Iran, Israel and America, in a nutshell.

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Egyptian candidates' tough words on peace turn Israel wary =>
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/13/3608181/egyptian-candidates-tough
-words.html

Last month, a long-standing gas deal between Israel and Egypt was suddenly canceled
by the Egyptian partner. The deal, which provided Israel with almost 40 percent of its
natural gas needs, was touted as a symbol of good relations between the two countries,
and the language that made up its charter carried frequent references to the 1979 peace
deal between the two countries.

Now, with less than two weeks to go before the first round of Egyptian presidential
elections, many in both Israel and Egypt are wondering if peace will hold.

Every Egyptian presidential candidate has publicly questioned the peace deal, leaving
many in both countries to wonder if an arrangement that ousted President Hosni Mubarak
defended for three decades isn't about to fade away.



. . . . .The worst and most frequent consequence of paranoia is that it's self-fulfilling.

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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Speaks of Military Option for Iran =>
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/world/middleeast/united-states-ambas
sador-dan-shapiro-to-israel-speaks-of-military-option-for-iran.html

JERUSALEM — The American ambassador to Israel said this week that not only was
America willing to use military force to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons,
but that preparations had already been made for a possible attack.

“It would be preferable to resolve this diplomatically and through the use of pressure
than to use military force,” the ambassador, Dan Shapiro, said at a meeting Tuesday
of the Israeli bar association. “But that doesn’t mean that option is not fully available.
And not just available, but it’s ready. The necessary planning has been done to ensure
that it’s ready.”

While American leaders, including President Obama and his defense secretary and chair-
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, have frequently said all options are on the table regarding
Iran . . .

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Originally posted by Geezer:

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Originally posted by Niki2:
Jon Stewart did a bit which, in my opinion, explains why all the pissing contest Iran, Israel and we are having.

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Too bad no one listens to Jon Stewart.

"Keep the Shiny side up"

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Yeah, no one's been listening to him 4 nights a week for the last 12 years straight.

ETA - in my haste to chide Geezer I failed to see others had beaten me too it - well done and bravo.

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Iran Gets New Offer From Powers at Nuclear Talks in Iraq =>
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/05/23/bloomberg_
articlesM4FQ301A74E901-M4HOB.DTL

Chinese, French, German, Russian, British and U.S. negotiators -- the so-called
P5+1 group -- presented the offer today before adjourning, said Michael Mann,
the spokesman for European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. The P5+1
wants Iran to reduce production of 20 percent-enriched uranium in exchange for
the offer, he said, without providing specifics . . .



. . .I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. ~Charles R Swindoll

If I have to react to others all the time, then they own my mind more than I do.
If I let others tell me how to feel, I lose my ability to choose happiness.
If I let others tell me who I am, I've vacated self-definition.
Finally, I realized how foolish I was to give others such power over me.

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...which is pretty much the reply to anything and everything having to do with Iran that they feed us these days... IMHO

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