IDF Chief of Staff: All options on Iran should remain open

because of cowardice!!!.Saddam was fearing much more Israel alone than both US and britain.Today it is the same problem Iran has som much fear of Israel than both US and British Israel is th only real military competent power in the world!!! The israeli strike on Iran will ridiculous the massive incomptent american military power through the world.After that you will rogue countries to defy US trough the world

OK, so Israel should continue to provide health, comfort, housing, electricity, a means of living, etc while Hamas lobs rockets across the southern border, abducts israeli soldiers and plots Israel's demise, correct?

Arabs. They fought for Moslems in the former Yugoslavia. They have NEVER fought for Israel.Care to provide your evidence,repeat evidence,that the US/UK etc invaded on behalf of Israel? You do know what evidence means? Impressed you haver never heard of Major Hassan or other Moslems that have murdered their US comrades in arms.

Int came from multiple sources,the claim that Saddam was buying uranium in fact was attributed to Italian intelligence. Please provide copies of intelligence reports that back your claim.

The mighty Iranian Revolutionary Guards with the funny caps for all their boisterous bravado have not sent even one commando team with their proud home-made weapons across Israel's borders to humble the infidel Zionists and erase them from the pages of history for all their alleged violations against the Palestinians because the IDF would make kebab out of their backsides and the self-appointed Caliphate Corps would be humbled instead. You have no clue how much the Persians despise the lower class Arabs but they'll use them as proxy toilet paper to further their designs on the middle east and beyond. Yes, Iran has produced and positioned thousands of rockets and weapons at home and abroad aimed at Israel and is ready to give the command for unleashing them in waves and large parts of Israeli cities and infrastructure are still vulnerable to their attack even with some of the countermeasures in place. But Israel's pre-emptive measures and subsequent strikes will prevail against all.

Yishai & Netanyahu have demonstrated Israeli credibility. The US will deal as we will with Iran. Israel has ZERO Credibility. Why do you think the Russians and Chinese have said no. They don't believe your intel one whit. And who knows how much is made up from whole cloth?

The entire Israeli government now has the credibility of Richard (I am not a crook) Nixon. Nothing they say can be believed. The Yishai lie was so transparent and Netanyahu saying he didn't know what was happening is just not credible either. They should let him talk strategy with somebody, a Second Lieutenant, maybe, just back from Afghanistan and then send him home.

those who think that iran is a threat only to israel need to enter the real world. secretary of defence robert gates is on an unscheduled visit to saudi arabia regarding the iran issue.

"The destruction of Iranian oil wells will put a swift end to the Iranian regime, which depends on its oil exports for its very existence. The world can live with higher oil prices" Have you decided that, Yonatan ?

there is no question but that israel must be prepared for the worst under all circumstances.

military srike against iran would be disasterous to israel . iran manufactured huge arsenal of long range missiles . in any coming war with iran , iran,s revoulutionary guards will fire not less than 400 salvos of long range missiles at industrial,military,and economic centers in israel focusing on north and west where density of such targets exist .who knows how many salvos would follow in later days and nights .new players will enter stage and harass israel to scatter idf and confuse it .new arms will be used by iran and allies . israel should work extra hard to achieve peace and spare its citizens anguish and bloodshed .

"What then should Israel do next time a barrage of rockets fly overhead?" What should Gaza do, living as it does under Israeli seige for months and months?

so stop smoking the naughty stuff and be realistic, in a clash with Hezzbollah and Syria Israel will respond much harsher Egypt and Jordan will not mobilise after anulling a peace treaty, Iran joining the party is the perfect reason to attack it similtanously. BTW: Israel stated clearly it has no intention of any attack on its Northern neighbours unless they themselves attack Israel first, Iran joining in would invite trouble for themselves as Israel certainly wont be the agressor in such a scenairo. get a grip with reality.

Infact Ariel Sharon simply told them its a bad idea to attack Iraq, and he even stated if Iraq attacks Israel Israel would retaliate, The IDF alone would make mincemeat out of Saddams Iraqi military. BTW I can recall Israel saying a more serious threat is Iran, but Israel gets blamed for USA and co playing cowboys and Indians in Iraq??? AM I MISSING SOMETHING?

and you would faint to the ground and go into epileptic-like convulsions if you were to just glimpse at the deterrent arsenal Israel has at its disposal for those actually trying to execute a plan of annihilation against her. The IDF is a defense force that will occasionally appear to go on the offensive and in the case of the bully Iran which has been pushing Israel around with proxies for decades to bloody it, little David is about to rightfully and in defense, turn around and crack the sponsor Goliath squarely in his Busher-profile nose. You don't have a clue what Israel was prepared to immediately do to Iraq when Saddam's scuds hit Tel-Aviv years back. Time to crawl out of your cradle and grow up to be the man you claim you are!

if military strike is one of the options , then israel hates peace and is working towards against with millions of people .idf chief should balance his statements and speak common sense instead of threats if he cares about israel and it,s citizens .

# 23 Q Knee jerks. When London was blitzed day after day month after month,the majority of the population stayed on. The government plan,though, was to evacuate the children & women who were not needed for the war effort. But you Mr. Q seem to think it's just the right thing to do even though not a single shot was fired. Although you didn't say it was you,only your neighbour. It shows where your sympathies lie.

OK, rocket scientist. What then should Israel do next time a barrage of rockets fly overhead? And, let me get this straight - you do not buy the Iran-supports-Hezbollah thing, do you?

Nice summary. I suppose you were in the room when this was discussed. Unless of course, you are privy to all the classified reports. Just like all of these know-it-alls.......

The one with the greatest armaments is the greatest threat. We go to bed at night never knowing if Bibi and his war minister have gotten us into another war. We are sick of it. Want to know something? Many say that if you don't like it, leave! Guess what? Many are just doing that. After I came back to my apartment last week after a 3 day business trip, I was informed that the other apartment on my floor was empty and available. They sold everything and moved out of Israel with their entire family. People vote by their actions and who knows who is going next?

the tens of millions of dollars in non-petroleum exports Iran has each year. the reaction from environmentalists to such an action. the number of non-NATO countries with the ability to fairly quickly rebuild the Iranian oil infrastructure. and the likely embargo by OPEC of exports to any country that did not take steps to punish those responsible for such an act (Saddam had attacked two OPEC members, and the US didn't go after the oil wells, so that wasn't a precedent)

nobody believes that they are talking about genocide. How long do you think the PR is going to hold up? (I'll give you a hint, the only ones who believe it now are those who want to, and even there some slippage is showing)

and the US (and maybe Britain and France) would have to decide if protecting Israel from the world's reaction for a week would be worth seeing the end of their special powers at the UN. The other likely outcome will be the end of Iran basically staying at home. Imagine how the balance of power equations would work out if there was an Iranian military base in Lebanon, complete with air defence systems, fighter aircraft, and maybe a stockpile of guided missiles, anti-armour weapons, and anti-drone missiles, all available to the Lebanese armed forces (both branches) should they feel the need to use them?

hallucinating! Whatever you've been smoking, I want some. Some people used to call your wet dreams "shock-and-awe", and we know what happened to those people. They are all war criminals and disgraced.

Recent wars have been contained military clashes in open field and airspace. Major population centres have been spared with exception of Beirut. That is due to change through massive stockpiling of missiles in the north. Consider the following scenario. An incident on the Lebanese border initiates a limited retaliation by Israel. Hezbollah escalates and hits back forcing Israel to retaliate with more force. Further escalation leads to missiles on IAF airfields, Tel Aviv and Ben Gurion Airport. Israeli reaction gets Syria involved that attacks Dimona nuclear facility. Settlers out of control blow up Al Aksa and the Dome of the Rock. Jordan and Egypt annul peace accord and mobilise. Iran attacks Israel, US attacks Iran, China starts shooting down US military satellites and paralyses operations by cyber attack. The world witnesses the second hostile nuclear event, etc. etc. Everyone looses, very similar to Europe 1914 but with more fire power. Does anyone think this madness can be stopped?

"Fortunately for them some prefer not to hear. They arm Israels enemies in the proxy war they fight with Israel. Israel did not chose this conflict the Mullahs did." I know your post wasn't addressed to me but Jennifer might be busy.What proxy war? Hezbollah strives to protect Lebanon as the Leb army does nothing. There is no proxy war. If Israel stays on their side of the border there will NEVER be a war.

Last time Israel convinced the US and Britain to go to war was in Iraq. It certainly wasn't for Britain or the US as Saddam was no threat to either countries. Second question- never to my knowledge third question, I don"t know. Consider yourself reminded!

Simple answer. Israel provided the intelligence which stated that Saddam Hussein was in the process of producing weapons of mass destruction to give to Al Qaeda. Obviously this intelligence had nothing to do with the fact that Saddam Hussein was sponsoring young Palestinians to strap explosives to themselves to the tune of $25,000, a house and a car a pop, thus ensuring their families future.. Which Israel could do nothing about. So the Iraq intelligence was dreamed up, to provide the atmosphere in the United States to facilitate an atmosphere conducive to an attack on Iraq. I hope that answers your question, whether you choose to believe it is of course completely up to you. Which is why the United States isn't buying further Israeli lies vis a vis Iran.

Iran is being placed on the back burner. Askhenazi is desperately trying to put the issue of Iran on the front burner even though it is acknowledged that Palnet Earth is not going to and is in no position to fight another war on hbehalf of Israe. Which is shown by the fact that Israel is recieving aid to enable it to have a second strike capability to counter Iran achieving parity. Iran is going nuclear get used to it.

U.S. is helping Israel to fight it's war exactly the same as U.S helped Gerogia against Russia, get it?

When was the last time Israel asked US soldiers to fight for them? As a REAL AMERICAN you may also tell us how many times the US went to war for Moslems and how many US Soldiers have been killed by Muslim Amercan soldiers

Israels destruction.

Fortunately for them some prefer not to hear. They arm Israels enemies in the proxy war they fight with Israel. Israel did not chose this conflict the Mullahs did.

Y: "The world can live with higher oil prices." Perhaps Israel might like to do the right thing and actually ask the world wether they are quite so sanguine about that prospect. Because YOU don't actually speak for "the world", nor do you necessarily know what's best for them. After all, at best you can only claim to represent about 6 million of them...... Might not it be a good idea to ask THEM for THEIR opinion before you "decide" to rush in?

A twinkle in Israel's eye.

Actually believing Iran when it says it is not seeking nuclear weapons. Stop threatening it with death, destruction and ever tougher sanctions. Speak to Iran the way you would like it to speak to you - you may find that they respond better.

MoL: "And the US should treat Israelis visiting the US as Israel treats Palestinian Americans." No, it should treat visiting Israeli officials in the same manner that Israel treats visiting USA Vice Presidents. Let's see... Biden came to Israel to talk up the peace talks, and then Israel knee-capped him with that "1,600 new apartments"... So I would suggest that the appropriate treatment for Ashkenazi would be to announce that the USA was stripping a cool $1Billion from its military aid package. THEN roll out the Red Carpet for him to chew on. After all, fair's fair....

As the vice-chancellor Silvan Shalom proposes to blacklist 300 membres of the Revolutionary Guard of Iran, the UN should also create a black list of the 300 Israeli politicians who either are responsible for maintaining the settlements or for maintaining Israel's nuclear plants.

Except the option to attack Iran! Israel is not about to attack. It is all bravado! Nothing can stop the 1000's of Iranian missles from devastating the Israeli homeland. Stick to armies you have a chance of defeating like Lebanon, Syria and Hamas. Don't expect My country to help save you as we will ONLY go to war if it is in OUR interest. After the elections AIPAC will be dealing with a new congress that hasn't been comprimised. Every incumbant will be defeated. You can also expect the welfare payments to be GREATLY deminished. The free ride is over.

Don't make such grandiose plans. The destruction of Iranian oil wells will put a swift end to the Iranian regime, which depends on its oil exports for its very existence. The world can live with higher oil prices. Remember when oild cost $150 a barrel?

What they fear most is a direct strike on their motherland that would disintegrate before their very eyes their proud nuclear setting and crown Caliphate jewels that they've been crafting and buffing to perfection and self-sufficiency for almost 30 years for the world to behold and admire. It would take many years to rebuild and that's without any subsequent strikes on their facilities. The colossal national shock of the strike and their expensive losses would be a hundred times the stunned impact that eye witnesses experienced back in June 7, 1981 when seeing waves of unknown warplanes coming in overhead for their bombing runs with ground-penetrating ordnance that reduced Saddam's phallic symbol to floating dust in mere minutes. Iran is doing all it can to huff up its proxies along Israel's borders to deter the IDF.

Send him home. He just wants the US to go to war for his paranoia. The US should act in its own interest, protect Israel when it is in our own interest. But the current Israeli government is worthless and should be totally ignored on every issue, from A to Z. And the US should treat Israelis visiting the US as Israel treats Palestinian Americans.