Sharon Says Israel Will Not Attack Iran

[RamboLiberal]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050413/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_sharon_2

Israel will not attack Iran to destroy its nuclear program, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Wednesday, a day after meeting President Bush in Texas.

Sharon told CNN he did not see "unilateral action" as an option. He said Israel did not need to take a leading role in attempts to deny nuclear weapons to Iran and called again for an international coalition to deal with the issue.

[notadmblnd]

1. No, he'll blackmail the BFEE

to do it for him.

[RamboLiberal]

2. That's what I was thinking - Chimpy will do it for him

eom

[gratuitous]

5. If by "blackmail" you mean "ask"

Then I agree completely.

[LiberallyInclined]

3. i guess that means that WE will-

great...:eyes:

[Coastie for Truth]

4. No Bush will only do it for the Saudis and the Energy Industry

Don't be naive. "Petroleum Politics" and "Petroleum Diplomacy" is the problem, as are the "Petroleum Players" like ExxonMobil CEO Lee R. Raymond and TexacoChevron CEO David O'Reilly and George Walker Bush and his buddy Saudi Prince Bandar. See House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties by Craig Unger.

Abbas, Sharon - mere bit players - and the Palestinian people and the Israeli people - the proletariat - the REAL victims - are even smaller players in a horrible giga-Euro, giga-Dollar, giga-barrel, game of "Petroleum Politics", pawns on the sidelines of "Petroleum Politics" playing the hands they were cruelly dealt 90 years ago by the British and the French in the Sykes-Picot Agreement (which deliberately screwed the Lebanese, the Israelis, and the Palestinians for generations -- all for "Petroleum Power Politics" and "Balance of Power" and British hegemony in the Eastern Mediterranean).

Read Engdahl, A Century Of War: Anglo-American Oil Politics and the New World Order.

[Behind the Aegis]

6. What's the problem?

Sharon says Israel will not attack Iran and this is bad news? Oh I forgot...the Shrub misAdministration is unable to make any decisions and is led by the all-powerful wizard, Sharon. :eyes: If the US attacks Iran, blame the BUSH administration! Israel is NOT the root of all the fucking problems in this country!!!

Sharon is not much better than the idiot we have in office in this country! But, I am fucking sick and tired of people saying let "Israel get what is coming to her!" Israel is NOT a person, it is a COUNTRY, made up of REAL people!! Many of those people despise Sharon as much as some of us despise Shrub! Saying or implying Israel deserves to be attacked, is as irresponsible and STUPID as implying that New York deserved what it got! The people in the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and Pennsylvania did NOT deserve what happened!!!

Sharon has called for international action, which is a hell of a lot better than Shrub!

Israel does NOT control the US!

[mmonk]

8. They may use the MEK

and by the way, the neocons have Israel's defense as part of their modus operandi.
http://www.antiwar.com/bock/

[Behind the Aegis]

12. What is MEK?

I can't figure out what the acronym "MEK" means. And, the fact that the neo-cons have included Israel's "defense" as part of their MO is beside the point. They chose their own policies. Personally, I think they did it to sucker Jews in and have a convenient scapegoat when they need one!

[mmonk]

16. Read the link

[Behind the Aegis]

17. I did

Then I re-read your link. I glossed over that acronym because I was trying to figure out how to pronounce it. So, if they did use that option, the MEK, would that be using the Iranian people or exploiting something already in place?

[bemildred]

18. Think Nicaragua and the Contras.

Using client terrorists freedom-fighters to attempt destabilization.

[leesa]

14. Right. "Sharon called for international action"...that's a crack-up

How many sanctions has Israel violated now?

[Behind the Aegis]

15. Never happy.

How many sanctions have other countries violated? Israel is not a paragon of virtue, nor should it be. But the hatred for that country is out of control! I really do think that some people will never be happy until the nation of Israel is nothing more than a footnote in the annals of history, and I am NOT just talking about Arabs or Muslims!

[Zhade]

22. The main problem? Sharon is a lying war criminal.

So when he says Israel won't attack, I think one of two things:

1) he's lying

or

2) WE'LL attack.


You are correct that Israel does not deserve to be attacked. Its murderous Likudnik government, on the other hand, doesn't deserve power.

[Behind the Aegis]

23. .

"Its murderous Likudnik government, on the other hand, doesn't deserve power." I can agree to this in the same vein that our current "administration" doesn't deserve power! It just seems that soon as the word "Israel" appears in a thread, some take glee in over-the-top remarks.

As for Sharon's remarks, I don't trust him any more that I do most politicians.

[bemildred]

7. Merely stating the obvious, but interesting that he's saying it openly.

[lovuian]

9. That means America will be with Israel!!!

that was no new news!!!

[Strelnikov_]

10. And "Bush Says Diplomacy With Iran Is Best"

It appears that the Iraq adventure has 1) degraded our Army and Marine readiness even more than is evident, and/or 2) dampened the neo-cons appetite for military 'glory'.

Or could this just be misdirection. Iran does have a viable military, unlike Iraq. I don't think telegraphing that you are going to whack their nuclear facilities for months in advance would be a very good strategy.

[QC]

11. Why should they do the job when their pet chimp can do it instead? n/t

[nolabels]

21. Exactly, another good cop - bad cop for a bait - and - switch

They are doing this so when the deal goes down Sharon can he or the other Israeli operatives can sit back and say they had nothing to do with it. After all they are kind of close to the heat over there in the M.E. wouldn't ya think. Sharon will have the added bonus of pointing out how hostile them other countries are to them because of the ensuing heat. The whole thing is playing just like they planned if you ask me

[leesa]

13. Of course not! That's what the US is for!

[Moderator]

19. kick to combine

[NNN0LHI]

20. Sharon: Israel will not attack Iran, calls for international coalition

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2005/April/middleeast_April358.xml§ion=middleeast

JERUSALEM - Israel will not mount a unilateral attack aimed at destroying Iran’s nuclear capability, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in a CNN-TV interview.


Sharon said Wednesday that he did not see “unilateral action” as an option. He said Israel did not need to lead the way on the Iran nuclear weapons issue, calling for an international coalition to deal with it. snip

Asked about Israel’s own nuclear weapons program, Sharon repeated decades-old Israeli claims: “Israel will not be the first one to use or to possess a nuclear weapon.”

He said that Iran should be prevented from acquiring such arms, because “One should avoid development of nuclear weapons by irresponsible countries.”

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[daleo]

24. A coalition of the willing.

With two main members, although Togo may go along as well.