That's right, it's time for our most popular game....
Is Israel bluffing?
....bring down our first contestant, Mahmoud, Bill
Israel will not accept a nuclear Iran
- visiting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told US television, but while not ruling out military action, said he hoped diplomacy would dissuade Tehran from pursuing its nuclear program."We will not tolerate the possession of nuclear weapons by Iran," Olmert told NBC television's "Today Show" program, ahead of talks with President George W. Bush on Iran's nuclear ambitions and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
I think they mean it, especially with the USA about to rediscover the meaning of the words "shriveled scrotum" in the White House. Israel will perceive itself to be on its own, and while that increase their jeopardy, it also increases their freedom and reduces their responsibilities to others.
Asked whether his country was considering a preemptive strike targeting Tehran's nuclear facilities, Olmert answered: "I hope we don't have to reach that stage."But the Israel leader said his first choice is a negotiated resolution.
"Every compromise that will stop Iran from acquiring nuclear capabilities, which will be acceptable to President Bush, would be acceptable to me."
Olmert added that he was not seeking Washington's protection from Tehran.
"I am not coming to the United States to ask America to save Israel," he said, saying his country had drawn the lessons of the Holocaust and World War II.
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