President Shimon Peres rejected speculation Israel might attack Iran to stop it making nuclear weapons and said US-led diplomacy was the solution.
Mr Peres’s office said he had told the visiting US envoy George Mitchell: “All the talk about a possible attack by Israel on Iran is not true. The solution in Iran is not military.” Mr Peres lacks executive powers but is privy to policy-making. A spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declined to comment.
This sounds like the official explanation for UFO’s. Swamp gas, heat inversions and mass hysteria. Iran has repeatedly sworn to “wipe Israel off the map”, but the solution to this isn’t military? This is a religious crusade by their head ayatollah to bring back “the Mahdi” through the infliction of massive deaths, but they can be talked out of it? Really?
I note that Peres has no actual executive powers, just a functioning tongue, and that the real power, Netanyahu, is keeping silent.
There’s enough rhetoric coming out of Iran without Israel heaping on more. Israel is keeping its own counsel and not interfering with the likely futile efforts of the Obama administration to deal with Iran. The Israelis will deal with Iran when the need arises and in whatever way is needed, regardless of who else says what.
It’s an old trick of (older) politicians – keep ‘em watching the flapping mouth while you nick their wallet and then kick ‘em in the balls.
Assuming that there is a(nother) global conflict and that the secular West (and some of the secularised nominal East) win, thus doing away with the people who’s Sky Fairy requires them to stand on their forehead five times a day, between whom will the next conflict be I wonder?
Rastafarians versus Scientologists? Buddhists versus Hindus? Druids versus Church of England? Catholics versus Westboro Baptists?
or …
Atheists versus ‘em all?
Thank god I’m atheist. When I get to the universal one-szie-fits-all heaven I am so going to twat these pillocks and their gods, prophets and clergy for causing so much bloody noise and kerfuffle.
I forsee a future for the Human Race: once all traces of religious nonsense have been consigned to quaint history we shall have wars I tell you – wars like you’ve never seen. Vegetarians versus the Vegans. Left-handers versus Right. People who say tomayto versus people who say tomahto.
Once those differences have been settled we can start on the really important ones like blue-eyed blondes versus the rest. Oh hang on – we’ve come full circle. …
W.S. Badfellowe, c/o Deep Space One-Man Escape Vessel “Boing Boing” heading for Alpha Centauri. Radio call sign: Plus ca change plus ce la meme chose, non?
c’est, c’est dammit – c’est la meme chose.
Nurse? Nurse? More coffee and fresh fingers please!
“Continental” never was my best language.
You’re gonna hate me for saying this but if the US or “it’s proxy” Israel attacks Iran you will throw a whole bunch of mullah hating US likin’ people behind that dickweed in charge. They largely hate him. But somehow he has twisted the whole nuclear thing into a matter of national progress pride. Just keep the weapons aimed at him and push the damn place to revolt. Hey if women in Afghanistan feel empowered by Obama….Iranians who are way ahead…may follow suit:-
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6098614.ece
“Don’t you see that actually we are the majority?” said one of the courageous protestors…(because Obama the Rockstar is behind her)
Maybe. I’m not in charge of this scenario, I’m only an observer, and people can be pretty fickle. It would be great if the Iranian people would revolt against I’m a Dinner Jacket and the Ayatollah Assahollah, but what if they don’t and Iran gets The Bomb and throws it at Israel? Do we need a nuclear war in the Mid East?