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2010-06-01 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

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Posted by Fred 2010-06-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
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#1 I lay this emboldening of Israel's enemies at O'bambi's feet. By turning his back on Israel in the last year, he has started the wolves circling. Of course he'll act surprised and he'll channel erkle "did I do that?". I want to see the look on his ignorant, arrogant puss, when the Isrealis, isolated and alone and under attack - lash out with some real Wrath of God shit.

Another potential outcome I see is a strengthengin of ties between Israel and China. Israel can provide the Chinese with advanced industrial techniques in metallurgy and electronics that will give them parity with the US in the Pacific - what do they have to lose? America is turning them out in the cold, why should they protect our interests?

Oh yeah - and Screw Turkey too, looks like they are active participants in the race to the 8th century - good riddance to shady carpet dealers.

Posted by Rob06 2010-06-01 02:47|| 2010-06-01 02:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Rob06
I totaly agree with you.
I wish to remind everyone including Hussein O'BAMBA that while the NORKS have a couple of Nukes and everybody (including Hussein our "friend") is afraid to even do something about their act of aggression against the S Korean battleship, we (Israel) may perhaps have a few more Nukes (shhhhh..... nobody knows for real how many !)
Turkey - which has a very serious and strong army has now completed another stage in the long slippery slope towards fundamental Islam.
If Erdogan is stupid enough and makes the wrong move and starts a war I dont think it would be efficient to conduct an attrition war with such a strong semi-westernized army.
I think we are going to nuke them (possibly with Neutron bombs) in the scenario of a war in which Turkey, Iran, Hizballa, Syria and Hamas all simultaneously attack Israel.
Two years ago when Dubia was POTUS I would have laughed if someone mentioned such a possibility. Nowadays, with Bambi in power I say it is highly likely that within the coming year after Israel becomes completely Isolated by the Third world at the UN and with Bambi sitting on the fence and smiling as Israel becomes the world's Paria, there will be a major war in the middle east.
I also expect the coming war to be the first after 1945 in which Tactical Nukes will be used.

All this is thanks to the short sighted (I am being polite here) idiotic drive by obama to denuclearize a region in which many Islamic regimes addmit either balatantly in formal statements or covertly not for the press that they want to dwestroy Israel.
If I were sitting in the Israeli goverment I would immediately start an urgent initiative for building at least Fifty 100 Megaton hydrogen bombs and once they are ready publicly announcing that if Israel is attacked by anyone we are going to obliterate a few mideastern capitals in retaliation.
In a world full of mad dogs you better go around with a very very big stick ( and be ready to use it) !

Posted by Elder of Zion 2010-06-01 06:17|| 2010-06-01 06:17|| Front Page Top

#3 100 megaton bombs are twice the size of the 50 MT Tsar Bomba of Soviet fame over Novaya Zemlya. Plus there is the issue of the delivery system. The USSR went for tonnage because they did not have the accurate delivery system that the US had. With modern cruise missiles, your circle of probably of hitting the target is much smaller, so the size of the weapon can be made smaller to achieve the same effect.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2010-06-01 11:59|| 2010-06-01 11:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Good.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-06-01 12:01|| 2010-06-01 12:01|| Front Page Top

#5 Nukes would seem to be a possibility. In 1973 when the Israelis were fighting the Egyptians and running low on ammunition Nixon send plane loads full of supplies to Israel. That was part of what convinced Sadat that he could not win. Would Obama do the same if Israel was facing Syrian/Iranian/Turkish/Hezbollah/Hamas armies? Wouldn't want to bet my life on it. So the Israelis would have to end it quickly and convincingly on their own. Damascus, Ankara and Tehran would be incinerated. But Gaza could be fixed with bulldozers.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-06-01 12:08|| 2010-06-01 12:08|| Front Page Top

#6 This could be Biblical.

Posted by Grunter 2010-06-01 15:57|| 2010-06-01 15:57|| Front Page Top

#7 Calling Rantburgers-- please give your (serious, considered, no-snark) odds on the following outcomes within the next 6-9 months:

a) pre-emptive Osirak-style Israeli strike on Iran's nuke facilities

b) war between Iran and Syria/Lebanon

I'd put chances of a) at north of 50%, maybe 55%.

For b), no idea really but guessing more than 15% and less than 35%.

Posted by lex 2010-06-01 16:17|| 2010-06-01 16:17|| Front Page Top

#8

a ~ b

Posted by Besoeker 2010-06-01 17:41|| 2010-06-01 17:41|| Front Page Top

#9 I'm sure we'll have the answer by 2012. There is no way O'Bumble will be re-elected in a free and fair election. The person elected to replace him will have to do some serious talking about national defense and security to get elected, and may be enough of a "war-monger" to do some nuclear threatening of his/her own once elected. US/European relations will be in shambles, the US will be facing SERIOUS problems in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and personal freedom will be severely under attack in the United States. The person we elect in 2012 won't be able to get away with NOT being confrontational.

"President" O'Bumble and his entire cabinet need to hang for the predicament they've gotten us and our allies into. I don't expect things to get better as long as the Donks are in the majority.

Posted by Old Patriot 2010-06-01 17:42|| 2010-06-01 17:42|| Front Page Top

#10 b) war between Iran and Syria/Lebanon

Ima thinkrn these odds are nil. Now, Israel vs. Iran, Syria, and Leb? 75% within a year, possibly higher with Presnit Feckless in office

Posted by Frank G 2010-06-01 18:33|| 2010-06-01 18:33|| Front Page Top

#11 b) s/b war btn Israel and Syria/Lebanon

Posted by lex 2010-06-01 18:48|| 2010-06-01 18:48|| Front Page Top

#12 I know - I was just yanking your chain :-)

Iran WILL be part of that hostility though. Israel can't let the Mullahs pull strings on their puppets without forcing a little blowback on Iran

Posted by Frank G 2010-06-01 18:58|| 2010-06-01 18:58|| Front Page Top

#13 Prob'y time to buy gold and oil futures.

Posted by lex 2010-06-01 21:01|| 2010-06-01 21:01|| Front Page Top

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