Think Progress
June 23, 2008
This morning on Fox News, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton continued his drumbeat for war against Iran. Adopting Bill Kristol’s argument, Bolton suggested that an attack on Iran depends on who Americans elect as the next President:
I think if they [Israel] are to do anything, the most likely period is after our elections and before the inauguration of the next President. I don’t think they will do anything before our election because they don’t want to affect it. And they’d have to make a judgment whether to go during the remainder of President Bush’s term in office or wait for his successor.
Bolton gamed out the fallout from an attack on Iran. He claimed that Iran’s options to retaliate after being attacked are actually “less broad than people think.” He suggested that Iran would not want to escalate a conflict because 1) it still needs to export oil, 2) it would worry about “an even greater response” from Israel, 3) and it would worry about the U.S.’s response.
Bolton then concluded that Arab states would be excited if the U.S. or Israel attacked Iran:
I don’t think you’d hear the Arab states say this publicly, but they would be delighted if the United States or Israel destroyed the Iranian nuclear weapons capability.
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June 23rd, 2008 at 11:55 am
So if an when the Neocons start a war with Iran, what can we do to stop it!?
June 23rd, 2008 at 12:08 pm
We wont be able to stop it. THey will plan a terrorist attack. Maybe a nuke. THey will say its from Iran. We will then go to war. Oil will shoot up to $10 a gallon. THat will put the economy into a depression. That will drag the rest of the world into a depression. People will riot. They will declare martial law. People will be taken and killed in FEMA camps. They will say the only way to fix the economy is to merge The U.S and Mexico and Canada together into one economy. Make it one government.
June 23rd, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Ah, Ello mate! The response you wanted from me the other day was censored by Alex “chicken s---” Jones!. If you want to know what I said, go to my website by clicking on my name.
If it comes down to Israel attacking Iran, that would be a good time. Force the incoming zionist pig president (My money is on McCain) to defend poor little Israel from the enemies she provokes.
At captain…There is nothing we can do. Just wait for it all to go up in flames and try to force the government to realize who the true ruling power is in The United States “We rule you asses and you love us for it” America. Get it?
June 23rd, 2008 at 12:24 pm
UNFREAKINGBELIEVABLE
June 23rd, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Hezbollah 2, Israel 0
By Joanna Francis
Crescent and Cross
8-18-6
Make no mistake about it the Israelis are getting their tails kicked in Lebanon! Just like they did in May 2000, when Hezbollah sent them scurrying back across the border with their tails between their legs. The Israelis never forgot that stinging defeat and have now demanded a rematch with Hezbollah. And much to their surprise, Israel has already managed to lose the rematch too. Considering the disparity in numbers and weaponry between Israel and Hezbollah, Israel should have achieved a decisive victory by now. But they haven’t. And it doesn’t help their case any that they have had to resort to bombing the entire country, killing women and children, to try to save face. It only makes them look more pathetic. They will never be able to swagger quite so arrogantly again, or instill fear in the groveling leaders of their neighboring countries in quite the same way. The Israelis have been outfoxed at every turn by an irregular army using prehistoric weaponry, with little to no support from neighboring countries (the leaders, that is), but who have proven themselves to be unwavering in their determination. Hezbollah are fighting against the best weaponry American money can buy. And they are winning.
Because you can’t buy courage. Even with the entire United States treasury at your disposal, the things that matter most to real men simply cannot be purchased. Therefore, the poor man has the advantage over the rich man because valor, manliness, and honor are free to those with nothing to lose. The Israelis had everything to lose in this misguided operation and have proceeded to do so exceedingly well. Even among their most brainwashed sycophants, their credibility is in the single digits. The excuse of the “kidnapped” soldiers is totally bogus to anyone with an I.Q. over 70, because Hezbollah has offered to release them in exchange for a ceasefire but Israel has refused. Meanwhile, Israel has kidnapped thousands of Lebanese citizens over the years who languish in Israeli prisons to this day. And the Katyusha rocket pity party won’t work either, because the Katyusha rockets are simply in retaliation for Israeli aggression, not vice versa, and can hardly compare to the bombs being dropped on Lebanon. If they thought for one moment that they would rout out Hezbollah, they were seriously mistaken. You cannot eliminate a fighting force whose reason for existence is justified by the fact that Israel continues to occupy their land, invade their air space, and hold their people as political prisoners. Kill them all, and another generation will simply step up to the plate and take their place.
The Israelis fight like sissies from fighter jets, dropping bunker-buster bombs on defenseless women and children. That’s real manly! They roll across the border in heavily-armored tanks, confident that they’ll be impervious to Hezbollah’s weaker arsenal. Only lately, those tanks have had the surprising habit of turning into human crematoria for the Israeli soldiers inside them. So why don’t they get out of their tanks and fighter jets and go toe-to-toe with Hezbollah like real men? (See first sentence of essay). The fourth most powerful military in the world has been given a shiny black eye that no amount of make-up will ever be able to hide. The aura of invincibility they so haughtily projected is now tarnished beyond repair. Bragging rights go to Hezbollah, as Israel eats its long-overdue humble pie. Why do I feel so strongly about this, you might ask? Because Israel has made me, an American taxpayer, complicit in their war crimes, and I, for one, am glad to see them finally getting their comeuppance.
In fact, the Israelis are losing so badly that their co-religionists in the West have had to order new false flag operations to take their humiliating defeat off the front pages. It’s like that scene in the Wizard of Oz where Toto pulls back the curtain on the “Great Oz,” only to discover that he’s really a weaselly old man, pretending to be something that he’s not. Well, the curtain has been pulled back on the Zionists, and they are standing there in all their naked cowardice and cruelty, for all world to see. And the world is repulsed. Hence, the PR campaign now underway to try to remind us goyim that all Muslims are “terrorists” and that the Israelis are always the victims. So now we’re supposed to feel relieved that the Israelis are only killing “terrorists” (not human beings), and that they are only trying to make the world a safer place for all of us. Only it’s not going to work this time. I mean, how stupid do they think we are? Just when world sympathy was leaning heavily towards Lebanon and away from Israel, does any sane person really believe that Muslims would try to pull off an ill-fated stunt? Only the most credulous of FOX News watchers could fail to notice that the timing of these supposed terror plots is extraordinarily convenient.
The mainstream media is just another weapon in the Israeli armory, but this time, chinks are beginning to show. The Zionist-controlled media try their best to obfuscate the cowardice of their own kin by wrongly portraying Hezbollah as hiding behind women and children. In psychiatry (a dangerous medical specialty they invented), this is called “projection,” or the attempt to transfer your own negative traits onto another person. They know all about projection because they do it so well. But Israel cannot hide the fact that they have slaughtered more than 1,000 civilians, mostly women and children, and have destroyed almost the entire infrastructure of a modern, democratic state. Yet they cynically try to portray themselves as reluctant and contrite killers, in a grotesque attempt to blame innocent victims for their own deaths.
What did they think was going to happen when they plunked themselves down in the middle of a million Arabs, after slaughtering them to steal their land in 1948? Did they really think they would get away with it indefinitely? Obviously so, since they’ve now set out to conquer more sovereign Arab territory, fully revealing their expansionist agenda to anyone with eyes to see. Only something unexpected has happened on the way to Eretz Israel; they’ve run into a brick wall called Hezbollah, who will not relinquish their sovereignty to the Zionist land-grabbers.
It’s slowly starting to dawn on the Zionists that Lebanon will never be part of Eretz Israel, and that the Litani River will never provide drinking water to Israeli settler households. Plan “Eretz Israel” has been put on hold by a small Lebanese militia with more guts than most men can even dream about. In any area that counts, Hezbollah is already victorious. Courage? How brave do you have to be to stay and fight when you are out-numbered, out-gunned, out-tanked, and out-bombed? Very brave, indeed. This war was nothing more than an Israeli land-grab attempt, and an opportunity to exercise collective punishment on an entire people for Israel’s defeat at the hands of Hezbollah in May 2000. But the Israeli soldiers aren’t half the fighters Hezbollah are; hence, their second defeat in six years at the hands of their bitter enemies. Hezbollah now owns them lock, stock and barrel.
June 23rd, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Israel never “lost” to Hezbollah, they stopped the rocket attacks. I’d call that a victory.
And Hezbollah and courage don’t go together. Hezbollah is funded by Iran, Israel got its weapons from America.
Most of the innocent who died died at the hands of Hezbollah, not the Israelis. Qana, for example, did not collapse until an hour after the bombing, the bombing was in a different part than what collapsed, and a Hezbollah owned missile showed up on Israeli radar right before the building collapsed. There are several cases just like this. Israel killed the Lebanese civilians? Give me a f---ing break.
And calling the Israelis sissies is like saying you would win in a fight with Bruce Springsteen- It just ain’t true.
June 23rd, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Ok Folks, we tried to talk some sense into government, but now it’s time we knocki it into them, we who love freedom and hate tyrany, we must put our differences aside , unite and create a force to take down our governments, yes i am calling for all out war, because history tends to repeat itself, therefore if the American war of independence was good for the founding fathers then it’s good for us.
You see we are living the same tyrany they were, so if they rose against it by force back then , howmuch more should we who are facing greater perils?
June 23rd, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Nothing! Bend over and kiss your ass good bye!!
June 23rd, 2008 at 1:32 pm
bush is going to drop bombs no matter who wins. This devil worshiper doesn’t care about America, or even the world for that matter ( obama is going to drop bombs too ) bush and obama both sworn allegiance to the jews and to a make believe devil that no one ever, ever seen before. To protect and save or Constitution and our children from the cia world wide sex ring, people must die — like it are not! — congress and both parties systems sold us out along time ago, so voting is a joke, while on the other hand, the fbi and cia never ever looked out for the American people, they only looked out for those who are really in power — NAZIES! And, am not taking about Germany either. cia + nazie = NWO
June 23rd, 2008 at 1:37 pm
july 2
June 23rd, 2008 at 1:50 pm
No Israel did not lose to Hizbollah. Everything went according to plan.
Oh how I admire the strategic planning that went behind the operations.
Hizbollah forced Israel into dispersing Cluster munitions as the IDF were re-deploying behind the Israeli border.They have not killed anybody that didnt deserve it… part of the smart arsenal.Israel only kills combatants and Hizbollah………… They are bad.
The people of Beirut were putting their fingers in the air and the Israeli pilots were compelled to retaliate.
They had no choice but to reduce large parts of the city to rubble… How dare the Lebanese enjoy prosperity and peace… So successful operation and all goals achieved. Turn lebanon into a pile of concrete rubble and piss them off.
They should be using their fantastic forward planning to look after their citizens in all of their occupied territories…… And that includes all citizens and all religions… All free and all subject to the same laws and treatment by their governments.
Go Israel, become a civilised society. Its not too late.
June 23rd, 2008 at 2:19 pm
The Six Million are almost gathered for the REAL HOLOCAUST – a classic BURNT OFFERING!
ISRAEL is TOAST!
June 23rd, 2008 at 2:30 pm
This is why 2/3 of the Isreal people have to die.
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Learn how to spell Nissim, you appear to be unintelligent!!!!
June 23rd, 2008 at 3:20 pm
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June 23rd, 2008 at 3:21 pm
After WW3, the christians will be targeted. after that they will push the chip aka the mark. We only have a few years left.
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:47 pm
no point in giving a sh!$ it will be.
June 23rd, 2008 at 5:49 pm
IZSHBR #15 Shall we say you are one of the parasitic fake Jews, an anti-Semite, Tribe of Dan AshkeNAZI, Zionist who espouses the Talmud. I’d almost bet you are an ADL’er, linked to the Shoah Business, lining your pockets with the loot you parasitically stole from us. NOT, I don’t bet it I assert it.
True Jews who have not sold out are good people. IZZY #15 hates Jews.
June 23rd, 2008 at 5:53 pm
IZSHBR #15 Shall we say you are one of the parasitic fake Jews, an anti-Semite, Tribe of Dan AshkeNAZI, Zionist who espouses the Talmud. I’d almost bet you are an ADL’er, linked to the Shoah Business, lining your pockets with the loot you parasitically stole from us.
Correction not NOT but —————-> NO, I don’t bet it I assert it.
True Jews who have not sold out are good people. IZZY #15 hates Jews.
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:29 pm
http://www.thereignofchrist.org
Masonic-Zionism, is the Red Dragon. (Masonry or
Freemasonry represent ‘government,’ while Zionism
represents money). This ‘association’ will be replaced by
a particular man, who is the devil incarnate. This man
remains hidden and in the background for the time being,
directing all opposition to God the Father, the God of all
Creation, as he tries to subject the whole world to his
diabolical government and money order. The present
system of world dominance by evil is most sinister to say
the least. The powers of evil are now in control of the
design, manufacturing, and distribution of weapons of
mass destruction and are so complete, that no nation upon
the earth at this time can oppose these evil powers. Today
this evil is government controlled by the angels of Satan,
tomorrow it will be Satan incarnate as stated above who
will be in control of this evil. These powers of evil
government control oil production, taxation of the
populace, and nations ‘right’ to exist, as long as those
nations submit to their particular form of ‘democracy.’ “I
heard, as it were a voice in the midst of the four living
creatures, saying: ‘Two pounds of wheat for a penny, and
thrice two pounds of barley for a penny, and see you hurt
not the wine and the oil.’”30 The penny is the smallest
denomination of money, and here it represents the poor in
their struggle to pay for the minimal goods necessary for
survival. The oil represents the power of control by evil,
and the wine represents the luxury which can only be
enjoyed by the money-powers. The evil powers forbid
anyone to tamper with their control and luxury. The entire
earth is slave to their system.
June 23rd, 2008 at 7:31 pm
http://www.thereignofchrist.org
Today, the United Nations with it’s sinister ‘declarations’
is the antichrist. The UN outwardly seems to be a good
‘peace keeping’ force, but many of it’s declarations are
subtle and evil, lying couched like a leopard, as it ushers in
The Battle in the heavens and on earth
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the New World Order. This organization will be replaced
by a man, the antichrist himself, who will do the bidding
of the Dragon. This man opposes directly God the Son.
“And the beast which I saw was like to a leopard, and his
feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth
of a lion. And the Dragon gave him his own strength and
great power. And I saw one of his heads as it were slain to
death, and his death’s wound was healed. And all the earth
was in admiration after the beast. And they adored the
dragon which gave power to the beast. And they adored the
beast, saying: ‘Who is like to the beast? And who shall be
able to fight with him?’”31
The people of the world are in admiration of the superior
weapons technology which the mega-powers use in their
ever expanding global battle-field. The Prophet Daniel
foretold: “And the king shall do according to his will, and
he shall be lifted up, and shall magnify himself against
every god, and he shall speak great things against the God
of gods, and shall prosper, till the wrath be accomplished,
for the determination is made. And he shall make no
account of the God of his fathers, and he shall follow the
lust of women, and he shall not regard any gods, for he
shall rise up against all things. But he shall worship the
god Maozim in his place, and a god whom his fathers
knew not. He shall worship with gold, and silver, and
precious stones, and things of great price. And he shall do
this to fortify Maozim with a strange god, whom he has
acknowledged, and he shall increase glory, and shall give
them power over many, and shall divide the land gratis.”32
Maozim is the god of military forces, star wars, and strong
holds. If you do not think that this god of war is not
idolized, just look at the entertainment areas in public
transportation places, as well as in the sports arcades in the
cities, and the ‘games’ advertised in the music stores – you
will see – you do know.
June 23rd, 2008 at 9:47 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqOKvonLrH8
June 23rd, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Who controls the world’s governments? is it a group?
June 24th, 2008 at 12:47 am
Damn them khazars
June 24th, 2008 at 12:52 am
this is an awesome quote, but i don’t know who it’s from:
“The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.”
June 24th, 2008 at 1:08 am
buy firearms and properly burry them before the SS comes to your door.
June 24th, 2008 at 6:26 am
No offense, but alex, and or sources he quotes have said that there will be a war with Iran for the last 4 years. EVERY single time, its “Before Christmas”, “This Summer”, “By Fall” and NOT ONCE has it been correct!
How many more predictions? give it a rest. We all know you “said” it will happen, so when it does, you can still say I told you so, which Alex LOOOVES to do, even though 90% of his predictions never see the light of day, its ALWAYS….”I told you so”
Your becoming just like Bush with the scare tactics. “The Terrorist will get us” and when that day comes, if its 1 year, or 30 years from now, they will say “I told you so”
Ive been a listener for over 6 years, but my time to listen has ended. Ive seen Alex go from a honest truth activist, to a money hungry, Dis-honest, Dis-information, Article cropping, Board censoring, Fact distorting egotistical MANIAC!
I have listen to Alex probably longer than anyone here, with VERY few exceptions. Listening to 3, 4 year old shows proves my point even further, He is all over the place with predictions.
Just from 10min of a show from 4 years ago, this is “What is going to happen”
- USA war with Venezuela
- USA war with Cuba over throwing Castro
- A nuclear bomb goes off in the USA
- Martial Law (boy he been on this one since I started listening, and still is)
- Canadas Province of Quebec will join the US (eye role)
Thats from 10min!!!! NONE HAPPENED!!!
Not to mention the 2 year rant that “Hillery is the guaranteed the whitehouse” Opps…..
Oh yea, and how can we forget Hillery Vs Giuliani, NWO Already picks candidates…..Opps
Funny how Alex NEVER goes back to admit mistakes, just goes on to predict more non sense, Like he Never even said the other stuff in the first place.
I Believe in the truth movement, 9/11, NWO, Global Elites, all that.
Alex Jones is not the man to lead you to anything. All he wants is you $$$. So he feeds off of peoples paranoia’s. See Alex for that fake that he is, and most important,
DONT BE A SHEEP, GET YOUR INFORMATION FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES!
ALEX IS NOT GOD, I BEG ALL OF YOU TO FIND A OLD TAPE OF ALEX JONES AND SEE THE NON-SENSE OF HIS PREDICTIONS AND SCARE TACTICS.
POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
June 24th, 2008 at 7:56 am
The slaves need to rise up and begin hanging their evil masters without remorse. Only when the evil masters see their friends hanging dead from a tree will they get the message that enough is enough. Since they seek to kill everyone on the planet for greed it is only right that we begin to kill them for free. Begin with the Zionist devils and then go after those that supported and or committed murder for their evil masters like the media whores. Then go after corporate demons and law enforcement demons and judicial demons and anyone that supports fascism. Killing these bastards by whatever means available is the “ONLY” answer to returning our nation to the people.
June 24th, 2008 at 8:17 am
Wow!! There sure are some freaks posting here. Rant, rant, rant… Alex said this and Alex said that and nothing happened. I think Micheal Reagan has just spoken. Talk about an attempt at character asassination. When an intollerant mind sees something objectionable on television, he should just change the channel. But when the intollerant attempts to sway another to his opinion(disenchanted) instead of just locating a more suitable web site, he is nothing but a distraction.