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I haven't made the claim that Iranian intervention is nothing but constructive and always gladly welcomed. It was your friend Blackeagle that made the claim for KSA and calling it facts. A post that you thanked. And it's amusing that you respond by completely avoiding the issue choosing to speak...

Do you think the majority of Bahrainis considered KSA's intervention constructive and gladly welcomed?

I disagree. As you say the circumstances in the region are out of the ordinary and there is a degree of uncertainty as to what will happen. The new Egypt have been increasingly assertive in it's foreign policy as opposed to pre-revolutionary Egypt which was essentially an american puppet state...

U.A.E. official: We will strike in Iran if Iranian terror squads target Gulf states - Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper What do you think?

What is your argument more precisely? That Iran and Egypts shared interests are negated by the events you point out? That it's in Egypts best interest to avoid relations with Iran? If that is the case I think it's a weak argument. I would like to hear your reasoning.

And you know that they will wipe it good!

Sure, but don't you agree that there are nuances in the impact of these statements even if you think of them as idiotic? Of course a statement such as Ahmadinejad's "Wipe Israel of the map" statement will have a stronger backlash than a typical "Israel is evil" statement even if you group them...

Even with a bargain as you say, the questions still stand.

There seems to be a decrease in the level of sophistication in the effort to halt the nuclear program.

There is a possibility this could happen. I think the question then is, what is the extent of US-Israeli relations Obama will be ready to sacrifice for a normalization of relations between US and Iran. In other words, what are the overlapping interest of the two and is there a net gain or even...

I agree that the Iran-Israel relation will stay the same. But one might argue that their argumentation for an attack could possibly be weakend.

From an israeli perspective a portion of the legitimacy for an attack on Iran comes from Ahmadinejad's statements which they claim to perceive as threats. Could the current Israeli hastiness to implement such an attack be influenced by the fact that by 2013 there will be another president? Since...