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| 2010-08-16 |
| A prominent pro-Israeli US journalist complains in a column that the US-led sanctions against Iran are not potent enough and Tehran is 'hardly isolated.' Right-wing Washington columnist George Will writes in a Washington Post column from al-Quds (Jerusalem) on Sunday that US President Barack Obama's "wasted year of engaging Iran" last year led to sanctions that may never become "sufficiently potent." Expressing alarm at growing fears in Israel for its existence, the widely-read Zionist journalist blames what he describes as "the 1979 revolution" (1978 Islamic Revolution) for what has become "the rise of Iran and militant Islam," emergence of Islamic resistance movements Hamas and Hezbollah, and "the multiplying threat of missile warfare" in the Middle East today. Will goes on to describe incoming missiles as the main threat towards "eliminating Israel," admitting that the regime's anti-missile defense "cannot cope with Hamas's tens of thousands of rockets in Gaza and Hezbollah's up to 60,000 in southern Lebanon," which, he claims, "has tripled" since the 2006 Israeli aggression against the country that killed and injured thousands of mostly civilian Lebanese. The article's final argument focuses on Iran and its civilian nuclear program, expressing concern that Iran regards Israel as "enemy of God," and denies the Holocaust. "If Iran were to wipe the Zionist entity off the map," Will writes, "it would, (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu believes, achieve a regional dominance not seen since Alexander." Netanyahu, according to the article's final argument, "does not say that Israel will, if necessary, act alone to prevent this. Or does he?" Israel and the US have waged a major rhetorical campaign against Iran, threatening the country with military action for its refusal to abandon its right to a civilian nuclear program. Israel and its Western allies accuse the Islamic Republic of intending to develop nuclear weapons. Iran, whose nuclear program is closely monitored by the International Atomic Energy Agency, has fiercely rejected the allegations, insisting on its rejection of nuclear weaponry as a matter of a religious principle as well as a state policy. It has repeatedly called for a global elimination of all nuclear weapons. US and Israel, on the other hand, both possess nuclear warheads. Though Israel's possession of nuclear arms is undeclared, it is widely believed to have over 200 atomic warheads, refusing to submit to any authoritative inspection of its nuclear facilities. In response to military threats by the US and Israel against its nuclear facilities, Iran insists that its response to any military move will be severe and immediate. Specifically, political and military leaders in Tehran have made clear that if the Israeli regime dares to take a military measure against Iran, it would soon cease to exist. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 If the next use of nukes is by a western country, it will legitimize their use as a weapon in conflict. This will ultimately redound to no one's benefit. Best to keep this genie in the bottle. Plenty can be accomplished with existing conventional weapons. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-08-16 16:00 |
| #3 The sanctions are a way of doing something without accomplishing anything. Should have said: The sanctions are a way of appearing to be doing something without doing or accomplishing anything. Sanctions end up being a prelude to war. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-08-16 14:31 |
| #2 A prominent pro-Israeli US journalist complains in a column that the US-led sanctions against Iran are not potent enough and Tehran is 'hardly isolated.' The sanctions are a way of doing something without accomplishing anything. A PC way of dealing with a problem. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-08-16 14:28 |
| #1 Couple of points to consider: 1) Israel has a long and proven record of having this nuclear arsenal as a deterrent without ever using it even during the worst wars against arabs when it looked like we were on the verge of loosing the war. 2) Ahmadi and the Humeinys TM repeatedly and frequently publicly declare that Israel should be anihilated. 3) Putting 1 and 2 together gets me to 3 3) I think in order to preserve our previous deterrent advantage we should now use some nukes on Iran. this will have the following advantages: We will at the same time bolster the perception that when pushed against the wall and betrayed by our closest ally we will use our weapons. Since we will only have one chance to attack the Mullahs, turning their nuclear sites into pools of melted radioactive glass will ensure that they cannot reinstate their program for the next few years. This will also serve as a good reminder to all other arab states in the neighbourhood that they dont realy want to start their own little "civilan nuclear energy programs". Sounds horrible ? Well, thank Bambi and the Euro-Eunuchs for making this the only logical solution for Israel. Do I sound selfish and cruel ??? - certainly, but I prefer this than the inevitable Irani warhead flattening Tel Aviv ( and after that some European and US cities). When you give a Monkey a tomigan and teach him to shoot dont be surprised when the air around you gets full of hot lead. And if that happened the only reasonable solution is put a slug through the monkey's forhead. Religeous fanatics and nuclear weapons creat a very explosive mixture. |
| Posted by: Elder of Zion 2010-08-16 06:58 |