tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post6594695533480034880..comments2024-03-28T14:32:19.334+00:00Comments on Who Would Have Believed The Singularity Would Be So Stupid?: So what if the US turned down Israel's 'green light' requestPastoriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169561459129778670noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-8463612911581583522008-09-29T13:23:00.000+01:002008-09-29T13:23:00.000+01:00Carl,I missed the jump. Sorry about the misunderst...Carl,<BR/><BR/>I missed the jump. Sorry about the misunderstanding.Pastoriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169561459129778670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-35679110692325860352008-09-29T10:57:00.000+01:002008-09-29T10:57:00.000+01:00Pastorius,I agree with Glick. Israel should bomb I...Pastorius,<BR/><BR/>I agree with Glick. Israel should bomb Iran. Even if in the short term the costs are higher than the benefits (which I believe they will be - we can't destroy Iran's program completely), in the long term we have no choice. If you keep reading from the jump, I think I made that clear.Carl in Jerusalemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02078096846723817117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-46676248446247531492008-09-28T13:01:00.000+01:002008-09-28T13:01:00.000+01:00I don't really understand this post.Glick is propo...I don't really understand this post.<BR/><BR/>Glick is proposing bombing, which is the right thing to do, in my opinion, and then in the wake of that, she is proposing sanctions.<BR/><BR/>And, Carl thinks that is going too far?<BR/><BR/>The bombing won't topple Iran, as the article clearly states, so how is it going too far.<BR/><BR/>Sanctions have proven themselves time and again to be ineffective. In fact, I can't think of any cases in which sanctions were effective. (South Africa?)<BR/><BR/>So, why is Glick proposing them?<BR/><BR/>And why does Carl think her idea is too much?<BR/><BR/>And, why does the post say, it looks as if this won't get done during a Bush Presidency?<BR/><BR/>Does anyone believe McCain or Obama will do it?<BR/><BR/>If Israel were smart, they would certainly do this during a Bush Presidency, because I don't believe either McCain or Obama would support them at all.<BR/><BR/>As is often said in business, it's sometimes wiser to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.<BR/><BR/>Permission doesn't work on bush, apparently, and neither mccain or Obama will give forgiveness, in my opinion.Pastoriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169561459129778670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19209018.post-46391304956841099282008-09-28T12:44:00.000+01:002008-09-28T12:44:00.000+01:00The so what is this.... in 1981 Reagan and Weinber...The so what is this.... in 1981 Reagan and Weinberger were FURIOUS with Begin for reasons of non consultation (though Begin was unquestionably right as history shows), today though, IF (and a big if) Israel is to get at Iran they have to cross Iraq, OR Jordan/KSA.<BR/><BR/>If that story is right, they are not coming across Iraq, or it's swarm of F-15's, F-16's, and F-18's<BR/><BR/>If that story is right, they won't have american KC-10's and 135's to cooperatively refuel from.<BR/><BR/>That makes the mission vastly more difficult, <B>if the major portion is to be by air</B>, if the Kadima gov has a pair to begin with, and of course if they did, Hizballah would be dead or crippled and Bush might have a very different outlook. Though I doubt it.<BR/><BR/>Farshtay?Epaminondashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04811906954763827459noreply@blogger.com