[Sammi79]

I think Iran has a reasonable case for developing a nuclear deterrent in order to protect itself from Israeli/US terrorism be it covert assassinations of civilian scientists, or measured tactical airstrikes on its facilities. The Israeli government talks a lot about the threats from Iran, but when the threats and indeed actions move in the other direction, they claim to be justified. This crime of nuclear proliferation that Iran is being accused of is a crime that Israel herself is already evidently guilty of. This bully is simply scared (like all bullies) that the bullied might be taking steps to even the odds.

The Israeli governments position seems to me to be mainly a diversionary tactic with the goal being to take the pressure off their continued expansion and new settlements in territories outside of the state of Israel. What it actually achieves is promoting anti-Israeli and anti-US sentiment, as well as likely reinforcing any ideas the Iranians may have that they surely need the nuclear deterrent tool for themselves. For Skybird to insinuate that no one apart from the US or Israel has any backbone is clearly nonsense (maybe he is just speaking for himself), without the US security council veto, direct military intervention against Israel in Palestine would have taken place a long time ago, with widespread public support from the countries involved.

Regards, Sam.