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Ticking clock, rising Israeli fears and the price of gas push Iran to top of US worry list

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The prospect of conflict with Iran has eclipsed Afghanistan as the key national security issue with head-spinning speed.

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“Maxwell's Demon Incarnate”

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Feb 8, 2012
 
I wonder if Obama will use the same "diplomacy" on Iran's president that he did on Gadafi, and Saddam? It's likely to end up another fox hunt with somebody cowering in a hole somewhere in Palestine and hopefully not a preemptive strike on us. Not that Obama needs to be afraid for his own life what with the military bunkers he has access to.
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honestly everything which has happend this last year all seems very well planned and premeditated. lybia, the riots in syria, kaddafi, riots in eygpt, problems in greece it all seems that they were strategic events put in place for the final conclusion being iran. i think united states has been planning this for over a year and i think that by summer something will happen. why else would thousands of troops be going to israel in the spring? my questions is who acts first and how far will iran go? i do not think israel wants a war but i think the united states does, seems we will be hiding behind israel and blaming them for war.
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honestly everything which has happend this last year all seems very well planned and premeditated. lybia, the riots in syria, kaddafi, riots in eygpt, problems in greece it all seems that they were strategic events put in place for the final conclusion being iran. i think united states has been planning this for over a year and i think that by summer something will happen. why else would thousands of troops be going to israel in the spring? my questions is who acts first and how far will iran go? i do not think israel wants a war but i think the united states does, seems we will be hiding behind israel and blaming them for war.
I am in more of a opinion that Israel tells the world what to do.

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I am in more of a opinion that Israel tells the world what to do.
really how so, from a religious point of view or political? i see a world that might believe truth of the bible or torah, the reality is israel has how many missiles pointed at it as we sit here? israel may have a pre manifested destiny but that will and never happen without a backing of others. there are thousands of missles that point at israel from not one nation but many? why? politics? wealth? or religious destiny? parinoid beliefs based off of what?

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I am in more of a opinion that Israel tells the world what to do.
and the world listens, because....?
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tapmcfarland wrote:
<quoted text> really how so, from a religious point of view or political? i see a world that might believe truth of the bible or torah, the reality is israel has how many missiles pointed at it as we sit here? israel may have a pre manifested destiny but that will and never happen without a backing of others. there are thousands of missles that point at israel from not one nation but many? why? politics? wealth? or religious destiny? parinoid beliefs based off of what?
From political. And the first mistake was installing Israel, it made middle east as hot as it is today, if Israel wasn't installed, middle east won't have oppresive dictatorships and muslims and jews could be able to eat with eachother.
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and the world listens, because....?
...of the popular belief that Islam is a oppresive religion.

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From political. And the first mistake was installing Israel, it made middle east as hot as it is today, if Israel wasn't installed, middle east won't have oppresive dictatorships and muslims and jews could be able to eat with eachother.
installing israel? how so, the balfor agreement. the carving up that the brits did, we had no part in that. israel installment, as to what. what aspect of history do you see. i see israel being a nation from the beginning of time, i am no jew. i see the division of jew/arab tribes dating back with abraham. i see both political and religious views. a religious war over claims to fame and land. who cares, let God sort this out not nations. both people equally wrong. sad truth is islam stems from jews and arabs are decendants from who? peace is what each should be seeing not war, but only one follows the laws of their God while the others are all apostates of their own religion and ideals what is the the truth muslim following they can not even decide on what is right. shia vs sunni vs israel vs united states. there is not even continuity within the muslim people. they blame all nations for their strife rather then work towards a better future.
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installing israel? how so, the balfor agreement. the carving up that the brits did, we had no part in that. israel installment, as to what. what aspect of history do you see. i see israel being a nation from the beginning of time, i am no jew. i see the division of jew/arab tribes dating back with abraham. i see both political and religious views. a religious war over claims to fame and land. who cares, let God sort this out not nations. both people equally wrong. sad truth is islam stems from jews and arabs are decendants from who? peace is what each should be seeing not war, but only one follows the laws of their God while the others are all apostates of their own religion and ideals what is the the truth muslim following they can not even decide on what is right. shia vs sunni vs israel vs united states. there is not even continuity within the muslim people. they blame all nations for their strife rather then work towards a better future.
I know it was the UK, but US supported UK in doing that. The Jews and Muslims were friendly to eachother, while before they could eat with eachother, now they are quarantined from eachother. Who implies that God is real? Christianity cannot decide as well: catholicism or protestantism or orthodoxinsm? The west blames somebody else for their own mistakes instead of admitting it, intervention in Iran is not the solution, instead, we should leave it to the hands of the revolution which could return the middle east to state it should be.

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Shouldn't it be obvious by now that Israel has bankrupted America over their concerns and greed for war and money. Isn't it about time for the new comer country to be responsible in the world and pay for their own way rather than sponging off other countries?
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translation: the nuclear rogue nation of Israel points a finger at Iran.

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I would give the situation a parallel comparison to the baby rattle snake that needs to learn to control it's venom.
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scout wrote:
translation: the nuclear rogue nation of Israel points a finger at Iran.
Good for them!
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some facts:

Israel took over a great deal of Palistine (from its long standing residents) after independence in 1948 and continues to slowly build Jewish settlments in arab areas.

Years of war and terrorism between Israel and others in the region have people on both sides seeking revenge for the loss of relatives. Hatred abounds.

The USA supported an Iranian regime hated by the religious leaders who later took power and pronounced the US the Great Satan. Relations between Iran and the US have been terrible since then.

Iran wins 'friends' in the middle east by nominally supporting the Palistinian cause (throw out the Israelies and reclaim Palistine).

The US has invaded and set up client states on the northern and western border if Iran, and is allied (teniously) with it's eastern neighbor. Iran is surrounded by potential enemies.

No nucluer power has ever been invaded.

Given the size of Israel it can be rendered uninhabitable by one or more atomic strikes (depending on the size of the device) Any nucleur armed enemy is threat to Israel's existance.

It is likely that regional powers, like the Saudis, are very concerned with Iran's desire to be the dominant power in the region.

There is no guarentee that an airstrike can or will destroy Iran's ability to produce an atomic weapon or other weapons of mass destruction.
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One time and optimally now, normal preisdent in USA and it will be much positive changes. No more global murderers, genocides and war criminals. Normal president in USA, it is the only solution.
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and the world listens, because....?
Because their lobbyists have massive influence over US politics, and the world listens to the US...
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One time and optimally now, normal preisdent in USA and it will be much positive changes. No more global murderers, genocides and war criminals. Normal president in USA, it is the only solution.
You need to study US history in more detail. Normal US presidents use force freely, and often indiscriminately. Not that they are any different from leaders of other powerful nations.
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Feb 9, 2012
 
Your average American could give a rats ass about Israel. They are more concerned with the price of oil.

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