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Ambassador to US: Iranian nuke could wipe Israel out in seconds
jpost ^ | Jul 4, 2009 | By JPOST.COM STAFF

Posted on 07/04/2009 7:10:54 AM PDT by Flavius

Recently appointed ambassador to the United States Michael Oren warned over the weekend that an Iranian atomic bomb could "wipe Israel off the map in a matter of seconds," and that the Iranians could "accomplish in a matter of seconds what they denied Hitler did, and kill 6 million Jews, literally."

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1 posted on 07/04/2009 7:10:54 AM PDT by Flavius
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To: Flavius

And Obama would be “deeply concerned”.


2 posted on 07/04/2009 7:11:59 AM PDT by Redleg Duke ("Sarah Palin...Unleashing the Fury of the Castrated Left!")
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To: Redleg Duke

yes, and privately as a muslim, cheering.


3 posted on 07/04/2009 7:13:25 AM PDT by ken21 (i am not voting for a rino-progressive.)
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To: Flavius; Ernest_at_the_Beach; F15Eagle; GOPJ; Munz; Quix; SandRat; SJackson; SolidWood
Since Israel is only 8 miles wide that is stating the obvious.

Was he saying in this in the context of a hypothetical nuclear weapon or is he confirming Iran has a nuke?

4 posted on 07/04/2009 7:14:53 AM PDT by Perdogg (Sarah Palin-Jim DeMint 2012 - Liz Cheney for Sec of State - Duncan Hunter SecDef)
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To: Flavius
In the next year or so a missile from North Korea will hit Hawaii or somewhere in the US. A missile from Iran will hit Israel and Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will apologize to the UN saying it was the right wingers in the US that provoked it.
5 posted on 07/04/2009 7:15:06 AM PDT by detective
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To: Flavius
Of course, Israel admitted to a 200 warhead nuclear arsenal at the time the Oslo accords were negotiated in 1998. And military think tanks focused on the middle east believe they have added between 25 and 35 additional warheads each year since then. Israel also has submarines.

I suspect Iran would produce a very, very empty map. And Jews from around the globe would resettle Israel

6 posted on 07/04/2009 7:15:37 AM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: Flavius

So now I understand why Israel is pushing so hard to expand their settlements. This way you disperse the population & territory making it less concentrated and settlements also create a buffer zones for the major population centers, a strategy which is defensive in nature.


7 posted on 07/04/2009 7:16:04 AM PDT by eaglestar
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To: ken21

Michelle will be declare this the second time she’s proud of America and her allies.


8 posted on 07/04/2009 7:17:58 AM PDT by bgill (The evidence simply does not support the official position of the Obama administration)
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To: MrEdd

You don’t suppose that that would be a good thing, do you.

Why take the chance?

Since Israel has the means to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, with one or two well placed nuclear shots fo their own, I think they would be altogether justified in doing so. After privately offering Iran an ultimatum.


9 posted on 07/04/2009 7:19:59 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (AGWT is very robust with respect to data. All observations confirm it at the 100% confidence level.)
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To: detective
In the next year or so a missile from North Korea will hit Hawaii or somewhere in the US. A missile from Iran will hit Israel and Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will apologize to the UN saying it was the right wingers in the US that provoked it.

They'll blame right wingers in general, but specifically, they'll say it's Bush's fault.
10 posted on 07/04/2009 7:20:25 AM PDT by wolfpat (Moderate=Clueless)
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To: detective

Hillary Clinton will resign within the next year!


11 posted on 07/04/2009 7:20:48 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: Flavius

Israel has seaborne nukes. Should the mullahs attempt something so stupid, Iran would cease to be inhabitable.


12 posted on 07/04/2009 7:22:34 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (When you put Democrats in charge, stupid things happen)
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To: Redleg Duke

If Israel believes that then they should pre-emptively strike Iran.
Nukes are only good for prevention when you believe the other side does not wish to be nuked.


13 posted on 07/04/2009 7:28:57 AM PDT by omega4179 (Not my Communist in Chief.)
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To: Dr. Ursus
Hillary Clinton will resign within the next year!

So she can run against obama in 2012.

14 posted on 07/04/2009 7:30:19 AM PDT by MistrX
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To: eaglestar

Iran would sacrifice palis to hit the settlements too. Remember, Pali are dogs to the Arab world.


15 posted on 07/04/2009 7:31:15 AM PDT by omega4179 (Not my Communist in Chief.)
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To: Perdogg

The thick plot and the plot thickens.

BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD.

Of course, Iranian nut jobs seem to have no clue at all what God has in HIS arsenal . . . nor who HE’s AIMING at! LOL.


16 posted on 07/04/2009 7:33:08 AM PDT by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: detective

Isn’t it incredible . . .

about how short a time ago, such an assertion would have been totally irrational . . . and how now . . . it’s not at all irrational.

Fascinating.


17 posted on 07/04/2009 7:34:35 AM PDT by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: Flavius

Another person with a poor understanding of nuclear impacts. Pakistan’s top nukes are only about 10-25 kilotons. Iran is still developing nukes. A one MEGAton (1000 kT) bast merely damages buildings and people at a radius of 4 miles. Israel is 8 miles wide at its narrowest point, but one BIG nuke cannot “wipe out” the entire country, and the odds are good that Iran’s first nukes will not be in the high-yield range.


18 posted on 07/04/2009 7:35:05 AM PDT by Teacher317
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To: Dr. Ursus

I’m a bit skeptical about that.

I think she’ll either somehow end up replacing OThuga

or

be installed as the head of NORTHAM.


19 posted on 07/04/2009 7:35:46 AM PDT by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: MrEdd
I heard that Israel has neutron nukes. I wonder what these kind of nukes could do? If I was Israel, I'd hit them before they hit me, and not just hit them to scare them.. I'd clean them off the face of the earth.
20 posted on 07/04/2009 7:38:10 AM PDT by odin2008 (Everything in the universe is subject to change.)
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