WASHINGTON, Nov 9 2012 (IPS) - Twenty years ago, Democratic pol James Carville immortalised the phrase Its the economy, stupid in explaining how former Arkansas governor Bill Clinton would unseat President George H. W. Bush, who was riding high off his smashing military victory in the first Gulf War. Now, 20 years later, pros in both parties appear to agree that It was the demographics, stupid that best explained how President Barack Obama defeated former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, despite four years of hard economic times and a nearly eight-percent unemployment rate. Read more: Source

No. I don't have slaves. They weren't slaves. Their ancestors were. I personally don't owe them anything. If anything, they're getting "reparations" by affirmative action laws in the US.

I've been hearing this same old clichés from the U.S. and Israeli officials for the last decade and yet, Israel has never followed up with its threats. Why should Panetta's statement be any different?

The only reason he is stating it is the fact that he and Israeli officials has already realized that the window of opportunity to strike Iran has closed for Israel and so Israel had to resort to bluff, scare tactics in the hopes of getting my country to back down. Unfortunately for Israel, the Iranian rulers are no fools and they will not fall into Israel's trap.

Pretty sure that Saudi Arabia stated that if Israel wanted to "cut off the head of the snake that is Iran," they would give Israeli fighters clearance to pass through their airspace. th3warr1or

According to this article, I don't think Saudi Arabia would dare risk it and they better not to because if they do, their oil facilities would be set alight in the foreseeable future.

Israel doesn't need to attack Iran.

They are already doing a good job assassinating Iran's nuclear scientists ;)SUD123456

And a good job motivating the recruits to swell Iran's ranks of nuclear scientists. That being said, nuclear science figures are easily replaceable and Iran has no shortage of nuclear talent.

I really think that the Iranian goal is more subtle, to have nuclear power and to be able to stage a breakout into weapons possession if the situation warranted it. They'd have to kick out the IAEA inspectors and reconfigure their centrifuge cascades to accomplish it, however... That, or start/stop their future reactors in such a way as to create high grade PU239... again, after kicking out the IAEA inspectors... Not to mention tooling up to accomplish the task...

When you look at it from their perspective, stand in their shoes, so to speak, it makes all the sense in the world... they don't really need the bomb to gain security, but rather having the ability to create it would do very much the same thing.

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[QUOTE="needled24-7"]i agree. if one country can have nukes, every other country should have the opportunity to at least try to develop them. i don't care if that's illogical, we (the US) need to stop being the world police and mind our own damn business

nedim100

You're both wrong. More nukes is a bad thing. We should continue to disarm, not let more countries build. It's stupid.

Dispose of your own nukes then.Its just a matter of time before your country decides to use them again on some poor country.

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they should buy nukes from Pakistan.

Frame_Dragger

Pakistan rejects report on N-help to Saudis

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who cares about Israel

resevl4rlz

This is why Iran must be stopped. themajormayor

*Scoff*

People like you said the same thing about North Korea and we all know how that turned out. :roll:

Everyone knows Israeli nukes aren't a threat to anyone unless you try to destroy them. Iranian and Saudi on the other hand...themajormayor

Speak for yourself. The Gulf states (including Saudi Arabia) and Iran don't share your view. They consider Israeli nukes as a potential threat to their national security and no amount of persuasive arguments will convince them otherwise.