US refuses Israeli request for weapons to use against Iran's nuclear facilities

What is the problem with the Israelis trying to tell sovereign states how to go about their business?

Israel have nuclear weapons, so why can't Iran.......
Oh, I get it, so they're the only country in the region to threaten cataclysmic force when things don't go their way.

If you ask me, countries with nuclear weapons are bullies and countries who want to develop nuclear weapons are the kid who take up karate for self defense, it's that simple!

If true this is encouraging, I rather think it is more bs coming from DickN'Bush.

....good. (plain&simple)

Ya right!

This actually really surprises me that the US denied Israel weapons for a fight against Iran. Given the US history of helping to create the state of Israel and granting them almost every other wish, this really surprises me that the Bush was wise enough to deny Israel, "certain specific items of military equipment." Although diplomatic support is a different story and that just may drive us in to a cold nuclear winter.

AllIknowis----blank. Who has the right to decide who has weapons and who does not? Every country should have the right and ability to defend itself. Honor killings, female circumcision, etc. are all backwards practices totally unrelated to Islam. Are drunk wife beatings part of the Christian faith?

There's more to all this than meets the eye. Give it time and everything will be exposed. No one is going to attack Iran. No one has the tools. Between Iraq, Afghanastan, Georgia, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and the conditions in the American economy does anyone think even te numbskull in the Blackhouse knowes he has no troops and no money. The asshole's greed for oil and bombs led him to make bad decisions and invade Iraq which has cost America alot of money, all it's credibility, not to mention hundred's of thousand innocent lives. America is not picking a war with anyone unless they ouble the employment of Blackwater and Amrica does not have the money. In short, America is in a very weak position because the boob in the Blackhouse screwed up.

WoW, The Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert is crazy, wow, this is bad.

For any doubters out there about who the terrorist state is (Iran or Israel) just look how the Israelis treat the Palestinians. Iran may not be a great country by any moral standards, but Israel is the agressor. If history tells it, Israel will attack Iran and the U.S. will be right behind them, directly or indirectly. I am not defending Iran by any means, I am just saying what most Americans are afraid to say or blind to see.

I don't get it. It sounds like children playing with their toys. "we can have nuclear weapons and keep advancing the technologies on said technologies but no one else can, and if you do we will wage war using those weapons"
I for one am for complete dissarmament of nuclear weaponry but i also believe that a sovereign nation is entitled to advance itself in all aspects of itself, whether it is militarilly or domestically.

Alliknowis, that was an aside to bansheewail. But yes our present record, and I refer to the Iraq debacle, will make it difficult to mediate in any peace talk. The big stick theory came from the turn of the last century (T.R.). Yet you smugly refer to all Muslims as being from the middle ages. That's would be termed as a sweeping statement. But if you think that the Iraqui war gave us some type of street cred with the rest of the world you won't be convinced. True logic comes from sound reasoning.

@AllIknowis: That was a really bad comment on Islam. Just bad. It shows how little you know.

Well, at least someone somewhere is pumping the breaks on this one. We need to all just calm down and see if we can work this out without needless killing. It continues to baffle me why humanity is so resistant to peace. Such a simple concept...

The USA has hardly ever done the right thing over the past centuriesl, and your quip on Islam is ludicrous.

I was quoting from "bluestranger" post, and i was refering to our record of doing the right thing over the past century or so. It's the Roosevelt line of "talk soft but carry a big stick" Why would ANY agressor country negotiate with a country they perceived to be weak? People with logic like you are a lot of why we're in these messes.

Our enemy doesn't think like we do, or hold the same values we do. We have to speak their language, remember most of these people are operating like it's the middle ages, it's when they stopped evolving when they adopted islam.

"our present record" might make it easier to lead someone to the peace table. A rogue state like Iran might take peace talks more serious if they know we have the hardware to take them out and the stones to use them. Libya has become a better citizen of the world.

Diplomacy will work in this situation only if Israel thinks it still has the upper hand...which it does, for now.

The moment it feels that Iran has gotten too big for its britches, so to speak, is the moment they will seriously consider sending a few of their upgraded F-16s (...or, perhaps more likely, a few stealthed UAVs) across the boarder to deal with the problem...again; with or without the approval of a weak, lame duck, administration in Washington.

This sounds like propaganda to mislead the world.

This is a new tact. Hopfully this is a precursor to some real diplomacy. Doing what's right instead of what's economically beneficialis a fresh new idea, apparently.

Don't forget, every now and then a storage container or shipment, etc.comes up missing from some facility somwhere.

I agree with victimofcoal, Bush wants to lead the pack

Hard to believe our gov. would refuse anything for Israel.
Maybe George just wants to go first.

Diplomacy....maybe? The other tactics have obviously not worked out as planned. I use the word "Planned" very loosely. The changes I keep seeing around the world seem to echo Obama's campaign speeches. Wether it be energy policy or "talk before you bomb", his vision for our future is starting to be adopted by current leaders. Common sense in leadership is refreshing.