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Barak: Iran less than a year away from producing nuclear weapon
Haaretz ^

Posted on 11/19/2011 11:21:26 AM PST by maquiladora

Iran is less than a year away from being unstoppable in its goal of producing a nuclear weapon, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said in an interview with CNN released on Saturday.

In an advance transcript of an interview to air on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" program on Sunday, Barak said Israel was focused on the prospect of a nuclear Iran and what "should and could be done about it on time."

"It's true that it won't take three years, probably three quarters before no one can do anything practically about it because the Iranians are gradually, deliberately entering into what I call a zone of immunity, by widening the redundancy of their plan, making it spread over many more sites with many more hidden elements," he said.

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Sounds like Israel thinks Iran is no further than 9 months from the point of no return. I doubt they will risk waiting until month 8 before deciding to act...
1 posted on 11/19/2011 11:21:27 AM PST by maquiladora
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To: jhpigott

ping


2 posted on 11/19/2011 11:22:26 AM PST by maquiladora
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To: maquiladora

I dunno...We heard the same kind of song and dance when Iran was spinning up centrifuges and the world was only introduced to stuxnet. Sorry to say, but I think Iran will make it to the status of “Nuclear Power” and the world won’t do shit about it.


3 posted on 11/19/2011 11:24:27 AM PST by Michael Barnes (Obamaa+ Downgrade)
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To: maquiladora

Quick, get the usurper in chief on AF1 to Tehran to talk them out of this madness!


4 posted on 11/19/2011 11:24:46 AM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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Nope he will send them a very stern letter.


5 posted on 11/19/2011 11:26:10 AM PST by RC2
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6 posted on 11/19/2011 11:28:28 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: maquiladora

Send Jimmy Carter over to bribe them with oil or money to disarm. /s


7 posted on 11/19/2011 11:28:35 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Nancy Pelosi - The #1 reason why we need a Constitutional amendment for Congressional drug testing.)
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To: RC2

More like a letter of congratulations.


8 posted on 11/19/2011 11:33:55 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: maquiladora

In an advance transcript of an interview to air on CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS”...

A little off topic...but could CNN get any more insane than hiring this American hating b*strd and putting him on the air? At least most of them have the unmistakable mark of the dimwit on them, but this mutt (like the Kenyan) has a veneer of unctuous, greasy persona that the left adores and actually sways some people. Imagine the cloven-hoofed love child of Fareed and the man-child Amanpour and it’s the way I imagine the evolution of their species to it’s gut clenching conclusion...


9 posted on 11/19/2011 11:34:03 AM PST by jessduntno ("They say the world has become too complex for simple answers... they are wrong." - RR)
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"..offer friendship to Iran, not sanctions, (friendship) would be a more fruitful to achieving peace with Tehran... Iran’s nuclear program have been “blown out of proportion..."
- Ron Paul (Fox News Sunday, 11/6/2011)
10 posted on 11/19/2011 11:44:58 AM PST by mnehring
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Sorry to say, but I think Iran will make it to the status of “Nuclear Power” and the world won’t do shit about it.

Sorry to say, but I think you are 100% right. The world will not do sh-- about it, any more than they did about India and Pakistan, and soon also, if not already, North Korea.

11 posted on 11/19/2011 11:48:43 AM PST by Mark17 (California, where English is a foreign language)
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To: Michael Barnes

The one thing that we can be absolutely sure of is that Obama won’t do shit about it.
When the Israeli say “never again” they are deadly serious about it.
So the Israelis are going to take care of business on their own,and soon too I think.


12 posted on 11/19/2011 12:01:07 PM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: maquiladora

belief that the One will not do anything is not reasonable.

he has advisors and senior military counseling him about all this, and as well, he would like to get his brand associated with another success. so for him to pull a trigger is not outside the realm of possibility.


14 posted on 11/19/2011 12:24:31 PM PST by RitchieAprile
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Yeah, but nearly everyone would know that he didn’t actually “make” the decision; and that he was guided by the collar and was forced to action by his staff and advisors. So, I don’t think that any credit/coolness would stick to him. I think it would actually backfire on him.


15 posted on 11/19/2011 12:42:59 PM PST by LaRueLaDue
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"Sounds like Israel thinks Iran is no further than 9 months"

Israel should be more than think. There was phony intelligence about Iraq's imminent mushroom cloud. If they are sure, they must figure out if they can live with that. In any event it is their problem and should act accordingly regardless of any USA position.

16 posted on 11/19/2011 1:00:16 PM PST by ex-snook ("above all things, truth beareth away the victory")
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To: maquiladora

Oh boy! Nothing like a bunch of savage barbarians, with a 7th century mindset, ideology, and intellect, holding a weapon of mass destruction. Think of the lively headlines!

With any luck, all they will do is blow off their own stupid foot....


17 posted on 11/19/2011 1:06:54 PM PST by 13Sisters76 ("It is amazing how many people mistake a certain hip snideness for sophistication. " Thos. Sowell)
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To: maquiladora

I would say about 2 weeks before the election,so rambobama can come to the rescue,another October surprise,world war 3


18 posted on 11/19/2011 1:39:35 PM PST by ballplayer
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Yea , that’s what him and Klinton always do , send stern letters. What bull , the Iranians laugh at us I’m sure


19 posted on 11/19/2011 1:49:40 PM PST by sonic109 (no compromise with Marxist)
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To: RC2

Yea , that’s what him and Klinton always do , send stern letters. What bull , the Iranians laugh at us I’m sure


20 posted on 11/19/2011 1:49:48 PM PST by sonic109 (no compromise with Marxist)
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