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Netanyahu, who stuck his thumb in the eye of three different US Presidents who wanted him to stop settlement expansions into territory that was designated for a future Palestinian state.
Oh you mean Israel approving construction projects in East Jerusalem? Generally, a large number of those "settlement" expansions relate to East Jerusalem, something Israel has never been willing to give away for a Palestinian state. Considering the actions of the Arab armies in 48 and 67, I honestly don't blame them.
I will laugh in the face of anybody who thinks Israel will willingly trade away any portion of Jerusalem or her suburbs to the Palestinians.
On top of this...settlement construction in the West Bank has been defacto policy long before Netanyahu, and will stay that way long after. This is basically a bipartisan issue in that country. After the hilariously sad results of the Gaza pullout, there is absolutely no motivation for Israel to stop.
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And who allied himself with the worst hardcore fundamentalist right-wing radicals to form a coalition government.
Aka the nature of Israeli politics. This is how their political system works. That doesn't make him an imperialistic religious fundamentalist whackjob.
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And who regularly pulls as many strings as possible in Washington DC to sabotage any diplomatic efforts the American administrations have tried to make in the area.
Israel uses its political influence to push their agenda? NAWWWWWWWWWWW. HOW UNPRECEDENTED IN INTERNATIONAL POLITICS.
You're kidding, right? The Obama administration wants to put a hilariously weak deal with Iran, something that even France (which, last I checked, isn't operated by an "imperialistic religious fundamentalist wanker")rejects for being too weak, and yet, you criticize Israel for putting political pressure against the Obama administration over this, even though you probably had absolutely no issue with the Obama administration putting political pressure on Israel, right?
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And who regularly calls for the US and/or NATO to do the dirty work for Israel against Iran, up to and including unwarranted and unjustifiable air strikes and then, presumably, a land invasion.
Unwarranted? Really? You don't see a nuclear capable Iran as a threat? Well, since Obama doesn't take it seriously, you don't either. When Syria is a big fucking deal to Obama, you make it a big fucking deal. How interesting. No matter.
So, you don't think Iran, who is more than happy to rattle sabres, threaten the closing the Strait of Hormuz, is actively funding and supplying terrorist organizations, is not a threat. The same people you wanted to bomb to no end a few months ago is being supplied by Iran. No, there's no justification here for any sort of air strikes.
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1) Israel has an absolute right to defend itself against any attack;
2) Israel, which has 200 nuclear warheads of its own and one of the largest and most modern military forces on the planet, does not have the right to expect the US or the rest of the world to do the fighting for them in the absence of a legitimate threat;
You keep saying "legitimate threat" like if Iran hasn't proven itself as a hostile power. I'm extremely curious by this. You really, really think Iran has done nothing to show hostility against Israeli and American interests? Really? You don't view Iran having significant nuclear weapons capacity as a significant threat?
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3) Israel is legally and morally obligated to adhere to international agreements that it's a signatory to in developing a homeland for the Palestinians; whether any of us actually like the Palestinians (I don't, I think they're fools led by a bunch of self-sabotaging terrorist scum) is kind of irrelevant;
Israel has shown itself willing. Again, and I will keep beating people over the head with this. Gaza. If the unilateral pullout of a significant portion what might become a Palestinian state was not a serious sign that Israel was willing, then what is?
Israel, JUST RECENTLY, released dozens upon dozens of terrorist prisoner scum to the Palestinians, as a goodwill gesture. Pray tell, what have the Palestinians done? Not blown up any buses lately? What a fucking achievement.
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4) Israel has no right whatsoever to sabotage attempts by the United States, the benefactor without whom Israel would not even exist, to bring some kind of lasting stability to the area.
That was rather funny. You really think Israel wouldn't exist without the United States? Please. When has the United States ever militarily intervened in any war between Israel and the Arab states? When did the United States take out the nuclear programs of the Arab states? The answer is not once.
Israel can use its political resources to further its agenda, no different than any other country. No doubt Canada is doing the same exact thing over the Keystone XL pipeline too. Ahh, but when Israel does it, it's bad. Right. Gotta love these international pol
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If you're so fucking gung-ho to fight Iran for Israel then go join the US military. I'd suggest joining the IDF, but it's a tad obvious that when the time comes to zap Iran that Netanyahu's Israel won't be anywhere near any of the fighting.
Sigh, do you live in an alternate universe where the Americans directly intervened to protect Israel? Because, back in reality...it never actually happened. The closest example is in the Yom Kippur War, when Israel was resupplied by the Americans (like how the Soviets resupplied the Arabs, aka Cold War politics), but Israel already turned the tide by the time the supplies first arrived.
On top of this, Israel has historically taken unilateral action against Iraq's nuclear program in the 80s, and Syria's in the 00s.
Ah, but right. Since I'm so gung-ho to fight Iran (I'm not, but I also don't think weakening sanctions against Iran after they did fuck all to deserve it, but, whatever. Assume what you wish), I'll go join the US Air Force. Much like I assume you'll be joining the IDF because of how much you wanted America and NATO to bomb Syria. Last I checked, Israel has dropped more bombs on Syria than the United States. When do you leave?
CKA Uber 
