This is nothing particularly new from that side of the Persian Gulf. Only the face is new.

Saddam Hussein, people might remember, had an army of volunteers ready to invade and crush Israel, and maintained the only reason this didn't happen was because Jordan would not open its borders.

Duyring that big earthquake a few years ago, Iran said it would accept help from any country, including the United States, but not Israel.

I agree that its an effective declaration of war. That doesn't mean Israel has to do anything about it - it already reserves the right to take preemptive strikes against Iranian missile delivery systems, nuclear weapons facilities and other strategic targets.

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but the un needs to get off it's ass and take a hard line against...Iran, syria, N korea, etc....




This is, with respect, silly. What can the UN do? Its obliged to do what the Security Council says. Do you mean instead that the Security Council should get off its arse and do something?

I think there is something to the Israeli proposition that Iran be ejected from the UN. One of the purposes of the UN is promotion of world peace (between sovereign states). Iran's statement makes it clear that it is not interested in that, in so far as Israel is concerned.

Chant, I disagree with your view that Jews had no right to establish Israel. Both Israelis and Palestinians deserve their own state.

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