>>>>>>>>>>http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Israel_get_two_German_submarines_999.html
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>It will also deliver bunker busters with serious punch from the Persian Gulf without any over-flight issues.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>"Never again" just got translated into Farsi.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Never again what ??
>>>>>>>>Having only 2 versus 5 of these submarines, or having less then 200 undeclared nukes to hit Iran with ?
>>>>>>>>Which one is it ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>If you are refering to Holocaust, I do not see how something that happened 60 years ago in Europe is relevant
>>>>>>>>to today's Israel-Iran relations (or nuclear standoff thereoff). In today's world, it is Iran that is under real threat, not other way around. How does 0 nukes compete to 200 ? (Not to even mention US arsenal)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Germany is helping military goliath to grow even more in size and power. What is it, noble act all of a sudden ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In spite of what some folks think, the purchase is a defensive act as are the alleged nukes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Israel hasn't vowed to wipe Iran off the map.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Iran hasn't had the other Islamic countries gang up on it several times over the last half decade attempting to eliminate the country.
>>>>>
>>>>>OTOH it did get attacked by Iraq with a huge amount of western support causing a long and very bloody war which was not of Irans making at all.
>>>>
>>>>That's true, and to save the soldiers lives in that war, the ayatollah ordered women and children to march in front of the Iranian soldiers to act as mines detectors. He also had the water in a fountain dyed bright red and called it the blood of the martyrs as a tribute. What a great guy (NOT)
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>>>And an Iraqi Mirage hit a US ship with an exocet and an extremely capable US ship (the vincennes) shot down an Iranian passenger jet killing 250+ civilians. Isn't history confusing when you look closely.
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>>I remember the Vincennes incident. I don't think the Iraq/iran war was still being fought then. I cannot recall the exocet missle hit. But, then the US was not in the Iraq/Iran war.
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>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Stark_%28FFG-31%29

Ahhh yes, the Stark. Now I recall. Thank you.