| MAhmadinejad just can't stand people trying to make | | | | Iran's nuclear program largely intact, an Israeli military |
| peace in the world, at least not while Israel is a nation | | | | expert has reported. Yet, there's as many reports of |
| and there's one Jew left. While Bush was meeting in | | | | Israel doing a first strike as the U.S.: maybe more. |
| Maryland with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas | | | | Iran's leadership is in a panic, with the September |
| and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Mahmoud | | | | bombing by Israel of a nuclear installation in Syria and |
| Ahmadinejad was mocking the meeting. Peace would | | | | implied threats by the U.S. of similar action in Iran. In |
| be the worst thing in the world for him to see come | | | | response, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| about. | | | | and other officials are "lashing out in all directions." |
| Abbas is currently in a bitter power struggle with | | | | And we're worried about 2012? |
| Hamas for control of Palestinian territory. Hamas, | | | | If struck, there is little Iran could do to retaliate. Its |
| which currently controls Gaza, opposed negotiations | | | | air force is a sorry collection of old U.S.-made aircraft |
| and supports continued armed resistance against | | | | left over from the Iran-Iraq War, some |
| Israel. Hamas, which the United States and Israel label | | | | Russian-made fighters and homebuilt Saeqeh jets |
| a terrorist group, won Palestinian legislative elections | | | | modeled after the American F5 Tiger, an aircraft last |
| in 2006, ousting the long-ruling Fatah party that | | | | updated in the 1960s and rejected by the U.S. Air |
| Abbas heads. Abbas dissolved the Hamas-led | | | | Force. But, Iran could foment terrorist attacks against |
| government earlier this year after Hamas forces | | | | the U.S. and Israel, but, at best, they would be ad |
| seized control of Gaza. | | | | hoc events with little strategic impact, he adds. |
| As Iran continues to build it's nuclear capability, the | | | | Where this is going to go, no one knows, but as the |
| watches and wonders. | | | | rhetoric increases, can anything good come from it? |
| Iran may be militarily impotent but a U.S. first strike | | | | No one really wins! |
| would throw the Middle East into chaos while leaving | | | | |