And the first thing you do? Test your defenses.
"US, Israeli test of missile shield beset by glitches; Officials downplay malfunction" by Amy Teibel, Associated Press | July 24, 2009
JERUSALEM - A joint US-Israeli missile defense system meant to shield Israel from Iranian attack hit a snag when a series of tests were aborted because of malfunctions, defense officials said yesterday.
The Arrow, a project between state-run Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. and Chicago-based
I get to the point where I'm just tired of commenting on the one-sided Zionist s***.
It's every damn day, and so hateful and hurtful.
Israel’s concerns were heightened this week when Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the United States would extend a “defense umbrella’’ over its Gulf Arab allies to prevent Iran from dominating the region “once they have a nuclear weapon.’’
Yeah, even though they aren't building one.
The comments raised eyebrows in Israel. “I was not thrilled to hear the American statement from yesterday that they will protect their allies with a nuclear umbrella, as if they have already come to terms with a nuclear Iran,’’ Dan Meridor, Israel’s minister of intelligence and atomic energy, told Army Radio. “I think that’s a mistake.’’
OOPS, Clinton stepped in shit!
Hours after Meridor spoke, Clinton clarified her remarks, saying she was “not suggesting any new policy’’ on Iran and continued to believe that “Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons is unacceptable.’’
Well, we KNOW WHO WEARS the PANTS in this relationship, huh?
Israeli officials and analysts played down the glitches in the Arrow tests, saying they were expected in such a complicated project and would not affect the long-term development of the system. A statement from the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency said the mission was an interception test and also exercised the Arrow system’s interoperability with other elements of the US ballistic missile defense system.
The tests of the Arrow II system took place over the past week off the coast of California, most recently on Wednesday, the defense officials said. But communication glitches between the missile and the radar led US defense officials to abort the test before an intercepting missile could be fired, they said. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to disclose details of the tests.
An operational version of Arrow II is partially deployed, and the United States and Israel are in the preliminary stages of developing an upgraded Arrow III. The homegrown “Iron Dome’’ system is designed to bring down short-range rockets of the kind Palestinian and Lebanese militants use. Last week, Israeli officials reported a successful live test of the system.
They are such liars!
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Now I know it is a Boeing system and not a Raytheon one; however, I thought you Americans might enjoy this looting of tax dollars:
"US missile defense agency faults Raytheon" by Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg News | May 22, 2009
NEW YORK - Warheads produced by Raytheon Co. for the US missile defense system were delivered as many as 50 days behind schedule last year because of poor management, the head of the Missile Defense Agency said yesterday.
A "lack of discipline during assembly and testing" of the warheads was responsible for the delays, Army Lieutenant General Patrick O'Reilly told a House panel. The Raytheon warhead is the critical weapon in the $35.5 billion US network of ground-based interceptor missiles linked by satellites, radar, and communications. The 28 missiles are in silos at Fort Greely, Alaska, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., as a defense against North Korean missiles.
Even as they plummet into the sea.
Raytheon is the world's largest missile maker. The warheads are assembled at its plant in Tucson and the problems there are similar to the many other problems over the past year with other missile defense contractors, said O'Reilly, the agency's new commander. Because the military monitors Raytheon's production and scrupulously inspects the finished product, the quality of the warheads that are deployed is not in question, agency spokesman Rick Lehner said.
However, according to O'Reilly, at issue are the cost overruns the government pays and the delays in testing the system that are caused by the slowness in producing and delivering the warheads, satellites, and other components.
But we gotta get healthcare costs down.
Boeing Co. is the prime contractor on the system. Northrop Grumman Corp., Orbital Sciences Corp., and Raytheon are the top subcontractors....
Oh, I STAND CORRECTED!
--more--"I thought you might like to know how Raytheon did last quarter:
"Raytheon’s profit up on missile sales
Raytheon Co., the world’s largest missile maker, said second-quarter profit rose 15 percent on higher sales of air-defense systems. Full-year profit will exceed the company’s prior forecast. Net income exceeded analysts’ estimates, rising to $489 million.... Sales rose 4.3 percent to $6.13 billion.
And CUI BONO from another war?
Raytheon in June completed a review of its new sea-based missile, the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA program, with the United States and Japan, allowing the defense contractor to continue preliminary design. The interceptor would be launched from destroyers equipped with the Aegis air-defense systems. Full-year per-share profit from continuing operations is now forecast at....
Okay, back to Israel:
"Anxiety over Iran looms over Gates’s Mideast trip; US official says Israelis are losing patience" by Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times | July 26, 2009
Well, F*** THOSE blood-drinking bastards!!!! Ever notice that if the NaZionists of Israel draw Muslim blood every couple of years with some war? They are like an addict or something.
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is to be in Jerusalem tomorrow for the first time in 2 1/2 years to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak in talks that a senior US military official said would be characterized by Israel’s growing anxiety over Iran’s nuclear program.
Yeah, even though they AIN'T MAKING a BOMB!!!!
The official, who asked not to be named under Defense Department ground rules, said that the trip was part of a regular consultation and that Gates was not traveling to Israel “to roll out a map and do contingency planning for some strike on Iran.’’
Yup, and Bush hadn't decided to invade Iraq, either!
We already know the outcome of this meeting.
Israel has made it clear that it could strike the plants at the heart of Iran’s nuclear program.
The official, who was briefing reporters in advance of Gates’s trip, acknowledged that the Israelis did not think the diplomacy would work and that they were losing patience.
Well, F*** THEM! Let's kindly GET OUT of the WAY and LET THEM HAVE ALL THEY WANT -- just LEAVE US OUT THIS TIME, assholes!!!!!!
President Obama has given Iran until late September to accept an offer of talks to give up its nuclear ambitions, and until the end of the year to show some progress on the issue. A Middle East analyst familiar with Israeli thinking, who also asked not to be named while speaking about the topic, said that the meetings were expected to be more about coordination and reassurance that the United States stood by Israel and that it was too soon to get into discussions of any military action.
So THEY are going to be the ones to ATTACK -- and AWAY WE GO, AmeriKa!
Or is it going to be something like this to be blamed on them beforehand?
The Obama administration has sent mixed messages on its views of an Israeli strike....
No they haven't.
David Makovsky, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a coauthor of “Myths, Illusions & Peace: Finding a New Direction for America in the Middle East,’’ said Israel and the United States were not at odds on Iran, at least not in the current “intermission of a play’’ before decisions on a strike have to be made.
That's a Zionist think tank.
“A decision was made that it is better to have close US-Israel consultations in assessing the situation in Iran than having a situation where Israel feels isolated,’’ Makovsky said. “In the context of isolation, Israel is more likely to strike out on its own.’’
Look at ISRAEL BLACKMAILING the fucking world here!
Oh, they might strike out so we gotta jerk 'em off!!!!
Fucking CUT OFF the GOD-DAMN MONEY NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gates will be part of a stream of US government officials visiting Israel in the next week. Among them are James L. Jones, the national security adviser; George J. Mitchell, the special envoy for the Middle East; and Dennis B. Ross, the Iran expert on the National Security Council staff and Makovsky’s coauthor. Senior military officials cast the timing of the trips as coincidental.
I'm so sick of government lies and MSM bullshit.
You can tell by the language, right?
The visits are occurring at a time of tension over Israeli construction in areas that the Palestinians hope to turn into a state. The Obama administration has called publicly on Israel to suspend the construction of new housing in West Bank settlements and in East Jerusalem, but Israeli officials say Obama is ignoring clear understandings with the Bush administration that allowed them to build settlement housing....
Yeah, well, HE DON'T WORK HERE NO MORE, you ARROGANT LITTLE SHITS!!!!!!
Un-flipping-believable!!!
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"US diplomats try to revive Mideast peace talks; Mitchell, Gates, Jones converge on troubled region" by Jeffrey Heller, Reuters | July 27, 2009
Even the headlines offen me; there is no peace involved in this trip.
JERUSALEM - The United States launched a fresh drive yesterday to restart Middle East peace talks, sending senior officials to the region to deal with issues ranging from Jewish settlements to Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
The visits by Middle East envoy George Mitchell, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, and National Security Adviser James Jones were a strong signal from President Obama of his intention to keep Israeli-Arab peacemaking high on his agenda....
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, playing down the most serious rift in US-Israeli ties in a decade, told his Cabinet: “It is only natural that, within a fabric of friendly relations between allies, there isn’t full agreement on all points.’’
He described Israel’s relationship with Washington as “important and steadfast,’’ a departure from tough comments he made only a week ago when he said he would not accept orders from the United States....
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said on NBC’s “Meet the Press’’ yesterday that Iran would not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon, and reiterated Washington’s commitment to protect Israel from any threat posed by Tehran.
Flying into Israel from talks in Damascus with President Bashar al-Assad on the possibility of restarting Israeli-Syrian negotiations, Mitchell discussed a settlement deal and prospects for regional peace with Defense Minister Ehud Barak in Tel Aviv. Mitchell told reporters he has been urging Arab leaders “to take steps towards normalization as gestures of their own to demonstrate that everyone in the region shares the vision of comprehensive peace that we share.’’
Yeah, Iz-ray-HELL never has to do a damn thing!
If I were an Arab I would be so damn offended right now!!!
Arab moves toward commercial or diplomatic ties with Israel could help Netanyahu persuade partners in his right-leaning coalition to accept a compromise on settlements.
WhyTF would they want to help his racist, Muslim-hating regime?
Hey, what is one more Zionist insult in a paper full of 'em, 'ey?
Gates also plans talks in Israel. He was due to meet Netanyahu and Barak today to discuss missile defense, Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and bilateral security issues, a senior US defense official said. Clinton annoyed Israel last week when she said the United States would cope with a nuclear Iran by arming its allies in the Gulf and extending a “defense umbrella’’ over the region.
Oh, they are IMPATIENT and ANNOYED!!! Well then, maybe they will STOP ACCEPTING the AID CHECKS, huh?
Sorry, readers, but F*** ISRAEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
An Israeli official said the United States should focus on preventing Iran from getting a nuclear weapon rather than talking as if this may be a fait accompli....
I guess when you have your hand up someone's ass and are using them as a sock puppet the chutzpah must naturally grow to bounds beyond belief.
Indirect talks between Syria and Israel, which were being mediated by Turkey, were suspended during the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip in December. Turkey said this month that it was ready to resume mediation.
I don't take any Israeli "peace" talks seriously because that is not what they are about; otherwise, we would have it already!
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This next article will remove ALL DOUBT as to WHO is CALLING the SHOTS!!!
JERUSALEM - Defense Secretary Robert Gates and his Israeli counterpart both stressed yesterday that they support engagement and economic sanctions to prevent Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. The two leaders, however, appeared to differ markedly on the prospects for the talks’ success and what steps to take if diplomacy failed.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak twice in a short news conference raised the possibility that military action might be needed at some point to stop Iran’s nuclear program.
WtFU was right.
“We clearly believe that no options should be removed from the table,’’ Barak said. “This is our policy. We mean it. We recommend others to take the same position, but we do not dictate to anyone.’’
As if they had the right (and they do feel that way; the arrogance of the statement is proof)
Gates steered clear of any talk of military options.... Gates said the administration hopes to have an initial response from Iran regarding its entreaties by the fall. If the talks fail, he said, stiff international economic sanctions on Tehran were in order.
“I think we’re in full agreement [with Israel] on the negative consequences of Iran obtaining this kind of capability,’’ Gates said. “I think we are also agreed that it is important to take every opportunity to try and persuade the Iranians to reconsider what is actually in their own security interest. We are in the process of doing that.’’
The Israelis haven’t outwardly, or in private, opposed talks between the United States and Iran, US defense officials said. “I certainly had the sense from my meetings with the prime minister and the defense minister today that they are perfectly willing to allow this process of attempted engagement to go forward,’’ Gates said.
And that tells you ALL you need to know!
ISRAEL is ALLOWING US to TALK to IRAN!!!!
Barak’s remarks, however, made it clear that the Israelis remain deeply skeptical that any sort of engagement will dissuade Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. Despite the outward differences in tone, the Israelis described Gates’s talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Barak as taking place “in a highly positive atmosphere.’’
Both Gates and Barak stressed that the opening for engagement with Iran was a limited one. Gates also warned that the Iranians would not be allowed to use the cover of engagement to “run out the clock’’ while they continued to make progress in the nuclear program....
As ISRAEL DOES the SAME THING to STEAL PALESTINIAN LAND!!!!
The half-day trip to Israel marked Gates’s first visit to the Jewish state as defense secretary. From the outset of his tenure as Pentagon chief, Gates has stressed that any strike by the United States or Israel on Iran would have a profoundly destabilizing effect on the Middle East. He has also said repeatedly that an Iranian nuclear weapon would provoke an arms race in the region that would be very damaging.
Of course, Israel sitting on about 200 of them and blackmailing the world is okay.
Iran denies that it is trying to develop a nuclear weapon and says it is instead trying to develop nuclear reactors for domestic power generation.
Okay, you've placed the obligatory denial in the piece, MSM. Time to get back to the axe-grinding.
Destroying an Iranian nuclear weapon program would be a tough mission.
Never stopped 'em before.
It could take hundreds, if not thousands, of air sorties to penetrate Iran’s air defenses and strike its known nuclear facilities. Even if such strikes were successful, they wouldn’t necessarily destroy Iran’s program, although they would probably set it back several years. US military bases in Iraq would also be extremely vulnerable to Iranian missile strikes after a US or Israeli attack.
But so what?
This is -- and has always been -- about and for the Jew, not you, 'murka!!!!
Oh, btw, IRAN is going to POINT ONE RIGHT BACK AT YA, Zionist scum!
TEHRAN, Iran — The head of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard said Saturday that his country has the capability to strike Israel's nuclear facilities and wouldn't be afraid to do so if it was attacked.
They would have nothing to lose at that point.
"If the Israeli entity engages in any kind of attack on Iran, we have the capability to strike all targets in occupied Palestine," General Mohammad Ali Jafari told the Arabic-language channel, al-Alam.
I also consider the whole area Palestine; I no longer recognize Israel as a state or nation.
"There is nothing stopping us from targeting Israel's nuclear sites and this will definitely happen if we are attacked. Our rockets have the precision capabilities to target all the Israeli nuclear sites," he said, according to the channel's Web site. Jafari has made similar comments in the past as part of the ongoing war of words between Israel and Iran. Last March, Jafari warned Israel that its nuclear facilities are within range of Iranian missiles and Iran would strike back if attacked.
So he's what, just bluffing, jews*** media? Then call him!
Related: The Time Monks
Israel, which is itself believed to possess a nuclear arsenal, has warned that it could attack Iran if it does not abandon its nuclear program, which Israel and the U.S. suspect is a cover for weapons production.
Quite a bit of irony in there.
Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is among those taking a tough line and considered likely to keep open the option of a military strike. Iran's Shahab-3 missiles have a range of up to 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers), putting Israel within striking distance. Iran has said it has also increased the range of its warplanes, allowing them to fly as far as Israel and back without refueling....
Yeah, except WE are in the WAY in IRAQ!
Let's LEAVE and LET ISRAEL FIGHT HER OWN BATTLES -- especially when THEY START 'EM!!!!!!!!
