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Israel-Palestine
Israel puts Iran in its sights
2004-08-28

Israel's defence establishment is looking east with concern.
By James Reynolds - Wednesday, 11 August, 2004, 20:25 GMT 21:25 UK
This summer, some here warn that Iran may become a nuclear power, perhaps within the next three or four years.

The Jewish state wants the world to act. If diplomacy fails, Israel warns that it knows how to work alone.

"Israel has many, many capabilities," says Danny Yatom, a former head of Mossad, Israel's international intelligence agency.

"And in the past Israel has carried out long-range military operations, like when we bombed the nuclear facility of Iraq [in 1981]. And since then one can imagine that we've improved our capabilities."
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#64  LOL! And the Jews will hit last. Gentile get a grip, it 7 million people trying to usher the ME out of the 17th Century. It's a good thing.
Posted by: N Greene   2004-08-29 12:20:30 PM  

#63  LOL! And the Jews will hit last. Gentile get a grip, it 7 million people trying to usher the ME out of the 17th Century. It's a good thing.
Posted by: N Greene   2004-08-29 12:20:30 PM  

#62  They started it!
Posted by: Gentle

LOL - my kids used the same argument - then they started 2nd grade....
Posted by: Frank G   2004-08-29 6:56:47 AM  

#61  They started it!
Posted by: Gentle   2004-08-29 5:54:18 AM  

#60  Of course not. However, you've never seem to criticize anyone else but Israel (or by proxy of USA). That is rather strange, dontcha think? Pretty selective. Walks like anti-semitism, quacks like antisemitism, it is anti-semitism.
Posted by: Zarathustra   2004-08-29 4:02:33 AM  

#59  "It is not anti-Semitic to criticize the policies of the state of Israel." -- Colin Powell
Posted by: Gentle   2004-08-29 3:48:17 AM  

#58  Go ahead, make fun of what I wrote.
I was just blowing steam, but at least, unlike some of you, my words didn't offend anyone.
Posted by: Gentle   2004-08-29 3:25:56 AM  

#57  UFO: Was that satellite photo 'stolen' by the White House mole now under investigation?

No. It's from DigitalGlobe.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2004-08-29 12:18:59 AM  

#56  Was that satellite photo 'stolen' by the White House mole now under investigation? See CBS video clip.
Posted by: UFO   2004-08-29 12:12:04 AM  

#55  Hardly any of you has been gentle, and if I was looking for tenderness I wouldn't search for it here

People go safely to sleep knowing that rough men are willing to do rough work.
Posted by: FWTB-DLTR   2004-08-28 6:17:50 PM  

#54  lol tu - I know, Dan, I don't have the desire to troll like that, and she will never put the effort into creating her own site
Posted by: Frank G   2004-08-28 5:14:59 PM  

#53  Well, Dan, I hope you know that you will soon get a post from Gentle asking you to explain what you just said.
Posted by: tu3031   2004-08-28 5:08:46 PM  

#52  I like that Frank G. She should start her own blog. And, like Gentle, we could:

- post nonsequeturs
- selectively ignore factual posts
- change the subject at will
- claim to know more than we actually do know

Unfortunately, unlike Gentle, we are NOT 18. We are NOT naive. And we would realize what we are doing. And it would feel uncomfortable. And we would not do it.
Posted by: PlanetDan   2004-08-28 4:56:04 PM  

#51  or you could always start your own blog: Gentleburg? With pastel wallpaper and smiling Arabs in the pictures? Then we could troll...
Posted by: Frank G   2004-08-28 4:15:01 PM  

#50  Hardly any of you has been gentle, and if I was looking for tenderness I wouldn't search for it here.

LOL! Sorry, Gentle, but that one made me laugh out loud. I think you've been misinformed if you expected tenderness here at Rantburg. You'll find civility (believe it or not - that's the default mode of discourse) if you're prepared to comment sensibly, and a fair amount of good humour.

But you do not comment sensibly. Until you do, you'll find a fairly hostile reception. You can start commenting sensibly by not pretending that the UAE, and Muslim society in general, is perfect, and by refraining from claiming that Allah is the answer to everything. Just a couple of tips...
Posted by: Bulldog   2004-08-28 3:50:55 PM  

#49  Ah, to be 18 again. Or 28. Or 38. Or 48. But I digress. Learning takes a life time. Then you look up and realise everybody else is younger than you are, and they all know more than you do. Gentle doesn't like conflict. She thinks that perhaps if she wishes hard enough, there won't be evil in the world. Wrong, but we all have to learn. Hopefully she will turn out to be one of the good ones. There have to be one or two somewhere. I think I met him when I was in school. Unfortunately, the Iranians aren't in that group. Daring the US to act may be an act of foolishness, but spitting in the eye of the Jews is simply suicidal. So it goes.
Posted by: DLS   2004-08-28 3:35:20 PM  

#48  And this is a good day, when we've taken our pills.
Posted by: True German Ally   2004-08-28 3:29:09 PM  

#47  At heart most RB folks are just meanies.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-08-28 3:18:30 PM  

#46  A person who has stopped learning has nothing to live for.
What makes you think I'm a "Know-it-all"?
What makes you think I'm some spoilt brat who has nothing better to do with her time than insulting you?
What makes think anything about me?
Gentle?
God knows life is not gentle. We bear it relying on him.
Hardly any of you has been gentle, and if I was looking for tenderness I wouldn't search for it here.
Posted by: Gentle   2004-08-28 3:16:24 PM  

#45  Gentle, when I was 18yo I knew everything, too. Believe me, you still have a lot to learn and you'll find out how elusive "the truth" is.

In fact, those who pretend or believe to hold the absolute truth tend to be fanatics and easily turn into mass murderers, because if they hold the truth, nobody else can.

I have had this with the Nazis, had this with the Communists and now I'm certainly not taking it from Muslim extremists (note that I don't say Muslims).

Try to understand our points and we'll do our best to understand yours. But if you think that you know the "truth" already, you won't make many friends here. Believe me, I wouldn't even know what "the truth" is, I just have learned to find out about false truths.

Maybe you come here because one of your homework assignments is "sticking it to the infidels", maybe you have a genuine interest in finding out how we think. In the latter case, live up to your name, don't throw your little truths at us like "pearls before swine".

I have lived many years, and I still learn every day. So should you.

Btw I have touched camels. You know, after all, the camel knows Allah's 100th name. So maybe you should talk to camels more. They are smart animals.
Posted by: True German Ally   2004-08-28 2:34:35 PM  

#44  It matters that's she's a practical nurse because that implies she has patients..... helpless Australians.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-08-28 1:56:35 PM  

#43  Er uh Vic, no offense but who cares?

I'm hoping 63 comes back, his brand of prose is some of the more entertaining reading to be found here!

What a maroon. :)
Posted by: RJB in JC MO   2004-08-28 1:18:07 PM  

#42  gentle.....JDAM is on it's way, to a bathroom near you.
Posted by: USAF   2004-08-28 1:13:40 PM  

#41  Gentle's not rich, she's a practical nurse.
Posted by: Victoria   2004-08-28 12:21:19 PM  

#40  What makes you think I'm rich?
Posted by: Gentle   2004-08-28 11:43:36 AM  

#39  Too bad Israel could not place the the collection of pro-terrorist 'protesters' in Manhattan in their sights prior to riding the world of the Iranian nuclear menace.
Posted by: Mark Espinola   2004-08-28 11:32:34 AM  

#38  Sorry, didn't mean to attend a pseudo-Nazi troll convention.
Posted by: Tom   2004-08-28 11:07:11 AM  

#37  Actually, I don't have any difficulty imagining that Gentle is what she says she is.

I've known plenty of wealthy, urbane Arabs who are filthy racists and intolerant barbarians, beneath the veneer of English, Western technology and summer homes around the world.

Fortunately, I've known some truly wonderful Arabs ... not as many, but enough to let me know that Gentle and her kind are not the only alternative.

Unfortunately, at least one of my friends was killed recently by rabid dog Islamacists. One fewer decent, thoughtful and pious Muslim in the world as a result.
Posted by: known a few   2004-08-28 10:54:38 AM  

#36  Dang! Another Serbian Lop-Eared Troll! Must be their fall mating season or something.

("63 ..com" and Gentle mating . . . one more mental picture I don't need!)
Posted by: Mike   2004-08-28 10:48:53 AM  

#35  Been ducking debating classes this week? Your powers of argument are even worse than usual.
Posted by: Bulldog   2004-08-28 9:48:26 AM  

#34  BMN:
Yes.

BD:
NO.
Posted by: Gentle   2004-08-28 9:46:11 AM  

#33  BD: "reciprocal" attitude.

As was pointed out to you before, Gentle, Iran hasn't been behaving in a reciprocal way towards Israel. It's been behaving in a unilaterally aggressive way towards Israel. Threatening Israel with nuclear annihilation, without provocation is not "reciprocation". It's aggression. Suicidal aggression too, i might add - like the behavior of a rabid dog. Demented. In the end, it will result in either Iran's destruction, or the mullahs' removal and a cessation of nuclear weapons development. Hopefully the latter.

A Shia bomb in the hands of theocrats - that'd be great news for the Sunnis like yourself, wouldn't it?
Posted by: Bulldog   2004-08-28 9:44:02 AM  

#32  Gentle--

Aren't the Shi'ites a horrible cult?
Posted by: BMN   2004-08-28 9:42:28 AM  

#31  A 24 year-old college professor?
Wow, what did he do?
Skip his masters by infel, then jump right to his professorship?
Besides my professors are american, I'm not.
Posted by: Gentle   2004-08-28 9:16:57 AM  

#30   Hey, lay off Gentle. Even if she were an American, you're not listening to what she's saying. She's 18 for crying out loud! She knows EVERYTHING about the world. Most likey, she has a 24 year old LLL college professor to indoctrinate..er...enlighten her to the fantasy and lies...er truth of the world. As for us, we're just old ignorant bastards who never left Mayberry. hehe
Posted by: 98zulu   2004-08-28 9:11:11 AM  

#29  Israel has many, many capabilities

Yes they do, Mr Yatom, and Iran is about to see some of those capabilities first hand [he he he]
Posted by: BigEd   2004-08-28 9:05:25 AM  

#28  BD:
"reciprocal" attitude.
Posted by: Gentle   2004-08-28 8:56:54 AM  

#27  BD: Does that give you a taste of your own medicine?

I'm relieved I'm not the only one unable to comprehend Gentle's contributions today. What are you trying to say?!
Posted by: Bulldog   2004-08-28 8:37:24 AM  

#26  typical Iranians are fairly well-educated and IMHO will thrive once the mullahs are smacked down. I only hope the Israelis (or us) are able to do that without killing too many innocents. Undoubtedly, the mullahs don't have that same concern, and, like Islamic Heros™ in Saddam's regime, Al Qaeda, and the Taliban, will put the weapons in schools, hospitals, orphanages, kitten and baby duck sanctuaries. There will be civilian casualties. All we can say is: better theirs than ours
Posted by: Frank G   2004-08-28 8:26:27 AM  

#25  Maybe you'll be able to see the glow from the UAE when the Israeli's or Americans decide to put those mad dogs down. Can't come soon enough. I personally doubt it, but hopefully experience will mature your opinions one day.

No question. The Mad Mulahs have it coming.
Posted by: badanov   2004-08-28 8:19:42 AM  

#24  hmmmm - JMike's pretty clear as I read it.
Posted by: Frank G   2004-08-28 8:19:11 AM  

#23  Gentle, since you've misunderstood what I have typed, this will be my last word to you, so feel free blast away. Your not as smart as you think you are. Re-read my post and try comprehending this time.
Posted by: JerseyMike   2004-08-28 8:17:17 AM  

#22  JM:
Yeah right.
You don't care to the extent of answering me?
Yeah right.
Posted by: Gentle   2004-08-28 7:57:40 AM  

#21  BD:
Does that give you a taste of your own medicine?
Posted by: Gentle   2004-08-28 7:54:34 AM  

#20  I don't think anyone here gives a rats ass who you might or might not be Gentle, I've read your troll droppings here for quite a while, you've yet to present a lucid argument. On this particular subject Bulldog nails it and you convienently ignore his post. That tells me that you, as most of us have long suspected, are full of shit.
By the by, Iran is already in US sights, they have been to varying degrees since 1979. Maybe you'll be able to see the glow from the UAE when the Israeli's or Americans decide to put those mad dogs down. Can't come soon enough.
I personally doubt it, but hopefully experience will mature your opinions one day.
Posted by: JerseyMike   2004-08-28 7:49:38 AM  

#19  *snicker*
Posted by: Frank G   2004-08-28 7:37:31 AM  

#18  It is true.
I have seen one or two close a few times, but have never touched any.
What is so strange about that?
Posted by: Gentle   2004-08-28 7:34:36 AM  

#17  I've never even touched a camel!


Ahhhh, the UAE version of Clinton's lie
Posted by: Frank G   2004-08-28 7:31:09 AM  

#16  Illiterate Hitler and Gentle in the same thread. Whoda thunk it? Two sides to the same coin
Posted by: Frank G   2004-08-28 7:21:54 AM  

#15  TGA:
Who do you think I am?
I guess the best cover for the truth, on this website, is truth itself.
Yes I am an 18 yo female in the U.A.E.
Why?
Too shocked to know that we don't live in tents and travel on camels?
I've never even touched a camel!
As for the
"do tell"
all in due time.
Posted by: Gentle   2004-08-28 7:17:44 AM  

#14  I bet they have standing orders to take out downtown Tehran and Damascus if Israel is attcked with Nukes, Chemical or Biological weapons.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2004-08-28 6:09:20 AM  

#13  Old Spook, the Israelis almost certainly have cruise missiles on board, probably even with nuclear warheads.
Posted by: True German Ally   2004-08-28 5:01:29 AM  

#12  Gentle - you'll come back and acknowledge your error when it doesn't happen, won't you?

Do you think Iranian aggression towards Israel has had anything to do with Israel's reciprocal attitude? You know, when one state (Iran) threatens to destroy another state (Israel) with (nuclear) weapons technology it's developing, for the latter state to consider pre-emptive action really isn't illogical or unprecedented. Think about it. Try to empathise with the Israelis, just for a moment.
Posted by: Bulldog   2004-08-28 4:55:48 AM  

#11  Do tell Gentle. For a 18yo female student in Dubai you seem to know a lot of things...
Posted by: True German Ally   2004-08-28 4:45:33 AM  

#10  The headline should be:
Israel admits that it has put Iran in its sight.

It will be the beginning of similar headlines with variations in the name of the country.

Don't worry. The U.S. will be one of the last.
But it is on the list. That I do know.
Posted by: Gentle   2004-08-28 4:09:29 AM  

#9  Yap yap Zion apologist, you are a janitor!
But stop to talk Jew nerd tough
Join the army or send your kid
Posted by: 63 ..com   2004-08-28 4:06:38 AM  

#8  It would be bad policy for the US to encourage Israel to attack Iran. We should deal with the moronic Mullah ourselves. We are the world's janitor.
Posted by: Super Hose   2004-08-28 3:49:14 AM  

#7  history repeat ...every 60, 150, 250 years your little shitty country know that.
Posted by: 63 ..com   2004-08-28 3:30:38 AM  

#6  Please wipe the spittle from your Hitler moustache the next time. You left drool all over the board there.
Posted by: OldSpook   2004-08-28 3:28:19 AM  

#5  That bastard Israeli scum should be nuked en masse
Did you literate morons, realize that jew scum are the real problem?
Pretty soon hunt season going to start again like 60 years ago or 150 year ago or 250...
Posted by: 63 ..com   2004-08-28 3:25:17 AM  

#4  That bastard Israeli scum should be nuked en masse
Did you literate morons, realize that jew scum are the real problem?
Pretty soon hunt season going to start again like 60 years ago or 150 year ago or 250...
Posted by: 63 ..com   2004-08-28 3:25:08 AM  

#3  Israeli submarine was in the news recently.

I wonder if they have cruise missles on board that thing?
Posted by: OldSpook   2004-08-28 2:18:38 AM  

#2  Oops - this story is via BBC and EFL - more at the link.
Posted by: .com   2004-08-28 1:45:19 AM  

#1  HMMMM.Yep.One sortie for Irans Nukes,then
10-14 days to wipe out Syrias conventional stuff.
Posted by: crazyhorse   2004-08-28 1:20:29 AM  

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