So....is war in the Middle East imminent?

[Kirkland Laing]

I hope it doesn't come down to war, but the double standards in the middle east are just astounding. Iran is to be sanctioned meanwhile Israel already has up to 300 nuclear warheads ready for use. Furthermore, they have a history of trying to sell said weaponry to other rogue states. With Israel's continued mistreatment of Gaza and frequent violations of international law they should be the ones suffering sanctions. Instead America uses the veto every single time and meanwhile continues to pump money into Israel. The hypocrisy is so blatant and there is not even any attempt to hide it.

The big difference is that Iran is run by a fucking lunatic. You may disagree with much of what Israel does, as do I, but Iran is run by a nutcase dictator who sees it as his duty to bring about the end of the world. That man should not under any circumstances be allowed to have nuclear weapons.

Israel appears to be heading along that path too right now. They are both quite unhinged. Weapons should be taken off of the both of them. To allow one to have them above the other is unjustified.

There is a huge difference between Ahmadinejad and any mainstream Israeli leader. They're incomparable.

I agree that Ahmadinejad is a loose cannon, but that doesn't escape the fact that Israel is the only nation in the region right now willing to step beyond loose rhetoric and actually use force to bully it's weak neighbors. You say they are incomparable, but I disagree.

Ahmadinejad is always running his mouth about this and that, but he never does anything about it. The region would better off nuclear free and that includes Israel too.

Ahmadinejad has never threatened military action on Israel. And he's got zero control over foreign policy or the Iranian army, that's down to the clerics who've consistently said that Iran would never attack any other country unless attacked first. Ahmadinejad is like the mayor of Iran. He runs the country, the clerics rule the nation.