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ody pointing at everybody else. GOLDBERG: What getting at specifically is, let's assume there's a Hezbollah attack on Israel. Israel responds into Lebanon. Iran goes on some kind of a nuclear alert, and then one-two-three -- PRESIDENT OBAMA: The potential for escalation in those circumstances is profo

I think it's entirely legitimate to say that this is a regime that does not share our worldview or our values. I do think, and this is what General Dempsey was probably referring to, that as we look at how they operate and the decisions they've made over the past three decades, that they care about the

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erized any Israeli attempt to disrupt Iran's nuclear program as a short-term affair. An Israeli raid "wouldn't achieve their long-term objectives," Dempsey said on CNN — and he is surely right. But Israel also has a short-term objective — and that is to play for time. Israel notes that its 1981 bombin

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liban and other terrorist groups; and, through Syria, is a leading supplier for Hamas and Hezbollah. These groups threaten not only Israel but also Lebanon. Meanwhile, Gulf states fear Iranian designs — either on their territories or their regimes. Iran also targets Azerbaijan. In 2001, Iranian forces

so? The answer is the latter, judging from comments on Sunday by Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey. Appearing on CNN, General Dempsey sent precisely the wrong message if the main U.S. strategic goal is convincing Iran to give up its nuclear ambitions. He said the U.S. is urging Is

s @ we've seen.” Snowden therefore believed he was justified in reveal- @ ing information concerning Arab communications in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon that the NSA had provided the Israeli cyber ser- vice, known as Unit 8200. In doing so, he compromised an Israeli source. But how could this act qual

cuments that Snowden exfiltrated from our highest levels of security had nothing to do with exposing @ government oversight of domestic activities.” Dempsey based this @ assessment on a then still-secret Defense Intelligence Agency report on the breach. The classified DIA report showed that Snowden took “