Israel is considering, how to attack Tehran’s nuclear facilities. Maybe only two small attacks vs. some nuclear plants. But the question is: How would Iran react THEN? Maybe the whole Arabian world? Of course I think it’s better, to stay calm and make diplomatic negotiations instead of involving military. Not good: the German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently delivered a high tech submarine (ready for nuclear rockets) to Israel. A bad sign in times of tension. The German Nobel literature laureate Günter Grass wrote a poem titled “It Must Be Said” criticizing Israel’s plans vs. Iran. Now most of the German newspapers and talk-show guests are criticizing Günter Grass as “anti-semitic”. I think, though Iran made some very cruel statements vs. Israel: it should be allowed, to criticize escalation in this region.
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discussion in magazines:
http://globalspin.blogs.time.com/2012/04/11/the-gunter-grass-debacle-blowback-from-anti-israel-poem-envelopes-both-sides/?xid=newsletter-europe-weekly
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http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,826120,00.html
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http://www.ufppc.org/us-a-world-news-mainmenu-35/10952-commentary-der-spiegel-commentator-defends-grasss-poem.html
Günter Grass (Photo credit: Sebastian Niedlich (Grabthar))
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All in the hands of the politicians
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yes, we can’t change anything … – or?
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Maybe it is the people that should be waging war on those warmonger politicians. We could start by tossing them out of office.
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not that easy
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Wish we could!
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orples, “we could start by tossing them out of office…” – wish we could (thanks Madhu); but maybe to spread alternate opinions is not without any effect.
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I don’t think Iran is the major threat everyone makes them out to be. But our Governments and their bankers like to keep the war drums beating. It is beyond me, why America, Germany, or anyone else needs to run to Israels aid in dealing with Iran (if they are indeed a threat, to begin with). Israel has something like 300 nuclear bombs themselves, already. I doubt Iran is insane enough to attack them, given those odds. Not to mention, Israel has already said that they can handle their own problems. The world would probably be a whole lot more peaceful, if the individual Nations would mind their own business, and of course, if there wasn’t so much money to be made in the continual supply of arms to both sides of these ludicrous wars.
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You hit the nail on the head!
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orples = Marcy King, indeed, she hit the nail on the head: “…Israel has already said that they can handle their own problems. The world would probably be a whole lot more peaceful, if the individual Nations would mind their own business, and of course, if there wasn’t so much money to be made in the continual supply of arms to both sides of these ludicrous wars…”
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The end of the world is nigh.
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Why can’t we all just get along? Life is too short to waste in wars and disagreements. We should strive for peace on this earth!
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And we are not even out of Afghanistan yet and only just limping out of Iraq!
You might all be interested in this from last week’s NYTimes detailing the friendship b/w Mitt Romney and Israel’s Netanyahu . . . .
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also interesting:
http://warsclerotic.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/the-iran-war-estimate-odds-of-conflict-fall-to-42-the-atlantic/
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President Barack Obama said on Tuesday
the United States will not “countenance”
Iran developing a nuclear weapon.
visit
“Obama Seeks to Calm ‘Drumbeat of War’ Over Iran”
The Buenos Aires Herald (Argentina); Mar 6, 2012.
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NOBODY ever made a better world with war. Of course, we must defend ourselves if attacked. But making a first strike–very worrisome, indeed.
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