Condoleezza Rice: I have no doubt Israel will defend itself against Iran

Thousands of Americans died fighting Iraq, Israel's worst enemy at the time. The entire world objected to this attack It seems that some trusted ally (we won't mention any names) provided America some falsified intel indicating that it was a "slam dunk" that Iraq had WMD. Now here we are again with Israel's current worst enemy. It seems that the dynamic duo favor a repeat of the Iraq scenario except that they will attempt to drum up more world support this time. It is hard to believe that Obama and the American congress would send Americans to their deaths in support of Israel's settlement expansion. Israelis get a warm secure feeling when they see Americans dying on their behalf. Is this sufficient motivation for Americans to enter into a long and costly war with Iran? As for Israel, if they insist on attacking Iran, which is most unlikely, let them sink or swim on their own. Otherwise they will take whatever steps needed to draw America into the conflict.

I'm reminded of the Final scene in Planet of the Apes when Charlton Heston comes across the sunken Statue of Liberty and cries out, "G-d damn you all to Hell". For those of you old enough to remember, America foretold this in the 60's when they said the Middle East would be the Theater for Nuclear War....well here it is and if , like me you live in London, start digging because Iran won't sit still and take it.

"I refuse to be intimidated, as if Iran could destroy Israel, " Barak said. "Israel is the most powerful country, from Tripoli to Tehran. There is no reason to be afraid of anything."

it would be an attack on the country, and therefore a declaration of war. As history has shown us, wars do not follow a rigid pattern and Israel just doesn't have the depth to take on a country the size of Iran. Don't start something you can't finish and clearly you couldn't finish of Iran without a) lots of help. b) resorting to nuclear weapons. A. is unlikely to be forthcoming & B. would spell the end of Israel.

Israel will continue with it's belligerence and aggressions as long as the world allows it. The problem isn't Iran, it is Israel.

They call that a "war"....do we really need the people of yesterday driving the headlines at the moment?

The IDF lacks the competence to defeat Hizbollah who is camped on their northern border, The idea that the IAF can fly thousands of miles over hostile territory and bomb defended targets is a fantasy. How can anyone believe such nonsense? Israel's real intention is to threaten an attack in order to motivate the world into taking care of Israel's business. The world has grown wise to these efforts on Israel's part and more than a little weary of them.

Russia has no idea how Iran has heard the cry of their Islamist brothers over there and the desire the Regime has to empower them at some point against the uncircumcised infidel Russians ruling over them. Russia also remains clueless that when Iran achieves full sufficiency in the nuclear cycle including he weaponization of their missiles they will boot out all the foreign expertise they employed over the decades and so the Chinese, Pakistanis, North Koreans and Russians will be sent packing and the Regime will proudly proclaim "indigenous" credit alone for its nuclear development because of the sole "brilliance" of Iranian scientists supposedly.

No thanks, Condi. Let's see if the world makes good of its promises not to allow Iran to have nukes.