Posted By: BigPapasan
...running around like Chicken Noodle Soup Little, warning that Iran was on the verge of getting nukes and was going to bomb Israel any day now. The only problem is that he's been doing it for over twenty years, trying to drag the U.S. into a Middle East war. Why don't you hate him for that?
OK. Now we're getting somewhere.
Since the Iranian Revolution in 1979 that brought the Ayatollah's back to power, Iran has been unabashed in its sabre-rattling towards Israel, as well as the United States. Their proxy in Lebanon, ie Hezbollah, make no bones of their desires to wipe Israel off the map. Their proxy in Gaza, ie Hamas have as their stated charter objective the annihilation of the Zionist entity.
I'm not telling you anything you do not already know or anything the Iranians themselves haven't boasted of or threatened time and time again.
Unlike the Western mentality of instant gratification and short term objectives, the Middle Eastern mentality is of the long term, the Big Picture. You know this as well, though perhaps you and others are in denial of this even though it is the stated goal of many Islamic figureheads. Based on writings in the Qu'ran in fact. Same book that calls my ancestors pigs and apes.
Why would I hate Bibi for putting the security of Israel at the forefront of his agenda? I like Israel, and I like Bibi.
Disagree with me all you want, but don't be a hypocrite with the status games because my politics vis a vis Israel are nationalist in nature.
And how do you know that the reason Iran doesn't already have the bomb is because of efforts by Israel the US and others to prevent that from happening? Recent example - Stuxnet ring any bells?
It has been established in news reports from the left and right, Jewish and Arab, Alex Jones to Mother Jones to DailyKos and Julian Assanges Wikileaks that Netanyahu was ready to strike Iranian nuclear facilities as far back as 2011 and again in 2012. Conjecture or bloviate, but there's no way you or I can know the truth of why he didn't follow through. Again, Stuxnet ring any bells?
I do not believe Netanyahu wants to drag the US into a middle eastern war. Not for one moment. There is no advantage and far too much cost in resources and especially lives. Unlike the jihadists, Jews value life. Most of us, anyway.
From my perspective, I understand Bibi's unwillingness to give up anything more after all the broken promises by the Arabs over the years starting with Yasser Arafat in 1964.
Who controlled East Jerusalem in 1964, and why did Arafat order an attack on a residential compound in West Jerusalem? Before you ask for attribution, you'll have to take my word for it as an eyewitness.
Bibi's primary goal is the security of the people of the State of Israel. Iran's stated goal is the obliteration of the Jewish state. I have family in Israel, ancestors buried in Israel.
Bibi has time and time again called for a resumption of talks with no preconditions. Abbas gives one excuse after another, and relies on the lies and propaganda from terrorist sources while enriching himself with the funds designated to build roads and hospitals.
I for one have been fed up with the double standard, and i think people are starting to realize just who the bad guys really are.
It wasn't European security consultants called in after the recent spate of bombings, it was Israeli special teams.
As the threat of Islamic jihad reaches our shores, the world finally gets a sour taste of what life has been like for the Israelis living under the constant threat of terrorist attack.
Just some off the cuff thoughts in response. Shana Tova.