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Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 01:34 PM Oct 2012

Netanyahu Says Strike On Iran Would Be Good For Arabs


PARIS | Tue Oct 30, 2012 12:53pm EDT

(Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought on Tuesday to convince Arab states that an Israeli military strike on Iran would benefit them, removing a potential threat and easing tensions across the Middle East.

Netanyahu has made a number of veiled threats to attack Iran's nuclear program and has appealed to the United States and the United Nations to set a limit for Tehran on its further development.

In an interview published on Tuesday with French magazine Paris Match, Netanyahu said such a strike would not worsen regional tensions, as many critics have warned.

"Five minutes after, contrary to what the skeptics say, I think a feeling of relief would spread across the region," he said.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/30/us-israel-iran-idUSBRE89T19120121030
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Netanyahu Says Strike On Iran Would Be Good For Arabs (Original Post) Purveyor Oct 2012 OP
He's always thinking about their welfare BeyondGeography Oct 2012 #1
Yeah, he's swell...never a thought for himself...always concerned for others... joeybee12 Oct 2012 #6
Right, and "we'll be welcomed by Iraqis as liberators" and Viva_Daddy Oct 2012 #2
How much time does this idiot have left in office bigdarryl Oct 2012 #3
it would be good for the arabs... BlueMan Votes Oct 2012 #4
Over here a crazy man said that slavery was good for black people. onehandle Oct 2012 #5

Viva_Daddy

(785 posts)
2. Right, and "we'll be welcomed by Iraqis as liberators" and
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 01:43 PM
Oct 2012

women who get pregnant from rape are given a "gift from God"...and other insanities.

 

BlueMan Votes

(903 posts)
4. it would be good for the arabs...
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 01:45 PM
Oct 2012

it would unite them even further, and steel their resolve against the west.

onehandle

(51,122 posts)
5. Over here a crazy man said that slavery was good for black people.
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 01:53 PM
Oct 2012

So we don't have the monopoly on elected crazy people.

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