Posted on 04/26/2008 7:13:31 AM PDT by freerepublic_or_die
The consensus among Israel's political and military leaders as we near our 60th anniversary of independence is that modern Israel has never been as threatened as it is today. Given the wars of survival it had to fight in its first quarter century, that's a profoundly troubling assessment.
Although Syria has all of Israel within missile range, Hizbullah has rearmed and the quantities of weaponry flowing into Gaza risk turning a major irritant into a grave concern, the key focus of potentially devastating confrontation is the Islamist regime in Iran - itself, of course, the key state player behind Hizbullah and the Gaza Islamic radicals. One might be tempted to disregard the annihilatory rhetoric from Teheran were it not accompanied by the relentless drive for a nuclear bomb. One might seek to downplay the nuclear drive were it not for the rhetoric. But the combination of Iran's incitement to genocide and its determined acquisition of the tools to carry out the deed has created a consensus in leadership here - not absolute unanimity, but certainly a strong majority view - that Israel's future well-being necessitates the thwarting of this Iranian regime's nuclear aspirations. The widespread belief among Israel's leaders as recently as Israel's 59th birthday was that, one way or another, the Bush administration would halt the mullahs - either by galvanizing concerted, biting international sanctions or by force. Some of Israel's most highly placed officials, only too aware of the negligible impact sanctions were having on Iran, indeed, believed until a few months ago that the US might be resorting to military action right about now - late spring to early summer of 2008.
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With the price of gas sky rocketing Bush won’t do diddly about Iran —time to act was years ago
Agreed.
As the price of oil/gas would sky-rocket as a result of an attack, we wouldn’t be any worse off than we are now. My point is, the current high price of gas, shouldn’t otherwise be a hindrance.
If someone is to take any action against Iran it will have to be Israel. The US will provide some intelligence and logistical support, but when all is said and done it will be an Israeli operation.
If someone is to take any action against Iran it will have to be Israel. The US will provide some intelligence and logistical support, but when all is said and done it will be an Israeli operation.
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