Ex-IDF chief: Israel can't handle nuclear Iran alone

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Israel may lack the military means for successful preemptive strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities, former Chief of Staff Dan Halutz told Channel 2 news on Saturday.

While endorsing international efforts to pressure Tehran into curbing sensitive nuclear technologies, Israel has hinted it could resort to force. But some analysts say Israeli jets would be stymied by the distance to Iran and by its defenses.

"We are taking upon ourselves a task that is bigger than us" Halutz, who stepped down in 2007, said when asked about Israeli leaders' vows to "take care" of the perceived threat.

"I think that the State of Israel should not take it upon itself to be the flag-bearer of the entire Western world in the face of the Iranian threat," Halutz, a former air force commander, told Channel Two.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1149454.html

[Chulanowa]

1. Really?

"I think that the State of Israel should not take it upon itself to be the flag-bearer of the entire Western world in the face of the Iranian threat"?

Why the fuck not? They're taking it upon themselves to be the flag-bearer of the entire western world in the MANUFACTURE of the "Iranian threat."

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2. Come come, he's just stating the obvious.

I'm not a fan of Halutz, he's a war criminal, but when so many loons are running around yelling stupidities at the top of their lungs, one has to take the truth where one finds it.

[Yurovsky]

3. Gee, I wonder who he wants to come help out...

no thanks, dude.

2 wars against Islamic nations is our limit... Actually 0 is MY limit, but nobody asked me.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

4. Inmate seen working out in the prison gym.... several others who

are suspicious watch her constantly as she gets ripped and trim. Later that month she is found in the yard with a blanket over her head, several bruises and a shank in her ribcage. Inmates call it justified self defense. You do the math.

[ConcernedCanuk]

5. BULLSHIT

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Israel has hundreds of nukes.

Iran MAY have a potential of getting one or a dozen in a decade or two

NO THREAT TO ISRAEL

unless

Israel attacks Iran . .

SO STOP THREATENING TO ATTACK IRAN ALREADY

idjuts