The Israeli Conundrum: ‘How to Deal with Iran’
Atheonews / Ramzy Baroud
03-Aug-2009 (4 comments)

Regardless of why the US targeted Iraq, and why it’s objectives were not met, Israel’s own calculations were a surprising success, as the Iraqi menace (manufactured or real) has been eliminated, and the ghost of chaos will likely haunt that unfortunate country for years to come.

Now, it’s Iran’s turn. In fact it has been Iran’s turn for years, but nothing seems to be moving on that front. If the Iraq experiment was successful, the US would have definitely jumped at the opportunity to trample Iran, an oil-rich country with crucially strategic positioning. Controlling Iran would have been the missing piece of the puzzle that would push the borders of US control and influence to lock horns, if necessary with the emerging Asian giants, and of course, Russia. But a US military move against Iran, under the current circumstances is no less than military suicide. Iraq has established the limits of US military capabilities, inspiring the Taliban to ascertain their own. July 2009 has gone down in history as the month with the highest causalities among US forces. Deadly July is promising many repeats as daring Taliban and all sorts of tribal militias in Afghanistan emerge stronger and savvier than before.

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anonymous111.2

Shah Gholam, Where Have You Been?

by anonymous111.2 on Wed Aug 05, 2009 04:36 PM PDT

أين أنت؟ انك لم تفعل عملك يا عزيزي الحق. هناك الكثير من الأنباء الواردة من إيران اليوم. كنت أتوقع منك أن تكون على اخبار قسم ملء ذلك مع أنباء عن اسرائيل لصرف الانتباه. لديك بخيبة أمل وليس فقط لنا ، نحن قراء هذا الموقع ، وإنما أيضا كل من زملائك في رام الله وجنوب لبنان.


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Shah Ghollam

Mr. Kashani, my disfuntional record player

by Shah Ghollam on Tue Aug 04, 2009 06:04 PM PDT

Whay am I not surprised to see you again! It is Israel being discussed here, that is why!!!!!!


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Farhad Kashani

Shah Gholam,   Let me

by Farhad Kashani on Tue Aug 04, 2009 02:34 PM PDT

Shah Gholam,

 

Let me school you on something.

 

Regimes that lack legitimacy among their people and support and sympathy outside their borders, do not enjoy a permanent “rising power”. Those are momentary. For example, when IRI , due to International community’s stupidity, gets the nuke, it will only be able to bully Israel and the world for a little while, and because of its thuggish mentality and behavior, it will take our country into a war with Israel for absolutely no reason or benefit or desire to the Iranian people.

 

USSR was a superpower, but because it lacked the legitimacy, it collapsed. IRI is the same. It will survive a few more days and acquire this and that weapon for few more days, but its eventual collapse is inevitable.

 

So you can enjoy the fact that IRI through murder and imprisonment and oppression, has managed to survive a few more days. But we, the Iranian people, will have the last laugh soon.


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Mola Nasredeen

Good article Shahgholam

by Mola Nasredeen on Tue Aug 04, 2009 01:05 PM PDT

This quote:

"This is precisely the source of frustration among Israeli officials, who have counted on US military generosity to bully Israel’s enemies, or, as was the case in Iraq, to take them down.

Israeli frustration must’ve also turned into sheer rage when Hillary Clinton once more brought up the subject of a “defense umbrella” over the Middle East to shield it from a future nuclear Iran. “If the United States extends a defense umbrella over the region, if we do even more to develop the military capacity of those in the Gulf, it is unlikely that Iran will be any stronger or safer because they won’t be able to intimidate and dominate as they apparently believe they can once they have a nuclear weapon,” she was quoted as saying in a Thai television interview. Clinton’s reinvention of the defense umbrella idea – introduced in a March 4th report by a pro-Israeli think tank, Washington Institute on Near East Policy (WINEP) – stands at odds with her enthusiastic promise to “totally obliterate” Iran should it attack Israel, while trying to lure in supporters during her last year’s run for presidential nomination. It seems that the US – despite the use of threatening language – is edging towards living with and “containing” a nuclear Iran, but, expectedly, Israel is not."

Thank you.


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