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Zbigniew Brzezinski: Israel's push for Iran strike may hurt U.S. ties

By Natasha Mozgovaya, Haaretz U.S. Correspondent

Tags: Barack Obama, Israel News

Zbigniew Brzezinski, the former national security adviser to Jimmy Carter, said in an interview with Haaretz over the weekend that Israel will do harm to its relations with the United States if it insists on lobbying Washington for an American military strike on Iran.

Brzezinski was at the center of a controversy during much of the United States presidential campaign when Jewish opponents of president-elect Barack Obama sent out mass emails calling the former U.S. president's aide anti-Israel, and saying he was one of the Illinois senator's key advisors on foreign policy.

The Obama campaign denied that Brzezinski and other figures like Bill Clinton's former advisor Robert Malley with dovish positions on the Israel-Palestinian question were among his Middle East advisors.

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Brzezinski told Haaretz: "One [piece of] advice that I would give the Israeli government is not to engage in this campaign for an American attack on Iran, because I don't think America is going to attack Iran, and if it did, and the consequences would be disastrous."

"It wouldn't be particularly good for American-Israeli relations, and there will be a lot of resentment against [Israel]," he said. "There already has been some after the war in Iraq."

On Sunday, Obama told NBC's "Meet the Press" that the West must engage in "tough but direct diplomacy" with Iran, but emphasized that Tehran's vocalized threats against Israel stand "contrary to everything" the United States believes in.

Brezinski added that even if Israel did attack Iran, it would be incapable of striking all of its nuclear facilities. The best it could hope to do is to slow down or delay the Islamic Republic's drive to build a nuclear bomb while emboldening extremist sentiment in the country.

"I don't know if Iran believes the military option is real, but I think it's not a real option for the U.S., and it is not a real option for Israel, because Israel doesn't have a capability to destroy Iranian nuclear facilities," Brzezinski said.

"It can damage them, so it can only delay the process, while intensifying Iranian extremism and wielding together Iranian nationalism and Iranian fundamentalism, which I don't think is in anyone's interest. Last, but not least, Israel really cannot execute effective strike without our permission. Because if you look at the map, you can see the reason why it is so."

The former Carter aide was among those who listened intently to President George W. Bush's farewell speech on the Middle East over the weekend.

Brzezinski, one of the architects of the Camp David peace accords between Israel and Egypt who spared no criticism of the outgoing president during his two terms in office, is still not buying Bush's vision for a new Middle East.

"You might remember that when Iraq war started in March, already in May President Bush proclaimed: 'Mission accomplished,'" Brzezinski told Haaretz. "That happens to be more than seven years ago. In the course of this year, he several times declared that there's going to be Israeli-Palestinian peace by the end of this year before he leaves office, because of his policies in the region. That hasn't materialized yet and it is unlikely to happen before he leaves office. Iran is now more influential in region than seven years ago. So I think there is some legitimate skepticism justified regarding his analysis of what has happened."

The octogenarian former diplomat continues to be one of the most active figures in Washington. Aside from his ability to prompt leaders to seek his advice, one of his trademarks continues to be a special talent to draw fire from critics. Many Israelis think he loathes their country, yet a similar sentiment can be heard from the Palestinians and the Russians. His supporters say he is simply focusing on advancing U.S. interests, and that he has no intention of toadying to anyone. Brezinski's endorsement of Barack Obama moved many in the Jewish community to warn: "With advisors like Brzezinski, Obama's policies will not be pro-Israel."

Brezinski thinks the president-elect has a rare opportunity to translate the euphoria which followed his election victory into a concrete policy that will yield results in the international arena. "I think Barack Obama has to actively help to resolve Israeli-Palestinian stalemate, and it requires a comprehensive and explicit American peace initiative, because the parties are stalemated," Brzezinski said. "I think that the first priority for the US president is to articulate that stand, especially when he has very high international prestige, he was elected with unprecedented global enthusiasm."

"He has a lot of prestige," he said. "If he would articulate that position, I think the whole international community would endorse it. And I think that would have some significant impact on a peace process, and after he has made that statement, he should than appoint the usual peace plenipotentiary to deal with the problem, because obviously president can't spend his time involved in negotiating process."

Brzezinki said public opinion in Israel and the Palestinian territories is more accommodating to an agreement, but it is the political leadership's hesitance to make fateful concessions that necessitates active U.S. mediation.

"The public is actually ahead of the political leaders in some aspects, but the political leaders are hesitant to make necessary concessions that are fundamental to the settlement," he said. "Out of the perhaps understandable fear that if one makes the concession first, the other side will pocket it without return. So I think it's necessary that the U.S. takes initiative and breaks the lock jam, and that initiative requires particularly clear American view but also the international community's view that this initiative has to be based on four fundamental principles."

They include a Palestinian renunciation of the right of return; an Israeli commitment to genuinely share Jerusalem; a final border based on the '67 lines with minor alterations to allow for annexation of settlement blocs; and a demilitarized Palestinian state.

Brezinski also says the two sides should consider an international peacekeeping force led by NATO to assuage security concerns.

"The possible involvement of NATO is not a question of war on terror, but ensuring that the Palestinian state is not a military threat, but at the same time stable and secure, and NATO presence could bring this double benefit," he said. "Perhaps a NATO presence [could] ensure a peace agreement, or maybe even an American presence along the Jordan River, to give the Israelis sense of geographical security."

Brzezinski was also in attendance at the annual Saban Forum over the weekend, a Middle East policy meeting sponsored by Washington think tank the Brookings Institution.

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1.	ha ha	06:32	\|	vik	08/12/08

2.	Zbigniew Brzezinski	06:33	\|	Sam Weinstein	08/12/08

3.	Wise words	06:54	\|	Dennis Loh	08/12/08

4.	a demilitarized palestinian state is nothing to shout about	07:09	\|	easy prey	08/12/08

5.	Loonie Tunes	07:10	\|	Mark Lincoln	08/12/08

6.	Not a player	07:13	\|	David	08/12/08

7.	ex-CARTER aide?	07:23	\|	Angel	08/12/08

8.	All well known and sensible observations...	07:35	\|	BBSNews	08/12/08

9.	Brzezinski	07:42	\|	Yosemite	08/12/08

10.	What Obama Risks By Listening To Zbigniew Brzezinski	07:53	\|	Yosemite	08/12/08

11.	Zbigniew the anti-Israel provocateur	07:56	\|	Dr. Jack	08/12/08

12.	Obama and his advisors	08:25	\|	Cipora Julianna Kohn	08/12/08

13.	Where is Rosner?	08:30	\|	G.	08/12/08

14.	Americans need to reassess just where the AIPAC has led them	08:32	\|	Ivar	08/12/08

15.	EX-AIDE OF EX-PRESIDENT	08:41	\|	HM	08/12/08

16.	The Monkey WrenchesSmashing Into Brezinski`s Rose-Colored Glasses	09:04	\|	Lavi	08/12/08

17.	RELAX, ZBIGNIEW, THE ECONOMY IS GOOD NOW	09:11	\|	indrajaya	08/12/08

18.	Swimming in the quagmire	09:14	\|	allang	08/12/08

19.	Wrong! No one has right to tell Israel how to defend itself	09:17	\|	Samuel Prime	08/12/08

20.	Please, please, please, pretty please	09:18	\|	Clickfool	08/12/08

21.	One could Yosemite but then one would be wrong...	09:24	\|	BBSNews	08/12/08

22.	Jimmy Carter has no "anti-Israel" policy Jack...	09:28	\|	BBSNews	08/12/08

23.	# 9, YOSEMITE	09:29	\|	indrajaya	08/12/08

24.	DISPICAPABLE WAY TO MISDIRECT ATTENTION FROM NUCLEAR CRAZED IRAN	09:34	\|	dp	08/12/08

25.	Israel playing with fire (and the wellbeing of American Jews)....	09:41	\|	Swiss (Dino)	08/12/08

26.	BOMBING IRAN IS WORTH IT....	10:01	\|	Bertrand	08/12/08

27.	lol...whatever you may think about brzezinski	10:02	\|	eric	08/12/08

28.	NATO IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES? WHOA..	10:05	\|	indrajaya	08/12/08

29.	Don`t I Reject Brezinski`s Advice!!!!!!!!!!	10:17	\|	Jay A Friedman	08/12/08

30.	#20 Clickfool	10:19	\|	in der Tat	08/12/08

31.	Samuel, # 19	10:21	\|	Walter	08/12/08

32.	ZBIG.missed Pres Carter saying Nuclear Iran is unacceptable	10:21	\|	PETER SM	08/12/08

33.	Zbigniew Brzezinski:	10:38	\|	David Nigel Braham	08/12/08

34.	Vik - Willing to Spill Other`s Blood	10:40	\|	Mark of Lewiston	08/12/08

35.	Brezezinski-Pulling the Rug of US Support for the Former Shah	10:42	\|	Michael Gorinsky	08/12/08

36.	For In der Tat # 30	10:48	\|	Clickfool	08/12/08

37.	What is NATO doing if `Palestine` is `de-militarized`?	10:58	\|	EL	08/12/08

38.	# 1 vik quite openly	11:09	\|	Axel	08/12/08

39.	America Should Trust Israel`s Intelligence	11:17	\|	Baruch Gold	08/12/08

40.	Thanks to Carter Egypt is a friend	11:23	\|	awind	08/12/08

41.	Sorry - but I lived under Carter	11:27	\|	David Scott	08/12/08

42.	Zbig on TV	11:55	\|	ron	08/12/08

43.	Does he want Israel to be nuked ??	12:11	\|	Bill	08/12/08

44.	Better to slow down development than to be nuked ??	12:12	\|	Bill	08/12/08

45.	Just allow Israel to be part of Nato and the EU!!!	12:15	\|	arthur	08/12/08

46.	brzezinski`s views are a legacy of his birth	12:31	\|	harzion	08/12/08

47.	MARK OF L.Jews do their own fighting,US men fight for Arabs	12:33	\|	PETER SM	08/12/08

48.	A wind "friends" who get hysterical at shaking hands with Peres?	12:37	\|	PETER SM	08/12/08

49.	Very good eric #27	12:45	\|	S	08/12/08

50.	#36 Clickfool	13:20	\|	in der Tat	08/12/08

51.	# 45 arthur	13:30	\|	Axel	08/12/08

52.	indrajaya # 28 Don`t Worry About It	13:30	\|	Jeff Northridge	08/12/08

53.	SWISS DINO AND AMERICAN JEWS	13:31	\|	Brant	08/12/08

54.	sorry if Jimmy Carter aides dont like Israeli concerns	13:48	\|	zionist forever	08/12/08

55.	Change is coming!	13:57	\|	W	08/12/08

56.	Word enthusiasm & ME reality P1	13:58	\|	TonyL	08/12/08

57.	# 50 in der Tat	13:59	\|	Axel	08/12/08

58.	clickfool and america	14:03	\|	brighton rock	08/12/08

59.	arthur # 45 Good Idea	14:04	\|	Jeff Northridge	08/12/08

60.	# 52 jeff and geography	14:04	\|	Axel	08/12/08

61.	Word enthusiasm & ME reality P2	14:08	\|	TonyL	08/12/08

62.	axel moscow is a long way from berlin but that did not	14:16	\|	erwin honigstein	08/12/08

63.	axel the thought of israel in the eu is	14:18	\|	erwin honigstein	08/12/08

64.	Axel # 60 The NATO Charter	14:27	\|	Jeff Northridge	08/12/08

65.	#57 axel	14:29	\|	in der Tat	08/12/08

66.	Brzezinski is anti Arab in his stances. Why should Palestinias ..	14:30	\|	Hamdi	08/12/08

67.	Brzezinski should leave the stage already	14:30	\|	Raymond in DC	08/12/08

68.	EU/NATO membership	14:34	\|	Svend	08/12/08

69.	Zig Zag Zbigniew`s Zippy Zither...zzzzz	14:40	\|	Peter Williams	08/12/08

70.	svend we do not want to join your clubs	14:44	\|	harzion	08/12/08

71.	Reply to G (Post 13)	14:45	\|	Johnny Weintraub	08/12/08

72.	Realism	14:50	\|	Franky	08/12/08

73.	The clearest warningsince publication	14:51	\|	Chris Linthwaite	08/12/08

74.	A failed Secretary of State	15:00	\|	Realist	08/12/08

75.	NATO on Jordan would be an A Qeda recruituing poster!	15:15	\|	r	08/12/08

76.	He is a hater of Israel and an Antisemite	15:22	\|	Liliane	08/12/08

77.	#25 Americans not as Antisemitic as the Swiss	15:24	\|	Elly	08/12/08

78.	Peace in the middle east	15:28	\|	Pooche	08/12/08

79.	Mr One-world Govt (Zbig Brezinksi)	15:33	\|	Rich	08/12/08

80.	# 53 BRANT, the Germans also believed of themselves....	15:34	\|	Swiss (Dino)	08/12/08

81.	Raymond in DC # 67 Well Said	15:41	\|	Jeff Northridge	08/12/08

82.	When "Zbig" is Little!	15:41	\|	Peter	08/12/08

83.	Great	15:43	\|	Dani	08/12/08

84.	should we listen to him?	15:45	\|	Gene	08/12/08

85.	Iranian Nuclear Program Funded By US Government	15:46	\|	Jeff	08/12/08

86.	# 77 Elly, you obviously have never visited your.....	15:48	\|	Swiss (Dino)	08/12/08

87.	Brezinski is a moron	15:52	\|	Frank	08/12/08

88.	# 80 Sorry for another little English "blunder" of mine....	15:54	\|	Swiss (Dino)	08/12/08

89.	Zbigniew Brzezinski , Soros and Obama	15:56	\|	Dav	08/12/08

90.	Z`Big created today`s Iran he wants to protect his baby	15:59	\|	Joe Frazier	08/12/08

91.	Arthur in Israel	16:27	\|	Persian Kitty	08/12/08

92.	Zbigniew Brzezinski wants us gently do nothing.	16:32	\|	Fortuna Benmayor	08/12/08

93.	oh, that`s why Bush & Co. invaded Iraq	16:35	\|	PL	08/12/08

94.	Brezinski and Carter are responsible for the Iran regime	16:36	\|	IW	08/12/08

95.	Zbig loathes Zhids	16:39	\|	Gideon Reader	08/12/08

96.	DEMS create terrorists REPS have to cleanup	16:40	\|	cpeters	08/12/08

97.	To persian Kitty	16:44	\|	Dani	08/12/08

98.	Dump Israel!	16:45	\|	Mike	08/12/08

99.	Hamdi # 66 The Brzezinski Plan	16:48	\|	Jeff Northridge	08/12/08

100.	Joe Frazier in Philly	16:48	\|	Persian Kitty	08/12/08

101.	Swiss (Dino)	16:53	\|	Persian Kitty	08/12/08

102.	Allan G #18	17:03	\|	Persian Kitty	08/12/08

103.	#19 - Samuel Prime	17:08	\|	Daniel	08/12/08

104.	# 63 erwin	17:09	\|	Axel	08/12/08

105.	Iran has no Nukes. Doesn`t need them.	17:10	\|	Lou Medel	08/12/08

106.	#89 Dav and Bush?	17:14	\|	Petra	08/12/08

107.	Carter as Anti-Israel	17:19	\|	Yaakov Sullivan	08/12/08

108.	Indrajaya Oh Boy! Ha-Ha-Ha!	17:26	\|	Yosemite	08/12/08

109.	#2	17:35	\|	!!!!	08/12/08

110.	In effect: Giving Assurances to IRAN!	17:38	\|	Avi	08/12/08

111.	Persian Kitty # 91 Ankara Is The Capital Of Turkey	17:44	\|	Jeff Northridge	08/12/08

112.	BSnews - Carter is bought & paid for by Arabs	17:52	\|	*BEN JABO	08/12/08

113.	Obama didn`t ask you Raymond, sour grapes?	17:53	\|	BBSNews	08/12/08

114.	Could NATO be trusted more than the UN	17:55	\|	JL	08/12/08

115.	5, loonies	17:57	\|	Harry	08/12/08

116.	#94 Mike Colo	18:05	\|	* BEN JABO	08/12/08

117.	Some things never change	18:08	\|	Arie	08/12/08

118.	Arthur #45 Israel is not European,	18:14	\|	American in NY	08/12/08

119.	Atom war with Russia in defence of polacks OK,Israel taking on Ir	18:14	\|	Absolute Sweden	08/12/08

120.	Decisions for the security of Israel should be taken in ...	18:15	\|	Jean Van Daem	08/12/08

121.	Iran	18:15	\|	Neal	08/12/08

122.	we only support you away from us	18:23	\|	EU	08/12/08

123.	Iraq?	18:32	\|	Shemaiah	08/12/08

124.	# 108, YOSEMITE	18:32	\|	indrajaya	08/12/08

125.	persian kitty and mossadegh	18:37	\|	reza	08/12/08

126.	Zbigniew Brzezinski: Israel`s push for Iran strike may hurt U.S.	18:38	\|	n_erber	08/12/08

127.	persian kitty iranian armed forces kept the shah in place	18:39	\|	sharam	08/12/08

128.	#98 Hey Mike	18:40	\|	ballistic	08/12/08

129.	persian kitty "tortured under the shah"	18:41	\|	bahram	08/12/08

130.	#36 Clickfool	18:43	\|	H	08/12/08

131.	persian kitty "greedy foreign policy"	18:43	\|	hussain	08/12/08

132.	#35 Say Michael G	18:44	\|	ballistic	08/12/08

133.	persian kitty "purr"	18:45	\|	ahmed	08/12/08

134.	persian kitty the cranes will be working in iran	18:48	\|	darwish	08/12/08

135.	persian kitty "my stomach aches with laughter"	18:49	\|	shahandeh	08/12/08

136.	persian kitty "ouch my stomach"	18:51	\|	ali	08/12/08

137.	Iran war.	18:53	\|	Bruce Mullen	08/12/08

138.	persian kitty only a minority want to join the eu	18:54	\|	farah	08/12/08

139.	# 101 Thanks, Persian Kitty, I love to learn.....	18:55	\|	Swiss (Dino)	08/12/08

140.	To Walter (#31) and Daniel (#103)	18:56	\|	Samuel Prime	08/12/08

141.	Brzezinski	18:59	\|	Caroline Carter	08/12/08

142.	brzezinski	19:00	\|	rich	08/12/08

143.	Mr. Brezezinski should just keep quiet	19:01	\|	Yuri	08/12/08

144.	Iran is a risk to the world not just to Israel	19:08	\|	Ilsa	08/12/08

145.	This is a warning for Israel: cannot depend on US forever	19:09	\|	Orkochav	08/12/08

146.	Strike	19:10	\|	paul	08/12/08

147.	Excellent advice	19:16	\|	American	08/12/08

148.	47 Peter SM - Either Way	19:18	\|	Mark of Lewiston	08/12/08

149.	persian kitty has an arab mentality	19:21	\|	avi	08/12/08

150.	Brzezinski is irrelevant	19:27	\|	Brod	08/12/08

151.	#23 Indrajaya	19:34	\|	Observer	08/12/08

152.	wind of Change in Washington-Did you notice?	19:37	\|	Adam Habibullah Plan	08/12/08

153.	I think what we are seeing	19:43	\|	Chris Linthwaite	08/12/08

154.	#97 Dani	19:49	\|	Observer	08/12/08

155.	#150 Brod	19:49	\|	Chris Linthwaite	08/12/08

156.	#140 - Sam Prime.	19:59	\|	Daniel	08/12/08

157.	#20 clickfool right??? Whoa.	20:00	\|	Rob	08/12/08

158.	W	20:04	\|	Connie	08/12/08

159.	NATO Israel Europe and Turkey	20:06	\|	David Israel	08/12/08

160.	If Israel commits an act of terror by attacking Iran	20:22	\|	Tim	08/12/08

161.	four fundamental principles	20:23	\|	Jean La Salle	08/12/08

162.	#1.ha ha vik.Who dares attacking Iran?	20:32	\|	Doug.	08/12/08

163.	#145, Orkochav...	20:35	\|	Silvienne	08/12/08

164.	Israeli Attack = Death Sentence For U.S. G.I.s	20:36	\|	Gray	08/12/08

165.	"...while emboldening extremist sentiment in Iran?"...	20:39	\|	bat yam	08/12/08

166.	To Liliane in Brighton	20:39	\|	David James Vickery	08/12/08

167.	David Israel #157 NATO - Mutual security against mutual threats	20:48	\|	American in NY	08/12/08

168.	Jeff Northridge	20:50	\|	Persian Kitty	08/12/08

169.	Israel,Iran,USA	20:53	\|	Marinus Berghuis	08/12/08

170.	Iraq SOFA agreement bans US attack on Iran from Iraq	20:56	\|	Pablo B	08/12/08

171.	phoile shtick	21:02	\|	zoobee	08/12/08

172.	BRZEZINSKI - THE REAL POWER	21:09	\|	Itamar Shabtai	08/12/08

173.	Mark of Lewiston and 900k troops	21:18	\|	vik	08/12/08

174.	#156 Oh Connie, take off those tinted glasses!	21:23	\|	ballistic	08/12/08

175.	Orkochav # 145 I Doubt It	21:30	\|	Jeff Northridge	08/12/08

176.	Islamic terror and NATO	21:45	\|	David Israel	08/12/08

177.	Dani	21:47	\|	Persian Kitty	08/12/08

178.	in der Tat recycles the same old myth	21:54	\|	hollingsworth	08/12/08

179.	#173 vik	21:59	\|	Daniel	08/12/08

180.	Shalom Jeff, hope you`re right, but...	22:08	\|	Orkochav	08/12/08

181.	America Is changing	22:09	\|	Abu Arab	08/12/08

182.	Brzezinski again ???	22:14	\|	Maurice	08/12/08

183.	Connie Number 158	22:15	\|	Pierre	08/12/08

184.	#178 hollingsworth	22:19	\|	in der Tat	08/12/08

185.	Israel should open its doors for inspections too	22:22	\|	Antonio da Silva	08/12/08

186.	# 173 vik	22:26	\|	Axel	08/12/08

187.	# 184 in der tat	22:30	\|	Axel	08/12/08

188.	#158 Connie	22:33	\|	Daniel	08/12/08

189.	The same sane advise, the same insane criticism	22:34	\|	Michael N	08/12/08

190.	America Has Voted For Surrender To The Jihad	22:35	\|	UsedToPostHere	08/12/08

191.	David Israel # 176	22:42	\|	American in NY	08/12/08

192.	Zbigny`s "spin"(or how he learned to crave the iranian bomb)	22:51	\|	Michael Greenberg	08/12/08

193.	#187 axel	22:55	\|	in der Tat	08/12/08

194.	More facts about Nato and Turkey	23:02	\|	David Israel	08/12/08

195.	political landscape constantly shifts	23:16	\|	Capt Ahab	08/12/08

196.	axel "are you jewish"	23:16	\|	erwin honigstein	08/12/08

197.	axel "you excel in declaring this or that author	23:19	\|	erwin honigstein	08/12/08

198.	# 193 in der tat	23:22	\|	Axel	08/12/08

199.	More lies from the propagandist Jean van Daem # 120	23:24	\|	Clickfool	08/12/08

200.	Novices of Int Affairs	23:24	\|	Max	08/12/08

201.	Brzezinski Jew-Hating Pole	23:25	\|	AM Pons	08/12/08

202.	#188 Daniel of NY	23:25	\|	ballistic	08/12/08

203.	#190 Say BJ, got a new name, do you?	23:26	\|	ballistic	08/12/08

204.	# 194 david israel	23:27	\|	Axel	08/12/08

205.	#194 Say David Israel	23:31	\|	ballistic	08/12/08

206.	You nailed it Michael N...	23:45	\|	BBSNews	08/12/08

207.	BRZEZINSKI IN TORAH CODES	23:46	\|	Barry S Roffman	08/12/08

208.	who is this brzeeniski think he is?	23:48	\|	jody stewart	08/12/08

209.	some good news from Iran	23:49	\|	Capt Ahab	08/12/08

210.	Mark of Lewiston Israel is not looking to conquer Iran	23:56	\|	PETER SM	08/12/08

211.	Michael Greenburg; America is busy with your last war	23:59	\|	Gray	08/12/08

212.	Qatar is right on the Persian Gulf	00:05	\|	Capt Ahab	09/12/08

213.	Abu Arab - I agree with you half way	00:12	\|	Orkochav	09/12/08

214.	#175 Wishful thinking, Jeff	00:14	\|	Johnboy	09/12/08

215.	go with whom you want?	00:16	\|	hollingsworth	09/12/08

216.	Is this A-Hole Still Alive?	00:27	\|	Jay	09/12/08

217.	Once again, Fabulous comment by Cippora Julianna Kohn # 12	00:30	\|	Fortuna Benmayor	09/12/08

218.	Berzensky	00:42	\|	Ira Goldman	09/12/08

219.	in der Tat protected	00:46	\|	hollingsworth	09/12/08

220.	Persian Kitty	00:47	\|	Roo	09/12/08

221.	#145 Orkochav: Preventing the blowback (see : Golden Goose	01:02	\|	Gray	09/12/08

222.	Micheal Greenberg of Ottawa	01:09	\|	Persian Kitty	09/12/08

223.	#69 Peter Williams on	01:15	\|	Peter	09/12/08

224.	#69 Peter Williams on Zbigniew`s Zippy dooda I say:Could it be?	01:18	\|	Israeli	09/12/08

225.	David Israel	01:28	\|	Persian Kitty	09/12/08

226.	striking iran	01:46	\|	seth thomas	09/12/08

227.	Antonion, Israel should also receive half of Iran`s oil fields	01:47	\|	Genuine Tosefta	09/12/08

228.	#12 No Cipora, squatting, slurping the land	01:56	\|	ballistic	09/12/08

229.	American in NY # 191 "Freedom Fighters"	02:01	\|	Jeff Northridge	09/12/08

230.	#19 Hey Sam up in Canada, chill out	02:01	\|	ballistic	09/12/08

231.	How I learned to love the atomic bomb	02:01	\|	Peter	09/12/08

232.	Zbigniew there is a message and urgent for you	02:05	\|	Genuine Tosefta	09/12/08

233.	Hey, Persian kitty .... sniffing your scent	02:09	\|	allang	09/12/08

234.	#145 Orkochav: Preventing the blowback (see : Golden Goose	02:10	\|	Gray	09/12/08

235.	Micheal Greenberg of Ottawa #192	02:22	\|	Persian Kitty	09/12/08

236.	WE SAID...NO!!! to the same lies this time.	02:23	\|	Gray	09/12/08

237.	Jimmy Carter - American politcal version of	02:26	\|	*BEN JABO	09/12/08

238.	David Israel	02:50	\|	Persian Kitty	09/12/08

239.	173 Vik - Ludicrous	03:02	\|	Mark of Lewiston	09/12/08

240.	#194, DAVID ISRAEL, a pathetic attempt to dupe	03:06	\|	VIPER	09/12/08

241.	reza/sharam/bahram/hussain/ahmed/darwish/shahandeh/ali/avi	03:19	\|	Persian Kitty	09/12/08

242.	in der Tat	03:23	\|	Persian Kitty	09/12/08

243.	Daniel	03:25	\|	Connie	09/12/08

244.	Pierre	03:28	\|	Connie	09/12/08

245.	Brzezinski was passed over	03:37	\|	Reid	09/12/08

246.	I just love the former Defense minister -he is always so u	03:55	\|	Dutch	09/12/08

247.	Perhaps a different censor	04:24	\|	Mark Lincoln	09/12/08

248.	Does Obama agree with him?	04:26	\|	Tal	09/12/08

249.	Will someone in the psycho-right tell us?	04:28	\|	Mark Lincoln	09/12/08

250.	#173 Vik, how many nukes on NYC	05:05	\|	spyguy	09/12/08

251.	BSNews still spewing the usual BS	05:43	\|	SDHD	09/12/08

252.	Hey, Persian kitty .... sniffing your scent	06:02	\|	allang	09/12/08

253.	#145 Orkochav: Preventing the blowback (see : Golden Goose	06:51	\|	Gray	09/12/08

254.	re: Antonio da Silva	08:11	\|	UsedToPostHere	09/12/08

255.	BSnews - Hard as I tried	08:16	\|	*BEN JABO	09/12/08

256.	To Daniel`s post #156 (part 1 of 2)	08:30	\|	Samuel Prime	09/12/08

257.	To Daniel`s post #156 (part 2 of 2)	08:35	\|	Samuel Prime	09/12/08

258.	Wrong, Joe Frazier	09:18	\|	robinj	09/12/08

259.	Brzezinski	09:32	\|	MR	09/12/08

260.	Michael Greenburg # 211.	10:23	\|	David Nigel Braham	09/12/08

261.	#219 hollingsworth	10:50	\|	in der Tat	09/12/08

262.	#261, in der Tat	11:41	\|	Cipora Julianna Kohn	09/12/08

263.	in der TAT	15:28	\|	hollingsworth	09/12/08

264.	Those who see Hamas Hezbollah as freedom fighters	15:52	\|	David Israel	09/12/08

265.	Those who see Israel as a democracy...	16:39	\|	Ibrahim	09/12/08

266.	#263 hollingsworth	16:56	\|	in der Tat	09/12/08

267.	To #256 Samual Prime	17:05	\|	Daniel	09/12/08

268.	To #256 Samual Prime	17:20	\|	Daniel	09/12/08

269.	#245 Connie	17:48	\|	Daniel	09/12/08

270.	#243 Connie..About Obama,Dancing etc,etc..	18:22	\|	KATHY	09/12/08

271.	Israel is threatening Iran again. US worried!	21:16	\|	James Hovland	09/12/08

272.	To Samuel Prime #256 & 257	21:27	\|	Persian Kitty	09/12/08

273.	#263 hollingsworth	01:09	\|	in der Tat	10/12/08

274.	#264, David Israel from New York...	05:25	\|	Silvienne	10/12/08

275.	Daniel (post #265)	05:31	\|	Samuel Prime	10/12/08

276.	Persian Kitty (#267)	05:56	\|	Samuel Prime	10/12/08

277.	To CJK (#12)	05:59	\|	Morris Valentine	10/12/08

278.	# 271 to morris re: one slight correction	07:33	\|	eric	10/12/08

279.	#277, MV	11:51	\|	Cipora Julianna Kohn	10/12/08

280.	Ayatoulahs	14:23	\|	Ali	10/12/08

281.	in der TAT open to "scholarly sources"	17:37	\|	hollingsworth	10/12/08

282.	Z Brzezinski: Israels push for Iran strike....	18:09	\|	ov	10/12/08

283.	#270 Hey Kath	18:17	\|	ballistic	10/12/08

284.	#281 hollingsworth	19:05	\|	in der Tat	10/12/08

285.	Morris	00:50	\|	Peter Williams	11/12/08

286.	#281 hollingsworth..(so many tries it is exhausting Haarez)!!	01:02	\|	Kathy	11/12/08

287.	#250 spyguy..and Ms.Kohn Who amply Replied.	01:06	\|	Benny	11/12/08

288.	Kathy	02:16	\|	hollingsworth	11/12/08

289.	To Peter Williams	03:36	\|	Morris Valentine	11/12/08

290.	To CJK (#279)	03:50	\|	Morris Valentine	11/12/08

291.	#288 hollingsworth	04:28	\|	in der Tat	11/12/08

292.	#288 hollingsworth continued	04:39	\|	in der Tat	11/12/08

293.	Carter regime responsible for Mullahs	05:14	\|	Bobak	11/12/08

294.	Correction Shahram #127	05:20	\|	Bobak	11/12/08

295.	Reza #125	05:25	\|	Bobak	11/12/08

296.	Take a hike Brez, Obama and the New US Left	10:14	\|	MichaelG	11/12/08

297.	Zbigniew Brzezinski	17:37	\|	CESAR	11/12/08

298.	Bobak	18:09	\|	Persian Kitty	11/12/08

299.	A socker for Sure	18:10	\|	Mark	11/12/08

300.	extremely comfortable in my "paranoid world"	21:01	\|	hollingsworth	11/12/08

301.	extremely comfortable 2	21:06	\|	hollingsworth	11/12/08

302.	extremely comfortable 3	21:10	\|	hollingsworth	11/12/08

303.	extremely comfortable 4	21:17	\|	hollingsworth	11/12/08

304.	#300 hollingsworth	21:38	\|	in der Tat	11/12/08

305.	#300 hollingsworth	21:57	\|	in der Tat	11/12/08

306.	#300 hollingsworth continued	22:14	\|	in der Tat	11/12/08

307.	And I`m not even a "reporter" or a "columnist"	22:45	\|	hollingsworth	11/12/08

308.	hollingsworth #307	23:01	\|	in der Tat	11/12/08

309.	Haaretz Moderator	23:32	\|	in der Tat	11/12/08

310.	in der TAT: " I`ve set forth facts"	00:13	\|	hollingsworth	12/12/08

311.	#307 hollingsworth (Second Attempt)	01:00	\|	in der Tat	12/12/08

312.	Relic from Carter Years	14:37	\|	LDC	12/12/08

313.	Mark of Lewiston, you`re now complaining about a volunteer army?	16:31	\|	Jacob Blues	12/12/08

314.	Let`s give a chance for peace	21:43	\|	Ricardo Araujo	12/12/08

315.	Re:#145...Cannot Depend On U.S. Forever	02:08	\|	Bill	13/12/08

316.	Re: #19...No one has right to tell Israel how to defend itself	03:25	\|	Bill	13/12/08

317.	Re: #98 Dump Israel!	04:47	\|	Bill	13/12/08

318.	Bill, please post those scripture references	06:12	\|	hollingsworth	13/12/08

319.	#318 Hollingsworth - Really no trouble to find it	18:21	\|	*BEN JABO	13/12/08

320.	really no trouble to find it	20:24	\|	hollingsworth	13/12/08

321.	Israel`s ties with U.S.	23:29	\|	Michael	14/12/08

322.	Irans nuclear ambitions -	18:35	\|	alex kalish	19/12/08

323.	Israel is out of control	06:00	\|	Ted	26/12/08

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