And the result will be as many as 35 million dead in under 30 minutes. 
Posted on 12/02/2005 7:27:28 PM PST by Iam1ru1-2
By Julie Stahl CNSNews.com Jerusalem Bureau Chief December 2, 2005
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) -- Israel will not allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons but is not leading the international efforts to prevent that from happening, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday.
"Israel and other countries cannot accept a situation where Iran has nuclear arms. The issue is clear to us, and we are making all the necessary preparations to handle a situation of this kind," Sharon told journalists in Tel Aviv.
Nevertheless, Sharon said that Israel is not leading the international campaign against such a development but is "in close contact with countries that are dealing with the issue."
Israel reaped international condemnation when it bombed Iraq's nuclear reactor shortly before it was to be activated in 1981. But a decade later, at the time of the first American-led Gulf war, world leaders admitted their relief that former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had not obtained nuclear weapons.
The U.S., Israel and other countries suspect that Iran is secretly developing nuclear bombs under cover of its nuclear energy program. But Tehran and Moscow, which is helping Iran complete its first nuclear reactor, both deny the charge and say that the reactor is for civilian purposes only.
Sharon said that every diplomatic effort should be exhausted to pressure Iran into stopping its nuclear weapons program before any military action is taken and that he believed such efforts could still be "fruitful."
Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said Israel's policy was that the diplomatic track was the way to deal with the Iranian nuclear policy.
But the head of Israel's military intelligence, Maj.-Gen. Aharon Ze'evi Farkash, told lawmakers on Wednesday that if the international community does not succeed in bringing Iran to the United Nations Security Council by the end of March, "diplomatic efforts will be pointless."
Iranian affairs expert Menashe Amir said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has taken a tougher stance with the international community than his predecessors, believing that the West will back down first.
Nevertheless, Western nations must take a strong stand against Iran's policies, he said.
On Thursday, IRNA -- Iran's state news agency -- quoted Ahmadinejad as defending his country's right to develop nuclear technology. He said that the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had passed a resolution against Iran but backed down when he stood tough.
"We sent the message to Westerners that we would stand firm to the end and that we would never abandon our right, and when they realized [Iran] is firm in its stands, they backed off," Ahmadinejad said.
The IAEA's board of governors decided against sending the issue of Iran's nuclear program to the U.N. Security Council last week -- a move that the U.S. has advocated for some time now.
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I've not said so on the threads specificly mentioning it, but Russia's willingness to supply missiles to the likes of Iran is a very ominious indicator.
Israel is right to be preparing. The west should get off it's collective ass and prepare as well. They should prepare for action and take Iran's leaderhip out.
This has gone far enough!
Oh, this is not good. This is very not good. This is not good on an epic scale.
Somebody needs to get to the bozos in Tehran and explain a few facts of life (or death) to them before millions are incinerated.
This Is Not Good.
Iran gets taught a much-belated lesson in respect, in the form of a surgical airstrike? Sounds good to me.
I am sorry in advance but I have to say, "GO ISRAEL" ,,,cause the bible tells me so!
Yet again, when the UN fails, Israel will prevail.
If the west fails to take action and Israel does, it's going to set back the modernization of the Middle-East IMO. Arabs may agree to the U.S. stopping the likes of Hussein, but they are not going to buy off on Israel attacking a Moslem ruled nation like Iran.
Once Israel does this the hatred of the U.S. will grow ten-fold in the region.
What bothers me, is that the west might procrastinate on this issue until it's really screwed the whole thing up.
The case needs to be made, even if we need to bribe Russia into agreement, that Iran's leadership must change.
I too share, this isn't good news but it is bound to happen sooner or later. It might be a good time for folks to get right with God..
There should be no worries. Isreal has nothing to lose, and everything to gain by eliminating the threat. This also takes the pressure off of the US (I assume we already have our bombing raid laid out and ready to execute if it comes to that). We will, of course, be scolded by Russia, France and China for supporting Isreal in it's tactical plan. Hell, we most likely already gave Isreal the hardware required to penetrate the facilities (Which if I remember correctly, are fortified and deep underground).
the option described is better than the "Sampson
Option" being initiated.
All one has to do is read the Bible books of Daniel and Revelation---don't have to be a Christian,but it helps,to understand just what they have foretold for thousands of years before today---'Gog and Magog'
Read Ezekiel 38 & 39. Many have been sounding the alarm that this prophecy is about to occur. Better read it.
It would be good if it stopped there. I am not sure that it would. Iran has undoubtedly learned the lesson of Iraq and has decentralized their nuke program. I doubt a single airstrike, or a small number of airstrikes, will put a serious dent in Iran's program.
It's entirely possible we'll see a nuclear exchange between Israel and Iran. This would be very, very bad, regardless of any other consideration.
And the result will be as many as 35 million dead in under 30 minutes.
thanks for the comment
If the jihadists are not put down quickly, they will cause half the world to burn..
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