Where's the stage? Spurious Generalities > Politiw00kchat
holy shit.........
sophist:
I couldn't imagine that, our country is much more politically divided than Israel. I think they (government officials and citizens) have a general consensus that Iran is a threat, while we have mixed views on who the real threat is in the middle east. I'm not against the use of force, I just find that Israel's first "line of defense" to be a bit extreme.
rowjimmy:
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned that this comes on the tails of several public, 'accidental' disclosures of the existence of the heretofore- officially- unconfirmed-but long-believed-to-be-real-and-potent nuclear arsenal.
Let me restate that, several times in the past month, including the confirmation hearings for Robert Gates, it has been inadvertently disclosed that Israel had nukes but Israel has always been tight-lipped. One of the reasons that Israel has been mum was so as not to provoke the likes of Israel, while still keeping them at bay with an unspoken threat.
Now, what does it all mean? Israel is no longer interested in standing down. They are ready to get their cackles up and scrap. THAT is bad. bad for Iran, Bad for the US, bad for Israel, Bad for your children, their children and mine.
I gotta go, I've gotta order some concrete, gas masks, duct tape, and canned goods...
susep:
let me guess that this weeks troop build-up announcement for 30K more U.S. troops in Iraq conveniently coincides w/ this recent Israeli development?
the pressure that this situation creates on Tehran is explosive. The Iranians will fuel off these devolopments, further enticing us and Israel into action.
what concerns me, among many things, is how other nations like China, Russia, N. Korea et al react to nuclear forces. How do we know that other countries aren't conspiring against us in a kind of secret agreement w/ reasoning "enough is enough"?
can we cover all of these bases?
a worst-case scenario would be a chain reaction but, we continue to test Einsteins challenge living in the nuclear age.
rowjimmy:
Has anyone seen this in any other news outlets?
I've only just begun searching but the Washington Post, NYT & CNN are not covering this report at all. Some would say that it's a matter of repression of the story but, I wonder if, maybe, the story lacks confirmation...
UPDATE: Here's the Google News listing on that topic:
http://news.google.com/?ned=us&ncl=1112494011&hl=en&scoring=d
Edit to add this:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/201622,CST-NWS-israel08.article
''It is possible that this was a leak done on purpose, as deterrence, to say: 'Someone better hold us back, before we do something crazy.''
Seems plausible to me.
guyforget:
I did see this yesterday, too:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_iran_nuclear_4
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