behindbluelines.com - 7/2/2009
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An Israeli friend of mine just sent me this quote from columnist Burt Prelutsky:
“On a serious front, I sincerely hope that when the president goes in for his annual check-up, the doctors at Bethesda will do a brain scan.
Surely something must be terribly wrong with a man who seems to be ...
Obama v.s. Israel
nicedeb.wordpress.com 6/3/2009 — You may have already heard this: Obama has blocked Israel’s requests for replacement Apache helicopters:
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration has blocked Israel’s request for advanced U.S.-origin attack helicopters .
Government ...
Will Israel Attack Iran?
outsidethebeltway.com 4/18/2009 — There’s an article in the Times of London today claiming that Israel’s air force is on standby, just waiting for the order from Israel’s government before mounting an air assault against Iran’s nuclear development sites:
The ...
Israel and Iran
corner.nationalreview.com 5/20/2009 — Our new DCI, Leon Panetta, warns that, if Israel attacked Iran's nuclear facilities, it would be "big trouble." It would. But so would the acquisition of atomic bombs by Iran.
It's not easy being Israel. You have to think about your very ...
News from The Associated Press
hosted.ap.org 6/3/2009 — MOSCOW (AP) -- Israel does not intend to bomb Iran, Israel's foreign minister said Wednesday, stepping back from suggestions it might attack a foe it says is bent on developing nuclear weapons. Speaking at the end of a three-day visit to Russia, ...
Joe Biden was on Target on Israel & Iran
thewashingtonnote.com 7/8/2009 — My colleague Jon Weinberg has posted a provocative piece about Vice President Joe Biden's comments about Israel and Iran. Weinberg debates how much of a faux-pas Biden's comments were -- and I think that this general line of attack against Biden's ...
A Second Holocaust
classicalvalues.com 6/25/2009 — This interesting essay over at HotAir by Doctor Zero looks at various scenarios under which Iran might wreak havoc as a nuclear power, including this very real problem: The Nuclear Umbrella: The most logical, and essentially guaranteed, result of a...
Israel Will Hit Iran Unless Obama Says "NO"
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 4/18/2009 — Terrific piece by Roane Carey , Managing Editor of THE NATION in ALTERNET.
Carey, who is spending a half year teaching in Israel, has no doubts that Israel plans to attack Iran unless President Obama lays down the law with Netanyahu.
Carey ...
The Associated Press: Israeli FM praises Biden on Iran stand
google.com 7/7/2009 — 18 hours ago JERUSALEM (AP) Israel's hard-line foreign minister on Monday welcomed Vice President Joe Biden's statement that Israel can make its own decision about whether to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, calling it "logical." But other Israeli ...
If Israel Attacks Iran, 49% Say U.S. Should Help
rasmussenreports.com 5/7/2009 — Forty-nine percent (49%) of Americans say that if Israel launches an attack against Iran, the United States should help Israel. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 37% believe the United States should do nothing while ...
Israel's Nukes
swampland.blogs.time.com 5/7/2009 — Andrew Sullivan has been having a back-and-forth with the neos over at the Commentary blog about Israel's nukes. Israel has them, obviously. Sullivan believes, rightly, that if Israel has them, its rivals in the region--Iran, for example--might want ...