hearing from both war mongers!
Let's just nuke 'em both and be done with it. It sounds like 2 little kids bickering all the time. They both could use a good nuclear beatdown.
With all the new oil in Dakotas, Canada and Brazil, should we even care what happens on the other side of atlantic? Middle East is trouble, Europe is financial doom. Africa is too poor to support our shopping compulsion and Australia too small. Just deal with Americas and Asia and leave the rest alone.
God bless the 49ers (:
Is this a surprise!!?? If Iran was our neighbor, we would do the EXACT same thing, Obama, you stupid hypocrite!
fedup99: with in-air refueling by US tankers the Israeli Air Force can go just about anywhere they want. What you don't think we would help them? hahahahaha. Knowing spec's and knowing facts. I rather like the facts myself.
If Israel strikes Iran, everybody is going to assume the US privately backed it, even if publicly we express reservations. And the truth is, as long as we keep sending millions of dollars to Israel every year, then we ARE backing whatever they do. Gopherit has the right of it.
You sure, Obambam really doesn't like Israel.
Good for Israel – take out Iran since we are incapable of doing it.
You are truly a short sighted ignorant fool.
Would you really like oil at $300.00 a barrel!
yoiu are a real war monger. Millions of deaths is what you lust for. you need psychological help.
Millions...really???? Now you are being a bit unrealistic.
This is only about surgical strikes on nuclear facilities. What you call for will never happen, and never should. Nobody should call for the deaths of millions. You sound like a terrorist.
Its amazing the number of comments supporting Israel. The jewish propaganda machine in this country is alive and well.
Obviously, your people have been fucked by world for 4000 years and invaded by several countries within the last 60 yrs, Israel is sending a clear and stern message to back off. Israel will not take ANY risks for the survival of 50% of the Jewish population and the diaspora abroad.
havent*
Nope, just an American Italian Catholic
who thinks that the Israelis have every right to defend themselves.
I live in Rochester New York,
and we have a wonderful relationship with our Jewish community.
Civilization is great, try it.
Israel is like a petulant child who continuously disrespects everyone around them. They would be NOTHING without US support, and yet they seem to always do anything they want just to spite us in some cases. Great, so they will attack Iran and force us into another uneeded war. #^$% Israel and double ^#%$ Iran. They are both terrible. Lets get out of the middle east ASAP.
how did Israel manage to strive for 40 years without US support? U know nothing
On European guilt money, of course.
Israel has never been without US support. Their lobby in the US is very powerful!
Unlucky Lou, u really need to read up on history of Israel's economy, which was a true marvel. We, the Jews are smart enough to turn a desert into a flourishing garden, and prosper no matter where we are in the world without anyone's help. Read up on technological and medical inventions that came out of Israel that are used every day to save lives, including Arab ones... Just compare Israel's GDP to the amount of aid from US every year, and you will see that that aid is a drop in a bucket.
glenn robert, US only started supporting Israel after the 6 day war
Ironically Glenn – Israel's first friend was France, who gave them an airforce. US didn't help until middle to late 70's.
this is phelonius's complete lack of concern for Israel's welfare. the poor oppressed Israeli's have been paying back their oppressors with injustice on the Palestinians for years and have done nothing but stoked tensions in the middle east since the Allies thought it would be cool to just "give them" land that belonged to someone else. they should have learned how to be neighborly in the last 60 years. at this point i'm more concerned about the Israeli's humanitarian record than i am about injustices inflicted on them. proceed at your OWN risk.
Israel started buying from the US after France kept the aircraft they sold them. That is when they started American made. They also have been building their own aircraft and weapons. I don't think there will be a strike. I think there will be an 'accident' somewhere in Iran. Keep watching the hand that is holding the airplanes. That way the other hand can do it's work.
What 40 year period was that in recent history?
TimTim is right.
When Israel was created it was a backward junkyard.
Most of it is desert.
The Ottoman empire had left a rag tag group of people
mostly nomads to fend for themselves.
The Israelis turned a desert into an Oasis.
Suddenly the muslims started screaming that they wanted the desert back !!
When you get to the bottom of this whole freaking mess,
The muslims (palestinians) want to take, what somebody else built.
Go back to Jordan, stop calling yourself Palestinians
and get to freaking work.
Obviously, your people have been fucked by world for 4000 years and invaded by several countries within the last 60 yrs, Israel is sending a clear and stern message to back off. Israel will not take ANY risks for the survival of 50% of the Jewish population.
havent been*
I'm concerned Israel WON'T attack Iran.
What happened to Iran's Navy coming to the US coast?
They got their dresses wet and thought better of it
Their dingy deflated
I like that'n, Friend!
Baloney. Its 1500 Km from Haifa to Tehran.
Below are the specs of the Israeli made Eagle UAV. over 3000 Km.
The ones that we supply are even greater.
Someones lying.
Eagle Specifications
•Max Range 3,300 km
•Endurance more than 30 hours
•Max Altitude 32,000 ft (10.000 km)
Technical Data
•Max Take-off Weight 1,150 kg
•Max Payload Weight 250 kg
•Wing Span 16.30 m
•Overall Length 8.94 m
•Power plant Rotax 914 115 hp
•Speed 84-112 ktas
1500 km each way doesn't leave a lot of room for operations, plus the added weight of munitions may also decrease the max range. it sounds pretty reasonable to me that they may need in flight fill.
Also, do you really think they run missions as the crow flies? So Iranian radar picks up UAV on the way there, UAV bombs target, UAV heads right back to be shot down by aforementioned radar facility? If they were dumb enough to fly out and back in a straight line, they deserve to be shot down. Seems like in hostile territory, you'd want to take an indirect route in and out, possibly following terrain lines, no?
fedup, you clearly do not understand air warfare. 3300km is the max range...that means the jet is stripped down with now weapons. A lot of good it will do that way. Additionally, yes it may be a 1500km one way trip (3000km roundtrip) but do you think they would fly straight there and back? Ever heard of flying around radars and SAM sites...you can't just fly straight there and back! If you are going to spit out specifications for an aircraft, then you may want to study the theory and use of the aircraft first.
Doesnt matter.
Not a well kept secret that we (US) have a base on Irans northern border
Azerbiajan.
US military has in fact circled Iran.
Those Neocons know how to make war.
If its going to happen (and i think it will)
lets do it.
The world economy is already crap,
lets make it worse.
Go ahead and tell me to get my tin foil hat straight,
but all of this crap has been think tanked for years,
Nothing happens without a plan, and they have been planning this for years.
Maybe not a great example, but in the movie Jurassic Park...
Butterfly flaps his wings in Peking
you get rain in New York.
Well paid "experts" sit around all day and figure stuff out.
I call it the "spider web" syndrom.
A spider web has many "strands".
if you pull the right strand, you get an effect from another strand.
This my friends can be applied to everything.
Politics, money, nations, war, religion.
This is what is going on now.
From 911, to the war on terrorism, to the global meltdown on finances.
Its all been planned.
You just dont see it, because you cant see all of the strands,
ON THE SPIDERS WEB !!!!
Its time to stop whinning, and start looking.
Well i hope Isreal waits a few more months an allows us to remove our troops from the region.. the nuclear fallout will be deadly to our troops an those around Iran.
Nuke Israel. Israel no more, Israel no more!!! what a blessed day.
They should "accidentally" drop a bomb on palestine on their way home. What a blessed day.
Dropping a "bomb" on Palestine would resolve the Palestinian/Israeli problem once and for all time. Do you think Jews would like that?
turn all of the middle east to glass. problem solved.
i guess you could call this a final warning. i give a s@#t if Israel decides to go to war but when they start getting attacked by every other arab nation i hope the US will stay neutral.
Does Israel have enough bomb shelters and supplies to protect its civilians in an inevitable blow-back?
when will the islamic state live as one with the jews? france and germany are pulling on well. russia and usa have lain down arms. why is the isreal and the islamic states still at each others throat?
Because the arab states say talks but behind the scenes they belong to terrorist groups who will never accept the existence of Israel.
I dare Israel to do that. Maybe Iran will nuke the crap out of them
This is not a street brawl and you watch too much TV. But for your information, Israel has had nukes since the mid 1960s. No one is nuking Israel...at least no one with any sense.
What are you, Cain, in junior high school or something? "I double-dare you!!"
Why do we let six year old children post ?
Israel doing this might just have to save us $2 trillion dollars like the carnival we did in Iraq and Afghanistan. Thank you Israel. Please go right ahead.
Craigs, why don't you do it? Maybe you are coward or no guts.
he just said why, to save $2 trillion. We already spent enough on kick the butts of two islamic nations.
If U.S. politicians are concerned about Israel possibly attacking Iran all they have to do is to indicate that if such an attack takes place the U.S. will terminate all aid to Israel. And the U.S. official's comment about Iran posing the greatest threat to U.S interests in the region it must be remembered that Iran geographically is in the region and the U.S. is not. Also, regional "terrorism" has two faces – the U.S. actively is sponsoring groups in Iran which are fighting to overthrow the Islamic government, certainly a terrorist undertaking but not referred to as such by the U.S. while the U.S. does refer to Iran's support for such regional organisations as embodying "terrorism." That is dual-standards hypocrisy.
get iran's moron idiot leader scud him hes a fool of fools
I AGREE GET RID OF THAT BAD SMELL AHMINEVERMIND
Does anyone care if Iran goes missing?
We must all do our part to help the Chosen People of Israel and Palestine to make it through crisis. Send donations to Israeli organizations, always give the right-of-way to anyone you think is a Semite – they are above us on the genetic ladder and we should respect them more than any race. It is so written in the Talmud.
You are joking right? I have met some really crazy israel-supremacists, but this goes way over.
hehehehehe.... OK Bevis! Perhaps youhave watched too much Bevis and Butthead. Keep it up, there have been and are to date, many people who do not like the Jews for the exact reason in your post – fool.
Are you an arab trying make jews look bad?
Hopefully Israel will really do it. it would be nice to finally have someone take out a country for us, and anyways Iran is nothing but trouble and the world would be a better place if they were put in line.
Yay WW3 is coming to town.
well to there town.
paid for by our our town and yours. all hail israel! zeig heil israel! The chosen/master race!
Imagine this scenerio: Israel strikes Republican and Tea Party National Headquarters instead. YAY!
Highly unlikely. The Republicans and Tea Party and other right-wingers support Israel, with all its continued power over the Palestinians. Who rah!
Your a complete and utter asshole of epic proportions.
No doubt a liberal jackass with not a hint of smarts to save your worthless hide.
I sense a bomb or two dropping. Maybe three. Now times that by 100. Second btw.
Israel, go ahead. You'll get shit from idiots but then again you do just for existing. Knock those reactors down!
None of our business. We need to protect us and let others protect themselves.
US has to stay out of this one. As long as the Strait of Hormuz isn't rigged with mines or blocked, we should stay out. We are still trying to pull out of two wars, plus we are broke!
On the down side, if Iran got nuclear weapons and sold them to terror groups on the black market only to be sneaked into Tel Aviv and detonated? The consequences are hard to contemplate.The entire world is going nuts anyway.
WRONG Charms. The US is required by treaty and many other obligations to come to the aid of Israel in a time of war. The US must be ready to go at a moment's notice if war breaks out in the middle east.
i don't know about all that treaty, but if Iran wants to provoke a war, i for one am against my kids getting killed. your on your own Israel.
Those treaties only apply when Israel is attacked, not when it is the agressor.
may be things need to change...Pal
You need to first read and learn History before you go tossing in a few cents of advice.
My kids, myself and my tax dollar won't help any Jew..... fool. I'd rather protect the Saudi's, at least they have something to offer the US. Jews are blood suckers and everyone knows that an American Jew would fight for Israel before fighting for the US. You can't trust them, just ask Mel Gibson.
Go s_k Mel and Ahmadenijad. Again, u probably don't make $$r to tax you. But Jews do and are being taxed to pay your food stamps.
what a moron! Congrats!!
ok Israel.....don't bomb them.........wink, wink
Given Iran's vitriolic attacks on Israel and its right to exist, and their aiding and abetting those who are launching attacks that result in the deaths of Israeli civilians, it really isn't surprising that Israel might believe it is necessary to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities. Perhaps some "good offices" could be persuaded to ask Iran if it thinks it ought to enjoy immunity in the face of its own extremely provocative actions?
How is it that "senior military officials" discuss matters of "extreme sensitivity" and remain senior military officials?
now thats a good question
That's a friggin great question.
I don't know, but its an excellent question. They should get drummed out on their asses. They also should be tried for treason for divulging information relating to matters of internal national security.
Who is gonna pay for this huh??? Iran a threat to the mighty USA ? aHAHAHAHAH
There is precedent for the Israeli Air Force crossing long distances to ruin the nuclear facilities of its neighbors. The IAF demolished Saddam's nuclear reactor back in the 80s in a surprise raid.
I somehow did not realize Iran was that far from Israel... drones cannot reach, mid-air refueling?... I thought they were much closer.
The US is so concerned that Israel is going to strike Iran that they gave them the 50 or so BUNKER BUSTERS about 6 mos ago. How thoughtful of us. rofl
Same reason Islamic nations say they're friends of the U.S. and turn around and support Al-queda and Hezbollah. We have to say to your islamic face ohhh we don't want this to happen but really want to blow up these terrorist states.
Yea, well we know that al-queda is our enemy, Jews just pretend to like the US. If it came down to it, American Jews would abandon the US in a heartbeat. Can't trust the Jews. That is why Jews have had, and to this day have a very bad reputation.
Well Israel is no friend either. Remember Pollock the spy the USS Liberty. There's more, so don't swallow the propaganda and do some research. PLease
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