This was a great article. I guess that Salon has to go all the way to Germany to get a balanced article on the middle east that doesn't blame Israel for everything.

Keep up the good work Israel, while your critics, from the safety of their family rooms (the fighting keyboarders), are demanding that you give up everything for empty Arab promises, Israel is ridding the world of psychopathic killers. The thought of nuclear weapons in the hands of an Assad is frightening. When there was an uprising in the Syrian city of Hama in 1982 (Google "Hama Rules"), Assad surrounded the city with artillery and turned the place into a tomb for 30,000. If they are willing to do that to their own people, imagine what they would do with a nuclear bomb.

Israel did the world a favor.

The MSM will never apologize for what they did to Clinton. Nor will they apologize for trashing Al Gore and loving Bush, at least until Katrina hit. At which time they acted like they had never liked him in the first place. They are, after all responsible for throwing the 2000 election to Bush.

Last year, during the Democratic convention, the Washington Post ran an article; about Monica Lewinsky. Talk about staying classy. They just couldn't help themselves.

We just need to know what the game is and not expect the MSM to play fair or act as a referee.

"Islamic law of war, it forbids killing innocent non-combatants such as women, children and unarmed men;"?

Really? Maybe there is a different Islam, or maybe a different Iran. Maybe all of those Iranian supplied rockets that Iranian backed Hamas has been throwing at Sderot, timed for when kids were between school and home, were the non-Islamic kind.

Or maybe Juan's Mullah friends are just ruthless sociopaths who hide behind Islam in order to hold onto power. Maybe their lust for power has extended into wanting a big nuclear bomb to threaten everyone with since Bush/Cheney took away their biggest threat (Saddam).

Or maybe Mr. Cole is just clueless.

The Israelis would be less worried about Iranian nukes if the Iranian President hadn't threatened to "wipe them off the map" (and no, that is not a mistranslation). The Israelis might not have built up a nuclear stockpile if the entire Arab world hadn't tried repeatedly to wipe them off the map.

The Israelis have proven that they can be trusted with nuclear weapons. This being the 36th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, when Syria and Egypt, supplied by the Soviets, invaded Israel with the express purpose of destroying Israel. Israel did not nuke either country though Israel was in serious danger for the 1st 3 weeks of the conflict.

Can the same be said of the Iranians? I have my doubts that nuclear Iran wouldn't be immediately threatening to its neighbors (as do its neighbors). I have my doubts that Iranian proxies in Lebanon and Syria wouldn't use the nuclear stick. What about it the Kurds split off from Iraq? We in the US know how dangerous it is for leaders to claim to speak for God, with their fingers on the nuclear trigger.

The Iranians national pride is now tied up in building nukes, so they will probably get them. Just as Pakistan said it would "eat grass" to procure a nuke after India detonated one. This might make J. Cole happy (so they can threaten the Israelis he hates so much), but it won't increase peace or security anywhere in the world.

But Bin Laden has taken credit for 9-11. If the FBI is clueless that is because the FBI is clueless.

That which is attributed to malice is often explained by incompetence.

Napoleon

While Bin Laden was busily planning 9/11, Bill Clinton was working hard to solve the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. Arafat was Clinton's most frequent overnight visitor at the White House. Bin Laden didn't care, he sent his terrorists over here and proceeded with his mass murder. Neither he, nor any Arab leader cares about the Palestinians who are just a convenient excuse to oppress their own people.

The smartest man in politics, Paul Begala wrote that "The Roosevelt seniors are being replaced by the Reagan seniors," A May poll by the Pew Research Center found that for the first time in 20 years, the GOP is now an older party than the Democrats.

The "I've got mine, now fuck off" crowd that railed against "welfare queens" (read: black people) while sending buckets of cash for corporate/farm welfare/government subsidized water and price supports for their crops now hates tells us to keep government hands off of welfare. Their grasp on reality is light so we will have to maneuver around them.

Interesting, not a single line declaring that Israel is the root this newest display of Arab violence. Maybe Cole has finally learned something.

Personally, I think that Iraq is going to explode into a nasty civil war when we leave with Iran coming over the border to "protect" the Shiites. I believe that this tiff with Syria is just foreplay before the Sunnis and Shiites go at it big time. The current suicide bombing is small time compared to what is coming. Question: do they still hand out candies to celebrate suicide bombing of other Muslims (even if they are "apostates") or is that just for killing Jewish/Christian children?

Whatever, we need to exit Iraq fast and not take sides in this Islamic family fight. This fight has been going on for 11 centuries and the only thing that both sides agree upon is that they hate the US and Israel.

Point taken, no need to be rude.