[subego]

Originally Posted by Ehud Olmert

I believe that the world and us know how to deal with the present threat, but, please, we need to stop instilling fear of an existential threat just to grab more headlines … There is no need to make the threat worse than it is.

Wise words, a diplomatic feint before an attack, or is this some sort of ploy to delay his inevitable ouster?

[Zarqawi's Eye]

Doesn't matter.

Any new leader will share his beliefs because the hardline Israeli viewpoint is necessary in the messed up world of Islamic fascists. Only when Israel exercises its divine right to obliterate the apostate Iranian nuclear program will the region regain its balance.

[subego]

Originally Posted by Zarqawi's Eye 

Doesn't matter.

Any new leader will share his beliefs because the hardline Israeli viewpoint is necessary in the messed up world of Islamic fascists. Only when Israel exercises its divine right to obliterate the apostate Iranian nuclear program will the region regain its balance.

Uhh... isn't he getting flack from the hardliners?

[Kerrigan]

I didn't know Ehud posted here..[/joke]

I wonder what Sunnis would think of this. I mean, Sunnis dread a nuclear Iran even more than the West.

[subego]

Originally Posted by Kerrigan 

I didn't know Ehud posted here..[/joke]

Nobody say anything bad about him, no personal attacks on members.











Kerrigan's a weenie.

[Kerrigan]

Hey, I never said it was a good joke.

[subego]

Well, mine tweren't all that great shakes either.

Originally Posted by Kerrigan 

I wonder what Sunnis would think of this. I mean, Sunnis dread a nuclear Iran even more than the West.

I think this is partially dependent on which of the above things are motivating Olmert. I would guess it's probably a mixture of the three.

If the Israelis can agree on one thing it's that they will not tolerate a nuclear Iran, but there are obviously widely differing opinions on how not to tolerate it.

Pat Buchannan (who whatever you think of his politics tends to give really good analysis) seems to think the Israelis are pressuring the US to do something about it, and Olmert wants to keep the (American) press from screwing the pooch by making the public all jittery.

[vmarks]

Pat Buchanan refers to the US Congress as "israeli occupied territory."

So let's take his analysis with some skepticism.

[subego]

How's about the rest of it then?

Re: Olmert and his motivations.