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Colinism

Colinism

Atlanta, GA
July 2005

JUN 06, 2008 01:34 PM

I can't imagine that this sort of rhetoric will be good for anyone in the region, much less if the Israelis actually go through with it.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080606/wl_nm/israel_iran_mofaz_dc;_ylt=AqTluq47yzcFo3.Sr5NLOwes0NUE


ERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear sites looks "unavoidable" given the apparent failure of sanctions to deny Tehran technology with bomb-making potential, one of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's deputies said on Friday.

"If Iran continues with its program for developing nuclear weapons, we will attack it. The sanctions are ineffective," Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz told the mass-circulation Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper.

"Attacking Iran, in order to stop its nuclear plans, will be unavoidable," said the former army chief who has also been defense minister.

It was the most explicit threat yet against Iran from a member of Olmert's government, which, like the Bush administration, has preferred to hint at force as a last resort should U.N. Security Council sanctions be deemed a dead end.

Iran has defied Western pressure to abandon its uranium enrichment projects, which it says are for peaceful electricity generation rather than bomb-building. The leadership in Tehran has also threatened to retaliate against Israel -- believed to have the Middle East's only atomic arsenal -- and U.S. targets in the Gulf for any attack on Iran.

Mofaz also said in the interview that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has called for Israel to be wiped off the map, "would disappear before Israel does."

A spokesman for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert did not address Mofaz's comments directly but said that "all options must remain on the table" and said more could be done to put financial pressure on Tehran.

"Israel believes strongly that while the U.N. sanctions are positive, much more needs to be done to pressure the regime in Tehran to cease its aggressive nuclear program," spokesman Mark Regev said.

"We believe the international community should be considering further tangible steps such as embargoing refined petroleum headed for Iran, sanctions against Iranian businessmen traveling abroad, tightening the pressure on Iranian financial institutions and other such steps," he added.

Mofaz's remarks came as he and several other senior members of Olmert's Kadima Party prepare for a possible run for top office should a corruption scandal force the Israeli prime minister to step down.

Iranian-born Mofaz has been a main party rival of the Israeli prime minister, particularly following the 2006 elections when Olmert was forced to hand the defense portfolio to Labour, his main coalition partner, at Mofaz's expense.

Mofaz, who is also designated as a deputy prime minister, has remained privy to Israel's defense planning. He is a member of Olmert's security cabinet and leads regular strategic coordination talks with the U.S. State Department.

Israeli planes destroyed Iraq's nuclear reactor in 1981.

A similar Israeli sortie over Syria last September razed what the U.S. administration said was a nascent nuclear reactor built with North Korean help. Syria denied having any such facility.

Independent analysts have questioned, however, whether Israel's armed forces can take on Iran alone, as its nuclear sites are numerous, distant and well-fortified.

(Additional reporting by Ori Lewis; Editing by Dominic Evans)



Note the use of quotes denoting the work as being someone elses words as opposed to simply cut and paste implying that it's your own.

YAY Capitalism. wink

Mr_Matt_

Mr_Matt_

Pompano Beach, FL
July 2005

JUN 06, 2008 02:54 PM

So does this mean I can give up trying to find a job?

FearTheReaper

FearTheReaper

NEWSWIRE

I'm lost

JUN 06, 2008 03:03 PM

It's been planned for months and months. Part of the Bush, "ruin the world" plan.

Wendy

Wendy

SUICIDEGIRL

Israel

JUN 06, 2008 03:56 PM

FearTheReaper said:
It's been planned for months and months. Part of the Bush, "ruin the world" plan.



wow, really? what's the plan?

LostLucy

LostLucy

USA
December 2006

JUN 06, 2008 04:07 PM

Part of the Republican strategy has been to stoke fear all along, fear of terror, fear or Iran -- Many people voted for Bush again saying "Why change when there is a WAR going on"

If the GOP can allow this to escalate and spread the fear, they can retain office. That is one plan.

Cash

Cash

USA
OLD SKOOL

JUN 06, 2008 04:13 PM

Wendy said:

FearTheReaper said:
It's been planned for months and months. Part of the Bush, "ruin the world" plan.



wow, really? what's the plan?



Stage 1: Fuck everything up
Stage 2: We, uh.....we didn't PLAN on a Stage 2

DevilsReject

DevilsReject

Cleveland, OH
February 2007

JUN 06, 2008 04:15 PM

Cash said:

Wendy said:

FearTheReaper said:
It's been planned for months and months. Part of the Bush, "ruin the world" plan.



wow, really? what's the plan?



Stage 1: Fuck everything up
Stage 2: We, uh.....we didn't PLAN on a Stage 2



MISHUN AKOMPLESHED!

hk85

hk85

Guerneville, CA
October 2007

JUN 06, 2008 04:18 PM

Iran is part of the axis of evil, that's why Iran was 18th on the top 53 places to visit in 2008 higher than San Francisco even, according to the New York Times.


LostLucy

LostLucy

USA
December 2006

JUN 06, 2008 04:23 PM

Iran kicked out most of the cool people or killed them. Most of the cool Iranians are here or London or a few places in France.

motorfirebox

motorfirebox

Pittsburgh, PA
March 2004

JUN 06, 2008 04:24 PM

ugh. 76 days until the army absolutely, positively cannot drag me back into uniform.

Mr_Matt_

Mr_Matt_

Pompano Beach, FL
July 2005

JUN 06, 2008 04:29 PM

Hey, it's all good for oil prices, right? Up 8% in one day. WOO HOO.

BlastProcessing

BlastProcessing

USA
OLD SKOOL

JUN 06, 2008 05:01 PM

Wendy said:

FearTheReaper said:
It's been planned for months and months. Part of the Bush, "ruin the world" plan.



wow, really? what's the plan?



By your response, it can safely be assumed that you're living it.

bean

bean

STAFF

Los Angeles, CA

JUN 06, 2008 05:47 PM

Wendy said:

FearTheReaper said:
It's been planned for months and months. Part of the Bush, "ruin the world" plan.



wow, really? what's the plan?



Bush attacks Iran, the war escalates and spreads until the armies of Russia and Iran invade Israel, thus fulfilling the Apocalypse fantasies of Revelation-obsessed-evangelicals.

More info about those evangelicals:
Time Magazine: An Evangelical at Armageddon (4/7/08)

RudieCantFail

RudieCantFail

Baton Rouge, LA
January 2006

JUN 06, 2008 06:26 PM

Cash said:

Wendy said:

FearTheReaper said:
It's been planned for months and months. Part of the Bush, "ruin the world" plan.



wow, really? what's the plan?



Stage 1: Fuck everything up
Stage 2: We, uh.....we didn't PLAN on a Stage 2



Stage 1: Underpants.
Stage 2: ? ? ?
Stage 3: PROFIT!

Quirky

Quirky

Birmingham, AL
October 2005

JUN 06, 2008 06:34 PM

RudieCantFail said:

Cash said:

Wendy said:

FearTheReaper said:
It's been planned for months and months. Part of the Bush, "ruin the world" plan.



wow, really? what's the plan?



Stage 1: Fuck everything up
Stage 2: We, uh.....we didn't PLAN on a Stage 2



Stage 1: Underpants.
Stage 2: ? ? ?
Stage 3: PROFIT!



Please, just stop. whatever

RedBstrd

RedBstrd

Riverside, CA
April 2004

JUN 06, 2008 06:46 PM

hk85 said:
Iran is part of the axis of evil, that's why Iran was 18th on the top 53 places to visit in 2008 higher than San Francisco even, according to the New York Times.




In regard to San Francisco, it's not exactly fair to compare cities to countries as tourist destinations. If we compared all of the US to all of Iran, then the US would rank much higher (Mid-Beach and South Beach, Miami, for instance are ranked at 4 or 5). NYT

While I agree with your point that Iran isn't Mordor or something, I'm not sure that the comparison with San Francisco is the best way of making your point.

commonman

commonman

USA
August 2003

JUN 06, 2008 08:10 PM

It's odd you mention this, because I was just reading this site yesterday:

New Cold War Hotspots

Check out hot spot #4. We sell Israel our GBU-28 "bunker-buster" bombs to drop on Iran, flown there by the F-16's we also sold Israel, and Iran tries to shoot down said F-16's with Russian TOR-M1 air defense missile systems, which are there to protect the nuclear reactor that Russia also sold Iran. I'm sure that, if Israel decided to attack Iran, the U.S. would give them all the satellite and signals reconnaissance they might need.

Proxy war, anyone?

turin

turin

Denver, CO
October 2003

JUN 06, 2008 08:13 PM

gee, hope they don't expect our help. oh shit, israel! we were totally gonna be there dude, but something came up.

_kungfoo_

_kungfoo_

Los Angeles, CA
April 2005

JUN 06, 2008 08:21 PM

I still wonder why Israel has such influence over this country's foreign policy when most Americans can't even find it on a map.

atomicant

atomicant

Portland, OR
June 2003

JUN 06, 2008 08:54 PM

Big_McLargehuge said:

RudieCantFail said:

Cash said:

Wendy said:

FearTheReaper said:
It's been planned for months and months. Part of the Bush, "ruin the world" plan.



wow, really? what's the plan?



Stage 1: Fuck everything up
Stage 2: We, uh.....we didn't PLAN on a Stage 2



Stage 1: Underpants.
Stage 2: ? ? ?
Stage 3: PROFIT!



Please, just stop. whatever



coming from you, that's COMEDY GOLD!

Quirky

Quirky

Birmingham, AL
October 2005

JUN 06, 2008 09:23 PM

atomicant said:

Big_McLargehuge said:

RudieCantFail said:

Cash said:

Wendy said:

FearTheReaper said:
It's been planned for months and months. Part of the Bush, "ruin the world" plan.



wow, really? what's the plan?



Stage 1: Fuck everything up
Stage 2: We, uh.....we didn't PLAN on a Stage 2



Stage 1: Underpants.
Stage 2: ? ? ?
Stage 3: PROFIT!



Please, just stop. whatever



coming from you, that's COMEDY GOLD!



I know! biggrin

Squire

Squire

I'm lost
November 2003

JUN 06, 2008 09:31 PM

motorfirebox said:
ugh. 76 days until the army absolutely, positively cannot drag me back into uniform.



WIN.

Colinism

Colinism

Atlanta, GA
July 2005

JUN 06, 2008 10:17 PM

bean said:

Wendy said:

FearTheReaper said:
It's been planned for months and months. Part of the Bush, "ruin the world" plan.



wow, really? what's the plan?



Bush attacks Iran, the war escalates and spreads until the armies of Russia and Iran invade Israel, thus fulfilling the Apocalypse fantasies of Revelation-obsessed-evangelicals.

More info about those evangelicals:
Time Magazine: An Evangelical at Armageddon (4/7/08)



Then jesus does not show up leaving them all wondering WTF happened.

FellOnEarth

FellOnEarth

Temecula, CA
April 2006

JUN 07, 2008 01:45 AM

LostLucy said:
Part of the Republican strategy has been to stoke fear all along, fear of terror, fear or Iran -- Many people voted for Bush again saying "Why change when there is a WAR going on"

If the GOP can allow this to escalate and spread the fear, they can retain office. That is one plan.

Inciting a race war may be another, but of course this is just an extension of spreading "the fear". blackeyed

stoopiddog

stoopiddog

Arvada, CO
June 2008

JUN 08, 2008 04:51 PM

it's all just a matter of time. the middle east is a ticking time bomb.

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