On Tape: Bolton Backs Israeli Nuke Strike on Iran?

Listen to a recording of Bush's UN ambassador appearing to endorse a nuclear attack.

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Fri October 16, 2009 11:48 AM PST

During a little-noticed speech at the University of Chicago on Tuesday, John Bolton suggested a way to resolve the controversy over Iran's nuclear program: Israel should launch a nuclear attack on Iran. Speaking to the University Republicans and the Chicago Friends of Israel, Bolton, George W. Bush's hawkish ambassador to the United Nations, said, "Unless Israel is prepared to use nuclear weapons against Iran’s program, Iran will have nuclear weapons in the very near future." Bolton has repeatedly declared that Iran's nuclear program is unacceptable. Given that he holds this position, his contention that the only way to prevent a nuclear Iran is with a nuclear attack appears to be a backdoor endorsement of just such a strike.

Daniel Luban—a blogger for The Faster Times and a graduate student at the University of Chicago—first reported Bolton's remarks. Luban attended and recorded the event and provided Mother Jones with a recording of part of the speech. You can listen to it here (the relevant section starts around 40 seconds in):

 

 


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Joseph "Tex" Dozier, an organizer of the event, says that when he asked Bolton about the nuclear attack remark after the speech, Bolton told him that he had meant to refer to Israeli military action, not a nuclear strike.  But Bolton did not respond to a request for comment, and his office has not issued any clarification regarding the speech.

This is not the first time that Bolton, a leading neoconservative, has proposed that Israel should attack Iran to prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon. But suggesting the use of nuclear weapons—weapons that Israel doesn't acknowledge it has—is a first. "He's clearly been in the bomb Iran camp for quite some time, but using nuclear weapons seems to be an escalation from his side," Trita Parsi, the president of the National Iranian American Council, tells Mother Jones.

Iranian officials are scheduled to meet with diplomats from the United States, France, Russia, and the United Nations on Monday to resume talks about Iran's nuclear program. Why would Bolton pump up the rhetoric now? Perhaps his aim is to undercut the negotiations. "He has escalated his rhetoric in the midst of diplomacy for the purpose of undermining diplomacy," Parsi maintains. "Bolton recognizes that diplomacy is not going to lead to an elimination of the Iranian program, it would lead to compromise, and Bolton isn't interested in compromise."

Bolton has resorted to cavalier talk about nuclear attacks before. At the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington last February, Bolton joked that President Barack Obama might better understand foreign policy if his hometown of Chicago was destroyed by a nuclear bomb.

Parsi says that Bolton ought to ponder the aftermath of an Israeli nuclear assault on Iran. "There is a day after you use a nuclear weapon," he says. "If you want to maximize collateral damage and really make sure that the Iranian-Israeli conflict will be another unending Middle-Eastern conflict, then nuclear weapons is your path and John Bolton is your guy." 

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Israelis should be more

Israelis should be more afraid of people like Bolton than the Iranians. Mr. Bolton has proven over and over that he has no value for human life. He will say anything for a few bucks to make a living. I hope some day people of Isreal will figure out who their real enemies are.

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Bolton Spot-On !

While other's seem to enjoy the thought of New York, for one, being nuked by friends of Iran handed Nuclear Bombs, I find it rather dismaying.

Face it, we are comparing Oranges to Apples when trying to explain Muslim traits and Christian traits. We are both just fine, in most regards. However, be it noted that the chap who is going to carry a nuke bomb into London or New York is dead-bang certain he, or she now, will get 70 some-odd Virgins for the (un)heroic deed.

This attitude is not prevalent in "the other" planetary faith. The Iranians may have their agendas vis-a-vis Muslimising all the earth. That's OK too. Have their ideas. We have ours too.

Mine includes making sure no one with the mindset that "Kill the infidels" has even the remotest, tiniest, chance of getting anywhere near a weapon greater than a bow-and-arrow. In that regard, I will support using any weapon, a-n-y, which will either dissuade or bury cultures attempting to assimilate ours, a free republic.

Let Iran assimilate others if they desire, that's the respective culture's prerogative.

Even hint at harming us, and Katie-bar-the-Door. A century ago a foreign entity could attack us. It would be like banging a 5 pound mallet on the hull. Noisy, irritating, even slightly damaging.

However, now it is possible to wipe-out several million in a heartbeat with sophisticated nuclear weaponry. We used it once on some absolute jerks who were hell-bent on over-running us. We gave them a lot of time to rethink the voracity of their attack. They declined. We stopped the war.

Do you want Iran to enable a "friend" to eliminate LA or NY ?

If so,, please move to Iran, immediately as Thomas Jefferson does not approve of your kind. And he has a lot of friends who are sitting idly by.

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Bolton has no spots

Oh man this is hilarious, you made my Friday sir. I was really having a bad day but you made me forget it. You have to be related to Bolton or Ahmadinejad. There is no question about it. You and I will argue over, to nuke or not to nuke, while Johny is counting his money. I hope IRS add an extra 50% bull**** tax to that income.

Nuking a country without any substantial evidence except crap from Jerusalem post is no different than when Hitler sent over 10millions people to the ovens, just slower.

Of course Israeli hawks wants to nuke Iran not because they (Iranians) are existential threat to them (borrowed from NutcaseYahoo) but they will be an economic threat to Israel when the power plants are fully active.

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SELF-SATISFYING AMERICANA AT IT'S BEST!

"However, now it is possible to wipe-out several million in a heartbeat with sophisticated nuclear weaponry. We used it once on some absolute jerks who were hell-bent on over-running us. We gave them a lot of time to rethink the voracity of their attack. They declined. We stopped the war."

You seem to be so proud for the millions of lives lost using the SINGLE nuclear warhead ever used,by the US, on innocent civilians, and expect the world to trust YOU THE AMERICANS WITH THE SAME MENTALITY ?!!!! You must be out of your minds!

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Hush now, Mr. Cheney...

You're not in charge anymore.

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faith

Just transport us back 1000 years, Scotty, and show me how the organized church, not just a bunch of vigilantes, tortured by the thousands, any who failed the faith test. My oh my, what they could have done with nukes, had they only had them.

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Comparing nuts to nuts

"Face it, we are comparing Oranges to Apples when trying to explain Muslim traits and Christian traits. We are both just fine, in most regards. However, be it noted that the chap who is going to carry a nuke bomb into London or New York is dead-bang certain he, or she now, will get 70 some-odd Virgins for the (un)heroic deed."

Yeah, and the 'Christian' counterparts of these misguided individuals who anticipate deflowering 70 virgins in the afterlife are the folks who are cheerleading the apocalypse so as to hurry the Second Coming. Go ahead and nuke them! Rah Bolton! It's foretold in scripture, so why fight it? Let's put them in a stadium armed with nothing but Bibles and Korans and let them beat each other to death.

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Just Bibles and Korans???

Why not some of them armed with Torahs? Oh, yes, I forgot, that crowd always sits on the sidelines and lets Uncle Sam do its fighting. Unless, of course, the enemy is merely defenseless Palestinian women and children. Then the Torah toters will join in with their F-16s, Blackhawks, phosphorus bombs, and other weapons of great destruction.

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Rush to War

Yes, and Americans should fear Bolton just as we should have feared Paul Wolfewitze, Douglas Feith, Richard Perle and all the others in that infamous cabal that lied us into the tragedy that is the Iraq war. Israel and its fanatic supporters are trying to rush us into another war BEFORE we learn the truth about Iran's nuclear capabilities. Just like the run up to war in 2003. Their cries are getting ever more hysterical as we get closer to the end of this month. Why? Because in the last week of October, IAEA inspectors will be on the ground in Iran and in a position to put the lie to all these Israeli-inspired "intelligence" reports. See http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&It... and http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&It...

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Israel's option regarding Iran

Israel is confused about its identity, uncertain about its path and mission and mislead by its spiritual and political leaders. The latter rely on friends for direction. If Israel accepted direction from God and followed His Torah laws, the people would become imbued with wisdom, understanding and knowledge. More importantly they would be filled with the fear of God and start a new page in history. The IDF is the most merciful army in history, and does not deserve to suffer loses in eliminating unrepentant enemies at home and abroad. The USA has sabotaged Israel's plan for attacking Iran's nuclear weapons sites and the rest of the world has never stopped vilifying Israel. A precision nuclear assault on Iran is a virtuous plan along with the necessary attack on its enelies closer to home. Israel will be victorious to the degree that her people return to God's written Torah Laws. This will also be a blessing to the entire world in the long run - including Muslims. Israelis are the most merciful conquerors - ask the Muslims who volunteered to help her during the Yom Kippur War of 1973 !!!!

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Zionist frothing at the mouth

Wrong. A surgical nuclear strike on Israel is the only thing wanting to return the Near East to a pacific region and rid the world of the single greatest danger to mankind. Israel is a cancer that has gone untreated far to long and is now on the point of becoming an incurable, fatal affliction for the entire world.

susanai

to 'zionist frothing.......'

susanai
Why not add you name to your comment? I am sure we would all like to know who it is who is the idiot.

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Is this guy crazy?

What is this guy crazy or something what is he trying to do start a nuclear world war that would end civilization as we know it?

-Nikki-

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Bolton

No, he's just a loser asshole. That's all.

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admission

Like it or not, Mr. Bolton has acknowledged to the world that Israel, who is not a signatory to the NPT threaty, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Non-Proliferation_Treaty , has developed and is ready to use Nuclear weapons. I believe if the US Congress acknowledged that fact, they would have to cut off the flow of foreign aid they give to Israel. Thank You, Mr. Bolton, you're a true patriot, maybe this will help some of your fellow citizens in desperate need get some of all that wealth being sent off to Israel. Thank you, thank you very much.

* ISRAELI WMD's http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/223B2247-1BB1-4989-ACD8-B39B64111B74/

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smart man , they want war they will get war, the liders wants

israel out of the map, the will get iran out the map . russia will be the responsebole of all this....

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Bolton is a Maniac, quite simple

Bolton is what can be regarded as the American Hezbollah... this maniac is beyond any type of reasoning and rational, just like his middle eastern Hezbollah counter parts.

It's time for us to undo the damage maniacs like Bolton and his former boss have done to our reputation around the world and pave the way for peace in Middle East. This includes focusing on the peace process between Israel and Palestine, fighting the real terrorists, these being Al-Queda and Taliban and of course containing any nuclear ambition from Iran, which we proved we can since Iranians made clear concessions during the recent world power face off.

Let us show to the world that America is serious about peace and promoting true democracy in the world and not fooled by pathetic extremists like Bolton and his followers.

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Bolton's Israeli nuclear attack on Iran

Perhaps Iran should put a hit squad on Bolton? What is one lowly man versus thousands or millions?

Certainly "God/Allah" should consider smiting Bolton for his murderous propaganda.

Think of the mischief that would be eliminated...

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Bolton

Isn't it amazing how some people can be so inconsiderate of human life. Do you really think God would allow his chosen to be nuked? Now the question of course is who's God?

Trollstein

A few important points not

A few important points not mentioned in the article or by other posters. 1) Israel has more sophisticated tactical nukes then the USA and they have already used them in other venues. These are not designed to kill people, which is probably why the general public has not heard about them before. They are designed to better the best "bunker-busters" now in circulation. This is possibly what Bolton was referring to, although I could not understand what he was saying from the sound track. 2) Iran poses a major threat to Israel but it poses a (less major though significant) threat to its brother Muslim nations and the rest of the world. Which is the only reason why the rest of the world has lifted a pinky-finger to try to stop their acquisition of nuclear weapons. This is also why the Iranians have consistently misrepresented their intentions in building such weaponry. 3) The Iranian regime is singular in one respect. Whereas the Saudi royal family (for example) uses the Qur'an as their constitution, this does not mean they entirely believe it. It is well known that the more affluent Arabic potentates consume alcohol, visit single women and engage in other, religiously prohibited behavior. However, the Iranian government is the only Shiite government in the Mid East. Additionally, the particular sect which the Iranian religious authority belongs to can be fairly characterized as a "doomsday sect". These are the only Muslims in the world, in any position of regional power who believe that it is their RELIGIOUS OBLIGATION to promote, cultivate and insure the onset of "Judgment Day" [read: WW3]. So dangerous are these people that the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, had officially outlawed these teachings as "apostate" to Islam. 4) Perhaps Israel is not a signatory to the NPT treaty because its facilities house weapons which are technologically BETTER then conventional nukes.
To comment on a couple of the posts:
"Like it or not, Mr. Bolton has acknowledged to the world that Israel, who is not a signatory to the NPT threaty . . . has developed and is ready to use Nuclear weapons. I believe if the US Congress acknowledged that fact, they would have to cut off the flow of foreign aid they give to Israel. Thank You, Mr. Bolton, you're a true patriot, maybe this will help some of your fellow citizens in desperate need get some of all that wealth being sent off to Israel. Thank you, thank you very much."
Only a couple of days ago, the USA signed an agreement to provide Pakistan with $7.5-billion in new aid, over and above the $1-bbln/year they already receive. http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-10-16-voa21.cfm Even this sum is dwarfed by the resources the US pours into Afghanistan and Iraq. But in all cases, (Israel and elsewhere) the aid money is being provided to combat fundamentalist radical Islam.
Lastly:
"Nuking a country without any substantial evidence except crap from Jerusalem post is no different than when Hitler sent over 10millions people to the ovens, just slower. . . Of course Israeli hawks wants to nuke Iran not because they (Iranians) are existential threat to them (borrowed from NutcaseYahoo) but they will be an economic threat to Israel when the power plants are fully active. "
The above is one of the worst reasoned comments I have read in a while. The Jerusalem Post has been a world respected authority on mid-east affairs since 1932 and (I think) before. So much so that the Arabs in the region often rely on the J.P. for the real news--when their local newspapers fail them. And to repeat, I don't think anyone is suggesting an Israeli first-strike on Iranian civilian populations, which is the core libel in the above comment.
If Israel did not exist, the Jew-haters (including those in the Arab world) would have to create it, as a reliable target for their endless blame and as an Orwellian ploy to detract attention from their own shortcomings. (Oh, I nearly forgot . . .wasn't scenario that what actually occurred in WW2--with the holocaust?)

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Oh please.

"But in all cases, (Israel and elsewhere) the aid money is being provided to combat fundamentalist radical Islam"

Bullshit.

Trollstein

It would be nice if you

It would be nice if you tried to make some point, post some information or otherwise contribute to the conversation, other then condemn my words with generic, curt accusations.
There is a simmering border conflict in India involving Pakistan
There is another violent conflict on Pakistan's other border
There are 100,000+ troops fighting in (each) Iraq and Afghanistan.
There has been a sectarian war in Palestine since the 1920s (25 years before the Israeli flag few for the first time).
Iran and Iraq engaged in a war that cost 2-million lives and this war never ended for Iran.
In the Sudan, several million Christian and even some number of black Jews were murdered by the Islamic government of Khartoom. Blacks are still being slaughtered in the Darfur reigon by the Muslim militias.
There is a gorilla war ongoing in the Phillipines involving radical Islam.
Have I overlooked anything? Is there any significant war happening at this time (anywhere in this world) which does not include a contingent of radial muslims?
If so, please be my guest and correct me.

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Techie question

I think you're right on with most of your points, but I'm curious where you're getting your information about Israel's nuclear capabilities and the level of their technology.

Can you point me to a source?

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yo

one should put Bolton along w/ Gandhi in the room for 6 month and just maye Bolton could come to his human senses.........., oh, we should serve Bolton Pig meet during the 6 month.....! yehhhhh

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alfkjfdlk

Your so off base about nuking Japan, apparently you never read a history book. FDR would have never approved the nuclear attack on Japan, they were actually trying to surrender. We set them off to show the Soviets what we had in the war chest. Subsequently, it kicked off a Global arms race which lead to the Cold War. And who do you think was advising Truman to set those bombs off? Probably some money hungry Jews that seen a market for an arms race with the West and the Soviets.

Screw the Jews!

I'm sick and tired of my tax dollars that my great grandchildren can't even afford to pay back sent to the middle east to prop up a state that shouldn't even be there. You guys are douche bags, and there will never be piece in the middle east because Jews have no intention of having piece.

My heritage is French/Irish and you don't see me going back to those countries and saying, "Hey you must give me a house because I have family heritage here." That's stupid, and the notion of building even more settlement in a refugee camp solely to spark a conflict so you can shoot women and children is a war crime.

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Bolton

You know, he not only is a complete asshole, he even looks like a complete asshole.

Trollstein

Oh, so he looks like an

Oh, so he looks like an asshole. . .
This is the ultimate expression of the brainwashed. Someone who looks like an asshole should naturally appear to be an asshole to everyone. Anyone who can see Bolton's obvious anality has to be an asshole themselves . . .

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Alternate

Nuke John Bolton

FREE AMERICA

REVOLUTIONARY (DIRECT) DEMOCRACY

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yea screw america and all

yea screw america and all hail the real torturers iran, eh??

soft brained fetish mongers with no history in their brains end the benefits of america for kids, good one

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I don't know why anyone

I don't know why anyone would be surprised by Bolton.
He's JEWISH, isn't he?
Not a big deal.
Get over it.

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What NOT to do...

Is this guy still part of The Government? I sure hope not. I think if Israel and Iran are ever going to resolve their differences, it'll be business suits and briefcases, not bombs and bombers. With each passing year, it seems like one more country signs on to the roster of 'We've got a nookilurz, and OURS is BIGGER!' list, and just because your country has a gigantic green atomic-powered warpenis doesn't mean that it's really in the national interest to hit the 'go' button, matter of fact, no one's been THAT stupid since the end of WWII(thank Deity). But, as with gunz, the more people that got em, the more likely it is that, one day, someone IS going to snap like a cheap rubber band, and press The Button.

I like the 'reset' option better. Maybe if Israel and Iran were to suddenly become 3% smarter, and opt to also hit the 'reset' button, call a political truce, and meet in an attempt to resolve their differences, such as they might be, then maybe within our lifetimes that whole part of the world would take a Big Step Forward on the road to lasting peace. The Blattaria coalition is pro-nuke, they'd LOVE to see more nookilurz, and think every country should have one, because as soon as the hyooo-manz finally have their Big Thing, and the earth cools down again, they'll be free to resume their natural role as the dominant species on the planet. Sure, it's roach logic, and they'll have to forage more without an endless trail of people-crumbs to feed off of, but, they're a hardy species, and will survive and thrive much more readily without all the pesticides and tires and shoes and plastic barriers and so forth, free to build Mega-Nest...and flutter their antennae victoriously in the afternoon breeze...

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Bolton

This man is mad .
I, for one, believe that Nuclear parity should be allowed in the middle east. Why is it that Israel with 3 to 4 hundred nuclear bombs should be the only country to have them?
Israel must sign on to the NPT and open their doors to inspectors just as they are requiring Iran to do. Is that too much to ask?
Bolton is just attempting to embarass Obama and admit that he is a zionist in every respect of the word and list himself as a foreign agent.

Trollstein

Israel is not demanding Iran

Israel is not demanding Iran comply with the NPT. On this single web page, I have read about a dozen significant misstatements regarding Israel and surprize, every single one errs on the side of slander and none err on the side of support. How do you people expect to be taken seriously when the facts are so far removed from your conclusions? And you will NEVER get a serious reaction from Israel because to the Jewish mindset, the waterfall of lies disqualifies the speaker on bias grounds. I agree.

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Israeli propaganda

Trollstein: "On this single web page, I have read about a dozen significant misstatements regarding Israel."

So have I. All of them written by Trollstein.

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Could This Be The Real Reason?

Just suppose Iran isn't really interested in weapons - they are sitting on a lot of oil, after all. I think what really makes some people nervous is that by using nuclear power to supply most of their civilian needs, a greater percentage of their petroleum is free for export. As supplies around the world start to dry up, that extra oil becomes a powerful bargaining chip, one that other countries that have been sucking the Middle East dry for generations are really afraid of.

Just remember: if in doubt, follow the money.

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really?

wow. endorsing a nuclear attack is pretty dumb. i mean one nuke goes off and i forsee a nuclear fallout that pretty much screws everyone. should be careful backing things that dangerous

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Bomber Bolton

The paramount comment on John Bolton comes from an article in The New Yorker, some time ago: "The resemblance to Yosemite Sam does not stop with the mustache."

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All nations

All nations would publicly condemn and privately applaud an Israeli CONVENTIONAL attack on Irans nuclear capability - well except for Obama's pro-Muslim regime.

Bolton denied that he meant a nuclear attack but was in favor of a conventional one. Bolton is a true American who, unlike left-wing apologists for America, puts American interests and success first.

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Nuking Iranian nuclear

Nuking Iranian nuclear facilities would be a criminal and hypocritical action by Israel.
Iranians would retaliate by destroying Israel's DIMONA reactor and "wipe it off" the
map. What some stupid people do not understand is that 37 million people would die
in a confrontation between Israel-Iran. The. whole Middle East would be a nuclear
waste land.

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The whole......

"The whole Middle East would be a waste land" - except for the loss of the only democracy in the entire Middle East and Africa(Israel) what would be the down side????

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The man is insane, and by

The man is insane, and by the look of his face, he reminds me of a psyciatric patient, wandering around with too much attention and power.

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Palestine not a wasteland

One of the many great myths of Israel is that Israel was born in an empty desert and made it bloom. Hogwash! The land was thriving with productive farms, towns and villages, many of them modern that rivaled any towns we had in the US and the rest of the modern world. explore the pictures link on this site for evidence of thriving communities prior to the birth of Israel, when many of them were obliterated and innocent families were forced into exile by Israeli terrorists:

http://www.palestineremembered.com/

Israel was born on the blood and the land of Palestinians. Three quarters of a million people were driven from 500 towns and villages to make room for thousands of incoming Jewish immigrants. Well armed Israeli terrorists conducted massacres in 33 of these Palestinian villages in 1948, alone, and the killing and theft of Palestinian land has continued as Israel is intent on expanding its undeclared borders. All violence against Israel is RETALIATORY violence by some of the more than 3 million people who are living today under brutal illegal military occupation by the 4th most powerful military state on the planet.

Another great myth of Israel is that it is "the only democracy in the Middle East." Israel is an ethnocracy (technically, Jews are not an etnic group, as Jewish Sheperdic Jew's genetic code is identical to their Arab brothers from the region. Other imported Jews have genetic variants depending on their worldwide regional ethnicity.) For interesting reads on Jewish history from a Jewish historian, read the works of Dr. Shlomo Zand, U. of Tel Aviv. Example:

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/959229.html

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Also, for a myriad of solid

Also, for a myriad of solid information that is ignored by US media, this site, created by an American journalist who was appalled at her own ignorance of truths until she journeyed to Israel/Palestine 9 years ago:

http://www.ifamericansknew.org/

And for a good documentary that explains why most of us share in the ignorance of what the conflict in the Middle East is really about:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6604775898578139565#

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Now Poppy Bush you be quite

Now Poppy Bush you be quite about your boy too, remember what your daddy said
about you?

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IRAN/ISRAEL

Anyone that believe a single word Ahmadinejad says is a damn fool. He has no interest in producing electricity other than just to pacify those that are dumb enough to believe it. He has the motivation of Hitler. He would dominated the world and force everyone to say ALLAHU AKBAR. SCREW THAT!!

I wish Sharon was alive and still in power as the deed would have already been done. He would not have flinched if he knows what we now know. (GOOD FOR DOING THE BOMBING FOR US) The only bad part is the innocent lives that would be lost that are against the present government of Iran. There are good people like Nina that despise/d Ahmadinejad and his regime. The (intelligent) Iranian people (for the most part) are scared of the idiot that has his hand on the trigger that is going to get them all killed.

Those that are against it (nuking) should remember Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Japan is one of our greatest allies now. They knew they were screwed up in what they did in WWII...(trying to expand their empire and awakening "THE GIANT")

ON the other hand (referring to Israel)...I find it IRONIC that the people who were victims of Adolf are now every bit as calloused and cold as he was. Their existence in their minds is essential above ALL OTHERS. Their deeds are out there too...with the sex slaves (immigrants), war crimes, and such. IT is also quite evident they THINK they deserve uninpinged borders for their expansion. In my mind they are the trespassers. How the heck do you go from Germany to Israel and think IT BELONGS TO YOU. (oh because it was theirs in 135?)
Reminds me of how we stole this country from the Native American Indians. Does that mean they will take it back from us like the Jews of Israel want to do or did already do?

I have always thought the reason we were draggin our feet in Iraq was so we could have an FOB close to the warzone. A place to allow Israeli warplanes to refuel on the way to do the deed that we won't do to avoid losing face. (hell we may even refuel them [covertly]) Too bad the Pakistani type aren't running Iran. At lease they give people a chance to get the hell out of dodge before they do a job. Ahmadinejad is like the insurgents that cluster near innocents for protection.

Pave paradise and put up a parking lot.

PS THANKS ISRAEL FOR TAKING CARE OF SYRIA FOR US =)

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