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Originally posted by SignyM:
I'm surprised it took 3/4 of a thread to get to Israel, because Israel is driving this mess. The US intelligence assessment is that Iran tabled its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and hasn't restarted it.

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Originally posted by SignyM:

The heavy-duty sanctions are all about appeasing Israel. Too bad the Israelis don't have nuclear weapons.

Oh, wait- they do. And we gave them away as gifts.
Israel has become internally like a paranoid fascist state... a theocracy just as intolerant as Afghanistan, but militarized to the teeth. The present members of the Israeli army are going to their Rabbis for advice on which orders are "illegal" (ie conflict with militant Judaism). So soldiers are now deciding that it is "illegal" to remove Jewish settlers who have illegally taken over Palestinian farms, stores and houses!

It's a nightmare. The Jewish state of Israel has completely gone off the rails. If I were Iran, I'd want nukes.

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Originally posted by Geezer:
Seems like, whichever official or semi-official source threatened to keep IAEA inspectors from visiting Iran's nuclear sites, the threat has come true.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17122738

Looks like someone is rolling out North Korea's patented "We have nothing to hide, but we're not going to let you see it anyway" routine. Hope the new Kim is getting royalties.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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