myview,I beg to differ,and I suggest you review your history of Judaism in the Holy Land,Asia,Africa and Persia.You will find that there were LOOOONG,periods in history when Jewish people lived amongst,and were treated with respect by all others non-Jewish.They worked,equally,side by side,lived right next door to each other,their children played together,they married into each others faiths and socialized really well. There were,relatively,very few occasions of ethnic persecution,in comparison to the AMOUNT of time,in history,when they lived side by side in harmony with ALL other faiths,Nationalities.
And the bit about Israel being "wiped off the map"?

That has already been proved as having been a literary translation error! Maybe conveniently so? You have to read the editorials about that and the difficulties in translating Farsi through Arabic into English!
Go back and read the references,and you'll see.
Maybe Hilary Clinton made a oral mis-interpretation when she said Iran would be annihilated? Something that the ordinary good-conscience Americans and the ordinary Persians have NO WISH to see happen!
Saddam,by the way,was very secular,even though he was Sunni biased and a political dictator.
He didn't care about Israel as long as they minded them own business and kept their eyes,and hands,OFF his resources(that they were itching to get hold off with the USA).
He didn't like Israel,but he NEVER interfered with them.His attitude was,"You stay in your back yard,we'll stay in OURS!
Oh! and one of those nuclear "super-powers"you speak of,that does deals with Iran IS ACTUALLY Israel! They 'do' those deals COVERTLY,using other nations as middle-men(i.e. USA,Britain etc) LOL! That's been going on for donkeys years!
You see,it's that boring ole'game of keeping your friends close,but "keeping your ENEMIES CLOSER STILL".
Hey it's a good time for you to lay outside in the sun,with a cup of tea,a cool shade and read,read,read!
Get out some modern history books and study more of the history of the Middle/Near East,Asia and Africa and it's moving populations(demographics)say from 1700's onward,through WW1,WW2 to present day. It might not be stuff you,personally,WANT to hear but it's historical fact,and EXTREMELY INTERESTING and ENLIGHTENING,and will help you to realise that what us peace-loving,ordinary people in the world are hoping to see in the Holy Land soon,ONCE WAS,in the past! And can be so AGAIN!

It is VERY ACHIEVABLE,if the Israelis,AND FACTIONS like Hamas,Fatah,Hezbollah etc etc right now,can concentrate less on the SELF in "self-preservation",because that's the blind EGO that blocks the bigger,better picture of THE WE as in National Unity!
Peace,Salaam,Shalom!

How can you say Israel is paranoid? Iran has openly said that Israel should be wiped off the map. The same sentiment of Iraq under Saddam Hussein. Israelis have been persecuted and killed since the beginning of time by the Middle East Nations. It is also well known that several other "super powers" are also to blame, and connected to Iran. You say paranoid and I say self preservation.
It certainly sounds anti-semite.

LOL! So,what's NEW?
You see,it's groups like WINEP(Pro-Israeli,'eyes-on-Zion' paranoia-ists)that are happy to sacrifice American/European coalition lives,to keep THEIR 'sky from falling', when IT'S NOT!
Because,there is NO PRESENT OR IMMENENT THREAT FROM Iran.

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43015

'Pre-emption' is in the eye of the beholder.
But,if that EYE is already paranoid and it's 'vision' blurred beyond rationality and imagines it is 'beholding' something which is NOT present, why should WE, THE USA, be renting out OUR BOYS AND GIRLS,to fight a country which is NOT A THREAT??

Just because the 'permanently-at-war' State of Israel,is suffering from CONSTANT delusions of self-architected paranoia!
I tell ya' guys,Israel is IT'S OWN WORST ENEMY! And that's not anti-semite,that's political science!
Unless,it grows up and starts to soften it's egotistic policies and ACT as if it's an EQUAL part of the rest of the world AND NOT 'BETTER THAN', it will wreck itself rather than PROSPER healthily,in mutual respect with it's neighbours.

Iran is not a threat! They do not have nuclear weapons and are willing to have regular and diplomatic IAEA inspections of their Nuclear Energy facilities!
The rest is 'YES,BUT WHAT IF....' Not admissable IN COURT!

In fact,the peoples,and governments of Iran and America COULD BE GREAT cultural and economic 'buddies' OPENLY, were it NOT for the 'mad uncle in the closet' Israel and our OWN deluded Christian Zionists who have mixed religion with politics FOR FAR TOO LONG ALREADY! And that is NOT a healthy 'BREW'!
Reminder! Israel is the State with 200-400(if they disclosed the REAL amount) ILLEGAL nuclear weapons. REPEAT-ILLEGAL! They ILLEGALLY have their own Nuclear plant!
That's AGAINST the Non-Nuclear Proliferation Treaty(or did they ARROGANTLY REFUSE TO SIGN THAT?) lol!
This is a State that has completely ignored all UN Resolutions AGAINST it,and VETOED any others,for other Nations benfits,that are not beneficial to the State of Israel,and STUFF-YOU,the rest of the planet.
And,the USA, has BACKED every action,which makes the USA almost a rogue UNDEMOCRATIC State! Pathetic!
How "Diplomatic" and "Democratic" is that?
Jeeez! I am so SICK of our America carrying Israels CHIPS on OUR shoulders!
Especially when it's our boys and girls whose BLOOD gets spilled,and our families whose hearts are broken,and OUR ECONOMY that gets RAPED and PLUNDERED!
The Israeli government is NOT Americas pimp!
And OUR troops are NOT Israels,OR WINEP's,prostitutes!

Peace,Salaam,Shalom!