Israel won't accept nuke weapons in Iran - Olmert (AP)

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

Interesting timing. Green light from Cowboy George?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080114/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_iran_6;_ylt=AiaXDtZVT42h0O5wM0iGNgUE1vAI

JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told a powerful parliamentary panel on Monday that Israel rejects "no options" to block Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, a meeting participant said.

The statement was the Israeli leader's clearest indication yet that he is willing to use military force against Iran.

"Israel clearly will not reconcile itself to a nuclear Iran," the meeting participant quoted Olmert as telling the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. "All options that prevent Iran from gaining nuclear capabilities are legitimate within the context of how to grapple with this matter."

Olmert addressed the panel days after discussing Iran's nuclear ambitions in talks with President Bush in Jerusalem.

During that visit, Israeli officials disputed the recently released conclusions of a U.S. National Intelligence Estimate that concluded Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003.

[OwnedByFerrets]

1. FU!!! Its ok for YOU to have them, but not your neighbor?? FU!!

[redqueen]

2. Guess faulty intellligence might not be getting in the way of this war, either. (nt)

[wuushew]

3. Israel is a loud and unjust bully

Imagine if you will if nations were people and Mr. Israel showed up at a libertarian convention :shrug:


Luckily its power will inevitably decline with peak oil, its own demographic crisis and the hegemonic decay of its largest benefactor the United States.