Meet Iran's New Ambassador of Death

[Thoughtful Thug]

No, they probably don't have such "secret missiles" . And they don't need them, really. If they want to rain missiles down on Israel, they have Hizbullah to do it for them. But then again, missile shielding technology in Israel is rapidly advancing, and is being implemented...

The only "missile shielding technology" rapidly advancing in Israel, is their public and international diplomacy efforts; which is white-washing their crimes, and making their enemies more or less evil than Satan himself.

Oh Mr. Said, if he was still alive to this day, would pretty much say business is as usual in Isreal

This has included an entire range of efforts: lunches and free trips for influential journalists; seminars for Jewish university students who over a week in a secluded country estate can be primed to "defend" Israel on the campus; bombarding congressmen and -women with invitations and visits; pamphlets and, most important, money for election campaigns; directing (or, as the case requires, harassing) photographers and writers of the current Intifada into producing certain images and not others; lecture and concert tours by prominent Israelis; training commentators to make frequent references to the Holocaust and Israel's predicament today; many advertisements in the newspapers attacking Arabs and praising Israel; and on and on

 

[YonatanBlum]

The only "missile shielding technology" rapidly advancing in Israel, is their public and international diplomacy efforts; which is white-washing their crimes, and making their enemies more or less evil than Satan himself.

Oh Mr. Said, if he was still alive to this day, would pretty much say business is as usual in Isreal

This has included an entire range of efforts: lunches and free trips for influential journalists; seminars for Jewish university students who over a week in a secluded country estate can be primed to "defend" Israel on the campus; bombarding congressmen and -women with invitations and visits; pamphlets and, most important, money for election campaigns; directing (or, as the case requires, harassing) photographers and writers of the current Intifada into producing certain images and not others; lecture and concert tours by prominent Israelis; training commentators to make frequent references to the Holocaust and Israel's predicament today; many advertisements in the newspapers attacking Arabs and praising Israel; and on and on

I'm not going to respond to most of the utter, unrelated nonsense that you've posted. It's obvious that you're irrationally hostile to Israel, and it is also obvious that you don't have much actual knowledge regarding Israel nor the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (Oh, and by the way, the Second Intifada is over).

But here are some actual, significant anti-ballistic technologies that, yes, are rapidly advancing and being developed and implemented in Israel:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_(missile)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Dome
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%27s_Sling

 

[Thoughtful Thug]

Your inability to understand my acerbic undertone is note worthy.

I'm not going to respond to most of the utter, unrelated nonsense that you've posted. It's obvious that you're irrationally hostile to Israel, and it is also obvious that you don't have much actual knowledge regarding Israel nor the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (Oh, and by the way, the Second Intifada is over).

I was merely stating a reference of then as to what is still going on today.

But here are some actual, significant anti-ballistic technologies that, yes, are rapidly advancing and being developed and implemented in Israel:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_(missile)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Dome
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%27s_Sling

Dude I don't care if Israel all of the sudden started a shift of policy of ending mandatory conscription of their own citizens - and then later create a new one where to increase a number of public funding toward their educational system in order to produce a crap load of engineers so one day they will be able to create a fuzzy wuzzy force field to protect Israel from their ever increasing enemies. Still some bastard is going to find a way to vent his hatred toward Israel by simply using primitive method of tunnel digging so that he can do what others have previously did, is to kill anyone who is an Israeli. Even if Israel was all of a sudden a nation full of educated engineers, it would eventually backfire since there wouldn't be any more dumb-witted monkeys falling for their leader's fearmongerings and disinformations.

 

[YonatanBlum]

Even if Israel was all of a sudden a nation full of educated engineers, it would eventually backfire since there wouldn't be any more dumb-witted monkeys falling for their leader's fearmongerings and disinformations.

Firstly, about 13 in 1000 people in Israel are indeed engineers, a ration even higher than that of Japan and the USA. So your elaborate point is somewhat moot. Israelis in general are not "dumb-witted monkeys." Some socio-economic groups could perhaps be characterized thusly, but secular and religiously-traditional Israelis, which make up most of the country's population, cannot. Fear-mongering plays a role in politics at times, as it does in every other country around the world, but disinformation? That is completely laughable... The Israeli press is independent, varied, and very investigative; our "leaders" wouldn't even stand a chance.
Israelis are not up to ignoring Iran and Ahmadinejad's rhetoric not because they are "dull-witted monkeys," but because they can't afford to.

 

[Thoughtful Thug]

Firstly, about 13 in 1000 people in Israel are indeed engineers, a ration even higher than that of Japan and the USA.

Out of how much in total population? Doesn't matter since your assessment is half true. 13 out of 1000 people are either physicians or engineers, not what you say only of engineers. You kinda left out what I'd boldfaced.

So your elaborate point is somewhat moot. Israelis in general are not "dumb-witted monkeys."

I wouldn't say in general, but the majority of them are.

Some socio-economic groups could perhaps be characterized thusly, but secular and religiously-traditional Israelis, which make up most of the country's population, cannot.

That actually begs the question right? That the survey of 13 out of 1000 citizens are indeed physicians and engineers. But it does not say whether if they are religiously devout or secular oriented.

Fear-mongering plays a role in politics at times, as it does in every other country around the world, but disinformation? That is completely laughable... The Israeli press is independent, varied, and very investigative; our "leaders" wouldn't even stand a chance.

Your list of candidates are quite limited to only a pool of hardliners, soft-hardliners, and extreme hardliners. So that give the media an easy access to recycled materials to cover them.

Israelis are not up to ignoring Iran and Ahmadinejad's rhetoric not because they are "dull-witted monkeys," but because they can't afford to.

The Israelis are quite good in spinning and distorting comments made by Ahmadinejad. One I can easily think of is his "Wipe Israel Off the Map" fiasco.

 

[YonatanBlum]

Out of how much in total population? Doesn't matter since your assessment is half true. 13 out of 1000 people are either physicians or engineers, not what you say only of engineers. You kinda left out what I'd boldfaced.

I'm very much curious as to where you pull your nonesense from. Here are the actual numbers, as of 2006:

Israel has 140 scientists and technicians per 10,000 employees, more than any other developed country. Israel has 135 engineers per 10,000 employees, which is the most concentrated number of engineers in the world. According to the Global Competitiveness Report of 2006, Israel was ranked first in availability of scientists
and engineers.

And as for physicians:

According to the Human Development Report, between 1990 and
2004, the number of physicians in Israel per 100,000 people was 382, placing Israel 7th out of 63 developed countries.

Source:http://www.tamas.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/C973239E-F6C2-453A-A4D9-5A30F59258E3/0/intellectualcapital.pdf

I wouldn't say in general, but the majority of them are.

The majority of the world's people are complete idiots. Israel has much less uneducated fools in it than other countries, though...

90% of Israeli adults reading a newspaper at least once a
week. Major daily papers are in Hebrew; others are in Arabic, English, French, Polish, Yiddish, Russian, Hungarian, and German. Israel has the second highest publication of new books per capita. Seven million Israelis buy 12 million books every year making them one of the highest consumers of books in the world.

That actually begs the question right? That the survey of 13 out of 1000 citizens are indeed physicians and engineers. But it does not say whether if they are religiously devout or secular oriented.

The majority of Israel's workforce is secular.

Your list of candidates are quite limited to only a pool of hardliners, soft-hardliners, and extreme hardliners. So that give the media an easy access to recycled materials to cover them.

Right... How about Labor, Meretz, Hadash, Ra'am-Ta'al, and Balad? Some of these parties are freaking anti-Zionist.
I also wonder what, in your mind, characterizes our so called hardline leaders... Is it their devotion to the idea that Israel is a Jewish Country? Is Kadima a hardline party, for example?

The Israelis are quite good in spinning and distorting comments made by Ahmadinejad. One I can easily think of is his "Wipe Israel Off the Map" fiasco.

Yeah, he didn't exacly say that. He merely stated that the "Zionist regime" should be destroyed. Which is basically the same thing.