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What do you think of our strategy?; Strength or weakness
Topic Started: Feb 21 2012, 09:37 PM (328 Views)
Banandangees
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Telco, putting yourself in Israel's place for a moment, the past history of the Jews, putting aside any biases you may have (or don't have), putting aside any feelings that the rest of the world may have and considering what Iran's leaders have said concerning Israel and the possible outcome of what waiting might bring, what reasonable choices would you say you have as a nation, as Israel?
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Mountainrivers
Feb 21 2012, 11:31 PM
Banandangees
Feb 21 2012, 10:51 PM
The important impact is how the leaders of Iran and the leaders of Israel read the General's message. It's not the same message as Obama gave when he said "Our iron-clad commitment to Israel's security has meant the closest military cooperation between our two countries in history during his State of the Union mesage." The two messages probably don't have the same sound to them when heard by Iran and Israel. That might seem like a little thing to us here in the US, but I'm sure it's no little thing to Israel and a bit more of a comfort to Iran as far as pushing on with their nuke program.
These statements you refer to are public statements, intended for domestic consumption as well as foreign. We don't know what is going on behind the scenes, so any conclusion either of us comes to is nothing more than speculation. I will accept what the general said as our policy until we learn differently. I just hope that Israel doesn't draw us into another expensive war. On another thread you are complaining that we are in economic trouble, yet you seem ready to go to war to protect Israel, which has never done one thing for us.
Again Neil, I just postede a question. You can give your opinion or not. Why do you assume and imply that I'm ready to go to war? You can give your opinion of what you think of the strategy (as Telco did) or not. But why the striking-out assumptive accusations?
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Banandangees
Feb 21 2012, 11:38 PM
Mountainrivers
Feb 21 2012, 11:31 PM
Banandangees
Feb 21 2012, 10:51 PM
The important impact is how the leaders of Iran and the leaders of Israel read the General's message. It's not the same message as Obama gave when he said "Our iron-clad commitment to Israel's security has meant the closest military cooperation between our two countries in history during his State of the Union mesage." The two messages probably don't have the same sound to them when heard by Iran and Israel. That might seem like a little thing to us here in the US, but I'm sure it's no little thing to Israel and a bit more of a comfort to Iran as far as pushing on with their nuke program.
These statements you refer to are public statements, intended for domestic consumption as well as foreign. We don't know what is going on behind the scenes, so any conclusion either of us comes to is nothing more than speculation. I will accept what the general said as our policy until we learn differently. I just hope that Israel doesn't draw us into another expensive war. On another thread you are complaining that we are in economic trouble, yet you seem ready to go to war to protect Israel, which has never done one thing for us.
Again Neil, I just postede a question. You can give your opinion or not. Why do you assume and imply that I'm ready to go to war? You can give your opinion of what you think of the strategy (as Telco did) or not. But why the striking-out assumptive accusations?
What else could you be suggesting, Ban? If Israel attacks Iran, it will most likely be with our help. That would be an act of pre-emptive war. We've done just everything else we can do to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions, to no avail. What do you think we should do now?
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