Both morning shows (ABC and NBC) have personalities in Jerusalem this morning

[Nikki Stone1]

Not for news, just for travel/fun. Is something going down in the Middle East that we don't know about? Like, are the networks really setting up newspeople in Jerusalem for the war with Iran?

A little :tinfoilhat: I know, but Junior is still at the helm.

[cobaindrain]

1. actually I've been seing commercials recently

Pushing travel to Israel, so maybe it's a concerted effort by the Israeli lobby to increase travel to the country in the aftermath of the war. Probably scared away a ton of tourists, now they want to create the impression that everything is "safe".

[Rosemary2205]

3. Yeah it's safe alright...........

just as long as you aren't a palestinian child........ :mad:

[Nikki Stone1]

4. That sounds very plausible. But, I know we have military poised for Iran

So I couldn't help but wonder.

[leveymg]

5. That would be a good sign.

Can't imagine that too many tourists would want to book a stay in a war zone just as another, far more destructive war appears about to start.

[Nikki Stone1]

6. Good point.

I've just gotten used to paranoia being a constant state of mind since 2000. All the things that seemed undoable, impractical and ridiculously wasteful and evil were done by this administration.

Maybe this means that the war with Iran is off. That would be a relief.

[Nikki Stone1]

7. But look at this one

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/111006E.shtml


Israel Official: Strike on Iran Possible
By Amy Teibel
The Associated Press

Friday 10 November 2006

The deputy defense minister suggested Friday that Israel might be forced to launch a military strike against Iran's disputed nuclear program - the clearest statement yet of such a possibility from a high-ranking official.

"I am not advocating an Israeli pre-emptive military action against Iran and I am aware of its possible repercussions," Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh, a former general, said in comments published Friday in The Jerusalem Post. "I consider it a last resort. But even the last resort is sometimes the only resort."

Sneh's comments did not necessarily reflect the view of Israel's government or of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, said government spokeswoman Miri Eisin.

Olmert, who was arriving in Washington on Sunday, said he was confident in the U.S. handling of the international standoff over Iran's nuclear program. The Bush administration and other nations say is a cover for developing atomic weapons, but Tehran says the program is peaceful.

[burythehatchet]

2. maybe they'll step into Gaza and count the bodies

or not.