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stevenleser

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7. Of course, but your entire second paragraph doesnt fit the facts in general.

Reply to oberliner (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 10:10 AM

Jul 2015

"But for all the bluster, none of them actually takes matters into his own hands. They like their battles and wars fought by proxies, which means the young men marinated in this atmosphere of fear and hatred, then sent out for their two year stints in the Israeli military to stir up more fear and hatred."

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Israel won�t strike Iran alone, no matter how much it hates the nuclear deal [View all] oberliner Jul 2015 OP

Of course they won't gratuitous Jul 2015 #1

An interesting viewpoint that is not held up by the facts. Israel has struck outside I/P several stevenleser Jul 2015 #2

Did you not read the article? oberliner Jul 2015 #3

Of course, but your entire second paragraph doesnt fit the facts in general. stevenleser Jul 2015 #7

That's not my paragraph oberliner Jul 2015 #8

Fair enough. That other posters second paragraph does not fit the facts in general. nt stevenleser Jul 2015 #9

the only 'enemy' Netanyahu is willing to declare war on is Obama. geek tragedy Jul 2015 #4

I suspect that once the Iranian deal is through all the approvals in the UN and US, the EU will turn karynnj Jul 2015 #17

For the next 16 months, Israel is pretty much all alone except for its geek tragedy Jul 2015 #18

- and the Republicans in Congress karynnj Jul 2015 #20

Logistically without the US madville Jul 2015 #5

Not to mention they'd have to go through some combination of Syria, Iraq, geek tragedy Jul 2015 #6

Not true oberliner Jul 2015 #10

They can't carry the 15 ton bunker buster geek tragedy Jul 2015 #11

They wouldn't need to oberliner Jul 2015 #12

So, they'd nuke Iran to launch a war of aggression? geek tragedy Jul 2015 #13

You don�t need a nuclear weapon to set off an EMP oberliner Jul 2015 #14

your imagination is getting ahead of your science. geek tragedy Jul 2015 #15

Would you support Israel initiating an attack on Iran? karynnj Jul 2015 #19

Absolutely not oberliner Jul 2015 #21

Thanks - the flow of the conversation did not either suggest that or reject it karynnj Jul 2015 #22

Note the wording of the military analyst -- and this deal is incredibly significant karynnj Jul 2015 #16