Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Next Up, Netanyahu!


If you thought Olmert was bad, firing millions of cluster munitions into Lebanon or laying waste to the Palestinians in Gaza, just wait for the return of Benny Netanyahu on February 10.

Benny's a little bit like Cheney on crystal meth. Confident that he'll be Israel's next prime minister come February 10th, Netanyahu isn't wasting any time saying stuff like Hamas must "be removed" from Gaza and that Israel can't tolerate an "Iranian base" next to its cities.

Bouncing Benny, who's never met a Palestinian he wouldn't like to bomb, is going to bring a brand new dimension to Israeli-Arab/Persian relations in the Middle East. From The Telegraph:

Mr Netanyahu pointed to intelligence estimates that Iran would be able to develop a nuclear weapon in two years and predicted that Tehran would use Hamas to attack Israel. “If Iran has nuclear weapons then a forward base like 'Hamastan’ in Gaza becomes 10 times more dangerous. They openly proclaim their intention of using these weapons against us,” he said.

I hope Barack Obama has a good, hefty pair of boots because he's going to have to be putting them squarely up a few asses in Tel Aviv pretty soon if he doesn't want to see the Middle East in flames.

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