Snipped from WashingtonTimes.com.

The psychology of fear is an interesting study. Fear can turn a normally rational, lucid human being into a raving lunatic that couldn’t see logic if it smacked him in the face. Let’s look at Israel. Israel, in almost all accounts, is a superior nation. They have some of the greatest scientists, are technologically advanced, have advanced medicine, a true democracy and a good education system. So then, why are they so damn irrational?

Well, they have this all consuming fear that people want to “wipe [Israel] off the map,” even though to do that would be a death sentence for the offender. I understand that they have been victimized in a horrible way, but you can’t let that fact dictate your politics. If you do, you end up warping your environment to suit the bias of your fears. You read into things, you misinterpret things, and you act in a way that attracts negative attention.

So here’s a question: What happens when you mix a war-hawk armed to the teeth with the insecurity of a geek in a locker room full of jocks? Well, let’s find out …

Here is a small portion of an article about Israel ramping up their rhetoric concerning their thoughts on attacking Iran:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his top deputies have not formally asked for U.S. aid or permission for possible military strikes on Iran’s nuclear program, fearing the White House would not approve, two Israeli officials said. …

Israel is increasingly nervous that Iran is developing the capability to build a nuclear weapon, an intention Iran denies. However, Israel is unlikely to attack Iran without at least tacit U.S. approval, in part because that would require cooperation from the United States. At the very least, Israel likely would have to fly over Iraqi airspace, which is still effectively controlled by the U.S. Air Force.

But, this isn’t the scariest part. Read the comments following this article. They are ridiculously naïve, fearful and irrational.

cub62: You don’t need permission from us just do it and don’t tell our boy President.

kcosk: So what.. part of the job.. what did Lincoln say about office-seekers.. “There are too many pigs for the tits” ?

doublehook: The Israelies fear that any classified knowledge of a raid on Iran would be leaked so there is no basis to nclude the US in the plan.

MindTinker: Israel will be wise to not trust this current U S administration. It is full of liars who practice deceit. Israel should do what it needs to do in order to defend itself and protect its people.

Kroger: Here, no. If we can’t stop “rouge” nuclear programs, nobody can. Oh, don’t even get me started on “inspecting this or that.” It’s done. Just stop.

klesb: Israel should just knock out all Iranian conventional power plants and oil facilities, then mine their harbor and destroy their air force and landing fields. Pretend that Iran is Kosovo. Then negotiate.

g9m4: the messiah will throw Israel to the wolves. the messiah controls military re-supply to Israel and will cut off those items (ammo and fighter parts) the second it looks like Israel is going to defend itself. thats why the little messiah (biden) said Israel can defend itself…the way he said it….it is a message to them that if they attack..they are on their own. i hope they have a way to get the supplies they need somewhere else because they are going to need them. they have no choice now..hit em and hit em hard!

LuckyBarker: Iran can protect itself only with a modern air defense system or… a nuclear bomb. :) Israel fear only an effective self-defense (not as… helpless victims) or power retaliation. “Words”,”talks”,” interview” are only “idle talk”, “twaddle”, “tittle-tattle”. Jews more clever(!) than the Georgians (to 10 levels or to 10 times). I thing Jews were not to provoke with empty words.

BLEE: Would the United States ask permission to defend it’s self? Why should Israel ask permission of any country, they have a madman next door that makes public speeches stating he’s going to wipe them off the face of the earth. GO ISRAEL

collardgreens1: Israel is a sovereign nation with its own set of interests. The U.S. is a different sovereign nation with a very different set of interests. Iran wants nuclear weapons because Israel already has them. If Israel decides that she must attack Iran to prevent that, it will be Israel’s decision, and Israel’s war to fight–not ours….The U.S. doesn’t owe Israel anything, and is in no way obligated to defend her. In fact, just the opposite is true. The U.S.–at the behest of a small number of American Zionist Jews with dual loyalties–went way out of her way to pressure the U.N. to establish the state of Israel in Palestine, and has backed Israel militarily and economically and politically ever since, to our very great cost. This has mired us in Middle East politics and intrigues, has greatly increased our fuel costs, has opened us to terrorist attacks, and has resulted in our getting involved in several expensive (in terms of money and blood) Middle East wars. If we get sucked into a war with Iran, we’ll likely end up in a world war with Islam. Enough, already.

TexRancher: That’s OK. Joe (The Slip Lip) Biden forgot to ask “The One” for permission to give them permission before he gave them permission!!!

bHUSEINo: Israel does not need an apology from hussein to feel all warm and fuzzy.

Listen to how “conspiratory,” angry and irrational they sound. These were just the first 12 of the comments; I did not cherry pick them. They are all, except one of them by collardgreens1, completely ignorant to a global perspective. This is what we have to deal with. This is what we are up against.

I like the bHUSEINo commenter. He is so clever, he figured out how to make Obama look evil. Wow, great work! Just next time you might want to at least spell it right… it’s Hussein.

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