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Comment on London can take it. Can Tel-Aviv? by Bob

Bob — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:51:32 +0000

If Tel Aviv is under bombardment by Hezbollah rockets, how could Israel respond to stop those rockets? What would Israel’s response be to Iranian missiles? In other words, how far can you go to protect your civilians? Could you retaliate in kind without breaking the laws of war?

Comment on Don’t worry America, Israel is behind you by Bob Brewton

Bob Brewton — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:59:57 +0000

Obama saying he has Israel’s back means I’m not fighting with you, I’m staying behind. Usually the context of that statement is when somebody is about to attack, he asks someone else to watch his back.
Offering to watch someone’s back is not the same as offering to fight shoulder to shoulder like the allies did
On D-Day. Obama is no friend of Israel.

Comment on ElBaradei’s nuclear nightmares by Roshan

Roshan — Wed, 23 May 2012 23:04:11 +0000

KB,On the bright side, the US will no doubt presadsure Israel to hold off as long as posadsiadble, bscuaee a guaradanadteed outadcome of an attack on Iranadian nuclear faciladiadties would be more comadpliadcaadtions in Iraq. In any case the use of nuclear weapons is very unlikely. They are not necessary.Any attack on Iran would have to be widely spread. Israel might be happy blastading air defense and nuclear sites, but that wouldn’t be enough. Any attack would have to limit Iran’s abiladity to retaladiadate against obviadous taradgets. Even if the US had no intenadtion of paradticadiadpatading, we would have to assume that Iran would strike US interadests in gulf, and peradhaps interadnaadtional shipadping in the straits. This means, we would have to attack Iran to neuadtraladize their capaadbiladiadties even if we do not want to attack Iran. Crazy — huh? We would have to destroy the Iranadian airadforce and navy almost immeaddiadately. We would have to destroy its short/medium range baladlisadtic misadsile assets, comadmand and conadtrol,a0etc.It is quite complicated.Iran is pushading for danadgeradous nuclear capaadbiladiadties at the same time they puradsue a poladicy whose goal is to destroy Israel, a UN memadber. They are doing this against the interadnaadtional comadmuadnity. Israel could act uniadlataderadally knowading the US would have to supadport their misadsion just to defend US/allied bases/international shipadping in thea0gulf.Let’s look at things pragadmatadiadcally. While Iran probadaadbly won’t turn into Beladgium over night, they could be presadsured to noradmaladize relaadtions with Israel (in word and deed) as a means of reducading tenadsions. They could also postadpone enrichadment work for a set period of time, like 5–10 years, whereadupon a new assessadment would be made. There are sevaderal offers on the table that would proadvide Iran with enriched uraadnium for peaceadful puradposes at far less than the cost of doing it themadselves (espeadcially if you conadsider the biladlions they have invested in infraadstrucadture and experadtise may well be destroyed). There is a way out but if Iran insists on rubadbing everyone’s noses in it while they puradsue an overtly hosadtile poladicy with Israel, there could well be trouadble for everyadone. Is Iran capaadble of comadproadmise? Will the interadnaadtional comadmuadnity take a uniadfied stand (minus politadiadcal posadturading) that conadsidaders the real pracadtiadcal issues ata0stake?waradmonadgers in Israel and thea0USThat is a typadiadcally naive comadment. Rather than blame the US or espeadcially Israel, try to underadstand that the Israelis have no reaadson whatadsoadever to expect anyadthing but the worst from Iran. The Iranadian Presadiaddent does supadport the destrucadtion of Israel as a nation. Can it be morea0plain???The interadnaadtional comadmuadnity, if it wants to, has more than enough clout and diploadmatic leveradage to setadtle this issue peaceadfully. Let them do it. Don’t just blame the US. Every day that goes by is another day the interadnaadtional comadmuadnity is failading to resolve this grave issue. If they fail, or fail to even try, then they are also responadsiadble. Show us what you’ve got KB! Its youra0show.

Comment on What you need to know about Israel @ 64 by Pepita

Pepita — Wed, 23 May 2012 11:55:00 +0000

it was abhorrent, they have a right to dticate the way one should act in their own neighborhood. If I walked into a conservative mosque, I would certainly wear a burka if that was what was expected of me. It is about respecting customs. I believe that the Haredi do need to learn to respect secular customs but we also need to learn to respect their customs. The way you paint them may breed more enmity than it will mutual respect. I believe that it isn’t a battle for Jerusalem, that sounds so violent. It is a peaceful struggle for mutual understanding that I seek and I hope that this is what you seek too. The hard part is getting the Haredi community to see that the secular community has a right to its values as well. I have faith that there is a way to do this. However, I know that painting them as an enemy of all secular society is not a step towards mutual understanding.

Comment on Turkey rocks ‘the boat’ by Mia

Mia — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:45:27 +0000

Hey, I’ve seen worse. In the past Israel has had at least one Prime Minister (Yitzhak Shamir) and one Foreign Minister (David Levy) whose English was even poorer than Amir’s

Comment on Psychological profile of Mohammed Merah, the Beast of Toulouse by Prison Planet.com » CIA Double Agent? CIA and British Intelligence Created Ruse Known as al-Qaeda « CITIZEN.BLOGGER.1984+ GUNNY.G BLOG.EMAIL

Fri, 11 May 2012 22:23:54 +0000

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Fri, 11 May 2012 22:23:53 +0000

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Comment on Some thoughts on the situation 5/5/2012 by Ryan Wulfsohn

Ryan Wulfsohn — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:47:17 +0000

@ Shmuel

Yeah American cops are great:

http://www.latimes.com/videogallery/69846618/News/Full-un-edited-video-presented-in-Kelly-Thomas-murder-trial

Comment on Netanyahu, Supreme Leader by Noam Zur

Noam Zur — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:20:17 +0000

Amir, that entirely depends on, as you pointed out, whether or not BB will actually do it or waste another 18 months about it – then lapid could come out even stronger!

Comment on Netanyahu, Supreme Leader by Amir Mizroch

Amir Mizroch — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:33:48 +0000

Lapid was hoping to build momentum towards a September vote, and make the haredi draft and changing the system of government his main planks. Now that’s been taken away from him and he’s got about 18 months to either dry out and watch Mofaz/ Bibi take over his platform, or 18 months to try and build a party. He might be down now, and he might be out too. It’s up to him I guess.