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Israel Foreign Minister Warns Two Iranian Warships To Transit Suez Canal Headed For Syria, Israel To Respond

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From Reuters:

Two Iranian warships planned to sail through the Suez canal en route to Syria on Wednesday, Israel's foreign minister said, calling the move the latest "provocation" by Tehran and hinting at an Israeli response.

Israel sees a major threat in Iran's nuclear programme and calls for its elimination, but the countries' geographical distance has kept them from open confrontation. Syria is one of Israel's neighbouring foes and an ally of Tehran.

"Tonight, two Iranian warships are meant to pass through the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean Sea and reach Syria, something that has not happened in many years," Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said in a Jerusalem speech distributed by his office.

"To my regret, the international community is not showing readiness to deal with the recurring Iranian provocations. The international community must understand that Israel cannot forever ignore these provocations."

And a rush to safety



 

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Wed, 02/16/2011 - 12:59 | 967001 papaswamp
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that would close down the Fed...hey great idea!

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 12:47 | 966940 bob_dabolina
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For my entire life I thought the Mayan Prophecy was BS but for the first time I'm starting to think there might be something to it.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:03 | 967020 johnQpublic
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toss in revelations while you are at it....prophecy ,or following a planned timeline, or coincidence ,or using all of that to scare people into a course of action?

 

at the present rate of exposing conspiracy theory's to be conspiracy facts.......oh never mind

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 12:51 | 966958 lsbumblebee
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"Planned" to sail through? "Planned"?

Imagine my shock that the Zionists are warmongering again.

Well let's see. We've poisoned Iraq with depleted uranium, wiped Palestine off the map. Okay Iran. I guess you're next.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:10 | 967068 papaswamp
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Between the Iraqis and the Iranians lobbing chemical weapons at each other...that place was poisoned long ago. 

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 19:40 | 968389 Cathartes Aura
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no, the depleted uranium is an amrkn specialty - witness Afghanistan, both "Gulf Wars" and Sarajevo - and it doesn't discriminate between "sides" - as many US vets can attest.

http://environment.kucinich.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id...

here's a (non-Paul family) congressman who continues to "represent".

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 12:52 | 966963 newstreet
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Here come the trolls.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:14 | 967096 Bob
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Not yet!  They must be on their lunch break.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 12:55 | 966977 Internet Tough Guy
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Iran would like a diversion to take attention off the massacre and oppression of its own people.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:00 | 967004 rosiescenario
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...spot on...

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:08 | 967057 Bob
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Nice of the Isaelis to lend a hand.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:09 | 967060 Max Hunter
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Was that the headline on FOX news.??

Plus it takes attention away from all the Palestinians, Iraqi's and ... ohh hell.. let's just say brown people, killed by Israhell/U.S. Forces...

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:27 | 967162 Internet Tough Guy
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How ironic to watch you deflect attention from the current crimes of the Iranian regime, currently playing on TVs everywhere. Don't the iranian people count as 'brown people'? Or maybe you are just prejudiced against one nation in the middle east. lulz.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:38 | 967222 Max Hunter
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It's not even remotely ironic..

I hope the Iranians are able to shake this religious rule that has no place in any society.

A side note, all of these "revolutions" will not prove to be good for the west. I know you think that they are doing this because they want to be like the west but you will have a rude awakening when you find the new leaders do not have their nose up  Israhell's ass and turning a blind eye to Israhelli crimes against Palestinians.. just sayin..  as you were soldier..

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 12:58 | 966996 gall batter
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When you're The Chosen People, you can do, be, own anything.  

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:07 | 967031 Thunder Dome
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You can also buy 100,000 oil futures and then go talk shit on the global stage.  Makes me wonder how sovereigns became so broke.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:00 | 966999 vote_libertaria...
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No MSM coverage yet.  Although oil moved at the time this was posted.

 

 

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:13 | 967094 Max Hunter
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FOX reporting now... confirming ITG's response above about it being a diversion away from population's dissent.  How interesting..  Working out perfect.. for some..

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:15 | 967105 Bob
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Murdock is a militant Israel fan boy.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:00 | 967005 vxpatel
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protestors in the streets of tehran, so naturally the regime does a little maneuvering to distract and frenzy up their illiterate masses...just like back home...

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:02 | 967011 NOTW777
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and yobama wants to cut defense. wont cut unions, wont cut pig bloated government employee rolls, wont cut bailouts to blue states, etc.

 

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:02 | 967014 ciscokid
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Holy shit, gold and silver just went parabolic.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:02 | 967017 fastishplastic
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-nice try Iran but we've got you surrounded by the entire US military, can you believe it the entire US military

-we find that hard to believe

-would you believe half the US military and the entire Egyptian Army 

-no

-how about rumsfeld in a rowboat 

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:13 | 967095 papaswamp
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Cheney with a shotgun would be more dangerous.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:44 | 967261 serotonindumptruck
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Iran just needs to lob a few of these cool Russian-made missiles at any hostile vessels.

http://www.india-defence.com/reports-2408

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:07 | 967038 raya123
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I seem to be the only person who has predicted and now observed that gold / silver are now moving EXACTLY INVERSELY to the stock market.  As I have said, SHORT DOW / S&P 500 and LONG GOLD / SILVER / PRECIOUS METALS STOCKS is the new trade.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:08 | 967054 Sizzurp
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Enough with the foreplay, let's get it on !!

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:15 | 967103 papaswamp
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Seriously...I have my chaise lounge and popcorn ready.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:51 | 967287 AZSovreign
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Me too plus the beer, lets get it on!!!!

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 14:28 | 967446 Thisson
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*love* the avatar!

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 14:35 | 967465 andybev01
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I've got the chips, who wants to BTFD?

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:09 | 967059 lsbumblebee
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"I know what America is," Netanyahu told a group of terror victims, apparently not knowing his words were being recorded. "America is a thing you can move very easily, move it in the right direction. They won't get in their way."

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/checkpoint-washington/2010/07/netanyahu...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6KLFrye9Xk

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:20 | 967127 gall batter
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Terror victims?  Was Net speaking to Gazans?

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:58 | 967319 lsbumblebee
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It sounds like it, but actually he was speaking to a group of Talmud-worshipping Khazars residing in Zionist-occupied Palestine, aka Israel.

 

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:14 | 967102 gwar5
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Fill up your gas tanks just in case.

Iran may be in the mood to start something to deflect from their demonstrations.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:37 | 967217 Sudden Debt
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HOMEOFFICE BITCHEZ!!!

 

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:22 | 967139 cbaba
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The Israelis must be buying gold and then hinting about war.. guess they will make a lot of money..

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:40 | 967242 Sudden Debt
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Actually they are useing all their money to build big barracks for the Iranians to take a shower in.

They are also buying and stocking large ammounts of Zyklon B, but why that's for I don't have a clue....

 

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:53 | 967296 serotonindumptruck
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Why use Zyklon B when there are more efficacious nerve agents that can be applied?

"Though it is a state secret, Israel's development of chemical and biological weapons has been known and analyzed for decades...Israel has always demonstrated a strong interest in developing CBW agents and methods for their dispersal."

http://www.antiwar.com/orig/brooks.php?articleid=2957

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 14:24 | 967431 bunkermeatheadp...
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I'd prefer to launch a giant magnifying glass into stationary orbit over Tel Aviv and burn them like ants.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:38 | 967223 working class dog
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No matter your political view, I have personal experience with Iran,

I guarantee you the religous zealouts in power in that country will play the Infidel card on you unless you offer them money booze or porn. Those people in Iran are truly enslaved by their govt. In the end no govt can survive by enslaving their people, I hope someone in Washington is listening.

Iran probably already has nukes, and even if they do not, they can set off a dirty bomb in the canal, I hope the US fleet at least boards and checks the vessel if they do not blockade the vessels.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 14:22 | 967414 bunkermeatheadp...
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"...the religous zealouts in power in that country will play the Infidel card on you unless you offer them money booze or porn.."

Same can be said of the SEC

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 14:38 | 967473 andybev01
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That's exactly how DC is controlling the US population; money booze and porn.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:42 | 967251 ivana
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looks like "inflation" is already loosing steam

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:47 | 967268 ivana
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and treasuries see blipping "flight to safety".
charade goes on.
is ben really running out of bullets?

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 13:58 | 967317 Caviar Emptor
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Not to worry. SUVs have made a resurgence along with large luxury cars with poor mileage. Gasoline has shattered a record pump price for the month of February. And more major analysts are adopting peak oil theories (while discrediting WikiLeaks). 

But oil's all around, everywhere and there's no chance that who controls oil production and prices in Islamic and Asian countries will become and issue .

Relax! 

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 14:44 | 967497 andybev01
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The only thing wrong with the headline photo in this article is that the guy should have his lips wrapped around the gear-shift knob.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41603915/ns/business-autos/

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 14:18 | 967397 bunkermeatheadp...
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If the nations of the world default and hyperinflate their fiat during peace time, the masses will turn their anger toward the elites.

The only way for the elites to save their asses is to engineer another world war and make the massess fight each other.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 14:53 | 967535 serotonindumptruck
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Only 50 grand a head. What a bargain!

Worried about where to take refuge in case of an asteroid hitting the Earth, a nuclear attack or some other apocalyptic event?

An American business has the answer: an underground bunker equipped with all the modern comforts.

"You can’t predict, but you can prepare," says the website of Vivos, which plans to sell 4,000 places in 20 nuclear-proof shelters, all on US territory.

The cost of admission is 50,000 dollars, and children get half-off. Pets are free.

http://amazingdata.com/an-underground-bunker-to-take-refuge-in-case-of-an-asteroid-hitting-the-earth-of-2012/

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 16:21 | 967826 Herman Strandsc...
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 I'm kinda interested but only if I can open a check-out account and they guarentee that the asteroid won't block the exit. P.S: I don't want a pet but will take a free telly instead.

Herman Strand Schnecke

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 14:22 | 967416 LostWages
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Best way to deflect anger away from govt...start a war. 

Riots encouraged by that nut job in Iran supporting Egypt publically.  He painted himself into a corner ala Bernank.

Dumbass will start a war to save his own skin.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 14:49 | 967520 Weimar Ben Bernanke
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War with Iran would be diastorus for the region. And could be our Adrianople. Iran's conventional military sucks ass. However as I stated before they can defeat us in assymetrical warfare. In other words they will spread chaos and turmoil throughout the middle east to overwhelm us. Iraq for example is very vunerable and the troop presence there. The shiites in the militia,army,and police would start an uprising. The supply line that goes through Kuwait would be cut by shiite militias,Hezbollah agents,Iranian irregular units(Al Qods,Iranian Rev Guard).Then our forces would be bogged down heavily as sunnis and shiites would start a guerilla campaign,plus Iran would fire hunreds of missiles at military bases in Iraq. In Saudi Arabia there is a shiite minority in the easter part of the nation. This where the oil fields are located. So there will be massive sabatoge campaign against the oil fields.

 

Israel would have to invade southern Lebanon and Gaza which will bog them down heavily. They would fight in a guerilla war with no end. Irans proxies and cells jobs will be to expand the war and chaos and make it unbearable to continue fighting a war you cannot finish. So war with Iran would be suicide. Anyone with a modicum in economics and military strategy and tactics know war with iran would be madness.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 14:56 | 967550 velobabe
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i knew chumba would be first in line.

i am velobabe†

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 15:00 | 967567 bankruptcylawyer
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saddam hussein, when asked about why he bluffed on having weapons of mass destruction, and why he invaded kuwait, he said he was worried about being overthrown by his own people and his own military (a popular or a military coup). as we've seen in egypt , the threat of the former can basically lead to the latter.

it is NO coincidence that iran is trying to provoke war with israel in the middle of a popular uprising. civilians are being killed in iran. and war with israel is the BEST pretext for unprecedented repression against their own people. remember the cold war in america? whwhat better way to repress your own people than utilizing conflict with another country to repress all dissenters as traitors.

what is israel's choice? sadly, they can only precision slap a country with more than 10 times as many people as their own once or twice. long term, israel is screwed. there are justoo many iranians. iran is just too big. 

if anyone is going to nuke iran, let the chinese do it. in return, they can have it. 

before they do, all persians who swear to disavow islam should be allowed to emigrate to the u.s. and china in 99 years the chinese agree to give back the country to ethnic non-muslim persians.

in the meantime, china can install the country with 10% of the population being ethnic han.

i say that's a decent compromise in the post world war three accords no? 

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 21:48 | 968765 BigJim
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It would be suicide for Iran to attack Israel. Israel is a nuclear-armed state, with plenty of ways to deliver their atomic munitions.

And with little apparent compunction when it comes to slaughtering non-jewish civilians.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 15:07 | 967598 bankruptcylawyer
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i love the anti-semitism on the comments of this site. i don't want to spoil it for you guys on ehre, but tyler is a jew and the fed and the cia have a file/info dossier sharing agreement with tyler. your ip address are being logged. thank you for participating in the global jewish conspiracy. communism, ultra capitalism, and soon, we will be infiltrating islam itself. 

 

this might blow your mind, but ahmadinajahd is a jew. and the so called war between islam and the west/judaism, is really just a plot for selling weapons to the world, because that's jews make so much money. really, it works out nicely. 

 

thank you, come again. 

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 15:46 | 967726 Internet Tough Guy
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It's a good example of what you get with unmoderated comments. Enough skinhead racist wannabees to fill a prison posting their stupidity. Really brings the blog down.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 20:12 | 968488 Cathartes Aura
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Zionism is a belief, not a "race" - and the concept of "race" is stil being argued. . .

"Does Race Exist?"

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=does-race-exist

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 21:50 | 968772 BigJim
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Yeah... because anyone who criticises Israel's intrinsically rascist existence must be... a rascist.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 15:09 | 967608 the rookie cynic
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I used to read the news with rose colored glasses. Now the serial daubs of ink rise from the page, forming a long parade of black swans. http://therookiecynic.wordpress.com/

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 15:14 | 967624 caconhma
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I say: God Bless America.

Let give to Israel all money they ask to build more and more kibbutz on newly occupied territories.

Then, with God help, the WallStreet bosses, B. Madoff, and good many of our Jewish politicians including members of our Congress  (such as Senators Lieberman, Boxer, etc., Congressmen like B. Frank, etc.,), Washington major lobbing firms, Hollywood bosses will all go there to Israel.  WOW.

Then, America will go peacefully back to its glorious roots of G. Washington, Jefferson, H. Ford, W. Disney, Edison, ...

PS

I am generous: they can take also Obama, Bushes, Clintons with them as well as the rest of our corrupt Congress.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 15:40 | 967708 Fix It Again Timmy
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The question to Israel is, "Do you feel lucky, punk?"

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 15:45 | 967728 snowball777
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C'mon Avi...you fools bluff more than Kim Jong Il. The most tired charade in all of geopolitics.

 

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 16:21 | 967824 optimator
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No Comment from new B.O. spokesman.  I guess Natan Yahoo hasn't given him orders yet.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 16:43 | 967891 ArrestBobRubin
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Lieberman. Complete and total Gentile hater. What would one expect from him?

Just another wacky zio-freak brought to you by The Blight Onto the Nations

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 17:00 | 967953 israhole
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In the first minutes of this video we learn the real reason for the uprising in the Middle East. Don't expect our controlled media to show this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok_ITfeUEY8

DUMP ISRAEL and the world will have peace! :)

 

 

 

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 21:44 | 968756 Rodent Freikorps
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"Peace at any price" isn't worth the cost.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 17:08 | 967981 mjscher
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We are still talking about a country led by a dictator who sent 12 year olds to clear mine fields in the Iran-Iraq war of 1980, correct?

http://www.matthiaskuentzel.de/contents/ahmadinejads-demons

This coward is an absolute lunatic that has no value for life, even those that agree with him.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 17:13 | 967994 americanspirit
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With all these hostile forces moving around in the dark, one little mistake is all it will take. And we should remember, not everyone cares that much about living - not when they can die gloriously. I am sure there are plenty of people looking for a fight, and a lot of them command weapons systems. We should probably be a little careful what we wish for over the next few weeks.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 18:03 | 968120 HungrySeagull
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Sink the damn things and be done with it. We don't need them off Syria.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 18:22 | 968173 OptionsHedge
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Turns out to be an typhoon in a spoon. And bears who acted on this crap lost money. Bummer.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 18:40 | 968204 stiler
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God made a promise to Abraham, which hasn't been realized. If you took away all of the human power & corruption to make things happen, I tell you that it would still happen that Israel will inherit the land, because there is a God in Heaven and He has His will.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 19:34 | 968371 MarcusAurelius
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I don't know if this will be the issue or the next or the next after that but the UN has clearly given Iran open freedom without consequence to do what it wishes. When you make idle threats this is what happens. Like child that continually back talks the parent with no consequence the child eventually ups the ante' until the child may even strike the parent to see what happens. We are like that as humans. I am not necessarily saying I agree or disagree with the UN's decision to impose sanctions and rules on Iran because in a sense it is quite hypocrytical given what the UN stands for, but to do nothing after stating the in no uncertain terms "something would be done" if disobedience continued is just foolish. Now you have a real problem. Israel is very unlikely to follow the UN's stupidity as they realize that to do nothing could be the catalyst that wiped them off the earth as Iran has threatened to do. If you put me in a cage with another foe and state that only one of us is coming out then I think that puts a very different perspective on whether you simply rest on your laurels that the person who is going to attack you might use leniency and play by the rules when only one of you will live? I am not saying either one of them is right but just something to consider.

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 22:01 | 968812 BigJim
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I take it you're not so concerned about all the U.N. resolutions Israel is in breach of?

Wed, 02/16/2011 - 22:05 | 968816 BigJim
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Wed, 02/16/2011 - 23:12 | 968996 Instant Karma
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If you want to side with the Arab barbarians who justify blowing up buses and restaurants and buildings and hijacking airplanes, and who do not recognize the right of any other religion to exist, nor the rights of women to be anything other than slaves, so be it.

But make no mistake, it's not the Israeli's you have to worry about putting up Mosques all over Europe and America and plotting to shoot you/blow you up/poison you/convert you etc.

Judiasm discourages converts. The real war is between an expanding Muslim Caliphate, and Christiandom, and the Eastern Religions.

There are so few Jews in the world (about 20 million), by focusing on them you're missing the whole point.

Thu, 02/17/2011 - 10:39 | 969919 stiler
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Not to justify Israel, but she IS alone and small, esp. now that ObaMao is in powa. If not now, pretty soon she'll have no allies and the wolves will move in from the north (Russia).

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