I'm pretty sure that Israel will attack Iran in the coming months. They don't want the estimation of how long it will take Iran to make their first nuclear bomb to run out without doing anything about it.
It will only be air-strikes on nuclear facilities. Whether that will end up in a full blown war or not is difficult to say.
It's very hypocritical of them of course to think they should be the only middle eastern nation allowed to have nukes.
They are the only nation in the Middle East that deserves to have nukes. They for one need them to protect themselves and it goes without saying that only, secular and free nations deserve nukes and not genocidal maniacs who want to take over the world. Letting Iran have nukes would be like letting Nazi Germany, or North Korea have nukes.
Are you talking about the same Iran which hasn't started a war in over 200 years?
Yeah we should definitely fear them more than countries like Israel and the US
Just because Iran has not started a war recently. Which really has to do with the fact that they do not have enough power to do so, dosen't mean that they are not dangerous. In fact they have said that they wish to destroy Israel and cause a genocide against Jews, as well as take over the world for Islam. Yes we should fear them more then free and secular nations like Israel and the US. Of course as a typical Liberal you will side with racist, gay haters, who kill unsubmissive women, brutalize their people and wish to take over the world.
Again... Iran's crimes in modern history are minor to countries like Israel and US.
And everybody should know by know that the quote on Iran's president about wiping out Israel was taken out of context... although some Islamphobic people have a hard time letting go of it.
Oh Iran's crimes in history are minor compared to countries like Israel and the US hug. Are you speaking of the same Iran that finances terrorism, brutally harms it's civililians, kills gays, unsubmissive and unveiled women, and brutalizes religious minorities. They have done less crimes then us. The US and Israel has really done nothing at all in compared to the crimes against humanity that Iran does on a daily basis. Of course you would support racist gay killers over free and secular nations.
Also none of the quotes were taken out of context. Here is a list of all the genocidal quotes he gave.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad_and_Israel
He wants Israel in it's currents form not to exist anymore... but has never said it should be wiped out with warfare.
I love how you don't comment on Iran never starting a war in modern history.
Ahmadinejad says he wants Israel completely destroyed as well as all Jews. He even refered to them as subhuman and supported the Holocaust. One of the buddies of your favorite place is David Duke who supported the Iranians and even supported a Holocaust denial conference there. So remember that these are the people who you support.
Further more as I said just because they haven't started a war in a while because they don't have the power to dosen't change the fact that he has said that when he gets the power he will.
Does this look like someone who's advocating genocide against Jews?
Do you know who these Jews are? These are anti Zionist Jews who openly wish for the destruction of Israel. Those are the Jews that Ahmadinejad is helping. Ahmadinejad has even buddied with Christian Neo Nazis such as David Duke but that dosen't mean that he supports Christianity. It merely means he is using anyone he can to fight against Jews and Israel including self hating Jews.
Making policy decisions around the rhetoric statements of a powerless figurehead who is just a crowd-pleaser for the people actually in power seems like a mistake to me. Or a pretext for policies that aren't actually supported by true need.
He is not a mere figure head. He is head of the country and he has said many times that he wishes to destroy Israel and conquer the world. The question is not whether we will be fighting Iran or not. The question is whether we will be fighting Iran with nukes or without.
so when did the pallys " usurp " this land ?
The Arabs invaded and drove the Jews out of the Middle East and subjected the rest to dhimmitude during the Middle Ages. They also drove out Christians and other religious groups as well. Mohammad himself ordered Muslims to expell the Jews and Christians from the Middle East.
They have a historic claim at least for the Gaza strip. Back when ancient Israel existed they referred to the area as the tribe of Philistines. The 12 tribes of Israelite's did not rule it.
Although it's just the Gaza strip... a lot of what is Israel today has more historic ties with the Arabs than the Jews. The religious books of Judaism, Islam and Christianity all speak of the holy land as the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. So pretty much everything south of Beer Sheva was Arab land and the twelve tribes did not occupy it. It's almost half the size of the current Israel-Palestine area.
First of all the ancient Philistines were of Greek origin not Arab. The modern Arabs that occupy the land now are recent dwellers of the land.
Why should Israel "allow" Palestinians anything? Palestinians were there first, weren't they?
No they weren't the first there. The Jews and Canaanites were there first. The Arabs came later when they drove the Jews out.