Vampier wrote:.
Israel ... I readily admit that I know nothing of the real existing state of Israel at this moment since I have never lived or worked there. I have always believed that to really understand a place, a culture, that one must live and work there. Visiting is a brief window and the Mass Media are Liars ... this is certain.
I do know some Jews ... some Palestinians ... some Persians ... some Greeks ...some Pakistanis and Indians all personally .. all are educated, civil, intelligent and do have their various hang-ups just as everyone else. But I merely relate my thoughts, conclusions, questions, remarks and convictions. I would never consider myself an "authority" but rather a "student" ... at times rather Idealistic I hope.
I have literally hundreds of friends who have made aliyah and live in Israel now. And in my former business, half of my customers were muslims/arabs/africans/persians who had emigrated to the USA from the middle east and africa.
Just like the ignorant KKK members in my home town, there are entire people groups who tell themselves lies in order to deflect blame for their own shortcomings. The reason jewish people thrive no matter where they are is because, generally, they don't lie to
themselves.
Arabs & Africans are the most brutalized people in the world, because they have brutal leaders. If their leaders weren't brutal, they would be overthrown by someone who was. Violence is all they understand, unfortunately, and warlords keep everyone from saying what they really think by fear.
There are those who believe that Netanyahu has no intention of attacking but rather is attempting to "blackmail" the black male into attacking Iran using the well publicised threat that "if you do not attack I will with Nuclear Weapons" ?
Those people are wrong. Israel will attack if the rest of the world doesn't take Iran's threats to annihilate Israel seriously. Remember, they were born from the ashes of Auschwicz and every person in this little country was touched by that. When they say "never again" they DO mean it.
They won't use nukes though. That I can absolutely guarantee. They will use an EMP and conventional airpower because public opinion is of the highest priority here.
However, the chances of a strike keep getting higher because they feel alone in the world now that our President has shown himself to be no friend. If you want to avoid WWIII, the best chance is a Romney victory.
News sources here say that Obama has an October surprise that comes from a secret meeting of Obama people in Quatar with the Iranians for a suspension of their nuclear program at least until the election is over so he can claim a (temporary) diplomatic victory. They also say to expect American jets to bomb targets in Libya soon to make him look tough on terrorism.
Netanyahu is in a thankless position. If he doesn't appear tough, Avgidol Liberman will win the next election. He's about 15 steps to the right of Bibi
.