tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post5295982745824233955..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-3366568660059018392008-07-10T19:13:00.000-05:002008-07-10T19:13:00.000-05:00If we would have pre-emptively struck Cuba in 1962 over sabre-rattling, we'd still be dealing with the fallout...literally.Jon Easterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02463536746233150209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-51871744777186665232008-07-10T17:22:00.000-05:002008-07-10T17:22:00.000-05:00<I>Uh, Jon, when a senior Iranian official is saying Tel Aviv is a prime target for the missiles and the leader of the country says he wants to wipe your country off the face of the map, a pre-emptive strike may be the only way of assuring your survival, don't you think?</I><BR/><BR/>How easy to say knowing full well the military won't have anything to do with you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-85538316746294625542008-07-10T11:52:00.000-05:002008-07-10T11:52:00.000-05:00I think America's blind support for Israel has cost us dearly in that region, and that if Israel launches a first-strike on Iran they will have doomed us all. You think oil pries are high now...Vox Populihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09174941325997674801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-73123760509851377092008-07-10T09:09:00.000-05:002008-07-10T09:09:00.000-05:00Vox, now really.varangianguardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12571595354792261993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-26983545890113951782008-07-09T23:22:00.000-05:002008-07-09T23:22:00.000-05:00If Israel launches a pre-emptive strike on Iran, they will be the direct cause of World War III. Hopefully their politicians are smarter than the neocons in this country like John Dubya McCain.Vox Populihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09174941325997674801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-16863454638351738132008-07-09T22:36:00.000-05:002008-07-09T22:36:00.000-05:00Uh, Jon, when a senior Iranian official is saying Tel Aviv is a prime target for the missiles and the leader of the country says he wants to wipe your country off the face of the map, a pre-emptive strike may be the only way of assuring your survival, don't you think?Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-71340733661278606642008-07-09T22:30:00.000-05:002008-07-09T22:30:00.000-05:00I'm sure that Israel wants us to rush in with guns blazing. That would sure stabilize the Middle East. Direct diplomacy is not appeasement, and it's required here.Jon Easterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02463536746233150209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-56859966268478809312008-07-09T22:03:00.000-05:002008-07-09T22:03:00.000-05:00I have yet to hear a satisfactory explanation for why we care what Israel thinks or why Israel's national security issues are our concern.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04396326144115748778noreply@blogger.com