New Nexus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bit more C.T. > > In what can only be seen as raising the rhetoric > bar on the timing, scale, and seriousness of the > Iran 'situation', Kommersant is reporting that > "Tehran has one last chance" as US Secretary of > State Clinton asks her Russian counterpart Sergei > Lavrov to relay the message to Iranian leaders. If > this 'last chance' is wasted an attack will happen > in months as diplomats noted that the probability > of an Israel/US attack on Iran is now a specific > 'when' instead of an indefinite 'if'. The > sentiment is best summarized by a quote from > inside the meeting "The invasion will happen > before year?s end. The Israelis are de facto > blackmailing Obama. They?ve put him in this > interesting position ? either he supports the war > or loses the support of the Jewish lobby". Russian > diplomats, as Russia Today points out, criticized > the 'last chance' rhetoric as unprofessional > suggesting "those tempted to use military force > should restrain themselves - a war will not solve > any problems, but create a million new ones." > > ZH Obv C&P but fair play for posting it - RT is not an unbiased show though, as I recently found out after watching it over several days during a recent visit to a 'stan on a pedantic level, The "Jewish lobby" is a bit of a misnomer for the US groups, much of the recent pro Israel lobbying is pushed by Christian fundamantalist nutters in the US of Ass - they want the "Rapture" ( google this vile shite if you have to ) and see Israel vs its neighbours as the best way to get Jebus back on earth to slay the non believers and lift the true believers to the Pearly Gates. If there is a God, then I would suggest he may take a dim view of these hateful fuckpigs when they arrive and give them a one way scheduled Eticket to Lucifer and his army of pointy stick wielding demons.