Dire warning: Israel must strike Iran now. Text smaller Text bigger The only action that can stop Iran from building nuclear weapons is an Israeli strike on Tehran’s nuclear facilities, argued John Bolton, the former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. under the Bush administration.
Speaking in a radio interview with WND senior reporter Aaron Klein, who hosts an investigative program on New York’s WABC 770 AM, Bolton warned time is running out for an Israeli attack. “Right now we know about the facilities. … We know where they are,” he said. “We know exactly what their dimensions are, and I think they are susceptible to an Israeli attack.” Bolton said an Israeli military option “isn’t there forever. … If Israel is going to use military force, it needs to use it sooner rather than later.”
Is Israel already done for? Bolton posited, “Right now, basically the only scenario that I see other than Iran getting nuclear weapons is military strikes against their nuclear program that result in breaking Iran’s control over the nuclear fuel cycle.” The Harsh Reality Of The Middle East Conflict By Dan Lieberman. Printer Friendly Version The Harsh Reality Of The Middle East Conflict.
14 Israeli War Criminals Sued in Belgium, Including Livni, Barak. Thursday June 24, 2010 02:13 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies A Palestinian-Belgian national, and 13 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, filed on Wednesday a lawsuit against 14 Israeli military and politically officials including Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, former Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni, and General Matan Vilani, and former Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, for “committing crimes against humanity and for committing war crimes in Gaza”.
Israeli paper, Maariv, reported that the lawsuit focuses on Israel’s three-week offensive against the Gaza Strip which was launched in late December 2009. Lieberman's victory. Saudis OK Israel For Attack On Iran Nuke Sites. An Israeli Air Force F-16I fighter jet Saudi Arabia says Israel can travel across the north of the country for a possible bombing run on nuclear developments sites in Iran, the UK Times reports.
Israel faces new war crime headache. Israel faces new war crime headache Israeli planes bombard residential areas in the Gaza Strip, January 2009. Israeli leaders are facing more legal action from rights activists who are filing new lawsuits in connection with Israel's war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza. Two Belgian lawyers filed an indictment on Wednesday on behalf of more than a dozen Palestinians, calling for some 14 Israeli officials to stand trial for crimes against humanity and war crimes allegedly committed during Tel Aviv's December 2008-January 2009 offensive against the Gaza Strip.
The list comprises of various politicians and military and intelligence officials — including Defense Minister Ehud Barak, then Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, and former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert — who had a role in the deadly onslaught quoted Hungarian News Agency MTI as saying. The Runaway General:On newsstands Friday, June 25. The Runaway General Stanley McChrystal, Obama's top commander in Afghanistan, has seized control of the war by never taking his eye off the real enemy: The wimps in the White House By Michael Hastings Jun 22, 2010 10:00 AM EDT This article appears in RS 1108/1109 from July 8-22, 2010, on newsstands Friday, June 25.
Why the furor over McChrystal? Time is issue in Afghanistan war. The least of our U.S. national security problems is the huge media controversy generated by the Rolling Stone article that shocked the Washington policy community by revealing the animosity and arrogance of the senior McChrystal battle staff toward their own governmental leadership team. The damaging article documented appallingly bad judgment, surprising military disloyalty and probably was fatally damaging to Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s ability to orchestrate a NATO allied and inter-agency counter-insurgency operation. Gen. McChrystal is dismissed as top U.S. commander in Afghanista. President Obama dismissed Gen.
Stanley A. McChrystal on Wednesday after concluding that his military chief in Afghanistan had badly damaged the chain of command and could no longer work effectively with the civilian leadership at a crucial moment in the war. White House officials said Obama's decision, made over a tense 40 hours, pitted his desire to retain a talented general who designed the Afghan strategy against the importance of preserving the authority of the commander in chief.
Ultimately, his decision to turn over the Afghan command to Gen. David H. Rolling Stone editor discusses McChrystal comments. Washingtonpost.com > Nation » This Story: Read + | Watch + | Comments Rolling Stone editor discusses McChrystal comments Eric Bates, executive editor of Rolling Stone magazine, discusses their profile on Gen.
Stanley A. McChrystal. Video: The problem of 'The Runaway General' Conflict and Tension Over Afghanistan. Political Notebook: Pelosi Pride. Big trouble for the Democrats — and Nancy Pelosi — in November. As any psychologist will tell you, anger and fear are among the most powerful emotions.
That’s the leading reason that Republicans are so confident of their chances for taking back the House of Representatives in November, dispatching the first woman Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. GOP voters — angry about many things, including Democratic control of the legislative and executive branches — are eager to vote in November. Democrats? Not so much. There is still a huge “enthusiasm” gap between Democratic and Republican voters about the coming mid-term elections.
Midterm elections, when turnout is traditionally low, are all about getting voters engaged enough to actually go the polls and vote. Nancy Pelosi so confident that Democrats will retain majorities. Nancy Pelosi's Allowance Is Better Than Yours. From the Hill… Remember when you were a kid, and mom and dad would give you a few bucks each week for mowing the lawn, cleaning your room, doing the dishes and taking out the trash?
And if you took on more responsibility, you’d ask the parentals for a raise, because baseball cards and toys are expensive. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has taken that concept a little too far. She recently moved into a new district office located in the San Francisco Federal Building. Nancy Pelosi Predicts House GOP Majority. This is just too good.
Nancy Pelosi is asking supporters to donate NOW to help prevent "subpoenas and investigations" resulting from a GOP majority. Right Wing Round-Up. U.S.: Right-Wing Israel Lobby Riding High in Election Run-Up - I. WASHINGTON, Jun 23, 2010 (IPS) - Despite the growing international condemnation and isolation incurred by the government of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, the right-wing leadership of the so-called "Israel Lobby" here is riding high in the U.S. Congress. So far this week, it has chalked up a key victory on Capitol Hill in its longstanding effort to impose "crippling sanctions" against Iran. It also succeeded in getting a large majority of U.S. lawmakers to fire a shot across the bow of the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which has led the international chorus of criticism against the Jewish state since the deadly Israeli seizure in international waters of a Turkish vessel carrying humanitarian supplies to Gaza.
Obama, according to some reports circulating here, hopes to receive a return invitation from his guest to visit Israel in October, a month before the November elections here. Drudge hypes discredited attack on Kagan's admiration for a judg. June 24, 2010 7:15 am ET — 0 Comments. The Right Wing of the Democratic Party Has a True Deathwish - Gr. Big Gov. invents Obama's secret "agenda" June 24, 2010 12:33 am ET — 5 Comments A Big Government post accused President Obama of having a secret agenda he would never discuss during an "address from the Oval Office," citing video circulated to supporters as evidence of what Obama says "when it's 'just us.' " In fact, the language Big Government cited mirrors Obama's June 15 Oval Office address. Big Gov.: Obama would "never" discuss his "true agenda" in Oval Office address.
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