Israel's most dangerous hawk tipped as new defence chief

wtf? he has no millitary experience.

Maybe he can take some lessons from Hamas...

True, but he is Bibi's ideological soul mate. A true hawk, ready and willing to send any number of F-16s loaded with bunker-busters over Bushehr and Fordow.

Updated thread title to denote the relevance of this.

Well, whoever it is, he better have the guts to get rid of Hamas once and for all.

In 1998, news reports stated that Lieberman suggested the bombing of Egypt's Aswan Dam in retaliation for Egyptian support for Palestine.

In 2002 he said, "if it were up to me I would notify the Palestinian Authority that tomorrow at ten in the morning we would bomb all their places of business in Ramallah."

In 2003 he said "It would be better to drown these Hamas prisoners in the Dead Sea if possible, since that's the lowest point in the world."

In 2009 he said "We must continue to fight Hamas just like the United States did with the Japanese in World War II. This threat was interpreted as an allusion to Hiroshima and Nagasaki and as advocacy for a nuclear strike on Gaza.

This year he said “I sounded the alarm in 2001,” Lieberman said, adding that he pushed for attacks on Iran back then and “the right decisions were not taken.” He insisted that Israel could never tolerate a “nuclear Iran.”



You're welcome.

good, bout time they put someone in that office with balls

They better do something. I'm not sticking around waiting for their "magic wand" to be operational in 2014. Shit better hit the fan now, now DAMNIT!

Hmm this is major step towards doom.
This dude might be right:
Thread: 2013 Conflict and Catastrophe

Right now in Israel you have the two biggest hawks running the show.

Bibi and Avigdor Lieberman (FM now but will probably assume vacant defence minister's position).

What people must understand is the ideological agenda that both of these men have possessed for their entire political careers.

What also must be understood is there past and present statements regarding how they intend to solve the problem of terrorism against Israelis and Iran's nuclear threat.

That's what has to be thought about coming into 2013.

great to see him assassinated

+1

nuke gaza? if this true then this guy has to be one of the dumbest guys in history. does he know what radioactive fallout is?

well mabey you should volunteer

War whore!!

Um... well, that happens sometimes. But that doesn't mean he would not be good for the position. For the things that are coming, I believe he is the right man for that position.

Lieberman, Netanyahu and Barak mad tehe decision about the ceasefire. I see there was a backdoor deal here.

this guy is a loose canon..what a mistake he's aggressive and will most likely make an irrational decision that could have huge implications on the entire world..

baaaaaad choice...

Avigdor is Israel's answer to Ahmadinejad, Nasrallah, and Haniyeh

Boisterous.....ruthless.....ready to wipe out the enemy regardless of world opinion. Too bad Obama controls things.

He is on a leash. Netanyahu still has to deal with Obama. Lieberman cannot just attack without permission.

Muzifag.

muslims vs jews, republicans vs democrats hell even pepsi vs coke, you guys just keep playing right into their hands

There are elections in Israel on January 22. Avigdor Lieberman's 'Yisrael Beitanu' party is surging in the polls. It's why Netanyahu invited him into his government as the Foreign Minister. Otherwise Lieberman might inch ahead and take power (depending of course on what the situation in the Middle East is like in January).

You never know.. Lieberman might branch off and run on a separate ticket to Netanyahu if he's a real opportunist. If the bombs are flying then voters might see Lieberman as the man who can accomplish what Bibi was reluctant to last time around..

It's politics, after all. Look at how Ahmadinejad came from nowhere in 2005 and surprised analysts around the world by winning Iran's election. He was an outside choice!

All it took was the right man at the right time when shit was going bad.

He doesn't need military experience. He needs the CHUTZPAH to give the order to flatten Gaza and clean the arab FILTH out of the West Bank!!!

Let's see..

Lieberman/Bibi in Israel..

Hezbollah in power in Lebanon...

Hamas in power in Gaza...

Ahmadinejad in power in Iran...

All that's missing is a maniac in power in Turkey!


It really is a miracle we haven't seen a total full-scale regional war in the last seven years.

He was a bouncer, Lev. That mensch will kick your ass!

It's just so fun, though! It's real life Call of Duty - and you can even sleep with your interns!

That's nice, what's going on in Mexico? That's a little closer to home.