Israel Prodding U.S. To Attack Iran
White House Weighs Striking Iran's Nuclear Complex, Which Could Trigger 3rd War In Region
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Play CBS Video Video Israel Poised To Strike Iran Israel has made it clear it intends to end Iran's nuclear program with or without U.S. support ? and before President Bush leaves office. David Martin reports on mounting tensions in Mideast.
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Israel held a dress rehearsal for a strike against Iran earlier this month. (CBS)
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CBS consultant Michael Oren says Israel doesn't want to wait for a new administration.
"The Israelis have been assured by the Bush administration that the Bush administration will not allow Iran to nuclearize," Oren said. "Israelis are uncertain about what would be the policies of the next administration vis-à-vis Iran."
Israel's message is simple: If you don't, we will. Israel held a dress rehearsal for a strike earlier this month, but military analysts say Israel can not do it alone.
"Keep in mind that Israel does not have strategic bombers," Oren said. "The Israeli Air Force is not the American Air Force. Israel can not eliminate Iran's nuclear program."
The U.S. with its stealth bombers and cruise missiles has a much greater capability. Vice President Cheney is said to favor a strike, but both Mullen and Defense Secretary Gates are opposed to an attack which could touch off a third war in the region.
U.S. intelligence estimates Iran won't be able to build a weapon until sometime early in the next decade. But Israel is operating on a much shorter timetable.
"The Iranians, according to Israeli security sources, will have an operable nuclear weapon by 2009. That's not a very long time," Oren said.
For now, the Bush administration is counting on new economic sanctions which took effect Tuesday to persuade Iran to give up its nuclear program. But nobody's counting on it.
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What has Barack promised them today???
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On May 15, 1948, the American President advocated the creation of the State of Israel in the heart of the Muslim Middle-East. 2 years later, 4.5 millions Palestinians were forced out of their homes and lands without compensation.
I am not going to say that this is Terrorism but I will say America is bleeding Treasury and blood because of one religious decision 60 years ago. This bleeding keeps exploding with our continue UnConditional Support to Israel. I cannot believe America cares much more about Israel than of ourselves.
2 weeks after 9/11, Osama Bin Ladin released his 1st video. In the video, he clearly listed the top 3 reasons for bombing the twin towers. The 1st reason was the US military base 60 miles from their Muslim''''s holy Mecca in Saudi Arabia. The 2nd reason was the Palestine crisis. Now, Bush wants a State of Palestine. Osama is really winning BIG here.
On Osama Bin Ladin 2nd released video, Osama states that they will destroy America Economically and not Militarily. So far, Osama is really winning Big here.
According to our US State Department, Anti-Semitics is exploding around the world:
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1334791720080314?feedType=RSSfeedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true
I blame only the Zionists inside Israel and America.
It is these haters and jealous individuals that want to harm America.
It is these HATERS who support Hussein Obama, who is synonymous with harming America.
Now, after North Korea rendered the nuclear activity and just destroyed a plant let''s tell Iran
North Korea is an example for Iran... if they are not hiding anything behind their nuclear developemen..then show it! show it in paper and destroy whatever is not acceptable for energy development.
Ahh! but Iran has an agenda...and it doesn''t favor us or anybody else...maybe Russia.
Yeah, you''re right about that.
Exactly. People look for their own truths on the internet, whether they are true or not. (Did that make sense?)
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One could look at any catastrophy and find various theories on how it happened. The link provided by slap1 showing Dr Jones describing the physics behind the towers collapsing is interesting but still doesn''t prove a conspiracy. When in our history, other than 9/11, has an airplane traveling hundreds of miles an hour slammed into a skyscraper? There is no basis for comparison except computer models and even those aren''t perfect. Earthquakes take down buildings, why is it so dificult to believe that the force of the plane/explosion wouldn''t cause the same to happen. Those towers were SLAMMED...they were swaying back and forth, throw in the heat from the fuel and the weight of the structure and you have major instability. The collapse was inevidable. And even if there were explosions on the main level, who''s to say it wasn''t from the gas lines...I''m sure they ran throughout the structure? It''s all in what a person chooses to believe I guess...I choose to believe in my country.
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We''re rare on the CBS comments pages.
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Yes, read Animal Farm years ago, brilliant. Haven''t read 1984, I''ll take a look.
So anyone with a PC and a blog can write anything and it MUST be true !!!!
Great critical thinking !
Don''''t forget ! Steel does not melt...right ?
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Posted by earth56 at 09:34 PM : Jun 26, 2008
-earth56, why haven''t we seen this kinda pictures over what I call the ''front page'' media? Alternative journalism exists and reporters do matter of fact post great graphic pictures, unpublishable by our suit-n-ties'' ready-to-eat media...
Watched American Freedom to Fascism...scary as hell. I remember having a discussion about this back in college, long time ago. It makes a lot of sense, americans should watch it - dem and repub.
Regarding 9/11, I simply refuse to believe the conspiracy theories.
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