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John2

(2,730 posts)
7. I don't see it as
Tue Dec 4, 2012, 08:56 AM
Dec 2012

you do. And I don't think a lot of people see it as you do. The World is also looking at how the U.S. deals with the Israeli and Palestinian issue. This goes two ways. I don't see the Iranians attacking the United States or trying to gather intelligence off U.S. shores. Our interests in Iran is our interest to protect Israel.

The U.S. also has a problem not with just Iran in that part of the World but also with Pakistan,Gaza, etc.etc.etc. The U.S. could not stop other countries from recognizing the Palestinians. How easy do you think, the U.S. can get a coalition together, should Israel nd the United States decides to attack Iran for Israel's safety? This is a country that also continues to defy the U.N. under U.S. protection and refuses to open its own nuclear facilities for inspection. A nuclear program allegedly gotten with stealing from the U.S. decades ago.

It is essentially the same logic, the U.S. is using against Iran. I think the United States needs to start acting fairly across the Board in Foreign Policy. These people existed long before the U.S. even started meddling in their affairs. I'm going to put Israel on the spot. Now where would a country, that started out as displaced Jews under the Palestinian Mandate, before the U.S. became involved, years later become a nuclear state? Not only that, the said country only has an entire population of eleven million people, (nearly half Arabs) able to get finances and the material to support such a program? If you ask me, everything points to the United States Government turning the blind eye and what I call our own right wing extremists with their Democratic allies in Congress. We called it espionage, but made no attempts to sanction Israel. If they do have such a program, Where are they getting this material in a country, that was formerly Palestine, under British control? Where are they getting the money to support their military? I'm waiting for your answers?

They have a right to capture anything that enters their air space. How arrogant we are sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #1
+1 Auggie Dec 2012 #2
We look like the "bad guys" to whom? Iran? msanthrope Dec 2012 #4
I don't see it as John2 Dec 2012 #7
"I'm going to put Israel on the spot." Go ahead, but I'm not engaging in your CT. nt msanthrope Dec 2012 #10
I disagree adamantly. Just who the sam hell is plethoro Dec 2012 #15
If Iranian surveliance ships even came close to American waters, Tehran would be getting bombed... Ash_F Dec 2012 #21
Didn't that incident take place in international waters though? octothorpe Dec 2012 #28
Me too, Sabrina, but I suspect it is plethoro Dec 2012 #16
I couldn't agree more with sabrina 1. How would ANY other governments react if rachel1 Dec 2012 #23
You assume that they arrogantly think theshould be allowed to fly their drones wherever without risk octothorpe Dec 2012 #27
How about we just stay out of other people's business and their countries? We have enough sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #29
Just so people know...this is a ScanEagle Drone... HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #3
US Navy denies claim Bosonic Dec 2012 #5
Define "recently" Kelvin Mace Dec 2012 #11
This is the 2nd one they've captured, right? Maybe this one's special... Blandocyte Dec 2012 #6
Scan Eagle is a commercially available drone first used by tuna fishermen hack89 Dec 2012 #13
Iranian TV shows off 'captured US ScanEagle drone' dipsydoodle Dec 2012 #8
The Iranian John2 Dec 2012 #9
Yeah, sophisticated survelliance tech Kelvin Mace Dec 2012 #12
Scan Eagle is a commercially available drone first used by tuna fishermen hack89 Dec 2012 #14
this isnt sophisticated backwoodsbob Dec 2012 #18
why would they do that? backwoodsbob Dec 2012 #19
Poke, poke, poke. nt woo me with science Dec 2012 #17
That one's a toy OnyxCollie Dec 2012 #20
"Intercepted" as in crash landed and was tripped over. marble falls Dec 2012 #22
Either way, they got it OnyxCollie Dec 2012 #24
Eh. I'm concerned about the armed drones killing folks all around the world, could you imagine... marble falls Dec 2012 #25
our Navy is denying it is one of ours. appleannie1 Dec 2012 #26
military spokesbots tend to deny absolutely anything if they think somebody will believe it Alamuti Lotus Dec 2012 #30
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