“Mr. Obama decided to accelerate the attacks – begun in the Bush administration and code-named Olympic Games – even after an element of the program accidentally became public in the summer of 2010 because of a programming error that allowed it to escape Iran’s Natanz plant and sent it around the world on the Internet. Computer security experts who began studying the worm, which had been developed by the United States and Israel, gave it a name: Stuxnet.” And we’re letting these people have unmanned drones. Seems legit.
Thank you for reminding me of running Microsoft Security Essentials on my machine. I feel safer now.
If Israel/the US create a virus, it’s for our safety and it’s right. If it’s Russia/Iran/Venezuela, it’s terrorism and it’s wrong. Go figure…Depends on what side of the fence you are…
Are you sure the “Stuxnet” is the right name?
Upvote for a very fitting GITS reference
Thomas, since you don’t like “those people” having drones, why don’t you do something about it.
Not Thomas, just Thom, IIRC.
I don’t understand. Iran is consistently threatning Israel, calling for its eradication and at the same time financing and supplying weapons to many anti-Israely groups, like Hisballa, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and others. And yet, Israel and USA, while defending from clear threat are the bad guys. What a twisted logic.
Oh Cinderella, don’t play so naive. Do you want to free Iranian people too, with your democrazy? But Syrians first, right?
Anything your “democratic” (read: evil, money hungry, oil thirsty, homophobic, hypocrite, coward…) regimes touch, turns sterile – look Balkans, North Africa, Iraq, Afghanistan… those are now regions where time is reversed decades in past, made miserable by the power of your greed and ignorance
You ruin any ideal and noble thought man can have about human race. I disguise
Wow, he might be missinformed.. but you SURE are too!
First of all, i agree that the diaspora of persian (note that i did not use the term iranian) is quite extensive, and if they all went home with a gun each, they could possibly topple the regime rather easily. That is not what the west wants though it seems. Syria is an extreme case where you do not seem to grasp that a large body of people actually LIKE Assad’s regime. It is truly a civil war and although i would prefer a free and prosperous Syria, it is more likely to go down like in Libya or Egypt if that struggle is interfered with.
Next point is the balkans.. How dare you sir. The Balkans is not backwards compared to the US in several ways. (you have to define “reversed decades” to get to the point) It is in several countries freer on the personal level than the united states. Ok there is open corruption in many (not all) Balkan countries but that is rather a remnant and legacy of the previous communist regimes than from the implementation of more open markets. In the cases of Afghanistan and Iraq… they were pretty miserable beneath the thumb of the earlier regimes as well. Might not be a justification, and i do not agree with those wars for your information. But also mr/mrs pashar is only telling half of the story. Of course Hezbollah and others want to remove Israel, the muslims has been wanting it back since it was conquered. I do not support either side in this endless bloodshed, but seeing one side as evil and the other as good makes this whole argument rather silly.
Bingo.
yea. except that this is exactly the stance that big media and opinion shapers create and expect from the masses: equate both sides, conclude they are worth themselves and treat it as an easy excuse for loosing interest in what happens around you.
So, you’re saying that the big media wants their audience to loose interest in… major and “reliable” source of news? (hence also source of ad or subscriptions revenue)
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Another good example of hypocrisy. By denying one side’s right to defend itself, you definitely support other side.
I’m going to walk straight up to your house, backed by the biggest military in the world, and claim that, based on an old book thousands od years old, your house and land are supposed to belong to me. Then I’m going to remove you from your own premises, and force you to live a life with less rights than people of my own blood.
Let’s see how you react then.
Both sides in this conflict are wrong, because none of them are right. If it were up to me, we’d stop all financial, military, and material aid to the entirety of the region, cut all diplomatic ties, and let them sort out their own mess. Not a single dime of my tax money should go to those shitholes. I want Dutch money to go to people who deserve it – not to governments who only car about war, death, and destruction, no matter what imaginary father figure they claim is on their side. Israel, Iran, whatever – they’re all the same to me.
Well, this is example of ignorance. This is a wrong place for the history lessons, so I will just say that every sentence here is wrong. Israel was not backed by any military but his own in 48, its creation has nothing to do with any book and its right for its land are documented much better than those of, say, any European country.
Yet another sentence with absolutely no meaning. But it makes me wonder, maybe that should be the position of the US in the 40-ies. Germany, Netherlands, England, France – they all wrong.
I agree with you. Maybe you should ask Dutch and European parliaments to stop funding anti-Israely organizations.
Pashar, what HISTORY books are backing up your arguments?
Wikipedia or Arab books?
I can’t see it, please provide links.
Pashar is writing in this thread from “yours” more or less pro-Israel position, you indoctrinated quarrelling numbnut.
Talk about history falsification. Back to school, Thom.
Not to defend or support any side, but what did the americans (english people in a sort of way) do with natives? They conquered, took their lands, raped their women and here they are. The Spanish did the same, and so did others like greeks and persians. What has ever changed?
Hi,
It is very frustrating to read comments as though both sides are at fault, there must be at least one side to contributed more faults than other or else the other side will not hire a big army to defend her people.
Case point of Israel.
Modern Israel was created in 1948. Instant war followed, 100% of Arab nations attack Israel, by using a SIMPLE A VERY SIMPLE LOGIC here, what can you expect from ISRAEL? Give up and go back to Germany and Russia?
DO NOT complicate Israel’s case, the U.S. has nothing to do with this, except that it was helping Israel for their own interests(out of compassion is another thing), and Israel allowing outside help to protect their citizens and rights.
This is soooooo common sense.
But what gives anyone a right to have their own country and have it unilaterally imposed on someone else’s land? It’s funny how you focus on how the Arab nations quickly attacked Israel, but turn a blind eye on how Israel was formed on Arab land in the first place.
What did you expect from Arab nations when they were told they were to lose part of their land just like that?
First of all, a right was given by (surprise) UN.
Second, this land which is now Israel (or vast majority of it) never been Arab. Big part of Israel territory was bought by various Jewish organizations years before Israel was created. In fact, some parts of the bought lands belong now to Jordan, due to a way Palestine was partitioned. In any way, Israel got its land from its (lands) former sovereign – the British, which in turn conquered it during WWI from its previous sovereign – Ottomans and got a specific mandate from League of Nations for creating a “Jewish National Home” in Palestine. Anyway, there never been an Arab State on the current Israel territory for at least 500 years.
A right was given by, surprise, world powers and winners of one big war – largely unrelated to the people inhabiting that area then, some having it under their control via the good old neocolonialism.
That UN including at its core the good old Soviet Union and, later, PRC BTW. Since you don’t realize – its role back then was about balancing the whims and desires of main Cold War powers, the game they played, to prevent even bigger war.
(that why the Soviets “supported” the Arabs on numerous occasions BTW: they didn’t really have anything in particular going in for them or against the Jews – but via the whim of history, Israel was more affiliated with the camp of the British)
And seriously, buying private land validly leads to something like that in your eyes?… Who friggin’ cares what is the nationality, ethnicity, etc. of somebody who wants to own a farm?
Edited 2012-06-09 00:13 UTC
Arab land is Arabia. Everything else was conquered in the 8th and 9th centuries. Ask the kabyls and berbers in north Africa, for example.
The british mandate in palestine was divided up: about a third for israel, 2 thirds into jordan.
There has been a palestinian uprising in jordan, leading to black september with thousand killed.
But never mind, selective indignation is rampant in europe.
Every land is conquered at one point or another. Go back far enough and no people owns any land, unless you want to believe in the lunacy of the Old Testament (which Ultraorthodox Jews do believe and create illegal settlements).
Do you suggest we go back in history and just redivide the world according to who used to live where thousands of years ago? Because if you do, then you also must accept that Israel was initially created by conquering. In fact, if you believe Israelites originally owns the land, then you are making the implicit statement that you think genocide, mass murder and rape of women and children are a legitimate way of founding a nation, because the only claim the Israelites have over Palestine is that Moses told them YHWH gave them the right to genocide, murder and rape in their conquering of Canaan that was “prommised” to them.
By arguing so, you basically take AWAY the argument that the Jews, being Israelites, deserve any compensation because genocide, murder and rape were legitimate tools of war when they took over Canaan and thus the same thing should be allowed when it comes back to bite them in the arse.
Congratulations in excusing the Nazi’s actions.
So you can claim, in the very same commment, that Arabs aren’t entitled to Palestine because they conquered it, and yet, the words “British mandate” is acceptable to you despite it meaning that conquering was involved.
It’s pretty clear you’re the one with selective indignation, and that you believe hypocrisy doesn’t apply to you.
You are ascribing me thoughts I don’t harbor.
It’s obvious, as you go back in time, populations have constantly replaced one another on the same patch of land. French do not seek compensation from rome on the grounds of occupation of gaul.
On the other hand, your your choice of wording is revealing: as far as genocides go, you are referring to one where the “murdered, raped” population actually grows by over 300%.
Agreed, it still doesn’t make it right.
Selective indignation is when people are more riled up by a targeted computer virus, than, say, beheadings of schoolchildren in sulawesi or treatment of homosexuals in egypt.
He just drew the most coherent conclusion / world-view that can come from your words.
But never mind, selective historical justifications, different standards of it applied to their own and to “others” is rampant among indoctrinated…
Yes Apartheid Israel was created by the United Nations in 1948 however since that time, Apartheid Israel has illegally stolen some 95% of the remaining Palestinian lands. The mere 5% which remains is carved up into ethnic cleansing zones like a small hedge on a racist plantation. It is illegal to steal a people or nations lands and resources (Israel has allegedly stolen Lands, Water, Natural Gas and Oil fields under the guise of Apartheid laws, War or Defense) and keep them per long standing International laws and treatys.
Recently Apartheid Israeli courts have ruled to strip all non Jews of their Israeli Citizenship, that is the 20% Christian,Muslim and Atheist Israeli Citizens.
It is depraved to force American taxpayers to pay Apartheid Israel many Billions in cash plus 3+ Billion in free weapons each year with such racism and bigotry shaping their political government which is far from American values, liberty’s and freedoms.
Myths of them, you mean.
Sorry I shouldn’t have commented at all, I was just in a bad mood after watching a debut movie directed by UN Ambassador Angelina Jolie.
I can see that as becoming the root of all evil, eventually…
Hmmm… I don’t remember I wrote about freeing Iranian or any other people. But you may assume whatever you find comfortable.
Otrov, the argument is:
Iran was always threatening Israel to WIPE IT OUT FROM THE WORLD MAP. US’s foreign policy has nothing to do with it. If you were Israel, what will you do?
*cough*
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad_and_Israel#Transla…
See how easily you can be fooled by a media war.
The guy is still a dick, but that threat is simply made up and not true. I prefer facts, please.
I don’t think that gives anyone a right to shoot children in the head…
This is silly. It’s like saying “we are watching all of you and we constantly try to trip some of you behind your back, so you all better put your guards up at all times.” What’s the purpose, to make something difficult more difficult?
Sometimes it’s good to lie, or simply remain silent, for the greater good.
I think the real issue now is, governments are now using cyberweapons against each other. Its the new way to take out your foe without having to go to actual war to do so.
If I can cripple your nation’s technology, how will your nation stand?
As much as I hate to say it, its not a simple case of ending diplomatic and economic relations with the Middle East. One would also have to deny the Internet altogether to these nations practising these tactics and shut them out from doing anything altogether.
The truth is, every nation now is likely having to consider a cyber-defense, as well as creating cyberweapons of their own. If there not doing it already….
and what do you mean by “letting”? for instance, The Netherlands isn’t exactly in a position to “let” or not to “let” anything to anyone, it doesn’t posses the adequate power to do so. It’s like “and we’re letting them to have ICBM’s with nuclear warheads”
Now that USA President Obama and his staff appeared to have publicly admitted to creating with Israel the Stuxnet, Duzu and now the Flame Virus to target Iran and unleashing that globally on humanity’s computer systems, it looks like there is ample evidence and statements to proceed in a Massive Global Class-Action Lawsuit against USA and Israel for global damages and enormous punitive fines.
The Stuxnet Virus specifically targeted the Siemens Electronic Control modules which heavy industry GLOBALLY widely use by the thousands. Siemen’s a German based corporation but is global in it’s offices and support. Siemen’s took a big financial hit as details on what Stuxnet did filtered out, it’s stockholders should be foremost in sueing the hell out of USA and Israel for damages.
Business’s and individual PC users whose servers and computers were infected, files corrupted, data lost should also join in a global class action suit as above seeking enormous damages from the world courts and hitting Israel with such a huge fine and penalty that Israel would never do that again to the global computer industry.
I think they should just get used to viruses when Siemens is involved.
Thank you kwan_e for your reply however I am uncertain what your reply is. Siemens is a highly respected commercial electrical industry based corporation based in Germany with offices in many nations globally. Unless you include the tiny Polynesian spec of an island nations whose main industry is tourism and light fishing, you’d find Siemens products and electric control modules which the USA/Israeli Stuxnet Virus/Worm targets.
To defeat the Stuxnet Virus/Worm invading the Siemens electronic control modules all the IT staff had to do was ‘Change the Default Password on those Siemens Electronic Control Modules’.
With the USA/Israeli created and distributed Flame Virus however one of the 20 virus modules it contains attempts to steal passwords and keystrokes. Another of the modules is a remote control backdoor allowing for a neferious remote user to highjack that computer or server.
The Siemens Corporation I have no doubt was financially hurt by the effects of the USA/Israeli State Created and Distributed Virus/Worm. Their shareholders were likely also hurt. I seriously doubt Siemens kwan_e did any kind of ‘victory dance’ over losing hundreds of millions of euros in revenue and customers.
Under a contract between then Shah of Iran and Germany, USA and Siemens had agreed to build multiple Nuclear Reactors for electrical power generation inside Iran. While Germany partially built the now Russian finished electrical reactor in Iran the Iranian revolution which ousted the horrific Shah of Iran, Siemens then pulled out of completing it many years ago.
As I have encouraged, there now appears to be building support for a global lawsuit against USA and Israel for both of those State nations creating and distributing the Stuxnet, Duqu and Flame Virus’s. The damages also including punitive claims would likely exceed 100 Billion because punitive damages must be large enough to ‘punish’ the entity’s involved and large enough to entirely discourage them from repeating the same crime.
It was a lame pun about safe hex.
a decimal.