Israeli official calls Iran "dangerous ticking bomb"

[babylonsister]

Israeli official calls Iran "dangerous ticking bomb"

by Aamer Madhani


Israel’s ambassador to the United States said today that Iran was becoming a “very, very dangerous ticking bomb” and urged the world to take a more active role in forcing Iran to give up its uranium-enrichment program.

A National Intelligence Estimate issued by U.S. agencies in December concluded that Iran suspended its nuclear arms program in 2003, but the Bush administration has stressed that the report confirms that Iran had a program and continued desire to build nuclear weapons.

Sallai Meridor, Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., echoed the Bush administration call that Iran remains a serious threat, but he also upped the ante in making a comparison to the international community’s slowness to head off Adolph Hitler in the 1930s.

“The writing is on the wall like in the ‘30s,” Meridor told defense reporters in Washington. “It’s not hidden, it’s stated. Everybody who doesn’t close his eyes can see it. Everybody that is not deaf can hear it. The world should act and act now and not repeat the terrible mistakes that it made in the past.”

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[marmar]

1. Oh good grief.....We've got enough warmongers in our own government....

We don't need visiting ones!

[aquart]

2. As is every nation in the Middle East.

They do not work and play well with others. Nuke 'em all, I say.

[The Stranger]

4. "Nuke 'em all"?

What the fuck?

[Crunchy Frog]

9. Israel as well, I take it?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. Everybody who opposes Israel is considered a ticking time bomb.

Nasser, Arafat, Ahmadinijad, Mandela, etc, etc, etc, ad nauseum.

[babylonsister]

5. I just wonder who orchestrated this dialogue. I imagine Israel had help. nt

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. Needless to say.

I just watched a BBC series on the collusion of Britain, France, and Israel to start the Suez Crisis to overthrow Nasser. It's almost eerie how the same tactics are being used in Iran and were used in Iraq,

They failed in Egypt because the Soviet Union threatened them and the Eisenhower refused to go along or loan them money.

The good news out of that mess was that Britain ceased to be a "superpower".

[scarletwoman]

7. Someone please tell Meridor to STFU. For gawdsakes, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. had hundreds of nukes

pointed at each other for over 40 years, but we somehow managed to work things out and not bomb the shit out each other.

This is just unhinged hysteria that needs to be slapped down once and for all.

sw

[sendero]

8. Guess what...

.... we've done enough of your dirty work. You want to start a war with Iran, go ahead. Jackass.

[leftchick]

10. How many nukes does Israel have?

Pot, Kettle..... not so black, as Iran has ZERO NUKES! fucking warmongers.

[jmondine]

11. Correction... turns out it was actually T.Town ambassador W.E. Coyote

Who went on to say that Syria is a big red stick of TNT with a lit fuse, and North Korea is a piano falling out of an open window.

[HuffleClaw]

12. 'like in the 30s' ??

the iranians are hardly even remotely comparable to the nazis.