Speaking today at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism conference, former Mossad chief Danny Yatom urged the international community to come together and form a joint air force led by the United States to launch massive air strikes across Iran.
“Sanctions are not enough, I am hopeful that the world will come to its senses,” Yatom noted. Coming to its senses, it seems, is a euphemism for starting a massive war that is bound to spread across virtually the entire Middle East.
Yatom served as head of Mossad from 1996 to 1998, and also served as a member of Israeli parliament under the Labor Party. He resigned from politics in 2008 citing his lack of confidence in the Olmert government.
Yaton made comments a year ago (nearly to the day) in an interview with Russia Today, in which he doubted that a peaceful resolution was possible with Iran. He declared at the time that it was “prohibited” for the world to allow Iran to continue its civilian uranium enrichment but said there was still time for diplomacy. Now, he seems to have jumped on the bandwagon for a military strike, and seems not to even mention the possibility of further diplomacy.
It's just the same tripe over and over from these chumps. How long will the US listen to this crap before doing something to end the incessant bickering and panhandling these people are so famous for?
Oops, that was for the post below.
Yes, but at least they don't use suicide bombers.
So, in spite of all their panhandling they are a cut above their neighbors.
Because Iran uses suicide bombers?
They used suicide mine clearers during the Iran-Iraq war but that's about it.
Maybe you wanna start reading good newspapers.
I'm sure it's a huge relief to the families of those mine sweepers that it was a short war.
But you took my words and put something there I didn't say. The comment was on Israel, I was referring to muslims in general. How many suicide attacks have happened in pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, there was even a butt bomber that blew up in the presense of a Saudi Prince a year ago. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/21/bum_bombi…
No Israeli has been reported to use explosives like this. Can you point out some examples where I'm wrong?
They don't have to resort to such methods. They use tanks and heavy weaponry.
The taliban have plenty of weapons and don't chose to use them against pakistani's.
War is horrible enough, we must all agree on that, we're at this anti-war site.
But to not condemn anyone who kills more civilians than troops is even worse!
Can't you agree to that?
"They use tanks and heavy weaponry. " Against unarmed civilians. Even the lowest form of criminal can learn a thing or two about barbarism from Israel.
Yes perhaps. And Israel can learn a lot from Gaza about launching Kassam rockets.
But for all their faults Israel has restrained itself from doing so.
Both sides would gain a lot by laying down weapons and working side by side in developing the land they have.
War is a terrible thing to wish on anyone.
Isn't it amazing how those rockets never hit anything? Almost as if it were planned that way. The 91 year-old man and the boy most recently (as of yesterday) killed by the armed forces of zionism must have been the ones targeting those. Myself, I wouldn't aim those rockets out into the desert but at something which might actually inflict damage on the Nazis oppressing my people. If I were in such a situation.
Yes, it is amazing. Almost as if the God of Israel was actually protecting His people when it suits Him.
Or maybe your imaginary 'god' is just imaginary, and the Nazis themselves are launching those rockets that never hit anything. Then they can say "Look! More of those Qassam rockets! Oh, the inhumanity! Can we have billions more in aid now?"
And the hundreds of missiles fired from Hizbullah just 'happened' to not really hit much either. With an imagination like that, no wonder the Jews are so loyal to their religion.
Kassam rockets fired by anyone, at anything is breaking the geneva conventions. Civilian populations are supposed to be shielded from attack unless there is a strategic target with military value.
Fair is far, if one side would be wrong using them, then both sides are wrong for using them.
Looks like Roger is our latest Israeli troll.
What about the Holocaust and pogroms throughout the centuries?
God allowed 6 million Jews to be murdered in the 1940's and only started protecting Jews with the creation of Israel?
As you have undoubtedy noticed, debating with the Zionists is an exercise in revolving-door stupidity. The Israelis kill Palestinians all the time with their high-tech weaponry, but "Roger" seems to think that is noble, because, after all, they don't use suicide bombers. Okay, here's my modest proposal: We give Hamas F-16s, armored divisions equipped with the latest US armored vehicles, top-notch training, unlimited resupply of munition, fuel, food, everything. Then "Roger" can rest easier that the Israelis aren't being slaughtered by hopelessly inaccurate rockets and suicide bombers.
Well yeah, but personally I think war isn't the answer. How about we just round up all the politicians who keep the ball rolling and publicly execute them? Serve as an example to all the ones we don't get what they have to look forward to.
I am sure you hate Muslims because they are syuicide bombers..this is a proof you are an ignorant uneducated celebrity & sport worshipper or one of the SHEEPLE. For your informations it's the Jews who believe in a suicide bombinmg to kill enemies to preserve themselves. Also, the Tamil Tigers do the smae. In Vietnam was the same..The list goes on & on..Please look at you Americans how arrogants you are..you go around the world killing millins with your WMD and blame Muslims for defending themselves..I am sure your own door will shut on your own face when your government send you to FEMA camps.
I'm sorry. I looked, but I didn't see any examples in what you had said.
Can you point out some examples of Jews using suicide bombers?
Have you ever heard of the King David Hotel?
I've heard of it. My grandparents went to Israel after it had 'annexed' Jerusalem. And they had stayed there while it was still controlled by Jordon.
I'm not sure I understand the linkage, it may be a little too subtle for me. Can you explain why you used that as an example of Israeli suicide bombers?
Jewish terrorists bombed the King David Hotel in Jerusalem in 1946 ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_David_Hotel_Bom… ) killing 91 people. Jews use (state) terror too when they can get away with it. So no one is without blame!
It was bombed and destroyed by the Zionist terrorist group Irgun on July 22, 1946 and was one of the first examples of modern terrorism, considered by the Israelis as a "legitimate" form of political combat.
I don't recall hearing about that bombing. It's clear that Israel is not denying the event at all. Not when you look for the information.
I am drawing on this article for my opinion of what happened. Do you think it's a fair factual report of the events? http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middl…
So, Roger, you feel that a suicide bomber is somehow morally inferior to the sociopath dropping bombs from the safety of his jet or, better yet, drone remote controller? WTF planet are YOU from???
IMHO, the lowlife dirtbag sitting in air-conditioned comfort while murdering people he/she/it never sees is many cuts BELOW. Could it be that you're one of those dirtbags?
Or just another brain-dead supporter of the terrorist state of Israel?
To Roger: yes, you are right, they don't use suicide bombers. They use something worse: massacre with fighter jets, bombs, guided missiles, tanks…
Israel's military occupation is in gross violation of international law.
Israel should end its breaches of the Geneva Convention, including willful killing, torture, unlawful deportation, unlawful depriving of the rights of fair and regular trial, extensive destruction and appropriation of property.
Breaches of the Geneva Convention means war crimes. These are the conventions established to criminalize the practices of the Nazis.
The suicide bombers are trying to fight for freedom, but are doing it in a totally unacceptable, and terroristic way, but it's very small compared with the US-backed Israeli terrorism.
Recall who stated, 'that means one bullet for every child'..
A cut above their neighbors?
Get real.
Perhaps if Obama shipped new helicopters, ammunition, spare parts and money to the suicide bombers they can start using them against civilians. Fair and equal?
No, because people have right to exist.
It is our duty to resist all state sponsored violece. Agree?
Mr. Roger.., would you please advise the people of Palestine what to do.., beside giving all the Middle East to Israel and US and NATO militarism regimes. or for that matter the people of Afghanistan or if and when the Iran is bombed and etc…etc…etc.., unless you want them to lay down and play did because the country called Israel.., and that the Jewish nation once been harassed and killed by an German fascist.., Would you do that.., I mean lay down and play did if US or England or from wherever you play your game was attacked by Israel.., a country that have no respect for human dignity, the international laws and its social cultural attitude based on the past apartheids and procedures and deception of its own people…
No troll, Israel uses torture, cluster bombs, white phosphorous, starvation, random imprisonment of adults and children within the larger prison of Gaza on the Palestinians every day, in one form or another. Suicide bombers are peanuts compared to this.
Live in Israel do you?
While it is hard to find the truth through all the dis-information (US, Iranian, Israeli, etc), the fact is that public statements from Iran indicate that it is the enemy of the US – after all, "The Great Satan" is not a term of endearment. The evidence also suggests they are heavily invovled in terrorist attacks that kill civilians, have been involved in deaths of US military personnel, have ties with Al Qaida, and in general are hell-bent on destroying anyone who stands between them and power.
They also have fraudulent elections and extreme discrimination against minorities in their country. If you don't believe me, try going to Iran and tell them you are Ba'hai. You will quickly be imprisoned, tortured, raped, and beaten severely – just for your beliefs. So, these are not a government of Boy Scouts.
http://whyyouexist.blogspot.com
The "world" isn't as dumb as America. They aren't going to fight a war for Israel. Uncle sap maybe, but not the world.
I'd like to attack Israel. We need to take back our government and go to war with Israel.
So speaks a regular contributor to an "antiwar" website.
(Catch the irony?)
There's always ONE group of people whose blood you folks don't mind spilling!
Who exactly is your government?
Are the civilians in Tehran still suffering from the UN sanctions?
Most of the World population would support it. Unfortunaly Israels regime is not "moderate"as former Soviet Union. In case of Israel ,there will be WMD flying everywhere. And HUMANITY will regret deerly and to late !! the tragic moment Zionism was able to call "part of Palestine" their country?!?!? Peter czech
Keith, I thought this was an anti-war site.
You're advocating a pre-emptive strike and war and people are cheering you on.
Why not label this the 'anti-semitic', 'pro muslim' web site?
Because that would be telling the truth.
Hello troll!!!
Israelis are effing INSANE. How long do we have to put up with this insanity before cutting them loose and telling them to STFU.
i think what iran is during is for defense only. they know anything else,would bring the destruction of their country, they dont want that to happen to one of the worlds oldest civilization with alot of history,
I got news for you, Yatom. The "world" isn't going to do anything about Iran. If you want something done, your country is going to have to do its own dirty work.
So what are you waiting for? Is the game too rich for your blood?
The more these people lust for Irani blood, the sooner I believe thier demise will be. There is something going on and I believe the shittylittlestate as we know it will cease to exist in a generation.
The call to "the world" is always so vibrant when it involves fighting a war to extend Israel's hegemony in the ME and so outraged when there is a question of Israel's war crimes.
Is Nethanyahu going to shake his little fists at us again or throw a tantrum?
Maybe he'll decide to eat his shoes in protest. That should keep him preoccupied for awhile.
Zionist have already prepare the bases in saudi and they are ready to start new war just like what they did for Iraq and Afgan and world must understand saudies are all kafirs and zionist enemy of the world and saudi must be attack by muslim and free from evils
"All you need is Hate, la la la la la,
All you need is Hate. All you need is Hate, Hate.
Hate is all you need…"
C'mon. This guy wants us all to sing along…
He really is a nice man, despite all the hate…
Made me chuckle with that one but it's so true.
This man is may be an Israeli but he is emphatically not a good Jew. Preemptive war is against all laws, man's and G-d's.
Bingo ! There is the center of the problem and why most people don't understand the situation. Many of the jews in Israel are from the former USSR. The vast majority of them don't believe in the Almighty. Enter the kosher Christians bleating like sheep not really aware of the situation and somehow believing that these are a religious people when nothing could be further from the truth. By their work and works you shall know them.
Can anyone trust a Mossad official?
People are so blinded by their blind hatred of the US and Israel that they have an irrational and almost demented fetish with Iran and "Palestinian" terrorists–oft putting their heads in the ground to Iran's human rights violations and threats of wiping Israel off the map and let's not forget the countless atrocities by "Palestinian" terrorists.
I find it humorous Schmuck when I listen to zionist jews acting as if they are concerned for the rights of ANYBODY in Iran. We ALL witnessed just how concerned you people are relative to human rights when the IDF went goose stepping in to the Gaza gulag, singing Israel uber alles while shooting WP rounds over and at a heavily populated area. With more than 1400 people dead, many of which were unarmed women and children. Then proceeding to bulldoze the chicken farms and orange groves (were they firing rockets also ?). Then proceeding to blow up the water treatment plant and sole flour production mill. So please quit pretending to be concerned for the rights of the Iranian dissidents !
"The world" in this matter actually refers to the six nations who control the UN security council and the IAEA, and doesn't include all of Iran's supporters which include the 118-nation Non Aligned Movement, which annually affirms Iran's right to a nuclear program, also China, Russia, India, Pakistan, Iraq, Turkey and Brazil, just ti name a few.
Expect a false flag attack on uncle sap anytime soon. The calls to attack Iran are getting to fever pitch and uncle sap is still dragging his feet.
The orgy against muslims is just the beginning.
YES, the Mossad is very active in the US again prepping for something. Including the guy who ran the moving company regarding the 5 dancing Israeli's.
AFter the attack , his extended family in New York and London would say "he never said that"
So it's to be 'the world' against Iran is it? We must save ourselves from the country that has never attacked anyone in order to please the country that attacks anybody and everybody that is weaker than itself year after year after year. Or as Newt Gingrich once so famously said " This is the beginning of Armaggeddon. The prophecies of the bible are coming true." Fine, we'll all commit suicide in order to prove the fantasies of the religious fanatics. After all there's a slight chance, perhaps as much a one in a million, that they might even be true. Of course if they're not then we're all dead and you can kiss your kids and the coming generations goodbye forever. Sound like a good deal? Of course, why not? Why would anybody object? What's life for ? Trees, birds, love, the 'brotherhood of man' ? We can all have a good war instead. It'll be just like the movies where everything gets blown up and the hero miraculously escapes with the beautiful girl beside him.
Well said. Thank you!!!!
"World must attack Israel" headline…This is hope for humanity. This would make headlines as World would be really closer to achive M.E. and even World peace and not this propaganda rhetoric comming from Israel or US Knesset….Sorry, I forgot Israels illegal WMD of any kind….I take it back. Rather lets go on with daily killings of Palestine people, time to time some massacre, theft of land and media maniputation peter czech
In regard to your proposal saying: "Danny Yatom urged the international community to come together and form a joint air force led by the United States to launch massive air strikes across Iran".
Question: why don’t you (Israel) start this air strike and see what happens.., if the result is satisfactory then US and NATO will follow…?
If "approving" from Site administration funcions like Media Watch during the days of comunism in Czech Republic, then ANTIWAR.COM is part of propaganda machine. Or is it Big Brother / AIPAC…/ watching in your office, Is it the reason, you dont print my comments? If my fealings are correct, dont worry, I cant change the World. I know, you could lose your job-s. peter czech republic
Israel created all these enemies in the middle east. Has more violations of international law than any other country on planet earth. Is the grand champion regarding UN sanctions hands down.
So why should the 'world' attack a country that hasn't violated nearly as many if any international laws and whose ONLY crime is that they refuse to have their internal politics dictated from Tel Aviv ?
If the 'world' should attack ANY country, the 'world' should invade Israel. Disarm both sides at the point of a gun and dictate a peace to both sides. Set a standing army between the two and anybody who tries to cross the line gets shot on site.
The Likudniks had better watch out. The rest of the world might just decide to gang up against Israel instead.
Couldn't happen soon enough!
You've got to wonder how many people this ex-Mossad guy assassinated.
ex-Mossad Chief….truth is never part of the workings of Mossad.
Google – bombing of King David Hotel. You will find numerous articles with pictures.
Yes, but I chose an article at random that had an account filled with a set of details.
The detail that the british army headquarters was in the building. The detail that they called and warned them 25 minutes in advance to evacuate, and that it was in 1946.
Is there more to this story not listed in the article I linked to? Before I draw my conclusions I wanted to make sure I hadn't missed anything.
Photo's they show the damage but not the causes, not the build up to the milk cannisters being carried into the kitchen.
Yatom is a nice fellow
He means well.
I really wish these Israelis would stop labeling their own problems as the worlds problems……and even then Iran only bugs Israelis cos they are able to defend themselves and will extend that 'defence' to their allies, which of course means the Israelis plan to grab those allies land will have to come to a halt….. that's whole ME problem in a nutshell…
I wouldn’t be so sure about Israel not using suicide bombers. Someone from the ME flew those planes into the twin towers and it sure as Hell wasn’t those cave dwellers from Afghanistan.
Yes but it was Israeli airport security companies that had complete access to every plane involved with 9/11 so they could have done it a number of ways up to and including bailing out prior to ANY of those jets hitting the towers. Besides, if they did use suicide bombers, keep in mind that Israel is the world capital of terrorism. They have agents in just about every terror group world wide. War is GOOD for Israel. Their entire economy is based all around war. So as the rest of the world goes down the economic tubes from all these Israeli inspired wars their economy thrives.
You are involved in discussing Middle East issues and you haven't heard of the King David Hotel bombing?
If you observe "Roger" he use the question technique to prolong and deviate the thread by asking what he seems to consider an engaging interrogation .
No more answers from me.