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Showing Original Post only (View all)Israel Dismisses Warnings From US About Attacking Iran [View all]
By Jeremy Herb - 02/22/12 12:39 PM ET
Israels foreign minister on Wednesday said it's not the business of the United States whether his country decides to attack Iran.
Foreign Minister Avigor Lieberman said that warnings from the United States and Russia about an attack would not affect Israels decision-making.
[It] is not their business, Lieberman said in an interview with an Israeli TV station Wednesday, according to The Associated Press.
The security of the citizens of Israel, the future of the state of Israel, this is the Israeli governments responsibility, he said.
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Oh Geez! Great minds think alike. When I read the OP I thought, " Big talk for a country
truth2power
Feb 2012
#42
I think you are thinking of droopy dog, they are not one in the same are they? nope.
lonestarnot
Feb 2012
#22
Lieberman's photo should go into Wikipedia, as the definitive illustration of the "shit-eating grin"
Brettongarcia
Feb 2012
#36
i fully agree that Iran is no threat, in and of themselves, with or without nukes
flexnor
Feb 2012
#47
We would have to "sit it out" - gasoline would be $8 a gallon - if you could find it.
jpak
Feb 2012
#54
there is absolutely no way than any Middle Eastern government can admit openly that they allowed
Douglas Carpenter
Feb 2012
#38
No problem: through Syria which is busy now; then Iraq with no air defense; then hit Iran.
Brettongarcia
Feb 2012
#41
Panetta & Pentagon admits their "bunker buster" bombs cannot penetrate Iran's underground facilitie
Douglas Carpenter
Feb 2012
#37
IMHO, any first strike on Iran, would almost certainly backfire badly on Israel.
AverageJoe90
Feb 2012
#45