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Obama Threatened to Shoot Down Israeli Jets Attacking Iran
Newsmax ^ | 3/2/2015 | Greg Richter

Posted on 03/02/2015 5:20:40 AM PST by HomerBohn

President Barack Obama threatened to shoot down Israeli planes in 2014 if they were sent to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities, according to reports attributed to a Kuwaiti newspaper.

According to the website Israel National News, the Bethlehem-based news agency Ma'an cites Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida.

Al-Jarida reports that the alleged threat from the White House forced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel the planned attack.

An Israeli minister on good relations with the Obama administration reportedly tipped Secretary of State John Kerry to the plan and that Obama vowed to shoot down the planes when they crossed over U.S.-controlled airspace in Iraq.

Al-Jarida quoted "well-placed" sources saying that Netanyahu, Minister of Defense Moshe Ya'alon and then-Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman made the plans for airstrikes after consulting top commanders.

In addition to the attacks, Netanyahu and his ministers decided to try to thwart any nuclear deal between the United States and Iran over fears that a nuclear Iran is a threat to Israel's existence, the newspaper said.

Israeli pilots reportedly trained for weeks on the mission and even were able to fly into Iranian airspace without being detected by radar.

-snip-Israel National News quoted a Daily Beast interview from 2009 in which former President Jimmy Carter's national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski urged Obama to take on any threat to Iran from Israel.

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Brzezinski even suggested, "No one wishes for this but it could be a Liberty in reverse."

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Netanyahu is set to address a joint session of Congress on Tuesday over the Iranian nuclear threat. Most Democrats have said they will not attend and Obama has said he will not meet with the prime minister since the talk will occur two weeks from Israeli elections

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 0bamathreatensisrael; bathhousebarry; dogeater; idiotsavant; iraniannukes; israel; runningdog; shootdown; waronterror
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To: HomerBohn

In April and May of 2012 There was a lot of news about F-22’s deploying to the United Arab Emirates. I said then, and still say that they were there to threaten Israeli military aircraft, not Iranian aircraft. I remembered that the Obama admin had outed an Israeli plan to attack Iranian nuclear sites from the north using an ally in that direction. The F-22’s were there to close off any Israeli attack on Iran.

F-22’s based in the UAE could shoot down anything they wanted to, anywhere they wanted to without so much as a peep from anyone, and the Israelis knew it.


21 posted on 03/02/2015 6:00:40 AM PST by Tom Bombadil
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To: HomerBohn
Frankly, we no longer have the static capability to shoot down aircraft crossing over norther Iraq, nor is their any status of forces agreement that would allow us to do so.

Thus, it was either an empty threat, or the intent to conduct a special intercept mission.

Obama fancies himself the new Caliph.

22 posted on 03/02/2015 6:07:19 AM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: cuban leaf

I don’t know what to think. It’s in accordance with Obama’s character and loyalties, but that doesn’t mean he actually did it.

What about the possibility the story is true and Obama.gov leaked it ahead of Bibi’s speech because they fear the fallout if Bibi happened to announce it to Congress and the world tomorrow? Too Machiavellian?


23 posted on 03/02/2015 6:08:21 AM PST by .45 Long Colt
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To: Hulka

There is no way that we are capping the entire middle east, and why would we still be protecting Iraqi airspace?

The areas of coverage would require multiple AWACS on station 24/7. And again, I can’t imagine that given what we have going on in Afghanistan and Syria. Our ISIS strikes in Northern Iraq are certainly don’t constitute a major air offensive.

Are there still any American Patriot batteries in Iraq? I don’t think so.


24 posted on 03/02/2015 6:18:28 AM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: .45 Long Colt

Interesting...and maybe it is not true, and they just put it out there because the boy king is miffed.


25 posted on 03/02/2015 6:48:12 AM PST by gr8eman (Don't waste your energy trying to understand commies. Use it to defeat them!)
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To: SampleMan
We are flying over Iraq now (ISIS thing. . .you know. . .means we have assets flying over the airspace all the time and that means we have eyes monitoring the comings and going of all air activity in the country), and AWACs is not the only source we use to track airspace activities.

We have other assets in theater that provide coverage, from Air Force to Navy to whatever, and these assets provides us with very detailed coverage capability over Iraq.

26 posted on 03/02/2015 6:49:30 AM PST by Hulka
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To: HomerBohn

In my 26 year military career I have always said that I would never go to war with Israel. The only possible way I would have fought the Israeli’s is if they invaded the US.

I wonder how many of our pilots would have had some sort of “malfunction” with either their aircraft or ordnance?


27 posted on 03/02/2015 6:54:27 AM PST by rfreedom4u (Do you know who Barry Soetoro is?)
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To: Hulka

Depends on the flight path. Israel could fly through Jordan, Saudi Arabia, over the Gulf and into Iran without entering Iraqi airspace. It would mean a longer trip but I believe they could pull it off.


28 posted on 03/02/2015 6:58:08 AM PST by rfreedom4u (Do you know who Barry Soetoro is?)
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To: rfreedom4u

They coluld, but back to the original post, we would know.


29 posted on 03/02/2015 6:59:54 AM PST by Hulka
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To: HomerBohn

Eff you, bronco bama.


30 posted on 03/02/2015 7:00:34 AM PST by onedoug
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To: Hulka

Yes, we would know. But what excuse would Barry use to intercept them? Other than Valerie told him to do so?


31 posted on 03/02/2015 7:01:24 AM PST by rfreedom4u (Do you know who Barry Soetoro is?)
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To: rfreedom4u

Good question.


32 posted on 03/02/2015 7:02:40 AM PST by Hulka
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To: ErnBatavia

This, like John Semmons’ satire, is entirely believable, mostly due to a tendency we all have called “confirmation bias”.

Best to verify before going out on a limb over it.


33 posted on 03/02/2015 7:04:44 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: gr8eman

Could be. As I said, I have no idea what to believe. The fact that we think it’s even possible the President of the United States threatened Israel over Iran makes me sick.


34 posted on 03/02/2015 7:07:23 AM PST by .45 Long Colt
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To: HomerBohn
ASSHAT
35 posted on 03/02/2015 7:07:58 AM PST by baddog 219
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To: Hulka

Been there done that. Making occasional strikes on ISIS does NOT mean whe have AWACs overlooking the area all the time or even most of the time, nor does it mean we have fighter CAP in place.

Without AWACS, the radar horizon and range are going to preclude Navy ships from keeping an eye on a strike transitting Iraq.


36 posted on 03/02/2015 7:14:36 AM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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37 posted on 03/02/2015 7:18:32 AM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: SampleMan
Yeah, been there, done that, too.

And please re-read what I posted.

Never said we have constant AWACs or fighter CAP.

We have other methods that I am sure you are aware we use that do not involve manned flights to monitor/track airspace. . .and we do not fly ISR assets without a complete airspace picture, let alone during manned strikes.

38 posted on 03/02/2015 7:26:22 AM PST by Hulka
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To: HomerBohn

Would Obama have told the US Air Force if the Planes were IAF or Iranian ?


39 posted on 03/02/2015 7:27:12 AM PST by molson209 (Blank)
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To: molson209

We’re dealing with an evil sick little rat here, so probably not.


40 posted on 03/02/2015 7:35:36 AM PST by HomerBohn (God is just, but his justice cannot sleep forever!)
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