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| 2015-01-24 |
| Iran has apparently produced an intercontinental ballistic missile whose range far exceeds the distance between Iran and Israel, and between Iran and Europe. On Wednesday night, Channel 2 showed satellite imagery taken by Israel’s Eros-B satellite that was launched last April. The imagery showed new missile-related sites that Iran recently constructed just outside Tehran. One facility is a missile launch site, capable of sending a rocket into space or of firing an ICBM. On the launch pad was a new 27-meter long missile, never seen before. The missile and the launch pad indicate that Iran’s ballistic missile program, which is an integral part of its nuclear weapons program, is moving forward at full throttle. The expanded range of Iran’s ballistic missile program as indicated by the satellite imagery makes clear that its nuclear weapons program is not merely a threat to Israel, or to Israel and Europe. It is a direct threat to the United States as well. Also on Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was invited to address a joint session of Congress by House Speaker John Boehner. Boehner has asked Netanyahu to address US lawmakers on February 11 regarding Iran’s nuclear program and the threat to international security posed by radical Islam. Opposition leaders were quick to accuse Boehner and the Republican Party of interfering in Israel’s upcoming election by providing Netanyahu with such a prestigious stage just five weeks before Israelis go to the polls. Labor MK Nachman Shai told The Jerusalem Post that for the sake of fairness, Boehner should extend the same invitation to opposition leader Isaac Herzog. But in protesting as they have, opposition members have missed the point. Boehner didn’t invite Netanyahu because he cares about Israel’s election. He invited Netanyahu because he cares about US national security. He believes that by having Netanyahu speak on the issues of Iran’s nuclear program and radical Islam, he will advance America’s national security. Boehner’s chief concern, and that of the majority of his colleagues from the Democratic and Republican parties alike, is that President Barack Obama’s policy in regard to Iran’s nuclear weapons program imperils the US. Just as the invitation to Netanyahu was a bipartisan invitation, so concerns about Obama’s policy toward Iran’s nuclear program are bipartisan concerns. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #6 lol, Pappy |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-01-24 13:25 |
| #5 No golf with me for yuuuuuuu!!!!! Narcissist in Chief to Boehner |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2015-01-24 12:37 |
| #4 Aboutthe time the 'donation' letters start to go out from the DNC to their Jewish block for 2016? "For just 39 cents a day, you can sponsor a Native American in her quest to find housing on Pennsylvania Avenue..." |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-01-24 12:28 |
| #3 whose range far exceeds the distance between Iran and Israel, and between Iran and Europe. or between Tehran and Riydah |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-01-24 11:07 |
| #2 Anticipate more petulance, more anger, swearing, juvenile behavior and the pounding of fists by O. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-01-24 10:48 |
| #1 About the time the 'donation' letters start to go out from the DNC to their Jewish block for 2016? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-01-24 09:12 |