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| 'Kill Ahmadinejad, halt Iran's N-drive' |
| 2008-11-24 |
| A former Israeli commander says the West must consider assassinating Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to halt Tehran's nuclear program. Former Israeli Army Chief of Staff Moshe "Boogie" Ya'alon told the Australian daily The Sydney Morning Herald that the West should consider all options to stop the Islamic Republic's nuclear drive, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Sunday. "We have to confront the Iranian revolution immediately," Ya'alon said. "There is no way to stabilize the Middle East today without defeating the Iranian regime. The Iranian nuclear program must be stopped." "We have to consider killing him (President Ahmadinejad). All options must be considered," the Israeli official added. He claimed that Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the Persian Gulf littoral states would welcome any military strike against Iran. Ya'alon said that he had been surprised when the US decided to go into Iraq instead of Iran in 2003. Ya'alon had declared that he would join the hardliner Likud Party's list to participate in the faction's primaries. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #14 them waking up caused a holy war |
| Posted by: chris 2008-11-24 13:17 |
| #13 Wait for a big government meeting then send the F-22's with JDAMs. |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2008-11-24 12:30 |
| #12 I agree with Uleck Ghibelline9225. Take out the leadership. Let them try to take out ours if they can. We have a plan for orderly transition of power and dictatorships, even with shame democratic fronts, rarely do. Also they would likely cause a Holy War if they tried to kill "The One" |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-11-24 11:11 |
| #11 Wouldn't that be loverly? Anyway, what's the downside? |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2008-11-24 10:56 |
| #10 where's Oswald when you really need him? |
| Posted by: hammerhead 2008-11-24 09:38 |
| #9 I concur w/OS in that they would find another dufus to be their mouth piece. I'm still not opposed to killing the monkey anyway. I think we should be working over time to wet-work all these *ssholes. Chavez, Castro, Kim Jong-Il, etc. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2008-11-24 08:18 |
| #8 I have to agree with him that Iran has and is a bigger problem than Iraq ever was!!!! |
| Posted by: Paul2 2008-11-24 07:19 |
| #7 Not what Yaalon said according to JPost. On the other hand, bringing personal responsibility into the life of Dictators... |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-11-24 07:11 |
| #6 OS may be right (#1) about the long term effects, but that doesn't mean doing it wouldn't be fun. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-11-24 07:06 |
| #5 Nutjob's just a diversion. Nuke the government and the problem will go away. |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-11-24 06:22 |
| #4 "BOOGIE OOGIE" [song]??? YA-'ALON > D *** NG IT, IRAN's GOTTA "BOOGIE NO MORE, BOOGIE NO MORE.... COME AND FEEL THE BEAT, YEAH"!? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-11-24 02:01 |
| #3 I think killing elites are one of advantages that democracies have over dicatorships. This means less innocent civilians killed. |
| Posted by: Uleck Ghibelline9225 2008-11-24 00:57 |
| #2 One Ayatollah (Khamenei) and the IRGC actually matter here. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-11-24 00:21 |
| #1 Sorry, problem goes deeper than that. The Ayatollahs will find another rube if you get rid of the current one. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-11-24 00:04 |