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Originally posted by TeamAmerica:

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Originally posted by Sgt_Schlappy:
Uh, TA, why post a dupe article? (see mine right above yours)

I guess I didn't see your article.

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Originally posted by PhoenixDark:
Sloppy, quit talkin out your "military enthusiast" azz and STFU

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Originally posted by Sgt_Schlappy:

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Originally posted by PhoenixDark:
Sloppy, quit talkin out your "military enthusiast" azz and STFU

I got a better idea jagoff...lets play a game instead.

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Originally posted by Sgt_Schlappy:
I guess I'm supposed to admire and respect you though huh?

Little man talking tough on the Internet...pfff...you're like all the others who can't debate topics around here, so they try and cheap shot their opponent.

You act like a punk...and I doubt you even served.

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Iran, Libya and Syria are irresponsible states, which must be disarmed of weapons of mass destruction, and a successful American move in Iraq as a model will make that easier to achieve. -- Ariel Sharon to US congressmen, February 17, 2003

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Originally posted by PhoenixDark:
Sloppy, quit talkin out your "military enthusiast" azz and STFU

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Originally posted by Sgt_Schlappy:
I guess I'm supposed to admire and respect you though huh?

Little man talking tough on the Internet...pfff...you're like all the others who can't debate topics around here, so they try and cheap shot their opponent.

You act like a punk...and I doubt you even served.

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Little man talking tough on the Internet...pfff...

You act like a punk...and I doubt you even served. -- Sgt_Schlappy

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Israel calls Iran its greatest threat
By NICK WADHAMS, Associated Press Writer




The Israeli foreign minister on Wednesday warned that Iranian leaders pose the biggest threat to the world's values because they "speak proudly" of their wish to destroy Israel and pursue weapons to achieve that objective.

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told the annual U.N. General Assembly session that the international community must stand up against Iran, which she claimed is pursuing the weapons to destroy Israel, a reference to its suspect nuclear program.

"There is no greater challenge to our values than that posed by the leaders of Iran," Livni said. "They deny and mock the Holocaust. They speak proudly and openly of their desire to wipe Israel off the map. And now, by their actions, they pursue the weapons to achieve this objective, to imperil the region and to threaten the world."

She said Iran's support of the Islamic militant group Hezbollah in south Lebanon showed the threat it poses to the region. The world must ensure that it enforces the U.N. Security Council resolution that ended more than a month of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, Livni said.

"There is no place for such a regime in the family of nations," she said.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said in the past he wants to wipe Israel off the map and dismissed the Holocaust as a myth. In his own speech to the General Assembly on Tuesday, Ahmadinejad said Israel was created by driving millions of people from territory that was rightfully theirs, something he called "a great tragedy with hardly a precedent in history."

He also harshly criticized Israel's policies, saying the country was a source of insecurity in the Middle East that was "waging war and spilling blood and impeding the progress of regional countries."

While Livni spoke, a lone Iranian diplomat sat in the back row of the section of six seats reserved for the Islamic republic in the General Assembly hall. After her speech ended, the diplomat moved up to the front row to listen to the following official, from Belgium.

Livni struck a more conciliatory tone toward the Palestinians, saying the two did not necessarily have to remain at odds and the only way to resolve their conflict was at the "bilateral negotiating table."

"We have no illusions about the difficulties before us — we must face them and not ignore them," she said.

Livni met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the U.N. a day before the General Assembly session began, and both described the meeting as positive. In her speech, she reiterated their desire to reopen a serious dialogue, including with the creation of a permanent channel "to pursue ways to advance together."

On the sidelines of the summit on Wednesday, President Bush called Abbas a "man of courage" for trying to revive Mideast peace talks despite a continued political stalemate with Hamas militants. Abbas has been weakened since January when Hamas, which seeks the destruction of Israel, won the Palestinian elections.

Prospects for a return to active peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians have looked dim this year, partly because the political upheaval in both governments kept leaders' attention focused inward.

Israel has new leadership too as Ariel Sharon remains incapacitated after his sudden massive stroke on Jan. 4. The new prime minister, Ehud Olmert, is on the defensive at home because of widespread dissatisfaction with the conduct and outcome of Israel's summer war against Hezbollah.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060921/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_israel

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Originally posted by 3247750:
The supposed Sargent doesn't deserve a reply, but I can't help myself. Mr. you need to look back at the history of the Middle East and the US's role there. Example: the CIA's installation of the Shaw of Iran in '53, who was worse than Sadam Husain and gave the oil to the US for protection. This happened everywhere in the Middle East, and the people there were **** on. This is the only reason we're in Iraq now. You don't think a wimp like George Bush would sit his dumb *** down at the table with his equals and negotiate like an intelligent man should do, do you? He won't even debate the President of Iran. All soldiers now inlisted ought to see him for what he is, and stop dying for his sickness.

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Israel worried North Korea may help Iran
By ARON HELLER, Associated Press Writer


Israeli officials said Tuesday they were concerned that North Korea's reported nuclear test would set a dangerous precedent and encourage Iran to press ahead with its nuclear program.

Israel also feared North Korea would transfer materials and technology for the development of nuclear weapons to Iran, officials said.

"Nuclear capability in the hands of irresponsible undemocratic regimes is a world problem," said Miri Eisin, spokeswoman for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

"We should remind ourselves that the North Koreans have already been suppliers of launching platforms which could reach Europe and certainly Israel. As such, they have already shown their willingness to be suppliers to Iran."

North Korea has close defense ties with Iran, and Pyongyang helped Tehran develop its Shihab long-range surface-to-surface missiles that are capable of reaching Israel.

North Korea announced Monday that it tested a nuclear weapon, which would make it the ninth nation known or generally thought to possess such arms. Israel, though it has never acknowledged having nuclear weapons, is widely believed to possess them.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has repeatedly rejected Western calls to halt uranium enrichment, brushing aside an Aug. 31 U.N. Security Council deadline to stop enrichment or face possible sanctions.

Israel's Foreign Ministry called North Korea's nuclear test "an irresponsible and provocative act" and it reiterated its call "to continue the moratorium on nuclear tests."

On Tuesday, Cabinet minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said the North Korean test could indirectly increase the threat to Israel.

"Iran is waiting to see how the world will react," said Ben-Eliezer, a former defense minister. "If it does not react strongly, this could be a catalyst to the enrichment process of the Iranian nuclear program."

Ben-Eliezer reiterated that Israel would take a back seat in the matter, saying "the Korean and Iranian threat is global and not just against Israel."

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Dan Gillerman, said the widespread concern sparked by the North Korean test could motivate the world body to take a tougher stand on Iran.

"My feeling is that this test and the international climate of opinion maybe gives us some hope that also on the Iranian issue we shall see more determined activity by the Security Council," he told Israel's Channel 2 TV. "The world to a large extent understands what is happening today with North Korea and its nuclear activity; what Iran is about to do could be much worse, much more frightening and much more dangerous."

While Israeli leaders have repeatedly said the U.S. and European Union should lead international efforts against Tehran.

Olmert is scheduled to hold a meeting this week on how to deal with the Iranian nuclear program. The North Korean nuclear test will likely come up in the meeting and in Olmert's summit in Moscow next week with Russian President Vladimir Putin, officials said.

The current official members of the nuclear club are the United States, Russia, Britain, France, India, Pakistan and China.

Israel follows a policy of ambiguity about its program, neither confirming or denying the existence of nuclear arms. Details disclosed by nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu in 1986 led experts to conclude that Israel has the world's sixth-largest stockpile of nuclear weapons, including hundreds of warheads.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061010/ap_on_re_mi_ea/isra...ZGZwam4yBHNlYwNmYw--