After U.S. warning, Israel's top brass discusses Iran nukes

As much as I hate to admit it, the US has a decreasing capacity or will to help Israel. When the going gets tough against Israel, my bet is the US will balk. I am both ashamed and fearful of the consequences as a result.

Only western arrogance could make such an declaration. The entire Moderate Arabs who see the removal of Saddam as the rising Phoenix of the Iranians Shiites, wouldn't put that interpretation on the present state of affairs,either. The Iranians used Chalabis to lay a trap and Bush fell for it hook line and sinker. Iran's tar baby ie the Iraqi quagmire has some 150,000 of our dearest well within missile range facing a war hardened enemy.

Read those stupid comments, we love reading you.One prediction I want to make, if Israel attacks Iran if I were an israeli resident I would pack and leave to a safer place. The mullahs are crazier than the rabbies, they could target Israeli cities and Dimona as they already warned, eventhough they could hit Gaza or Lebanon by mistake. Watch out.

There is an old and tired tacic, often seen on this talkback. If the facts are on your side, argue the facts. If they are not, call names. As a result, every time someone calls me names, I feel that I have made my point even if the reader didn't like it. Regards...

Palestinians say Bethlehem wall spoils Christmas (Reuters) what does mike mullen the murderer thinks about this? and gibbs and mccain and losers like this? and witch and brown and sharkozy? do they love racist walls?

Nothing to see, Iran will never get nukes. Israel will make sure of it.

the hit on saddams reactor hardly compares to the occup[ation and nation building of US....it is light work///and you may make aliyah and never come back...we wont miss you

maybe you feel safer in tel aviv but i assure you US is to broke for another war for zion

I think I know why Nathalie Durson is so misinformed and full of propaganda. She either hasn't had a boyfriend in a very long time or she is just an anti-semite. Either way it's funny she chooses Haaretz for her news.

it is sad to see the ignorance espoused,the west is made up of bullys and as with any bully worth its wait he only chooses fights he can win.no one is going to attack iran for they what the consequences would be,face it the days of western israeli dominance is over as is the ability to intefere in the affairs of others is coming to an end.thank GOD for Persia

Israel has never relied on the US for the "heavy lifting" as you falsely claim. It was Israel which bombed Iraq's reactor--that was pretty heavy lifting--and they'd do the same to Iran if the US wasn't preventing them. You don't know very much about Israel, but that doesn't seem to stop you from spewing nonsense.

all in all the world is better off after the invasion of iraq so just think of how good it would be to remove the current iranian government structure and replace it with a democracy

you disgust me

They never have and they certainly won`t now. There is only one option left on the table. Amen Amen and Amen! Hence the Song: "Sanctions Ain't Gone Work"!

I think our Cabinet Ministers are realists, not "ostriches", like the U.S and EU who still in their insanely weak minds actually think sanctions will work. They never have and they certainly won't now. There is only one option left on the table.

only the 'pretext' was wrong for iraq, but for that you can blame the dysfunctional UN...iraq had in fact been trying for wmd's for 30 years, had osirak blown up in 1981, was later hiring out of work russian nuke scientists, was subverting food for oil towards weapons programs with kofis son, was in violation of over 17 UN resoultions, was killing his own people with wmd's (chemical weapons)..was ethnically cleansing...and proof that america was not in it for oil is NOW being seen in who is winning the iraqi oil contracts...most are NOT american...iraq is far better off today than they were. Attacking Iran's sites is also completely justified and is in my opinion, the only viable route to take. Obama said some wars are moral and this definitely qualifies. I laugh at the appeasers who say iran should have the same rights...which is the SAME as saying hitler had the right to build nukes. would that have been ok for you lefties?

You must realize it,Iran will have its nukes,even thousands of red deadlines...... you have just seen it. Don't be fool.

The west simply needs to ban the importation of refined oil to Iran. That's all! Within a few weeks Iran would grind to a halt. Political will is all that's needed. It's a commodity that was lacking but now seems to be increasing. We shall see. Iran can't operate on unrefined oil. Jane

America has had sanctions against Iran for decades. Iran has learned to get by without being vcozy with the west. Now America would seek to tightensanctions once again. This is futile and everybody knows it. America has accepted that Iran will have the bomb soon and is going through the motions of opposing it. No nation will make a first strike upon Iran and for good reason. This certainly includes Israel. Israel manages its own light work, but relies upon America for heavy lifting. An attack on Iran surely qualifies as heavy lifting. The last thing that Obama will do is to leave the presidency with the world in crisis and the mideast in flames due to a war that he started.