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Ex-IDF chief: Israel can't avoid a military confrontation with Iran
By Reuters
Tags: Iran, Israel 

Former Israel Defense Forces chief of staff Moshe "Boogie" Ya'alon on Sunday said Israel will not be able to avoid a military confrontation with Iran and called on the international community to stand up to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad like they did against Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany.

"Today, we in the West are facing the same situation, the lack of decisiveness towards a threat that is no less severe than that which Hitler posed in 1939."

Ya'alon's statements came hours after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Sunday to stop any attacker before he can "pull the trigger."
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Ahmadinejad also said sanctions intended to isolate the Islamic Republic have not worked, in a speech before a military parade on Sunday.

The United States and its allies are seeking to step up UN sanctions on Iran over its disputed nuclear plans, which the West says a bid to build nuclear arms. Iran denies this.

There has been persistent speculation Washington or Israel might launch strikes on Iran's nuclear sites, as neither country has ruled out military action if diplomacy fails to end the row.

"If anybody dares to offend the boundaries of the Iranian nation, the Iranian nation's holy land and Iran's legal interests, our armed forces ... will break his hand before he can pull the trigger," Ahmadinejad said.

He was speaking at a parade broadcast live on state television to mark the start of the Iran-Iraq war in September 1980. Hundreds of troops then marched in formation in front of the president's podium.

"Today, Iran is not in a position to show even the smallest flexibility against the bullying of the enemies. History has shown that those who wish ill for Iran will gain nothing but regret," he said.

"The enemies of humanity ... had imagined that by military attack and economic and scientific sanctions they could break down our revolution and our nation," he said, adding that Iran's enemies had "lost hope".

Iran, the world's fourth largest oil producer, says it wants to master nuclear technology to make electricity so it can preserve more of its vast oil and gas reserves for export.

But its failure to convince world powers of its peaceful intentions has prompted three rounds of limited UN sanctions. ashington is pushing for a fourth, but China and Russia - two of the five veto-wielding council members - are reluctant.

Iran has dismissed reports of possible U.S. or Israeli plans to strike Iran, but says it would respond by attacking U.S. interests and Israel if any such assault was made
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  1.   Stupid 09:42  |  ScotGuy 21/09/08
  2.   #1 Thanks for the laugh Scott Guy. 09:51  |  Maureen Ann 21/09/08
  3.   Comical Maureen 11:10  |  ScotGuy 21/09/08
  4.   From Iraq 11:20  |  Mosull1 21/09/08
  5.   It seems that Ahmadinejad has reached the end of the road. 12:53  |  Jean Van Daem 21/09/08
  6.   Think For Yourself 13:07  |  El Caro 21/09/08
  7.   Mr.Ahmadinejad and "history shows...."! 13:12  |  Stephen. 21/09/08
  8.   ScotGAY!! 13:14  |  Persian Hero 21/09/08
  9.   persian retard 13:57  |  Mike 21/09/08
  10.   Stephen - relearn your history - pt1 14:20  |  Aussie 21/09/08
  11.   Persian Hero - No actually you are the MORON.. You Persians are 14:24  |  BF 21/09/08
  12.   Stephen - relearn your history - pt2 14:30  |  Aussie 21/09/08
  13.   #9 Miky 14:31  |  Persian Hero 21/09/08
  14.   #9 Mike re Persian Retard 14:32  |  H 21/09/08
  15.   # 8, PERSIAN HERO 14:47  |  indrajaya 21/09/08
  16.   TO BREAK THE HANDS, NOT "TO STOP" 14:51  |  indrajaya 21/09/08
  17.   MAUREEN re talking tough!!" "NO Peace Ever"!! 15:04  |  PETER SM 21/09/08
  18.   Mentally ill? 15:14  |  MIKE 21/09/08
  19.   Persion pervert 8 15:17  |  ChanahS 21/09/08
  20.   Who`s in Charge Here? 15:17  |  MIKE 21/09/08
  21.   312 which history book has aussie consulted? 15:20  |  v.hardman 21/09/08
  22.   #16 Indrajaya 15:43  |  Daniela 21/09/08
  23.   # 15 Indrajaya 15:48  |  Persian Hero 21/09/08
  24.   We`ve seen this before. 15:50  |  Paul 21/09/08
  25.   Everybody knows that... 15:51  |  Meelitabel 21/09/08
  26.   #15 Indrajaya 15:52  |  H 21/09/08
  27.   Persian Hero, Maureen Ann & Ahmedinejad should remember the FATE 15:59  |  Vittorio 21/09/08
  28.   Iran/Persia 16:22  |  Luis 21/09/08
  29.   #2 Mo Ann - Why are you still hiding in Australia 16:26  |  * BEN JABO 21/09/08
  30.   Ya`alon is persona non grata in nearly every western country 16:32  |  Danny 21/09/08
  31.   Iran will break the hand before it reaches the trigger 16:38  |  Fahim 21/09/08
  32.   Mr. Ya`alon, if you want help from us...... 16:42  |  Swiss (Dino) 21/09/08
  33.   The nations did not stand up to Nazis and Nazis had no nukes 16:48  |  nuke or b nuked 21/09/08
  34.   # 10, 12. So you just added a few paragraphs of nonsense. 16:49  |  Stephen. 21/09/08
  35.   Shiites will always hate, can Israel can absorb Iran hitbacks? 16:51  |  nuke of earl 21/09/08
  36.   Ahmadinejad =======HAHAHA 16:52  |  Neil Golan 21/09/08
  37.   More bla bla bla..... 16:53  |  Siad 21/09/08
  38.   nobody stood up to the Nazis before it was too late 17:03  |  nuchem 21/09/08
  39.   #15 indrajaya 17:09  |  Yonatan 21/09/08
  40.   #4 is an israeli 17:22  |  Siad 21/09/08
  41.   Israel seems to be badly down forever 17:27  |  Fritz T. 21/09/08
  42.   persian hero 17:36  |  alan 21/09/08
  43.   #8 Persian Hero 17:52  |  THK 21/09/08
  44.   #18 Mike 17:58  |  THK 21/09/08
  45.   I See No Difference 18:01  |  Lou Medel 21/09/08
  46.   Arabs can`t avoid a military confrontation with Iran 18:02  |  Joseph.E 21/09/08
  47.   Iran is quite a difference to Nazi threat in WWII 18:03  |  Truth 21/09/08
  48.   confrontation 18:04  |  Shmuelshachor 21/09/08
  49.   I will not die for you 18:28  |  Nora 21/09/08
  50.   #28 - Truth? 18:29  |  MichaelF 21/09/08
  51.   We Persian heores couldn`t even defeat little Iraq... 18:33  |  doomed Irani 21/09/08
  52.   World too hypocritical to stand up to Iran 18:33  |  MichaelF 21/09/08
  53.   #42 - Nora 18:37  |  MichaelF 21/09/08
  54.   #30 Lou Medel 18:38  |  THK 21/09/08
  55.   # 22 Siad! MUSLIM WORLD READ THESE QURAN PASSAGES 18:39  |  NEIL GOLAN 21/09/08
  56.   #23 Danny 18:43  |  Yonatan 21/09/08
  57.   #42 Nora 18:46  |  THK 21/09/08
  58.   Where Are The Macedonians When We Need Them? 18:51  |  Jeff Northridge 21/09/08
  59.   #12 where did aussie learn his history 18:52  |  victor hardman 21/09/08
  60.   Persian hero - stop pretending - you are muslim/shiite 18:53  |  17 21/09/08
  61.   #42 can lou be serious or is he joking 18:57  |  victor hardman 21/09/08
  62.   #8 Persian Queero 18:59  |  ScotGuy 21/09/08
  63.   Ask Iranian Jews whether THEY think Ahmandinejad is like Hitler. 19:02  |  ManintheMiddle 21/09/08
  64.   Siad - Boy you must be afraid... don`t try to act like a Martyr 19:06  |  BF 21/09/08
  65.   Lou Medel: Why do you even bother! 19:06  |  David 21/09/08
  66.   Doomed Irani 19:09  |  Persian Kitty 21/09/08
  67.   #50 19:13  |  Luis 21/09/08
  68.   To 10, Persian hero 19:19  |  Jozef 21/09/08
  69.   #47 Truth - more like BS 19:29  |  * BEN JABO 21/09/08
  70.   Good point, bad argument 19:32  |  Gordon 21/09/08
  71.   "Like in WWII", As in, "after" six million Jews are murdered? 19:32  |  UsedToPostHere 21/09/08
  72.   It looks swell but? 19:39  |  Paul 21/09/08
  73.   Iran swore to attack anyone PLUS ISRAEL if attacked 19:50  |  writing on the wall 21/09/08
  74.   So! 19:51  |  Paul 21/09/08
  75.   #47-2 TRUTH here`s some REAL TRUTH 4 U 19:55  |  * BEN JABO 21/09/08
  76.   8 20:01  |  The bible says 21/09/08
  77.   persian zero # 8,your just like ahmad,you shoot your mouth off 20:03  |  terrornator 21/09/08
  78.   Israel is a disaster 20:07  |  Bitin Dawg 21/09/08
  79.   usedtoposthere 64 20:08  |  potobac 21/09/08
  80.   New unnecessary comments by Israeli official. 20:08  |  Fortuna Benmayor 21/09/08
  81.   First take out mortar firing from Gaza as this is being written 20:09  |  Wise up 21/09/08
  82.   Israel`s danger is lack of decisiveness for Saudi Plan! 20:21  |  Ivar 21/09/08
  83.   To #30 Danny : While Ahmadinejad is persona grata … 20:35  |  Mladen Andrijasevic 21/09/08
  84.   Israel?, the US?, Russia?--Forget the EU 20:38  |  chop-chop 21/09/08
  85.   2 Items 20:58  |  Ron 21/09/08
  86.   He`s right 21:18  |  Clickfool 21/09/08
  87.   iran will be comprehensively incinerated 21:19  |  frenz 21/09/08
  88.   #30 Danny 21:21  |  Sarah 21/09/08
  89.   Question for Paul # 72 21:33  |  Clickfool 21/09/08
  90.   #8, Persian Hero Talks Trash 21:34  |  Gary 21/09/08
  91.   Always trhe same arab rhetoric 21:44  |  George 21/09/08
  92.   by 2012 Iran will be a net importer of oil 21:44  |  Nero 21/09/08
  93.   Palestinian Rights? 21:45  |  Michael Martin-Smith 21/09/08
  94.   Its actually amazing how Israeli take 21:45  |  Kris Lazar 21/09/08
  95.   nu. 78 clean your country up first 21:52  |  israel 21/09/08
  96.   Widom of trying to appease known criminals 21:53  |  Yuri 21/09/08
  97.   Blind guys like 78 are the disaster 21:59  |  Daniel 21/09/08
  98.   Ivar the whabi plan wont stop Iran getting nukes 21:59  |  zionist forever 21/09/08
  99.   # 59. Victor. You are quit right. 22:01  |  Stephen. 21/09/08
  100.   Grim Facts 22:08  |  new_york_loner 21/09/08
  101.   #`s 86 & 89 - Clickfool 22:10  |  THK 21/09/08
  102.   #94 Kris 22:18  |  THK 21/09/08
  103.   #28 22:25  |  Chet 21/09/08
  104.   #78 Bitin 22:35  |  THK 21/09/08
  105.   #90 Gary!!!!! 22:36  |  Persian Hero 21/09/08
  106.   #95 22:40  |  Chet 21/09/08
  107.   clickfool "israel are old ladies" 23:18  |  judah 21/09/08
  108.   confrontation with iran 23:27  |  norma dosky 21/09/08
  109.   To THK of Toronto 23:28  |  American 21/09/08
  110.   Hi-ho, hi-ho, it`s off to war we go! 23:30  |  Mark Lincoln 21/09/08
  111.   persian hero 23:33  |  mauijay 21/09/08
  112.   Ask Iranian Jews #63 23:34  |  Seymour 21/09/08
  113.   chet 106 23:37  |  ChanahS 21/09/08
  114.   To Joseph.E of Givatayim 23:41  |  Arab 21/09/08
  115.   To Mark Lincoln 23:47  |  Persian Kitty 21/09/08
  116.   nuclear Iran is unacceptable 23:59  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 21/09/08
  117.   All this bluffing,chest thumping,phony .... 00:04  |  Nemesis 22/09/08
  118.   Mark Lincoln 00:06  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 22/09/08
  119.   To Persian hero your president choose the 00:06  |  Yosi 22/09/08
  120.   #111 maujay 00:31  |  Persian Hero 22/09/08
  121.   The closer to an agreement=! 00:34  |  Paul 22/09/08
  122.   USS Liberty whistleblower at UN 00:34  |  mystic 22/09/08
  123.   remember Beirut 00:35  |  Mark 22/09/08
  124.   #109 American - my dear friend 00:47  |  THK 22/09/08
  125.   #107 + Clickfool, not ordinary British soldiers went into captivi 00:52  |  Sean 22/09/08
  126.   Who is this `we`, Yaalon? 00:53  |  American 22/09/08
  127.   #1 Scotguy`s adequate description of Moshe Ya`alon 01:00  |  Ben Alofs 22/09/08
  128.   nu. 95, while we clean house... 01:05  |  American 22/09/08
  129.   Nuclear Iran is unavoidable ... 01:15  |  Morris Valentine 22/09/08
  130.   Jean, 4, you confuse Khamenei with Khomeini. 01:49  |  Fortuna Benmayor 22/09/08
  131.   To Cipora 116, URGENTLY. 01:58  |  Yoav 22/09/08
  132.   #116 Cipora,Nuclear Iran will be acceptable 02:04  |  Siad 22/09/08
  133.   Every Body Hates Israel 02:18  |  Niko 22/09/08
  134.   #100 new_york_loner, quite correct 02:21  |  Ben Alofs 22/09/08
  135.   Confrontation with Iran 02:36  |  Robert Erikson 22/09/08
  136.   Who is the agressor? 02:36  |  BT 22/09/08
  137.   ben alofs the palestinian groupie abuses yaalon 02:39  |  zadok the priest 22/09/08
  138.   ben alofs the dutch in south africa murdered blacks 02:41  |  zadok the priest 22/09/08
  139.   TRUTH Iran attacked Britain on the high seas.Occupy Kurdistan. 02:45  |  PETER SM 22/09/08
  140.   the hatred ben alofs harbours for israel knows no bounds 02:46  |  zadok the priest 22/09/08
  141.   mystic 122 02:46  |  ChanahS 22/09/08
  142.   # 114 Arab 02:53  |  Joseph.E 22/09/08
  143.   ben alofs and his wife abused israel to the bbc 02:56  |  zadok the priest 22/09/08
  144.   MANintheMiddle. Moslems Killing ALL Jews is part of Islamic lore. 03:01  |  PETER SM 22/09/08
  145.   I get the feeling (2) 03:05  |  ChanahS 22/09/08
  146.   Nobody can touch Iran.It`s over.Iran is almost 03:07  |  Jaffar 22/09/08
  147.   Iran miltary confrontation made more likely by Russia 03:12  |  Jed 22/09/08
  148.   Hilarious, A general that not only does not know geography but 03:19  |  American in NY 22/09/08
  149.   "american in ny" translation is arab in new york 03:31  |  zadok the priest 22/09/08
  150.   "american in ny" "we in the west" 03:32  |  zadok the priest 22/09/08
  151.   "american in ny" "israel not in control" 03:34  |  zadok the priest 22/09/08
  152.   #118 Cipora Julianna Kohn 03:44  |  Mark B. 22/09/08
  153.   $145 ChanahS 03:49  |  Mark B. 22/09/08
  154.   Persian Hero, anti-Semite Nº 954.087.884.217 04:28  |  Fortuna Benmayor 22/09/08
  155.   AM.inNY.Re No worldwide conquest? "Islam will conquer the world"! 04:30  |  PETER SM 22/09/08
  156.   #150 04:33  |  Chet 22/09/08
  157.   Israel`s guilty conscience 04:56  |  David M 22/09/08
  158.   #153 mark b not using his brain.......again 05:00  |  Pastor Joseph 22/09/08
  159.   #3, SCOTGUY, more lies from you scot? 05:15  |  VIPER 22/09/08
  160.   IT`S CALLED CHOICE, moshe 05:21  |  VIPER 22/09/08
  161.   Pastor Joseph, ever heard of Einstein? 05:46  |  Mark B. 22/09/08
  162.   #113 Chanah 05:46  |  Chet 22/09/08
  163.   Actually Pastor Joseph, there is a problem in your logic 05:55  |  Mark B. 22/09/08
  164.   #163 mark b ......you let the cat out of the bag 06:31  |  Pastor Joseph 22/09/08
  165.   Not motivated by it, Pastor Joseph 07:01  |  Mark B. 22/09/08
  166.   To American In NY 07:48  |  Persian Kitty 22/09/08
  167.   The World 07:57  |  Avinash 22/09/08
  168.   TO Peter S&M 07:59  |  Persian Kitty 22/09/08
  169.   to Persian Hero 08:13  |  Curious 22/09/08
  170.   #159 - Viper - Do you even know what you are talking about? 08:19  |  ScotGuy 22/09/08
  171.   to Cipora on nuclear Iran 08:23  |  Watcher 22/09/08
  172.   #165, Watcher 09:10  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 22/09/08
  173.   shutting Israel down is going to be unavoidable too 09:13  |  Dutch 22/09/08
  174.   All this while Israel lays around with Olmert`s LEGACY 09:22  |  Natasha 22/09/08
  175.   To Watcher on his dumbness 09:28  |  H.E 22/09/08
  176.   #159 viper the adder never expalins why he writes to haaretz ? 09:38  |  victor hardman 22/09/08
  177.   MARK B It was not Einstein iand Newtons 3rd law has nothing to do 10:31  |  PETER SM 22/09/08
  178.   Mark B 153 10:47  |  ChanahS 22/09/08
  179.   For Victor Paul Harris Hardman #170 10:48  |  Clickfool 22/09/08
  180.   DAVID M.Iran is building missiles far beyond the range of Israel 10:53  |  PETER SM 22/09/08
  181.   For H.E. # 169 10:54  |  Clickfool 22/09/08
  182.   MichaelF # 53 Delusional, Israel is not saving the world 15:01  |  American in NY 22/09/08
  183.   "We in the West"? 15:02  |  Big Bill 22/09/08
  184.   Reponse to ChanahS 15:18  |  Mark B. 22/09/08
  185.   Israel does not want to avoid a military confrontation with Iran 17:16  |  American in NY 22/09/08
  186.   #99 and #146 Stephen and Jaffar 17:31  |  Gary 22/09/08
  187.   to Peter SM, #180 20:53  |  David M 22/09/08
  188.   A logic Question for all of you?! 21:51  |  Persian Hero 22/09/08
  189.   Persian Hero 03:15  |  Mike from America 23/09/08
  190.   #176, VICTOR HARDMAN, oh please 04:19  |  VIPER 23/09/08
  191.   Attack Israel 06:21  |  Rocco 23/09/08
  192.   Yom Kippur War 07:47  |  mitch 23/09/08
  193.   #182, ANY, American government thinks otherwise 09:07  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 23/09/08
  194.   MILITARY CONFRONTATION 09:09  |  Dr Bob 23/09/08
  195.   Careful what you wish for, because . . 13:41  |  michael mazur 23/09/08
  196.   #191, Rocco 17:20  |  Gary 23/09/08
  197.   #189, Exactly ! 17:25  |  Gary 23/09/08
  198.   Cipora # 193 Stern and Irgun equivalent 18:43  |  American in NY 23/09/08
  199.   re: potobac 05:05  |  UsedToPostHere 30/09/08
  200.   iranian president 03:40  |  pedro lopez 08/12/08
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