Comments on: Source: Obama to nuke Iran if Iran nukes Israel

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Hey, let’s buy Pakistan’s nukes

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Hey, let’s buy Pakistan’s nukes — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:28:39 +0000

[...] and democracy in exchange for, say, $100 billion and a promise to bring them under the U.S. nuclear umbrella. Laying aside the unlikelihood of Americans supporting a nuke attack on New Delhi to defend [...]

By: Mere Rhetoric

Mere Rhetoric — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:08:32 +0000

Obama: Since We All Know That Engagement With Iran Won’t Work, How About A US Nuclear Umbrella For Israel?…

How generous: U.S. President-elect Barack Obama’s administration will offer Israel a “nuclear umbrella” against the threat of a nuclear attack by Iran, a well-placed American source said earlier this week. The source, who is close to the new admini…

By: Kralizec

Kralizec — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 07:35:03 +0000

I don’t think President Daintypants would actually nuke Iran, and if he didn’t, his failure would make future threats of assured destruction ineffectual.

I wouldn’t nuke Iran in retaliation, either. I would nuke Tehran as a preventive measure, as an example for others, and as an inexpensive means of clearing the ground for the construction of my mausoleum.

By: Dark-Star

Dark-Star — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:14:15 +0000

Assured destruction is no deterrent to a culture based on martyrdom.

crosspatch on December 11, 2008 at 8:44 PM

The whole problem with the idea in the first place – even IF Obama didn’t already promise to neuter our nukes.

You can’t threaten the Mad Mullahs and their Minions with M.A.D.! They’re already brainwashed to be ready for a horde of virgins when they die!

By: Badger40

Badger40 — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:11:32 +0000

The small print

… but only if the blast center is within Isreal’s 1949 boundaries…

Paul Murphy on December 12, 2008 at 11:51 AM

Ha! I don’t put it past BO.

How can one NOT ‘get’ it?
Spiritk9 on December 12, 2008 at 1:17 PM

I do. Islam seeks total domination. There is no moderate Islam. There is only Islam. If we let them, they will either kill us all, or submerge us in dhimmitude, like the Europeans.
It’s time to take a stand. And I’m standing with my finger on the trigger.

By: Spiritk9

Spiritk9 — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:17:43 +0000

How can one NOT ‘get’ it?

It’s about deterrence, not hoping to actually use the nukes against Iran. Here’s to hoping that the mullas in Iran have as much sense as the Russians did when considering “mutually assured destruction” back in the cold war days.

If this is all that’s left after a rather neutered effort by an impotent united nations to stop Iran from getting nukes, well, this is what we’re left with. Period. What are you going to do, let them extort Israel out of existence with a nuclear threat?

Get a grip Israel haters. It no longer matters that it WAS arab land before 1948. They are there NOW. Unless you want to take a chunk of the USA or Canada, or even Mexico and establish a ‘new’ Israel, at your expense btw, just shut the hell up and stare down the real enemy here, that being the towel bearing religious freaks running the militant factions of the arab world that not only want ISRAEL gone, but ALL the rest of the world on bended knee to radical islam as well.

Open your goddamned eyes already.

By: Paul Murphy

Paul Murphy — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:51:55 +0000

The small print

… but only if the blast center is within Isreal’s 1949 boundaries…

By: Behind Blue Lines » Obama and the Big Fire

Behind Blue Lines » Obama and the Big Fire — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:43:29 +0000

[...] to extend the U.S. nuclear umbrella to Israel. This is supposed to deter an Iranian attack. Like Allahpundit,I don’t know what Krauthammer and Hillary see in this strategy. If deterrence based on [...]

By: abcurtis

abcurtis — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:48:28 +0000

Somebody’s dreaming. I find this extremely hard to believe. I can see Obama dispatching Hillary to talk to ACHmed Imanuttajob after he nukes Israel, but that’s about all I can see.

By: James

James — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:25:57 +0000

So, after the one sends Tehran up in a mushroom cloud what is his mentor of 20 years going to say?

The same as he always says…

God DAMN AMERIKKKA.

By: Phil Byler

Phil Byler — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:00:19 +0000

The trouble is that a wussy Obama Administration won’t be true to its commitments, so an Obama umbrella is worthless. The radical jihadists probably already know it.

By: Morning Grind « JoHNBRoDiGaNDoTCoM

Morning Grind « JoHNBRoDiGaNDoTCoM — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:47:28 +0000

[...] Obama to nuke Iran if Iran nukes Israel…acording to the same Israeli press that always says we’re going to bomb Iran. [...]

By: Benjamin9

Benjamin9 — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:13:02 +0000

problem is Iran wants to be Nuked to bring about their Hidden Imam messiah. if you beleive they really beleive in the theology they claim to beleive in.

jp on December 11, 2008 at 3:57 PM

Problem is, the folks with the power over the BUTTON believes these things.

By: soundingboard

soundingboard — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:04:47 +0000

Let’s face it, we do need some modern hi-def nuke footage – all those old grainy test films don’t do the nukeage justice.

LimeyGeek on December 11, 2008 at 3:57 PM

Dude! IMAX!

With 50k watts of Surround Sound.

By: OldEnglish

OldEnglish — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:00:07 +0000

Israel must not be nuked – period!

Any reply to such an attack would not remove the euphoria of victory that Islam would feel if Israel were to be removed from existence, and the Israelis would still be dead.

Prevention is Israel’s only option.

By: Rattl3r

Rattl3r — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:41:15 +0000

I think its important to know where one stands. Quite frankly the Israeli’s have been takeing seriously thr threat of Muslim extremists but they extremists from a terrorist organization or a recognized government. We on the other hand have not. Iran can have nukes. But this keeps them in check. Even if they do manage to nuke Israel if they actually seriously entertained the thought of wiping Israel off the map. Then with or w/out Israeli nuclear capabailites the same will be true of Iran.

Besides who cares if we nuke Iran. They’re responsible for the deaths of our troops in the war that was not their business. For the blood they’ve spilled in this war and the blood shed in the past I certainly don’t object to letting Tehran glow.

By: Baxter Greene

Baxter Greene — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:35:18 +0000

How can you promise to blow up another country with the same nuclear weapons you have promised your left wing base that you are committed to getting rid of (nuclear disarmament).

Am I wrong or has Mr. Hope and Change not said on many occasions that he will be working towards world peace through
total nuclear disarmament.

You can’t promise nuclear destruction of a rogue country and
nuclear disarmament at the same time……logically.

By: swash_plate

swash_plate — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:31:42 +0000

I’m sure the Israelis will rest well knowing they will be duly avenged post-annihilation…

By: Soccer Dad

Soccer Dad — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:03:58 +0000

Obama Picks Up On Hillary’s Suggestion (Updated)…

Obama wants to reassure Israel:U.S. President-elect Barack Obama’s administration will offer Israel a “nuclear umbrella” against the threat of a nuclear attack by Iran, a well-placed American source said earlier this week. The source, who is close t…

By: hillbillyjim

hillbillyjim — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:02:33 +0000

No blinkey boom boom.

Never mind.

By: hillbillyjim

hillbillyjim — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:58:00 +0000

No blinkey herey.

By: hillbillyjim

hillbillyjim — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:56:58 +0000

Aengus, you are a bigot.

hillbillyjim on December 11, 2008 at 8:48 PM

I apoligize for this, for I knew ahead of time it was not true, but I was thirsty for a reasonable dissent, and was thusly denied.

Thank you, Aengus, for making me think.

Your perspective always has an affect on me, just not the desired one.

Here I come again on my own…………………

By: sheebe

sheebe — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:50:23 +0000

Guess we will have to wait and see. Israel shouldn’t trust The One. I don’t think they do.

By: hillbillyjim

hillbillyjim — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:07:29 +0000

Aengus, you are a bigot.

hillbillyjim on December 11, 2008 at 8:48 PM

I apoligize for this, for I knew ahead of time it was not true, but I was thirsty for a reasonable dissent, and was thusly denied.

By: hillbillyjim

hillbillyjim — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:04:27 +0000

I see that most of you see through me, and the rest are confused. I apologize ahead of time for those of you who “get it” and for the rest: You know who you are. I hate these kind of games, but when you have everyone and their brother ten times smarter than you, whaddayagonnado??

Fun is how I describe the chance to knock down the common perceptions.