My comments on this thread aren’t pro-Israel per se, but simply expressing the real politik of the region. : |

Carl Nemo **==

Israel is the most highly armed nation in the region. Netanyahu’s claim of not being able to defend it is totally bogus, particularly since they illegally built a 30-ft concrete wall along most of 1967 lines. According to the UN, Israel isn’t supposed to be building settlements past the 1949 green line, so Netanyahu’s argument is also in direct defiance with international law. Those settlers should not be there in the first place. But it’s hard to argue with a theocracy of fundamentalists that believe they are Yahweh’s chosen people and that Yahweh gave them that land.

Too bad for them a closer reading of their own scripture shows that Yahweh also said he and he alone would return them to their promised land and any attempt to regain the land on their own would result in their own destruction. Perhaps we are seeing Yahweh’s wrath with every suicide bomb.

It’s funny how the United States can’t pay for a fence with Mexico but gives aid to build this monstrosity in Israel. This thing is many time the size of the Berlin Wall. Mr. Netanyahu, TEAR DOWN THAT WALL!

Israel does not admit to owning nukes, but our intel indicates they are in possession of at leat 100-200 thermonuclear devices, not fission weapons; but fusion in nature . All the major arab and non arab capitals such as in Iran are already targeted in the event they do something stupid. Rest assurred Israel will not hold back if they are pushed against the wall and find themselves without U.S. support.

Carl Nemo **==

Negotiation with a terrorist group will not achieve peace, Cettel.

Yasir Arafat was a terrorist just like OBL. Same theme different face.

Wake up and smell the threat!!!

This is the only basis upon which peace can even possibly be achieved between those two negotiants. The only alternative is restoration of hot war there between the Israelis and the Palestinians; and that would necessarily entail continuation of hatred of America by the majority of Muslims around the world, because the U.S. would then be supporting Israel no matter how much Israel would be controlled by the fanatical West Bank settlers.

Here’s a link describing how the sanction progressed, basically with Leon Panetta controlling the operation via a separate link that kept the mission from being aborted by last minute Executive equivocation. The mission was a “go” as far as Clinton, Gates, Panetta and the Generals et al. were concerned with seemingly protracted politically based conflict between Valerie Jarrett, one of Obama’s ‘handlers’ and the mission all linked to his political ‘image’.

http://socyberty.com/issues/white-house-insider-obama-hesitated-panetta-issued-order-to-kill-osama-bin-laden/

He’s a master at talking out of both sides of his mouth to the unwashed masses; ie., a world class demagogue. They simply handed him a ‘victory script’ to read post sanction.

Unequivocally he will not be reelected because he’s foolishly crossed the State of Israel and exposed his hand. He’s Jimmy Carter redux. Israel both own and control our crimpols’ butts, lock stock and barrel. : |

Carl Nemo **==

Mr. Netanyahu is extremely bright, well-credentialed and tough. Our President is simply an ‘articulate’ empty suit. : |

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu

Carl Nemo **==