about the whole Iran thing...
how exactly would they employ a nuclear weapon so as to destroy israel and yet not harm the third holiest site in Islam, the Masjid Al-Aqsa, which is smack in the middle? I have a feeling that the reason that Iran wants nuclear weapons is the same reason that we wanted them during the Cold War. Its reeeeally bad for balance of power when one side has nukes and the other doesn't
I'm all for peace, and I most definately don't want the US or Israel to start a war or destabilise the entire Middle East by attacking these sites, but Iran (rather, their ruling fundamentalists) and in particular Ahmadinejad are a bunch of anti-semitic loonies who would probably rather destroy a Muslim holy site than have 'infidels' anywhere near it. That is not to assume they want them for the purposes of nuking Israel; I think it's most likely Iran do want them and - like N.Korea - it's largely down to fear of a US invasion. But given what Ahmadinejad has said in the past about wanting to wipe Israel of the map, you can understand the worries there.
EDIT;
[q]Sami Abu Zuhri, the official spokesman for Hamas, said the attack was "a natural result of the continued Israeli crimes" against Palestinians.
"Our people are in a state of self-defence and they have every right to use all means to defend themselves," he added. [/q]
Bunch of arseholes. I know Israel have been shelling Gaza a lot (150 rounds a day IIRC), to add a bit of context to what's been happening and the
claimed justification, but there's still no ****ing excuse for terrorism. What do they expect this sort of thing achieves? Violence begets violence - we've seen it for the last 4 or 5 decades - and they can at least be honest and admit it's all down to sectarian hatred and propagating the violence that gives them 'strength' rather than any desire to help people.
