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Is Bibi Bluffing on Iran Strike?
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| 08.16.2012
| Jonathan S Tobin
Posted on 08/27/2012 8:59:57 PM PDT by BlackVeil
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The article concludes that the US must offer more support for Netenyahu: "Rather than worrying about Israel bluffing, the administration needs to recognize that if they wish to avert a war this fall, the president must start acting like he means what he says about stopping Iran."
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posted on
08/27/2012 9:00:07 PM PDT
by
BlackVeil
To: BlackVeil
I don’t think Israel bluffs. I think they are always prepared to make good on any threat/statement they make.
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posted on
08/27/2012 9:03:16 PM PDT
by
ThunderSleeps
(Stop obama now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
To: BlackVeil
Not a bluff, misdirection to keep them guessing.
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posted on
08/27/2012 9:09:01 PM PDT
by
Andrei Bulba
(No Obama, no way)
To: BlackVeil
Is Bibi Bluffing on Iran Strike? Yes. There are too many reasons to not strike. However a threat of a strike costs nothing and may be useful.
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posted on
08/27/2012 9:10:01 PM PDT
by
Greysard
To: BlackVeil
It’s a good chess move by Bibi.
Puts Iran on notice and forces Barack to show his hand.
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posted on
08/27/2012 9:13:09 PM PDT
by
G Larry
(Progressives are Regressive because their objectives devolve to the lowest common denominator.)
To: BlackVeil
In game theory, bluffing is absolutely necessary, whether with a losing or winning hand, in order to throw randomness in the game and scramble the tells.
I sure hope Israel bluffs, because any one at war should know how to bluff the enemy. IT is essential. However in this day and age of peace at any cost and nuclear disarmament bs, we are losing that asset.
In any case, Israel has played a bluffing card as far as having nukes and defending itself. It’s how the game is plaid in war, tactics and strategies.
If Israel is bluffing, then ISrael will attack Iran.
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posted on
08/27/2012 9:17:49 PM PDT
by
JudgemAll
(Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
To: G Larry
barry to show his hand? he will probably crap his pants.
an added burden to the deficit. we will have to purchase more depends for the sissy in chief.
Blessings, bobo
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posted on
08/27/2012 9:28:01 PM PDT
by
bobo1
To: BlackVeil
You would have to completely ignorant of what leftists believe to think that the uber-leftist Obama wants Israel to survive.
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posted on
08/27/2012 9:28:29 PM PDT
by
Junior_G
(Funny how liberals' love affair with Muslims began on 9/11)
To: Greysard
Im from the old school........But your Word is as good as your bond.....
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posted on
08/27/2012 9:30:01 PM PDT
by
M-cubed
To: BlackVeil
This article and it's comments posted definitively show that no one pays attention to history. When was the last time Israel didn't strike when it felt threatened to the extent it is today?? Never!!! It will happen. Obama’s never going to lend a hand to stop Iran. He wants a nuclear strike on Israel. He hates Netenyahu and Israel. His body language and speeches give him away. I believe a short time after the elections, Israel will strike. If Romney wins it's a guarantee!!! In any event they have to strike!!!
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posted on
08/27/2012 9:37:54 PM PDT
by
bramps
To: JudgemAll
Hey!..smart on theory...hard on fact!...Id kick your ass in poker...wanna bet?...( I don't bluff...but that's just my reputation....You gonna change your game?
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posted on
08/27/2012 9:39:34 PM PDT
by
M-cubed
To: M-cubed
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posted on
08/27/2012 9:54:26 PM PDT
by
garjog
To: BlackVeil
TOTAL BLUFF to raise the price of oil to deny Barry Soetoro Marshall Davis reelection. Barry needs a dramatic drop in price at the pump,and Bibi can control the price of oil with sabre rattling. Iran even chips in because they benefit every time the oil price rises.
Bibi wants his old office mate Bishop Willard to assume the Presidency. They know where each other's bones are buried!
Israel isn't stupid enough to attack Iran relying on backup from President Hussein!
To: BlackVeil; Nachum; Yehuda
_resident Marxist Moslem or Moselm sympathizer has no use for Israel.
Prime Minister Netanyahu does not bluff with the existence of the Jewish State.
God bless and protect him and Israel.
Pray faithfully for both and for our Republic too. "One and done" for the Marxist.
Wherever you happen to find yourself standing, please stand with Israel and Prime Minister Netanyahu.
These Moselm maniacs desire to blow both Israel and the USA off the map.
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posted on
08/27/2012 10:49:26 PM PDT
by
onyx
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To: BlackVeil
My gut says they are not. One would have to ask why now? And given the potential #1 answer, why would anyone think it’s a bluff?
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posted on
08/27/2012 11:06:06 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
To: BlackVeil
Go Israel!
Git 'er done.
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posted on
08/28/2012 12:46:42 AM PDT
by
Bon mots
(When seconds count, the police are just minutes away...)
To: G Larry
Puts Iran on notice and forces Barack to show his hand. If I am not mistaken, Obama still has two hands, and he has a history of intercepting the doobie. Now what does that have to do with Israel ? Hmmmmmm......
The Stennis however is quickly on the way to theater.
To: BlackVeil
Bibi does not bluff, and it is sooner than everybody thinks.
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posted on
08/28/2012 1:10:43 AM PDT
by
American in Israel
(A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
To: American in Israel
I used to believe that such a strike was possible - even imminent - but then - around about 2010, I told myself not to believe this story the next time it came around. Since then, I have been a skeptic.
To: ThunderSleeps
Bibi’s in the cockpit and the jet engines are spooling up. Meanwhile Obama is... where?
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posted on
08/28/2012 3:03:12 AM PDT
by
Tallguy
(It's all 'Fun and Games' until somebody loses an eye!)
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