U.S. and Britain Urge Israel Not to Bomb Iran
On Sunday, U.S. and Britain urged Israel not to attack Iran. Both the U.S. joint chiefs of staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, and British Foreign Minister William Hague said an Israeli attack on Iran would have serious consequences for the entire Middle East.
Gen. Dempsey said an Israeli attack is "not prudent," while Hague said it would not be "a wise thing."
Both Israel and the West believe Iran is trying to develop nuclear capabilities, a charge that Iran denies.
Instead of an attack, the U.S. and the European Union have imposed new sanctions targeting Iran's oil business.
However, on Sunday, Iran's Oil Ministry said it has stopped oil shipments to Britain and France in an apparent pre-emptive blow against the European Union, which ends oil shipments to 27 EU nations and Britain; about 18 percent of Iran's oil exports.
White House National Security Adviser Tom Donilon was set to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late Sunday and with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Monday in Israel.
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Some of the comments here are proof that a certain sect of Jewish people are mentally deficient sadistic hateful sociopaths. They keep throwing the holocaust in our faces while calling us goyim and treat us, and non-Zionist Jews like their Chattel. True history has Wall Street (high percentage of Jews) backing Hitler and Franco to fight communism. Zionists made the Haavara agreement with Hitler in 1933 and Zionists sent a letter to Hitler offering military alliance in 1941. The BIS bank employed many Jews and was the Third Reich's bank right up into 1945. So it is fact that the Zionist Jews are the worst anti- Semitics of all time. Also what about the 70 some million people who dies as a result of WWII. We are taught that only Jews died and this is not factual. Now since they control the world fiat banking system and the United States of Israel government they think they can march into Iran. Oh by the way, a vast majority of Jews are liberal humanist and anti war. Wake up America!
Obama has already decided that he will take the side of Islam, he announced it to the world back when he was running for president in 2008.When he said it on live TV. " If it comes down to having to make a choice I will take the side of the Muslims."
The full quote is from a book, not from live TV, and says,
“Of course, not all my conversations in immigrant communities follow this easy pattern. In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans, for example, have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging. They have been reminded that the history of immigration in this country has a dark underbelly; they need specific reassurances that their citizenship really means something, that America has learned the right lessons from the Japanese internments during World War II, and that I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”
Nothing in this implies that Obama will stand with Muslims against Christians, or with Arabs against the West. Look, I'm no Obama fan, but this is not legitimate criticism. This is Obama saying he won't accept seeing what happened to Japanese-Americans under FDR happen to Americans of Middle Eastern descent today.
Excellent point. Like you, I am not a big fan of BHO. For the most part, he could be the hand-picked successor to "W". He has changed very little. We're still in two counterproductive wars, Guantanamo Bay prison is still operating, the "Patriot" Act has been extended and reinforced, and he lacked the integrity to stop the "Bail-out" nee robbery formulated during the Bush administration.
I don;t know why the Republicans are wasting their resources even submitting a candidate this year. They should focus on promoting someone for 2016 that isn't an incompetent nut case. Barry will do a fine job for them until then.
Furthermore, focusing on stupidities such as the "birther" issue and cherry-picking quotes like this distract from his real failings. It ruins the credibility of dissenters and squanders the efforts that could be used in genuine issues.
If freedom means anything, it is the liberty to tell others what they do not want to hear.
You better have some citations for that. I never heard it and I would like to see some proof that you're not a typical lying SOB of a republiturd.
If freedom means anything, it is the liberty to tell others what they do not want to hear.
Are you kidding you dope fiend? Return to 1967 borders....mean anything to your pathetic Obozo luvin a@@? Obobo is an islamic @$$ kisser...
I asked for citations proving a comment. As none are forthcoming, it seems safe to presume it was a lie.
Your vitriolic comment is devoid of logical comment. You hide behind your keyboard to say unproven things you would never dare say in person. You do understand that makes you an intellectual, ethical, and physical coward? No, on second thought, I don't think you are mentally capable of understanding anything.
If freedom means anything, it is the liberty to tell others what they do not want to hear.
I have seen messages condemning the USA for supposedly giving away Israel's "secret" plans to attack Iran. None have mentioned that it is genuinely a bad idea. If any Arab nation does have nuclear weapons (Pakistan does) There's an excellent chance it will start a nuclear war in the area.
That could be a global disaster far greater than the radiation fall out. It could disrupt oil supplies to everyone for decades.
Iran obtaining nuclear weapons would not be a good thing but I am sure there are other alternatives than an open attack by Israel. I doubt that economic sanctions will work, they rarely have. But that doesn't mean there are not more clandestine methods available.
If freedom means anything, it is the liberty to tell others what they do not want to hear.