tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post3737607629498077373..comments2024-03-29T04:06:37.402-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: The Pending Saudi-Israeli AllianceStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-6066641896976118162016-08-12T00:19:24.738-07:002016-08-12T00:19:24.738-07:00Debka reported that if Iran chooses to ignore some...<em>Debka reported that if Iran chooses to ignore some of the terms of the nuclear agreement with America, it could have a nuclear weapon by the end of next year.</em><br /><br />Good luck to them. The only guarantee any country has against US aggression is nuclear weapons. It's the US that is the rogue state, not Iran.<br /><br />Ironically the best hope for peace in the Middle East would be to have more nuclear powers there. If there had been a few Arab nuclear powers in 1967 the Israelis could not have launched their invasion and most of the subsequent troubles in the Middle East could have been averted.<br /><br />On the whole nuclear weapons have been a good thing. They gave Europe peace for the longest period in its history.dfordoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-14005822419219749352016-08-11T17:33:03.767-07:002016-08-11T17:33:03.767-07:00The U.S. apparently hasn't started playing har...The U.S. apparently hasn't started playing hardball yet with the Saudi's, home of the vast majority of the 9/11 terrorists. We perhaps benefit too much in our arms sales to kill the goose that lays the golden war eggs.<br /><br />The Saudis clearly prefer "popular" peace of unconditional surrender, rather than an honest peace that seeks to minimize civilian deaths.<br /><br />https://theintercept.com/2016/08/11/lopsided-peace-talks-collapse-saudis-resume-yemen-bombing-and-u-s-sells-more-weapons/<br />---<br />The U.S. has already sold more than $20 billion in weapons to Saudi Arabia since the war began in March 2015, defying calls from Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International to cut off support. The Saudi-led coalition is responsible for the majority of the 7,000 deaths in the conflict, which has left more than 21 million people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. Saudi Arabia has been accused of intentionally targeting homes, factories, schools, markets, and hospitals.<br /><br />The State Department has repeatedly stressed that the United States “strongly encourages” peace talks to continue, but it is unclear whether the U.S. would welcome a compromise solution.<br />...<br />The U.N. has since deferred to other Saudi Arabian demands, as well. Earlier this year, after Saudi Arabia was put on the U.N.’s blacklist of child-killers, it threatened to cut off hundreds of millions of dollars in donations to the U.N. The U.N. secretary general removed the country from the list, pending a “joint review” with the coalition, and indicated that their name will remain off the list until that happens.<br />---<br /><br />Clearly we should not be involved, nor selling arms to Saudi Arabia, but who can say no to arms manufacturers wet dreams? And Obama's "recovery" needs jobs, right?Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-91880761841750716492016-08-11T17:19:51.353-07:002016-08-11T17:19:51.353-07:00Chris, you might want to lay off whatever it is yo...Chris, you might want to lay off whatever it is you're taking.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-85868532063775277732016-08-11T15:14:55.104-07:002016-08-11T15:14:55.104-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Chris Malloryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13001920155309388738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-13425664547568569612016-08-11T12:08:27.089-07:002016-08-11T12:08:27.089-07:00Oh, that's right... no one can ask Valerie Jar...Oh, that's right... no one can ask Valerie Jarrett any questions. No one ever does. <br /><br />Our new posture toward Iran makes no sense through the lens of our short- and long-term national interest in the region. None. Zero. Nada. We send them cash. We help them execute our spies. What do we get?<br /><br />It is a complete capitulation. Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-35079394878270505802016-08-11T12:05:12.538-07:002016-08-11T12:05:12.538-07:00They should ask Valerie Jarrett. They should ask Valerie Jarrett. Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-41248294676909897122016-08-11T08:56:06.301-07:002016-08-11T08:56:06.301-07:00"Recently, Debka reported that if Iran choose..."Recently, Debka reported that if Iran chooses to ignore some of the terms..." There is no "if" for the Iranians. <br /><br />There can't be peace between the Israelis and the Palis until the Palis want it. And there seems to be too much money in not wanting it.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.com