Gates: Israel doesn't pose nuclear threat like Iran

Khaled - 'the jews are our Lord`s chosen people' Khaled, how misinformed you are. Dont you know that the Lord only chooses good people. He will not just choose all Jews regardless of how evil they have been! He will certainly not choose the Jews committing all sorts of despicable crimes against humanity in Gaza for example.

so then tan, that would make irans right to aquire nuclear capabilities to defend or deter itself also, yes? and syria and lebanon and jordan and egypt and the rest of the world for that matter, see how your one eyed comments get YOU and YOUR buddies caught out and self contradiction?, oh, but you'll say israel is threatened by theses countries right? well, who has the nukes and who is threatening who with nukes if they attack? your pathetic little soul.

It is sad to have someone in this high positionto talk like that. Do you think any intelligen person will listen to such nonsense.

So glad you provided a clear delineation between Israel and the civilized world... never the twain shall meet. LOL

Do you believe the Palestinian Jews should control land to the Litani and including Damascus?

Iran has offered to share its acquired expertise with the nuclear cycle with its Arab neighbours. How do you feel about that?

Rob, please name the 7 Arab countries that invaded Israel the day it was "born"

"It has not threatened to destroy any of its neighbours. It is not trying to destabilise the government of Lebanon" Israel bomb Lebanon to smithereens, and they say they never intend on destroying their neighbour. Iran may have threaten to destroy it's neighbour, but Israel have actually doing it. Terrorist support? don't make me laugh. Mossad have been causing ruckus to it's neighbour plenty of time. And aren't they the one who give weapons and supports to a kurdish terrorist attack Turkey and Iran. sure, they don't call it terrorist attack when IDF is involve. they call it Special operation.

You seem to have gone off yr medication again, POOP. Please check the medicine cabinet or phone for a doctor. The best of the latter, in case you are wondering where to call, are like most educated mid-easterners Israeli.

Yes, he is right, S. So here is the answer to yr query: Confiscate the petrol and distribute the proceeds to the world's undeserving poor. Rather than keeping fat-backsided sheiks in the manner to which they're accustomed.

His audience laughed at him. As he knew they would. Only strange part is that he kept a straight face himself while spouting such drivel. But then, that's part of a politician's training: a non-politician would have had to put a napkin in front of his face to avoid showing his giggles. Presumably his words were intended for domestic American political purposes: keep the war drums beating softly so that when needed they can quickly be brought to a crescendo. Never let them fall mute. Otherwise peace might break out, to the dismay of him and his masters.

But at least he is honest,does not cover who realy he is.He does not say,Like some others,"Some of my best friends are Jews".

puppet "A Mad Jihad" is. Before WW2, Nazi Germany was surprise how much the World under estimated Hitler, Goebbels of Nazi Germany" In l933 a French Premier ought to have said (and if i had been the French premier I would have said it) The New Reich Chancellor is the man who wrote the "Mein Kampf". A Mad Jihad cannot be tolerated in a Civilized world for him to destroy it. Either he "Disappear" or we "disappears"!.

"(Israel) uses the threat of those nukes as part of her foreign policy." johnboy loves to show off his "knowledge" (and I use the word VERY, VERY loosely) of international affairs. Yet he can't tell the difference between DETERRENCE and THREAT. He comes from a nation that is pretty isolated from immediate military threats and yet Oz allocates 2% of its GDP for its military (compared to China's "official" budget of 1.35%). Is the Oz military arsenal a THREAT to the region? Of course not, stupid! In the Oz White Paper for the military services, one of its stated PRIMARY aim is to DETER or DEFEAT any external threat. This was recently REINTERATED in a major security review. Israel, which is surrounded by hostile islamic nations in a state of war with it, has the RIGHT to its defence capabilities - including nuclear - to DETER or DEFEAT any external threat. Just like Oz. johnboy is just too dense to know that.

is to add little Deuterium or thritium to those 200 nukes that Israel already has and tell the civilized world. If We Go Down! The entire civilized world will go with us! Then, the civilized world will listen.

What would the Israel haters suggest for the following question. Get rid of all the arabs that took over jewish land in Israel and some surrounding areas?? THEY belong with their muslim mob but not in Israel. Arabs go home and keep killing each other like you are doing for a couple thousand of years. Dont bother Israel, dont try to steal this tiny territory. It never ever belonged to you and it wont. Go back to Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Saudia, Iran and Iraq and so on. Kapish? You belong with your camels and fifty wifes in the arabian desert in tents, not in a modern Israel. Put it thru your thick skull, Israel is a jewish state, it was a jewish state and its gonna be a jewish democratic state. You never belonged here, your so called leaders are telling you bullshit stories. All they want is keep you stupid, poor and living in the first century where you belong. Go in peace and stay there, or else....

In fact, the Egyptians and Syrians had stopped their drive toward Israel, and the counter attacks had already started by October 8. By the time the American airlift began (on October 13), the IDF had already effectively stopped the Eygptian forces from further advance and pushed the Syrian forces past the 1967 ceasefire line and were counter attacking toward Damascus. In other words, a connection between the supposed atomic bombs and the airlift are speculation - not history. Further, one might ask: If Israel did have nuclear weapons and did perceive an real, existential danger, then the prudent move would have been to prepare them in reserve? What's more, if a non-Israeli military plane was flying over Israel during a war, then one would think that Israel would reasonably try to shoot it down. In other words, I don't really know what you're going on about.

Ahmadinejad's statment re,Israel has been overexaggerated when he actually reffered to the Appartheid nature of Israel as a wanton aspect which sould be elemenated.2-Iran has all along admitted seeking Nuclear knowldge for peaceful puposes, not to produce N.weapons .3-If you insist, after all these clarifications, that Iran is still hiding a nuclear scheme aiming at destrying Israel, then the only question left is what are you going to do about it?? nuke Iran ..go ahead if you can...

JES: "What on earth are you talking about?" Yom Kippur War started Oct 6 '73, and Israel was doing badly in the first two days. Golda Meir authorized the assembly of 13 twenty-kiloton atomic bombs on Oct 8 '73, in preparation for their use should the Syrians and/or Egyptians dive towards Israel itself. An American spy plane spotted the activity at Dimona next morning, and Moshe Dayan ordered that it be shot down. It wasn't, and Kissenger was alerted to the activity on Oct 9. To avoid the Israelis having to use their nukes Nixon ordered the reversal of previous policy regarding resupply, and within days made good the loss of Israeli military material, allowing them to counter-attack. Anything else I can help you with, JES?

...Gates is just another shill for the Lobby who has failed to register as a foreign agent as required by law.

What ME nation: 1. Has nuclear weapons? 2. Is illegally occupying neighboring countries? 3. Regularly invades neighboring countries? 4. Regularly uses weapons of mass destruction against civilians to crush resistance to it's illegal occupation? Iran? Let's not be silly

Apart from America (Guantanamo, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan), nobody is "oppressing or discriminating" the Moslems incl. the Pals. As for the Pals; they unfortunately bring misery upon themselves, because endless strife has such a huge PR-value in the world against Israel as an opinion-builder. They in other words are experts in manipulation! IF the Pals dealt with Israelis like a person-to-person-bases and not like a people with multiple behaviour disorders, they would have had their own thriving state long time ago. BUT the PA-state is NOT the issue to the Pals, it is NOT their aim. IF a state was their aim, they would behave decently; when I started a new job, I did my very best in order to keep it as does any normal person. Nobody sabotages his own interests....but the Pals do! WHY? Because their hatred of Israel is their sole purpose in life; NOT a statehood, NOT normalcy, NOT progress. As for Islam: "from its fruit you know the tree".

So, Mr.Ahmadenijehad's comment on "wiping off Israel from the world-map" is/was a mistranslation? Then, was his speech in the UN also a mistranslation? In the UN, he made clear that not only Israel will be "wiped off", but also the Western world; starting from Europe. I listened to his speech, which showed total lack of tolerance to non-Moslems, from start to finish and it left me shaking with shock. That he, a statesman, threatened half of the world in the common forum of the Nations, shows arrogance....and also makes any normal person doubt Mr.Ahmadenijehad's mental sanity. No wonder that we are now neurotic with the sheer thought of this man pursueing for nuclear arms to realize his plans in the name of Allah. We already have our hands full with Mr.Bush, the world definately does not want another megalomaniac to stir the pot! What happened to humility?

after I wrote my message claiming arab states are ennemies of Israel I came across message number 4. The author. A saudi. He claimed . quote Our enemy is Israel, not Iran end of quote. the message is pretty clear. The obstacle to peace ARE NOT the setlements. Obstacle to peace is the arab hatred towards israel. This is the truth. America does court the saudis and fails to see that truth because they need oil.

that pretty much says it all; doesn't it? and explains it all, too! perception based on historical experience... and the current israeli expansion being perpetuated against the palestinians... they all know that once that is complete; israel israel will move onto the next.

When Mr Gates claimed israeli nuclear weapons posed no thread to the region his statement was met with laughter. Such reaction of arab government oficials does tell volumes about arab mindset. Despite the fact that israel never threatened anyone with nuclear weapons and actually did withdraw from the sinai.., arabs are convinced israel nuclear weapons are a thread. Arab world is poised with hate towards israel.

You must be kidding. Arab attacked Israel in: 1948 1967 1973 And each time they lost land. You should go back to school and learn history.

"...and the Israelis actually attempted to shoot down the US spy plane that had just detected that activity at Dimona." What on earth are you talking about? And, BTW, did those spy planes "run, run, run away"?

Iran invaded Iraq on 13 July, 1982 they crossed the border, in force, aiming towards the city of Basra, the second most important city in Iraq. Iranian Chief-of-Staff Shirazi said that the war would continue "until Saddam Hussein is overthrown so that we can pray at the Shi'ite holy city of Karbala and Najaf.

out all the rats from their rat holes. Immazing, there are so many of them!! And no real thinkers among the rats,just barking,barking....the same old, tired slogans . But the old proverb says: Barking does not reach the heaven.

I don't think, that Islam and Israel are mutually exclusive. Islam is however strictly opposed to oppression or persecution of Muslims and also allows violence under such circumstances. And here is the main problem, as long as there is no solution to the Palestinian issue, Muslims might not have much sympathy and find spiritual support in the Qur'an. But you should not believe, that they can't be pragmatic and look for a compromise. Hezbollahs position towards Israel for example has changed over the years: "In 2004, when asked whether he was prepared to live with a two-state settlement between Israel and Palestine, Nasrallah said he would not sabotage what is a Palestinian matter." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah

Sorry, my post was maybe somewhat difficult to understand and requires also some special knowledge about the "wipe of the map" - issue. You wrote in post #54 about some kind of regime change solution in Iran. Now, the irony is, that Ahmadinedjad once made a similar statement about Israel. But it was mistranslated into a much more aggressive "Israel should be wiped of the map". And this mistranslation (originally by an Iranian news agency) made big headlines, was so widely published and usually serves as proof, that Iran is hellbent on a war with Israel. But I think it is the other way around.

understand, No muslem country ever should posess such a dangerous weapon. And this is what Gates is trying to conway. First, all muslem countries are some kind of dictatorships,so the dictator can do as he pleases, and none of them are civilized. The consept of life and death is bleard,and many prefer death to life.It is very serious.

Do you mean the same gulf states that beg the US to continue defending them from the terrorists they themselves have created? Or the ones who murder and subjugate women and use little boys for amusement? Or perhaps the laughing gulf states are the ones that use religion to perpetuate hate, murder, rape, and slavery worldwide? Those primatives laugh... until the oil runs out or the west gets some sense about alternative energy or we stop protecting their sorry asses from their own Frankenstein monsters the terrorists. We will see who has the last laugh.

Katzman writes, "The world should remember that before Pakistan there was the Indian bomb and before that, China, and before that, France and England, and before that, USSR and the US, and before that: there was Einstein, Oppenheimer, Solarz, Bohr, and Teller ... it came from them, Jews." Sounds like a bloodthirsty bunch! Whatever came of their faith in G_d and the slingshot?

Gates: Israel doesn't pose nuclear threat like Iran Except Israel has nukes and Iran doesn't. And Israel can make nukes, and Iran can't. Yet IRAN is the nuclear threat, and Israel isn't! And the sad thing is he stood there after saying that and wondered why all these people laughing at him. Israel has nukes. She uses the threat of those nukes as part of her foreign policy. The last time she got into a spot of military bother with Big ol' Arab Armies she readied those nukes to drop them on those Big Arab Armies, and the Israelis actually attempted to shoot down the US spy plane that had just detected that activity at Dimona. Yet her nukes aren't a threat to the region???? Hi-larious!!! Israel WILL use them if she needs to, and the people in Israel who will decide that need are a bunch of paranoid incompetents. Her nukes are a threat to the region, no question.

If you are against the righteous coalition of Israel and The United States of America, well, ...GO POUND SAND..........we win and you lose

Gates, a spook for 26 years, dodged the Iran-Contra bullet in 1991, having refused to cooperate with the Independent Counsel. He also advocated a bombing campaign against the democratically elected Sandinista government. True conservatives believe that long lasting "change" comes through "evolution" NOT "revolution". Edmund Burke warned repeatedly about the "conservatism of the masses", the political philosophy of Bush, Cheney, and their sycophants. Whereas Teddy Roosevelt "spoke softly and carried a big stick, my government now "speaks loudly and carries a small stick".

I have obviously asked more intelligent people than you as your prognosis reveals that you haven't even begun to understand the Jewish people, and don't want to. Start with what accomplishments you have achieved and we'll continue our debate from there.

Both countries accuse each other of threatening nuclear. Neither of them actually have nukes, it seems. Who gains from this ridiculous game?

You seem to be one of those who think that the more, the merrier. Have much fun.

That's big of Gates! The world should remember that before Pakistan there was the Indian bomb and before that, China, and before that, France and England, and before that, USSR and the US, and before that: there was Einstein, Oppenheimer, Solarz, Bohr, and Teller-it came from them, Jews. They're certainly entitled to possess such weapons just in case...

The mindless babble is disturbing, but how can we fit a Billion Moslems who have spread their head chopping violence over four continents and their liberal western allies in to a mental hospital?

"the Arab world does not count foranything(sic)." The only sensible thing you said. They conquered everything between Russia and South Africa, ethnically cleansing every land they ever set foot in and what do they contribute to the world besides bloodshed? Even the Crusades had their roots in the Jihad. The Arab World Does Not Count For Anything and if they Ever manage to Steal the Technology that forces an "Us or Them" situation, The Arab World Will Not Be Missed.

You can find some bad stuff about most nations on earth. But I guess, all in all Iran's human right's record over the last 100 years is a tiny little bit better than the one of Germany. And since you mentioned the First Gulf War. In this war Iran was the victim of a war of aggression, started by Saddam Hussein, encouraged by the Carter administration. Germany along with other Western countries provided Iraq with biological and chemical weapons technology and the precursors to nuclear capabilities. More then 100.000 Iranians died because of these chemical weapons. More than 1.000.000 Iranians died in total. But you blame Iran, you blame the victim of an aggression, for the way, they defended their homeland.

To: Saudi Arabian, Get off your holier-than-thou horse- Islam is a " peaceful " religion..I just don't see it..If it is, then those muslims who know it need to control the extremists within Islam...they need to speak out and take action....just like you see IDF incursions into Gaza and take that as simplistic evidence of the " animal nature" of Israel, we read accounts of barbaric revenge killings by muslims, women rape victims brutally whipped, or even killed under the banner of Islamic law. We read about limbs being cut off for minor offenses, beheadings...we read about a rigid and intolerant religion to anything or anyone who disagrees. We read about people killed who choose to leave the muslim faith...Where are the voices of compassion and reason within Islam? Why dont's they speak out against the barbaric injustices that live within Islam? Why are they silent and unwillingto act?...the rest of the world largely sees Islam as a religion capable of tyranny. Show us something

"Israel did not seek to destroy its neighbours" - No just the genocide of the Palestinian people. There are no countries with as many UN resolutions against it than Israel!

Pretty much the most hated people in western culture.

Christians and Muslims have a lot in common, both believe in Jesus, much more in common than with the Jews, who actually help kill Jesus, persecuted the early Christians... I am tired of supporting a make believe country like Israel, most are Russian and/or Americans...have nothing to do with the semitic middle east, in fact, there are more antisemites in Israel than anywhere else, even Sephardic Jews, the ones who actually LOOK like the historic jews, the real semites, as oppose to the blond/blue eyed Jews are treated badly.

... to find yourself not so pretty and nice looking at the mirror. But to make a better world we all have to find out the spots in our spotless faces. If you find Mr.Sharansky incorrect please, tell us where. For me the outcomes of this outrageous irrational Jew hatred as described by Natan Sharansky could destabilize the whole world in return now. Everybody senses deep inside the crucial point we have come to. By denouncing Sharansky as a terrorist liar obviously you have nothing to learn from him and so he won't from you. And this makes the tragedy to come.

Somehow the Palestinians Arabs traveled to Russia, Poland, Hungry, Romania, Maldovia, Ukrain and attacked the Jews in their home countries.

86Phillip, Nasser (67) declared his aim to destroy Israel. So did his UN representatives. Funny, Israel must have planned its "67 aggression" by masterminding Nasser to (1) throw out the UN troops from the then demilitarized Sinai, (2) replace them with his troops and (3) declare a naval blockade on Eilat. How else could Israel have "started" that war?

To ALICIA # 88 Iv'e just read your answer to my post,brilliant! I'll try to read all your mails as they appear.Good work,keep it up!We are all doing our bit in defense of ISRAEL !

"Israel is not training terrorists to subvert its neighbors. It has not shipped weapons into a place like Iraq to kill thousands of innocent civilians covertly," Gates said. He is right! Israel just sends its OWN army and assassins. Gates: "It has not threatened to destroy any of its neighbors. It is not trying to destabilise the government of Lebanon." He is right again! Israel undertakes a major infrastructure "remodeling project" every few years in neighboring areas. The last one in Lebanon was exemplary. Smaller projects are completed on a daily basis in the occupied territories. You see, Israel and U.S. do not THREATEN to destroy (WIPE OFF), for example, Lebanon and Iraq; the actually DO it!! I truly feel sorry for the Bush apologists and the Likud crowd. The setback caused by NIE necessitates finding new excuses for launching a war against Iran at the expense of U.S. blood and treasure. How about this one? An Iranian scientist saw a cone-shaped object in his dream!!

Take the article about the religous police that sent back inrto burning building girls that did not have head covered. Take with you how many Muslims killed in Bali.Take with you how many non Jews killed in African embasdy. I am sure they would be interested in seeing how Muslims treat Muslims.

'"The ministry submitted a letter to the Swiss embassy in Tehran ... demanding explanations over America's espionage on Iran's nuclear case," Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki was quoted as saying by IRNA.' Does FM Mottaki really expect a reply? How about, "Dear President Ahmedinejad; No comment. Have a nice day, (signed) President Bush". U.S. espionage (oops, I mean "intelligence") is ours to know and yours to find out about. That's the way the game is played. No further explanation is necessary and don't bother to ask again.

What a ludicrous statement! Iran has no nuclear weapons; Israel does and has used them to saber-rattle its way through almost every Mideast crisis. Israel is THE threat to peace in the Mideast; Iran is not.

But of course for you everything is muslim land. Soon you will claim that Europe is a muslim land occupied by europeans. The rebirth of Israel marked the end of the muslim occupation of that land.

RE:The country that occupies Muslim land, and starves and murders Muslim children ...... not Iran. How really. You are forgetting Kurdistan. How convenient.

No matter what the reason was for atacking Israel the Arabs knew Israel had bomb. They had enough wisdom to know Israel would not distroy area. If they proved Israel weak how come she is still in ME?????

Animal state you say. You must speak of the state that punishes a woman with 200 lashes and jail for having been gang raped.

THANK YOU the smart Jews for having both enlightened the world and for having discovered cures to serious diseases. With this year's Noble-Prizes, the figure of the Jewish Noble-Prize-receivers amount over 180, which is the biggest number to a single group of people! I feel proud of the Jews' brilliant contributions to the well-being of all of mankind and personally I feel truly blessed for belonging to this ingenious people. Toda Le El. Baruch HaShem!

You have no understanding of our history and culture. People's life is worth the same, whether you win Noble prizes or not. Haven't Jews massacred Arabs? Deir Yassin? Qana? West Beiurt, Sabra? Nablus? Khan-Yunis? Thousands. We should keep our mouths shut when it comes to counting who massacred whom.

Tobia, Arab states were always aware of Israeli military and nuclear capabilities. During the only Arab attack on Israel, in 1973, the objectives of Egyptian and Syrian armies were limited to regaining control of territories that Israel occupied during her aggression in 1967. This is history, and both Israeli and Arab historians have long ago agreed on this fact. Egypt had achieved her objective. Although, she suffered a military defeat on the 2nd week of the war, her army had defeated the feeling of invincibility that Israel had prior to the war and pushed Israel towards the Geneva talks and the final peace accord with Egypt. Arab states were not seeking destruction of Israel in 1973, 1967.

How shocking! Or... For some time I've been living with the thought that some intelligence agency, european or american could well be interested in what I do, or we do. Or does anyone believe such persons as Ahmadinedshad or Bush would care about privat sphere if their interest was questioned? Merkel also, the German chancellor, recently said that the hard disk at home shouldn't be a place to which a constitutional state has no access. Big sister is watching you.

I agree the Israeli threat is different. Iran does not occupy Arab land, Iran does not have Nuclear Weapons, Israel does. Iran does not look at its Arab neighbours as being inferior Goim, Israel does. Israel does not interfere in Lebanon other than when it wants to destroy it, Iran interferes to rebuild it. Iran and its Arab neigbours share a 1500 year Islamic History, the only thing that Israel shares with the gulf states is their weapons supplies, from the same Evil Empire!

Gates,Bolton and Bush reduced to ridicule. A traveling band of circus clowns. Thanks to the US unbridled support of the jewsish occupation and the geneocide of the Palestinian people.

in a way and now you are suffering from a certain confusion? For those who know German read under http://www.handelsblatt.com/news/_pv/_p/200051/_t/ft/_b/1358844/default.aspx/index.html Now, how would you feel if you were Mr. Köhler not reprieving the RAF Terrorist Klein and some months later the cold blooded Iranian killer terrorist Darabi would be dismissed by the German administration after serving 15 years only without any chance for reprieve because the time for a plea for reprieve would come some years later only? Nice story you cite but really not fitting on a state like Iran sending her children in Saddam 's minefields, nailing head scarves on women's heads to put them in decent position, where "Capital offences ... include murder, rape, armed robbery, serious drug trafficking, apostasy, adultery and homosexual acts between men." Cited from http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/7130380.stm Worth reading Bob before cuddling a real beast like a sweet little lamb.

Of course the two nations represent different nuclear threats. Only one of them has nuclear weapons.

What happened to the Arabs in the past 8oo years,or so(not taking into account what is known as the golden era,when Arabs & Jews cooperated, & mutual friendship was respected)But since then,the Arabs have been slipping,and going down,and down.The Jews on the other hand,through untolt misery,and suffering,rose to great heights.One just has to look & see how many Noble Prizes, the Jews got,in nuclear science,medicine,mathmematics physics(see Einstein)combating polio disease,and finding a cure (SALK & SABIN) for the whole world-including millions of Arabs & muslims(maybe had they been hopping on one leg,there would have been less terror & conflict in the world.By the way did you say THANK YOU to the JEWS? No, instead you massacred,tortured & killed indiscriminately onyour left & right.FOOLS don't you see how low you've become? By the way not a single got ANY Noble Prizes in siiences!NOT ONE,but instead,you clothe your women folk from head to foot,& if you have money you go screwing abroad

THeArab states not concerned Israrl had bomb before why now? They kept attacking Israel but they know Israel would not disrtoy thr area.

70El-birawi, You forgot that 7 Arab states invaded Israel the day it was born?

This is a matter between the Gulf states and Iran who have full diplomatic relations and can resolve all issues diplomatically. Why does the US have to stick its nose everywhere. The Gulf states, equipped with the latest American military hardware are fully capable of defending themselves against Iran. However, Iran is our neighbor and friend. As evidenced by the recent Doha meeting of Gulf states, Iran was received very warmly, like the friendly neighbor she is. There's nothing diplomacy can't solve. US should really focus on healing itself from within.

You'll find that the non-Arab Persians take great pride in not being Arab, and even though they are converts to Islam, they still despise Arabs in general and consider them a lower class of people. Give Iran a chance to influence your kingdom with their Revolutionary Guards setting up shop around Mecca & Medina if you trust them so much. Your Sunni infidel religious status will be addressed in a timely manner sooner or later.

The best thing to do is to show to your classmates that what you really want is peace in ME with 2 states for 2 peoples formula. You can tell your classmates that Jews have a right to have a state of their own and they are agree to have the 23d Arab state alognside.

The US for ever trying to extend the security circle for Israel is now in the Gulf trying to convince the Arab Gulf that Iran is more danger to them than Israel. Iran never did invade any Arab counttries. Israel did. Israel always carried out offensive wars as far as Tunis and Iraq and have invaded a number of Arab countries and continue to occupy Arab countries and always defied the UN. Now the US is doing all it can to get the Arabs in the gulf to fund Israel's security. The US as sponsor of Israel's occupation and terror will always get someone else to fund its activities for and on behalf of Israel. The only interest the US has in the Middle East is Israel. The rest of the Arab world does not count foranything.

"Israel is not training terrorists to subvert its neighbours. It has not shipped weapons into a place like Iraq to kill thousands of innocent civilians covertly," Gates said. Israel kills thousands of civilians overtly, as in Lebanon 2. There is no reason for them to be covert about it. Considering Israels callous disregard for the killing of civilians, it is remarkable that Gates considers Israel no threat to its neighbors. It is said that a politician can beleive a thousand impossible things before breakfast. Gates surely is the poster child for this homily.

You said "he is a Russian". In what sence? Indeed Sharansky held Russian passport for some time. In this passport in the nationality clause was written "Jew". So who is he? His ansestors used to live in Israel before being disperced by Romans. Your ansestors in turn seized a huge real estate from Atlantic to Persia and not willing to live in peace with those who returned to their ansestrial land. You live in yours and deny access to your brothers.

53Bob, retraction of your previous admission? That Ahmadi's statement "wipe [Israel]off map" was the official translation into English by his own press agency.

That was the clever fiddler, he·s getting the new message across."Yes, we have no bananas"! Do we have the makings of a new James Bond novel!..Idle chatter...? Somehow though, it also has the mark of one of the greatest spins yet.... Wonder whats behind this comedy...this cat has five legs!

Yes there's no way Israel is a nuclear or threat or at least peceived as one by the other regions in the middle east. Its not like is involved in major regional conflicts or has a undisclosed nuclear program that they don't let people know about. Double standards can be so intoxicating.

Gen.27:22 "The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau." We appreciate Sharansky` truth , we counter Saudia Arabia` Islamist shullduggery , http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110004310 On Hating the Jews The inextricable link between anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism. BY NATAN SHARANSKY

Pierre, Unlike what you claimed, many U.S. military officials and members of the Western media have begun to use the fabricated name "the Arabian Gulf" reflecting their petro dollar and military-base considerations and bias against Iran. What they are doing is essentially altering historical facts and stealing rights in broad daylight. You all need a lesson in geography and history. I'm attaching the links to a couple of maps from the 1500s. Look for "Sinus Persicus" http://www.persiangulfonline.org/images/WorldMap1565.jpg http://www.persiangulfonline.org/images/PtolemyAP.jpg

CBS News (Weekly Standard) This column was written by William Kristol. The prime mover behind the terrorist groups who have started this war is a non-Arab state, Iran. What's happening in the Middle East isn't just another chapter in the Arab-Israeli conflict. What's happening is an Islamist-Israeli war. You might even say this is part of the Islamist war on the West ­­--Better to say that what's under attack is liberal democratic civilization, whose leading representative right now happens to be the United States. No Islamic Republic of Iran, no Hezbollah. No Islamic Republic of Iran, no one to prop up the Assad regime in Syria. No Iranian support for Syria (a secular government that has its own reasons for needing Iranian help and for supporting Hezbollah and Hamas), little state sponsorship of Hamas and Hezbollah. And no Shiite Iranian revolution, far less of an impetus for the Saudis to finance the export of the Wahhabi version of Sunni Islam as a competitor to Khomeini's claim for leadership of militant Islam-- and thus no Taliban rule in Afghanistan, and perhaps no Hamas either. It's of course true that Hamas-- an arm of the Sunni Muslim Brotherhood-- is at odds ideologically with Shia Iran, and that Shia and Sunni seem inclined to dislike, even slaughter, each other elsewhere in the Middle East. But temporary alliances of convenience are no less dangerous because they are temporary. Tell the Poles of 1939, and the French of 1940, that they really had little to worry about because the Nazi-Soviet pact was bound to fall apart. The war against radical Islamism is likely to be a long one. Radical Islamism isn't going away anytime soon. But it will make a big difference how strong the state sponsors, harborers, and financiers of radical Islamism are. Thus, our focus should be less on Hamas and Hezbollah, and more on their paymasters and real commanders-- Syria and Iran. And our focus should be not only on the regional war in the Middle East, but also on the global struggle against radical Islamism. For while Syria and Iran are enemies of Israel, they are also enemies of the United States. We have done a poor job of standing up to them and weakening them. They are now testing us more boldly than one would have thought possible a few years ago. Weakness is provocative. We have been too weak, and have allowed ourselves to be perceived as weak. The right response is renewed strength-- in supporting the governments of Iraq and Afghanistan, in standing with Israel, and in pursuing regime change in Syria and Iran. For that matter, we might consider countering this act of Iranian aggression with a military strike against Iranian nuclear facilities. Why wait? Does anyone think a nuclear Iran can be contained? That the current regime will negotiate in good faith? It would be easier to act sooner rather than later. Yes, there would be repercussions-- and they would be healthy ones, showing a strong America that has rejected further appeasement. But such a military strike would take a while to organize. In the meantime, perhaps President Bush can fly from the silly G-8 summit in St. Petersburg -- a summit that will most likely convey a message of moral confusion and political indecision-- to Jerusalem, the capital of a nation that stands with us, and is willing to fight with us, against our common enemies. This is our war, too. William Kristol is editor of The Weekly Standard. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/21/opinion/printable1824866.shtml

You can grow how strong you like, it doesn't matter, we are stronger, and will always be. We have a superior mindset compared to that of yours. When a girl in Europe gets raped We punish the rapist harshly. When a girls gets raped in Saudia Arabia, you punish the girl, and congratulate the rapist.

Well, there was that intended Palestinian State in 1948. That one would have been largely in territory that Israel seized for herself. Israel was one of the triumvirate of states that tried to unseat Nasser in 1956. Of course, the US was on the wrong side back then, so that came to nothing. Most of the habitable land in what was Jordan is now occupied by Israel. Israel definitely did a number on the nascent Palestinian state in 2001. Israel did state its intention to 'set back Lebanon twenty years' a year ago. They certainly tried, too. How successful they were, I don't know. Of course, all this pales next to Iran's record of international aggression. All her neighbors have felt the Persian hammer repeatedly. Not to mention, there's no comparing the nuclear threat Israel possesses to that of Iran.

"Israel is losing ground and faster than you think. The signs where there in 1973... were confirmed in 2005" And what signs would those be tripple (or should that be "tipple"?)

"Israel is not training terrorists to subvert its neighbors. It has not shipped weapons into a place like Iraq to kill thousands of innocent civilians covertly," Gates said. He is right! Israel just sends its OWN army and assassins. Gates: "It has not threatened to destroy any of its neighbors. It is not trying to destabilise the government of Lebanon." He is right again! Israel undertakes a major infrastructure development project every few years in neighboring areas. The last one in Lebanon was exemplary. Smaller projects are completed on a daily basis in the occupied territories. You see, Israel and U.S. do not THREATEN to destroy (WIPE OFF), for example, Lebanon and Iraq; the actually DO it!! I truly feel sorry for the Bush apologists and the Likud crowd. The setback caused by the NIE necessitates finding new excuses for launching a war against Iran at the expense of U.S. blood and treasure. How about this one? An Iranian scientist saw a cone-shaped object in his dream!!

He is responsible for murder and racism in Palestine. His words mean nothing. Besides, he is a Russian. What does he have to do with the Middle East. He should return to Russia,his homeland, not steal Palestinian land and expells them abroad.

It is surprising for a "professor" to be so shallow minded as to take the opinion of a single person (namely Johnny) and represent it to your students as the opinion of all Jews! This shows to me clearly that you have preconcieved anti-Jewish ideas and that you are simply using Johnny as an excuse to spread your hatred of the Jews. Shame on you!

If you ever were able to know your judaism right ,,, maybe arab would know their assalam better as you said .. Let me refresh your memo .. How many times you disapppointed Prophet Moses after G-d saving you from pharoa and other things .. I think you really need to know your religion first before asking from others to know theirs .

"Asked at the Manama Dialogue conference whether he thought Israel's nuclear program posed a threat to the region, Gates replied: "No, I do not." The statement was greeted by laughter from a room filled with government officials from Middle Eastern countries." Gates, by the way, is the man who confirmed Olmert's admission that Israel possessed nuclear weapons.

Very well said.

For you guys everything is arab land. Soon you will claim that Europe is arab land occupied by europeans. Israel rebirth was actually the end of arab occupation of that land. About Iran, you are conveniently forgetting that they are occupying another muslim land: Kurdistan. If you think Iran is not your ennemy, you are up to a big surprise.

how about this: iran submits, gives up all nuclear activities and ambitions to the satisfaction of the u.s. if not, we kill all the arabs...i'm sure allah (piss be upon him) will know the good from the bad, right?

Arabs are fool! They were trick and fooled by their self proclaimed profit of asslam named moomoo! That's all!! you study and research the "truth of asslam".

following By Nathan Sharansky. The values ascendant in today's Middle East are shaped by two forces: Islamic fundamentalism and Arab state authoritarianism. In the eyes of the former, any non-Muslim sovereign power in the region--for that matter, any secular Muslim power--is anathema. Particularly galling is Jewish sovereignty in an area delineated as dar al-Islam, the realm where Islam is destined to enjoy exclusive dominance. Such a violation cannot be compromised with; nothing will suffice but its extirpation. In the eyes of the secular Arab authoritarian regimes, the Jews of Israel are similarly an affront, but not so much on theological grounds as on account of the society they have built: free, productive, democratic, a living rebuke to the corrupt, autocratic regimes surrounding it. In short, the Jewish state is the ultimate freedom fighter--an embodiment of the subversive liberties that threaten Islamic civilization and autocratic Arab rule alike. It is for this reason that in the state-controlled Arab media as in the mosques, Jews have been turned into a symbol of all that is menacing in the democratic, materialist West as a whole, and are confidently reputed to be the insidious force manipulating the United States into a confrontation with Islam.

Shias against Sunnis. It just wont work, but that is for the future to show. One thing that can be certain though is that Gate is out, the day the democrats have regain the White House.

But it was funny, so why not?

Of the United States of America, Israel's bigget ally state that Israel is not a threat. I would presume those states who have no peace treaty, or even fail to recognise the existence of the State of Israel have a different point of view. Calls for Gulf States to unite against Iran are likely to back fire. They are looking very nervously at Iran agreed, but they are not going to antagonise Iran, it is not the Arab way.

From the USS LIberty, to countless occupations & land thefts, to violations of A) International law B) Human Rights Conventions C) UN Resolutions. Israel has proven itself to be very belligerent & untrustworthy.

Gates is pissing to the windward. No matter how much his boss wants to start another war, the Gulf States are not going to support it. http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2007/December/middleeast_December128.xml§ion=middleeast The intelligence agencies of the US made it VERY clear they will not be the fall guys for another unnecessary war promoted with blatant lies as they were made the fall guys for the Bush junta when their lies about Iraq were exposed. Nor will the Gulf States be patsies like they were before. Everyone in the region except curiously, Iraq, is concerned about Iran, but they are worried about the US and Israel.

You guys need to use the oil wealth to build your domestic military industry, build your strength, nuclear technology, etc. Always ignore Israel, never accept it, the Jews believe that they can force the people through the states to accept Israel, do not allow this. Do not grow complacent, by cunning and strong and unite the region under this one cause, the Israelis fear the Iranians because they fear their conviction (to get stronger) and strength of their faith and beliefs, notice that Egypt is not feared, which has neither.

I'm sorry, I did this only for educational purposes., but it was maybe too complicated. I was reading your statement #38 where you mention Hitler and millions of dead, and my only explanation is, that you believe the anti-Iran propaganda in the western mainstream media. Part of this propaganda effort is, that people are made to believe, that Iran wants to "wipe Israel from the map". This remark made huge headlines, Ahmadinedjad was compared with Hitler etc. but it was a complete mistranslation - like my deliberate misinterpretation of your statement, which I made, just to demonstrate the effect. I think, people should base their judgement on Iran - my grandfathers country - on truth, not on hyperbole. If you follow the link in my previous post, you will see, that Ahmadinedjad never said, Israel should be wiped of the map.

"Israel is a State that is built on the ruins of another State. " What nonesense! There was never a State on the territories where Israel is today since the destruction of the Secnd Temple by the Romans until the Israeli state was created by the UN in 1948. Until that time the tese terroritories were occupied by the Romans, the Ottomans and the British. There was no state! Go and learn your history!

need your help. You only bring misery to us. You have money and do not help us. You made my brother leave Saudi Arabia in 1991 and took all his money in the bank. You are thieves. We work for money. You sit at home and drink whisky and have harems and rape and murder our women who come to work in your country. Shame on you. You are not Moslems.

Since when have they been helpful? Since the inquisition and the crusades to now the occupation and support of Israel against Palestine....ignore them, listen only to the UMA.

Israel violated the air space of its neighbors (Lebanon and Syria) it bombs its neighbors and it uses force to expand its territory, much, much, more that Iran has EVER done. It is a shame that the Christian west in their final bid to liquidate its festering Jewish problem post ww2, chose to export it to another region.

Chip, your bias and ignorance are appaling. IDF stands for Israel DEFENSE Forces. Their job is to DEFEND the country and its citizens. If not for the IDF, the sub-human Arab beasts would murder, terrorize and destroy. When the terrorist slime, that YOU defend will be destroyed, the IDF will not need to take these actions. Every killing by the IDF is a result of Arab actions, be it rockets, bombs, etc. That somebody in Gaza is killed is untimately thanks to Hamas. Then again, they never cared about their people anyway. The Palestinians are just pawns. Get rid of Hamas and their murderous, uncompromising, racist ideology, and we'll be on the path to peace.

Could it be that there are many bad governments in power? Saudi Arabia has a monarchy that protects its power with oppression and repressive policies. Iran is a democracy that restricts the rights of its citizens. Israel is a colonizing force that brutalizes the Palestinians. The world is not easily divided into black and white...good and evil. The United States threatens the destruction of Iran, invades Iraq and then complains that Iran is destablizing the region. Israel is the country that did not sign the NPT and has warheads and missles. Gosh...why would Iran want them? Has the US and Israel supported terrorists within Iran? Yes, the MEK. Stop the hypocracy!

Gates said "Israel is not training terrorists to subvert its neighbors. It has not shipped weapons into a place like Iraq to kill thousands of innocent civilians covertly," Israel trains it's regular military forces and Settlers to subvert it's neighbor, Palestine. And it shoots it's own weapons into places like Lebanon, Gaza, and the West Bank to kill thousands of innocent civilians overtly. "It has not threatened to destroy any of its neighbors. It is not trying to destabilize the government of Lebanon." Israel has already destroyed the Palestinian state, before it has even had a chance to declare statehood. And Israel knows full well that their decision to continue overflights destablizes Lebanon, but Israel continues it anyways. Gates can't see the forest for the trees. He stares at a redwood and says, "look at this forest here". Then he looks at a Maple, and he says, "This isn't a redwood, there is no forest here". Israel IS a threat to the region.

I think Robert Gates will remain a power broker while you will always be limited to just reading an Israeli newspaper and ranting. Try to learn the distinction between aggression and response to aggression.

"How can people even start to compare such a figure with Hitler?" The president of Iran wants to wipe Israel off the map. And denies the Holocaust; so enough said.

and conclude it's a peaceful religion. The Quran is full of contradictions. Some passages are benign and others are absolutely hateful and instructive in death and destruction. It is a schizophrenic book, written/dictated by a person on hallucinegenic drugs.

Kindly could you please tell Gates Kiss my arse and if the Gulf nation should band to counter a country .. so this country it should be USA not Iran ... So stop the shit .. we are fed up from your lies and plots .. Go treat your mental cases in USA who shoot people randomly and then commit a suicide .. or seek who is really behind this repeated scenerio in your malls and schools instead of giving us headache .

and we will show you your real size. Your insolent tone shows that we must get strong because there is an animal state in our neighborhood that very much wants to humiliate us and destroy us. Tomorrow I will show your post to all my clasmates in the political science department. I will tell him how Jews think of Muslims.

Protestant bible? THe Apocriphy? The Hebrew Tanach? You there are many bibles? Besides, where in the Bible God promises "Jews" to have Palestine as an inheritance. The Bible promises the descendants of Abraham...(not the Jews who are mostly Europeans) and have nothing to with the Semitic people.

You Zionists don't even know who your REAL enemies are. Read this and learn: http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=7643 The American people are finally awakening out of their stupor. RUN FOR THE BOMB SHELTERS!

The Western concept of dualism isn't working. These countries are neighbors in a seamless web. Lets just try to help them get along. What better place to eradicate the clash of civilizations than the melting pot of Israel/Palistine? Will it be us/them or could it be just everyone sharing this land!

Bob, I never wrote that "Iran should be wiped off from the face of the Earth"! G-D forbid! Why do you put words into my mouth? Why do you lie? As for Islam; as I've learned from the Qu'ran, indeed Islam is a religion of violence: just last week the world got a tangible demonstration of this as a 19-year old Saudi girl, who was raped by seven(7) men, was condemned to six months in prison and 200 slashes in a public market place! Islam to us is too difficult to understand, since it defies reason and compassion. Only the other day a man, who had been living in Lebanon some time on business-affairs, told me that he saw a child being punished there by stopping his hands into boiling water! It left permanent scars in his hands and big scars in his psyche! What about the Kurds, whom the Moslems in Iran, Turkey, Iraq have been persecuting and killing for hundreds of years? WHY is it so difficult for you to give them a state of their own? Remove the beam from your own eyes!

"I believe that the Bible is the supreme authority by which humans should live." And I believe, that God is the supreme authority and the Bible is primarily not a book about worldly stuff like land and possession. And therefore the most important laws are not: worship the Bible or worship the 21st century state of Israel, or worship the mighty USAF, but: Love God. and Love your neighbour. This is also expressed by the prophet Isaiah, Isaiah 11. He describes different animals, living in harmony, but united in "submission to the Lord?s sovereignty". These are the people who are allowed to live in the holy land. It is the modern-day Zionists, who are concerned about differences, ethnicity, race and faith system. But God rejects such selfish and tribalist thoughts.

It is an accurate description of the Arab countries and their leadership!!

So you want to wipe Iran from the face of the earth once and for all in a huge Holocaust!?! you want to annihilate all Iranians!? No, this would be a mistranslation. But Iran wants to wipe Israel from the map?! No this was a mistranslation too: http://www.mohammadmossadegh.com/news/rumor-of-the-century/ Islam is not some kind of a bizarre death cult, it is a very old religion and even if you take it in the most fundamental form, by literal reading, it says explicitly, that all the people of the book, Jews Christians and Muslims should live in harmony. (see Qur'an, Sura 2:62) It does not say however, that severe oppression and persecution should be tolerated and it allows defensive wars, but even here there are restrictions and if the other side stops their attacks, Muslims should also stop their attacks. And for this reason Iran is in favour of a one state solution.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKMK5hbJ6i8

"The Gulf State leaders are effete, weak, pampered, gutless, unelected, corrupt nobodies, not fit to stand up to anyone." I see. Kind of like the mullahs in Iran and the Assad regime?

Israel and USA love to call the Arabian Gulf the Persian Gulf. Secondly, Iran should be strong and the Arabian Gulf States should not cooperate with America and Israel to destroy Iran. Arabian Gulf shoud work to make Israel an ordianry state not a regional power. Arab Gulf States are evil. Iran is better than them all. Corrupt oil sheikhs.

if Iran is not a threat as not developing nukes?

would be to have Mr.Ahmadenijehad and Iran's mullahs removed from power through intl.pressure due to the menace they constitute to world peace. Mr.Ahmadenijehad's speeches alone suffice to sue him and prosecute him on the basis of intimidation to destroy a sovereign state, Israel, and threaten the Western world with a religious war. Sanctions affect only the Iranian people, who too are suffering under the Islamic rule. To have the Iranian religious regime removed would also liberate the Iranian people from their 28 year old yoke and pave way to democracy, which the Iranian people are desperate for.

... See the fruits of Israel in its very short existence and Iran... Israel is occupying Palestinian, Syrian and Lebanese lands, Iran is occupying no one!.. so, it will be naive for Arabs to give their ears to America.

... the best form of defence is to be prepared to defend itself and get ready for any attack. Arab countries can't put their security and safety in hands of America or anyone else. They must take their affairs into their hands. Simple

To any Arab nationalist , Iran is not a threat. The regimes in the area , Israel and the USA are the only ones who view IRAN as a threat. IRAN's interest collides with the aforementionned interests , but IRAN is not a threat to anyone. As a matter of fact , the US and Israel are the two occupiers of Arab land . The Gulf regimes certainly do not work for the interest of their people but for the interest of their masters ....

If you don't believe in the Bible, then I can't argue with you. I believe that the Bible is the supreme authority by which humans should live. Israel has the right to exist on all jewish lands, including gaza and west bank.

in Lebanon last year(dropping 4 million clusters!),the war criminal sharon's collusion with Gemayel & the phalangists at Shatilla&Sabra& its long standing attempts to destablize Lebanon.And what about the slow genocide of Palestinians,after the ethnic cleansing in 1948! israel is the terrorist of the ME,aided and abetted by you!

Janet, I am an evangelical christian, although my name doesn't really convey that. I believe in the supreme authority of the Scriptures, and therefore, also believes that Israel has the right to exist on all the lands, including gaza and the west bank. I understand when you call the latest NIE report full of lies because you don't like Bush, but as far as I'm concerned, pres. Bush is one of the greatest presidents in American history. Iran does constitue a threat to the Middle East, let alone destabilizing Lebanon through Hezbolla, and pres. Bush is the right person to handle it.

When Sec. Gates indicated the following when confronted by double with the nuclear issue: "It (meaning Israel) has not threatened to destroy any of its neighbors." This response was met by laughter from the audience. Mr Gates stop lying to yourself.. The Arabs and Muslims, are not fools; their leaders, however, want to stay in power at any cost.

is that Iran is a religious fundamentalist state convinced of her religious cause, which she thinks, gives her every right to destroy Israel and after Israel, the Western world, as Mr.Ahmadenijehad in his UN-speech let us know. IF Iran was a modern, rational, democratic state, her nuclear programme hardly made the the western world rock. Since Israel has a right to exist, since the Westerners have a right to their life-styles and democracy AND we do not want these destroyed from us, naturally the West wants to control Iran's enrichment of uranium. Iran's nuclear plants coupled with Mr.Ahmadenijehad's menacing threats to the Israeli and Westerners' lives and existence cannot be taken lightly. Iran and all those, who support the second rise of facism that pursues for world dominion through violence and submission of free people of the free world under its rule, must know that Iran's plans will be opposed. Hitler had 55 million killed, Ahmadenijehad may have 100 million!

All I see is Israel occupying Arab land... I don't see Iran doing this. So, who is the enemy and the threat?

YOUR Israel is losing ground and faster than you think. The signs where there in 1973... were confirmed in 2005... and will be decisive in may be 5 years time! Get the message!

You can like or not but Iran is a democratic country, and all other countries in the gulf are ruled by dictators invented by the english queen. US fight for democracy in the world, is it? so, for coherence, US have to invade Saudi Arabia and all the bull shit countries around that oppress his people.

Today's Israel is the World's number one destablizing factor. Gates who?? Was he looking for a consulting contract before he is thrown out of office?

the Moses made bible is written by God? The Bible is the written account of the human experience with God. Many parts of the Bible are oral tradition that was written down. Most people were illiterate and relied much more on their memories to pass on traditions and stories. Oral tradition was the norm long before writing and reading was popular.

Most boring, most brain washed, most shallowed opinion. Israel is a peace loving nation??? Bull crap. Israel is a State that is built on the ruins of another State. It's army qualifies to be ruthless and a terrorist organization.

Small time hustlers Gates and Condi Hard to believe these two shills can still get an audience anywhere with their beat-a-dead-horse schtick on Iran. Oh, btw, if anyone still remembers, how's the progress on Annapolis?

Johnny, Saudi Arabian is correct. Israel is the number one enemy of the US as well. It risks our national and international security thriugh the grip of it's lobby over our Nation's law makers. I am not implying the poor Israeli people here, who are just like other people, are in no win situation. Ba Ba

Why does the USA talk about Israeli Terrorism, but never about Iran?

The USA Funds Israel's Terrorism. Israel commits terrorism onto those they occupy.

Khaled, I will understand if a Westerner falls for the Israeli and NeoCon agenda. But an Arab? and a Moslem too? That is an absolute shame. Not saying that the Iranians are saints? The Israeli IDF, the death and terror machine, are not any better. Have seen and heard ther latest about our own National Intelligence Estimate? More lies by Bush and Cheney, and also Israel's intelligence community. Cheers baby.

For: -Having WMD's -Occupation -Land Theft -Water Theft -Restrictions of movements -Summary KIllings -Using HUman Shields -Collective PUnishment -Torture -Etc... Israel is a brutal country with no respect for human rights

The US invasion of Iran just isn't happening is it? Still, even if he's never going to make it as a warlord, Gates could have a bright future as a stand-up comic. 'Israel hasn't sought to destabilise Lebanon'. I bet that got quite a few belly laughs as well, considering Israel spent much of the time between 1980 and 2000 doing precisely that, and spent the summer before last trying to flatten much of it.

Israel is a friend, a country belonging to the free world, and the jews are our Lord's chosen people. Israel doesn't occupy foreign land, this is jewish land, even gaza and west bank. I invite you to read the Bible, and you will discover this fact. Also, Israel needs nuclear weapons to protect itself from its ruthless and savage neighbors. Israel is a peace-loving nation, but never associate kindness with weakness. Long Live Israel and Long Live our King of Kings, our one and only Savior Jesus christ, to Him be the glory always, Amen.

Thankyou/Thankyou/Thankyou!

Gulf nations must band together to counter Usrael and Israstan.

Iran is a far more peaceful nation than Israel. Israel has much more blood on it's hands. I've heard too many Israelis talk about nuking themselves too. Suicidal bombers style.

Your words are direct product of short-sighted Gates rhetoric Calling Gulf States to stick together against Iran after they are already banded in anti Israeli politics is irresponsible. One should avoid warmongering and recognize that Israel is not the reason for Iranian nuclear program nor it is unsolved Palestinian issue. USA and crashing of Iraq and wars in Afghanistan is the only one reason for Iranian militarism. Iran could and can hit Israel with ballistic missiles. 10 such and Israel is dust together with Jews and Arabs living on that small area. Neither isolate Iran nor Israel. Avoid any violence up to last.

...are effete, weak, pampered, gutless, unelected, corrupt nobodies, not fit to stand up to anyone... You are absolutely right. That's why the US like them very much. These hostilities of the US and Israel against Iran is already too much, what do these people want from Iran? This isn't right.

You and your friends will be forced down on your knees with force. You will be humiliated at our liking. For the purpose of showing who is in control. Saudia Arabian - you are already humiliated by Israel, actually alll 20-30 of you muslim countries are. All you together are unable to win, you are weak and descpicable.

...its past nuclear ambitions and openly vow to not develop such weapons in the future, U.S... Still trying to do a damage control upon those surprising intelligence reports on Iran's nuclear program, mister secretary? To expect Gulf NATIONS to demand Iran to do such thing would be too much. It isn't going to happen, because they don't have enough deterrence power to do that.

Now what about terrorism? Iran supports terrorism !!! Who's a terrorist? The Lebanese army doesn't seem to be terrorists, because they offered the IDF some tea, when Israel invaded Lebanon recently. Defending or liberating one's homeland seems to be terrorism, because that's, what Hezbollah usually does. Sometimes they act in a more aggressive way, but so does the IDF. And this is it, what "Iran supports terrorism" usually means. Iran is a Shia country and they help the Shia-Muslims in southern Lebanon to survive. If not for Hezbollah, southern Lebanon would be part of Greater Israel. Some Christian Zionists believe, that Greater Israel is a great idea, because they believe, that it will trigger Armageddon and Christs second coming.

Isn't it strange, that a US defense secretary compares Iran to highly aggressive and militaristic countries like Nazi Germany and imperial Japan, when according to wikipedia: In 2005, Iran's military spending represented 3.3% of the GDP or $91 per capita, the lowest figure of the Persian Gulf nations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran#Military Isn't it strange, that we make so much out of the speeches, of a populist Iranian "president", who does not seem to have much power. According to the Iranian constitution he has no power over the armed forces, he has no power to declare war. Actually he had not even the power to allow Iranian women, to watch soccer games in public. How can people even start to compare such a figure with Hitler?

Isn't it strange, that Iran is accused, to be the main force behind the chaos in Iraq? There are 25,000 suspected militants in US custody in Iraq, just 11 were Iranian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2215380,00.html And isn't it strange, that the US has once again to pressure so hard for evidence: Brose, 30, who extracts information from detainees in Iraq, said: 'They push a lot for us to establish a link with Iran. They have pre-categories for us to go through, and by the sheer volume of categories there's clearly a lot more for Iran than there is for other stuff. Of all the recent requests I've had, I'd say 60 to 70 per cent are about Iran. 'It feels a lot like, if you get something and Iran's not involved, it's a let down.' He added: 'I've had people say to me, "They're really pushing the Iran thing. It's like, shit, you know." ' http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2209036,00.html

if not so , then graig, you really are an uninformed poor soul, ask yourself a few questions, do the iranians threaten anyone else in the region apart from the occupier israel, and, the only other country that threatens them, being america? so what makes you 100% sure, they are gonna take over the whole middle east and the world? and another thing, does god give america and israel and a handfull of other countries the right to say who can have any nuke power at all? lets say i said " you can't have a car" what would you say?.

they haven't done nor threatened us in any way, typical america government crap, trying to turn arabs against arabs and trying to keep contorl of the oil flow,and trying to get as much of the world into a fight, gates and the american governmet scared of suai arabia removing the american dollar off the barrels of oil, can you imagine the devastation to the american dollar?

When was the revolution 1979? The Gulf states have really confronted Iran since then haven't they? What has changed to make the Gulf States confront Iran? The destruction of Iraq by the USofA, UK and Australia amongst others, has merely ensured that Iran halted it's nuclear weapons programme. It is not going to send love and democracy throughout the nations in the region. Sometimes I think there was a typo when the planning for this war happened. Either that or Bush thought Iraq was Iran.

Iran is a terror-sponsor state, constantly destabilizing the Middle East region, especially in Iraq and Lebanon through Hezbolla. Pres. Bush is the only person who has enough courage to strike Iran's nuclear facilities, and if he doesn't, one day the world will be awaken to a nuclear-power, nuclear-weapon Iran. The apocalyptic leaders of Iran should understand that their vision of kill and hate will not stand.

Sec. Gates sir, I am afraid that all your talk is not getting through to the princes and kings of lala land. These dudes, talk and act like they are, bedazzled by their riches and harems they only understand one word; money!

Good stuff, clickfool, so let's leave them to suffer under an unspeakable, totalitarian Shi'ite ideology that they may not wish to endure. Great solution. No doubt there are thousands upon thousands of Gulf State citizens cheering your vote of support. If only you were required to espouse this opinion to them in person. I'd but tix to watch that gig for sure.

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By Jean de La Fontaine A lamb was quenching its thirst In the water of a pure stream. A fasting wolf came by, looking for something; He was attracted by hunger to this place. ?What makes you so bold as to meddle with my drinking? Said this animal, very angry. You will be punished for your boldness. ?Sir, answered the lamb, let Your Majesty Not put himself into a rage; But rather, let him consider That I am taking a drink of water In the stream More than twenty steps below him; And that, consequently, in no way, Am I troubling his supply.

The country that occupies Muslim land, and starves and murders Muslim children is called Israel, not Iran. Besides, the counry that possesses 300 nuclear heads is called Israel, not Iran. Iran is our brother and neighbor. Israel is the hateful, strategic and historical enemy. Finally, The Gulf states are not willing to submit to the American will, which is controlled by AIPAC and the Jewish lobby.

They have been handed all that is good in life on a silver platter. They had the most powerful nation on earth extend its protection to them. How did they repay this nation? They have been exporting their terror throughout the world. They thought they could do so in all impunity. They thought they could subjugate the infidel. They thought that they could gang up on the only non-Muslim, non-Arab state in the region and attempt to demolish her. Now it is their turn to be scared.

Right. But they have THE money. And the oil. Now, what do you suggest? To send their Sunni clerics to the Ayatollahs and offer to switch to Shiism?

"Gates exhorted leaders from the Gulf to band together to force Iran to stop its uranium enrichment program and to help the fragile Iraqi government." What happened when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait? Those brave members of the Kuwaiti and Saudi Arabian Royal families got in their plush private jets and skedaddled as fast as they could to their vast estates in Switzerland. The Gulf State leaders are effete, weak, pampered, gutless, unelected, corrupt nobodies, not fit to stand up to anyone.