A New Nuclear Power

From FOXNews: The Bush administration signed a nuclear cooperation agreement on Thursday with the United Arab Emirates, a last-minute deal that saddles the coming Obama administration with a decision on helping a Persian Gulf ally develop nuclear power despite concerns in Congress.
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The Perspective: To start off, I'll say that this has been one hell of a slow ass week in terms of news. Sure we have the conflict in Israel, but up until the plane "landing" in the Hudson. We've had a very slow news week. But this is very interesting.

Thanks to the current plan that President Bush has signed with the UAE(United Arab Emirates) we are now set to create a new nuclear power. With the current worries of nations in the Middle East acquiring nuclear weapons, some would ask, why we're doing this. To me, its pretty simple.

The UAE unlike other Middle Eastern powers have been in good relations with the United States over the years. They in their history have shown little to no want to attack their neighbors by using certain things like nuclear or biological weapons.

We are NOT giving them the technology to create a nuclear weapon. We are only giving them the technology to create nuclear power, to run their power grids. But being the kind of guy that I am, I do have some problems with this.

My worries are:

1) The UAE may try to sell the technology to known terrorists in the area.
2) The UAE may try to create a nuclear weapon once we fully give them the nuclear technology.

While the possibility of what may happen is very unlikely when you consider the UAE's history, you can never be to careful. And that goes for this plan as well.

Somebody Give This Pilot A Raise

From FOX News.com: A U.S. Airways jet crashed Thursday in the Hudson River in New York City, sending passengers fleeing into the icy waters.
It wasn't immediately known whether anyone was killed or injured in the accident, though initial reports suggested that no one was hurt. The FAA said it was investigating a possible bird strike as the cause of the crash.
Passengers could initially be seen standing on the wings of the Airbus 320 floating in the water.
Flight 1549 took off from New York's LaGuardia Airport at 3:26 p.m. Thursday and was heading for Charlotte, N.C., with 146 passengers and five crew on board.
New York City firefighters, federal transportation officials and an armada of boats were responding to the accident.
"I just thought, 'Why is it so low?' And, splash, it hit the water," said witness Barbara Sambriski, a researcher at The Associated Press.
The plane was submerged in the icy waters up to the windows, and rescue crews had opened the door and were pulling passengers in yellow life vests from the plane. Several boats surrounded the plane, which appeared to be slowly sinking.

"I saw what appeared to be a tail fin of a plane sticking out of the water," said Erica Schietinger, whose office windows at Chelsea Piers look out over the Hudson. "All the boats have sort of circled the area. ... I can't tell what's what at this point."

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The Perspective: All I can say is impressive. This is truly a miracle. While this is a developing story, I'll try to talk about what I know.

This pilot, whoever he is, has done an amazing job. No one has died. Everyone got off alive. Wow. Just amazing. Nothing else, can describe this event. God was with the pilots and the passengers of this plane.

Again...wow.

The Killer Calender

From FOX News.com:

Three-hundred and sixty-five days and not a cute kitten or pinup girl in sight.

The National Counterterrorism Center has released its 2009 calendar, a 164-page daily planner that features profiles of some of the world's most wanted men and deadliest substances.
The calendar, which is free to the public and distributed widely to national security staff, provides pictures of terrorist leaders and important dates in the history of terrorist movements. It even offers advice on how far away to run from bombs of different sizes.

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The Perspective: Now this is my kind of calender. We all know that I love this kind of thing.

Whoever thought of this is a genius. And best of all its free. Think about it. Don't you want to know who the worlds most wanted men are? Don't you want to know what to do in a certain situation involving an explosive device? I know that I do.(I know most of that stuff already...)

While I tried to see the calender online, it seems that the site is overloaded with users and it isn't working. The URL for the calender in case you want one is http://www.nctc.gov/site/index.html I know that I'll continue to try to get one. I know this isn't much...but I've got something special for you guys. I have part of an interview with former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyauh. Enjoy.

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Interview: Parts were added at the end by Joel Rosenberg.

(Jerusalem, Israel, January 12, 2009) -- Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a 25 minute conference call today with conservative bloggers in which I had the opportunity to participate, made it clear that he sees Israel's current war against Hamas in Gaza as a "just war," as a proxy war with Radical Muslim leaders in Iran, and very possibly as a prelude to a future war to stop Radicals in Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, an event he described as a "nightmare scenario." Israel is pursuing a "just war," Netanyahu said early in the discussion. He noted that "Hamas is pursuing an illegitimate goal to accomplish the annihilation of the Jewish State" and is using "illegitimate means," including the "firing rockets on innocent civilians." "This is a classic case of justice pitted against injustice" and "against the forces of darkness," said the Likud leader who when the war began suspended his party's campaign for the February 10th elections. "Everyone has to choose which side of the battle he is on?"

Is this really an isolated local skirmish, asked one blogger, or is there a larger story at work here? "Our fight with Hamas," he replied, is with terrorists who have "backers in Iran" and have shown the "willingness to use any methods including firing rockets on innocent civilians….Israel is now the front line in the battle between militant Islam and the rest of the world - witness what has happened [in terms of terrorist attacks in recent years] in Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Mumbai, New York, Washington….and there are enormous global consequences. Does Iran have a victory in one of its two forward outposts [the other being Hezbollah]?" "Israel cannot tolerate an Iranian forward position [in Gaza]," he continued, saying that Israel's long-term goal needs to be blocking Iran from becoming the dominant regional power. He also noted that Israel's "immediate goal should be…removing the threat by stopping the firing and preventing the resupply of rockets and other weaponry by Hamas."

The call was organized by One Jerusalem, an organization founded in the fall of 2000 by former Israeli deputy prime minister Natan Sharansky. One Jerusalem's executive director, Allen Roth, moderated the discussion. I had emailed in a question asking what can Jews, evangelical Christians and others can do to help Israel in the current conflict. Undoubtedly other bloggers emailed in similar questions.

This was the second question posed to the former Prime Minister by Allen Roth. "The most important thing [friends of Israel can do] is to tell the truth," Netanyahu said. "There is a campaign of lies against us," including that Israel started this conflict [they didn't], that Israel is targeting innocent Palestinian civilians [they aren't], that Israel isn't allowing humanitarian aid to enter Gaza to care for innocents who are suffering [they are]. "Get the facts straight….the facts do count….the sequence counts." Hamas, he noted, has been "firing these rockets for eight years - eight years! Can you imagine what the U.S. would do if 6,000 rockets were fired from Mexico at San Diego?

Would the U.S. wait eight years? Would they wait eight months? I don't think they would wait eight minutes to fight back." Netanyahu pointed out that Hamas is launching rockets out of mosques, hospitals, elementary schools, universities -- putting innocent Palestinians in harm's way when Israel seeks to retaliate. "We don't deliberately target civilians, though we regret when civilians are injured or killed," he said. "That basic fact should be spoken…loud and clear by the friends of Israel and the friends of Jews."

the immediate future of the Arab-Israeli peace process, Netanyahu said "the idea that you can have a final settlement….I think that is just not realistic." He noted that he had resigned from the cabinet in 2005 when the government of then-Prime Minister Ariel SharonGaza for free and when it came to any future potential "deals" with the Palestinians, "don't repeat the mistakes of the past." decided to give away Before there is anymore international talk of Israel ceding territory to the Palestinians, Israel needs to pursue four strategies:

1. Fight Islamic radicals

2. Strengthen Islamic moderates

3. Reestablish security on all of Israel's borders

4. Begin rapid economic development for Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.

He was asked if he thought Hamas was holding out for the new administration of Barack Obama, hoping that Obama would put new pressure on Israel to stop fighting and accepting a potentially premature cease fire. "I do remember Mr. Obama visited Sderot not long ago and said something to the effect that, 'If my two girls lived in a home that was rocketed by terrorists, I would do everything in my power to stop it.'" He added, "I think the U.S. has an interest in stopping terrorists wherever they are." Netanyahu said the biggest threat Israel faces is not from Hamas, or even from Hezbollah, but from Radical Islamic terrorists or states possessing nuclear weapons. He described Iran acquiring such weapons of mass destruction as a "nightmare scenario," along with militant Islamists seizing control of Pakistan. Though he did not lay out how he would approach the Iran crisis should he be elected Prime Minister, he strongly hinted that time is running out and that the West had to take decisive action before it is too late.

Netanyahu concluded by insisting that Israel "should do everything can to return Gilad Shalit, the IDF soldier kidnapped by Hamas on June 25, 2006, though he declined to criticize the current Olmert government when asked if Olmert and his team were doing enough to bring Shalit home and to make his return a precondition of a cease fire. Not asked -- unfortunately -- was whether Netanyahu believed Israel's government should fully invade Gaza's urban centers and bring down the Hamas leadership and terror infrastructure once and for all. It would have been useful to get his take on this because at the moment, my read is that the Olmert government is hedging on that decision. True, they have been calling up the Reserves and putting those Reserves into the Gaza theater to bolster the IDF forces already inching their way forward towards Hamas positions.

But we have not seen a full scale ground campaign into Gaza's toughest urban centers, the strongholds of the Hamas forces. Instead, the Olmert government seems to be waiting for a deal to emerge with Hamas, Egypt and the international community to bring about a rapid cease fire. Many here in Israel are worried that Olmert will accept a cease fire too quickly, as he did with the Hezbollah in Lebanon in 2006.

No Israeli parent wants to see another of their sons killed in combat. But scores of Israeli parents are telling me they want to see "the whole job done" -- Hamas destroyed and the rocket threat squashed once and for all. They do not want to have the nation sacrifice so much in the last sixteen days only to see the threat reemerge all over again. Finish the job, they say. Under the circumstances, I agree.

Cease Fire? Not if you talk to folks I know...

The Perspective: The world wants a cease-fire in the current war in Gaza. While its seems that both nations Gaza and Israel seem to want to avoid this, everybody else wants them to stop.

While Egypt says that talks with Hamas are 'positive' don't believe it. While the U.N. says that they have a plan is working order...don't believe that either. Don't believe anything that France, Germany or even England says...that kinda stuff isn't going to happen.

A cease-fire agreement is not the answer to this situation that Israel wants...

Just yesterday Israel asked the United States for help in attacking Iran this month.(think before January 20th if your looking for a date) We said no. Does it matter? Not really...

Just look at what Israel did to Hamas. No approval, they went in and are still kicking ass. Don't expect it to stop either. From the beginning they said that they wanted to "remove Hamas from power" and that ladies and gentlemen is what they are going to do.

If you want, go ahead believe what the talking heads on T.V tell you. Listen to the Prime Minister of Israel. They'll play it off and let the world know only what they want you the people to know. So here I go....I'm going to tell you what they won't.

Okay...here goes.

According to a few reliable sources that I've spoken to Israel is planning something big...really big. Hamas, will cease to exist as a organization and only remain as an idea. The Gaza strip will shrink in size again...

Within the month(again think before the 20th of January 2009) Israel will attack Iran. Iran's nuclear reactors will be wiped from the map. Israel will break through the no fly zone over Iraq...America won't blink an eye. Iran will respond...with attacks upon Iraq and the American Forces in the Region.

This is the test that Vice-President Elect Joe Biden spoke of. Barack Obama will be tested...soon. Let us all pray that he makes the right decisions.

If he doesn't then well...

(This is all based upon certain reports that I've personally seen for myself and have spoken to people who helped work on the reports. The reports come from the United States DoD.)