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US spied on Israel over strike on Iran's nuclear program
American Thinker ^ | 10/23/2015 | Rick Moran

Posted on 10/23/2015 7:52:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Just how badly did Barack Obama blow up our relationship with Israel? According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, there was a point in 2012 when the US believed Israel was ready to carry out a commando raid against the Iranian nuclear reactor at Fordrow. In response, we sent another aircraft carrier to the Gulf and readied attack aircraft. in case a regional war broke out after the strike.

This raises an interesting question: On whose behalf would we have intervened?

Nerves frayed at the White House after senior officials learned Israeli aircraft had flown in and out of Iran in what some believed was a dry run for a commando raid on the site. Worried that Israel might ignite a regional war, the White House sent a second aircraft carrier to the region and readied attack aircraft, a senior U.S. official said, “in case all hell broke loose.”

The two countries, nursing a mutual distrust, each had something to hide. U.S. officials hoped to restrain Israel long enough to advance negotiations on a nuclear deal with Iranthat the U.S. had launched in secret. U.S. officials saw Israel’s strike preparations as an attempt to usurp American foreign policy.

Instead of talking to each other, the allies kept their intentions secret. To figure out what they weren’t being told, they turned to their spy agencies to fill gaps. They employed deception, not only against Iran, but against each other. After working in concert for nearly a decade to keep Iran from an atomic bomb, the U.S. and Israel split over the best means: diplomacy, covert action or military strikes.

Personal strains between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu erupted at their first Oval Office meeting in 2009,


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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bombbombbombbombiran; iran; israel; lebanon; louiegohmert; nuclearprogram; spy; waronterror

1 posted on 10/23/2015 7:52:06 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Obama has truly mucked up our relationship with Israel, but allies spy on each other all the time.


2 posted on 10/23/2015 7:57:23 AM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Minor correction is needed.

US Obama spied on Israel over strike on Iran's nuclear program.


3 posted on 10/23/2015 7:58:45 AM PDT by darkwing104 (Forgive but don't forget)
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To: SeekAndFind

If there’s hasn’t been a military coup yet against the Arab installed Obama, I wonder what it would take. I can’t wait to read the books that’ll come out in 2017


4 posted on 10/23/2015 8:03:02 AM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: SeekAndFind
Obama vetoes defense bill because there’s not enough spending

Obama will be remembered by future historians as the turd blossom that killed millions of people because he was an ignorant, lazy, stupid, mouthy, no talent, affirmative action, "token" President.

5 posted on 10/23/2015 8:22:47 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: atc23

there won’t be a coup
all the generals with balls are gone... fired or retired in disgust
only the ballless wonders remain ... and they couldn’t lead a parade much less a coup

BRENNAN - CASTRATI
CLAPPER - CASTRATI
SEC OF THE ARMY - HAHAHAHA
MILLEY - YES SIR
RICHARDSON - YES SIR
DUNFORD PAXTON KELLY

it aint gonna happen
its up to WE THE PEOPLE
and 47% are useless
maybe THREE PERCENT ... ???


6 posted on 10/23/2015 8:42:04 AM PDT by zzwhale
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To: SeekAndFind; Strategy

Odungo might have been ready to use our Navy pilots to deter a raid on Iran by Israel.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3351948/posts

Report: US Spied On Israel, Prepared To Destroy Israeli Bombers To Protect Iran
The Jewish Press ^ | October 23, 2015 | By: Lori Lowenthal Marcus
Posted on 10/23/2015, 4:22:46 AM by Strategy

US moved carriers into the region to prevent Israeli craft from attacking suspected Iranian nuclear plant.

In an explosive report we learn that ever since 2012, the United States has been spying on Israel in order to prevent the Jewish State from attacking suspected Iranian nuclear sites, according to Friday’s Wall Street Journal.

The White House had sent an additional aircraft carrier to the region after learning that Israeli aircraft had flown into Iranian airspace in what U.S. officials feared was a test run for an attack on Iran’s Fordow plant. The carriers had attack aircraft on board prepared to respond to any Israeli attack on Iran.


7 posted on 10/23/2015 8:57:23 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Pass the popcorn, set back/and watch Russia destroy Isis in Syria and Iran idoing the same in Iraq.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Obama and dem thugs hate Israel. They also hate traditional Americans.

What’s the surprise here?


8 posted on 10/23/2015 8:59:24 AM PDT by GOPJ (Democrats want gun legislation? Fine. Pass a Bill outlawing 'gun free' zones.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Badly enough that Netanyahu now faces the requirement of first or concurrently taking out the Sixth Fleet if he determines that hitting is an absolute right now necessity.


9 posted on 10/23/2015 9:02:13 AM PDT by arthurus (Het is waar. Tutti i liberali sono feccia.)
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To: SeekAndFind

‘Barack Obama - doing the work ISIS won’t do.’


10 posted on 10/23/2015 10:11:21 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: zzwhale

I notice all the stooges from Josh Earnest to James Clapper are all white guys - anyone else notice the whites are all in positions of being forced to look like assholes


11 posted on 10/23/2015 5:18:34 PM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: zzwhale

I notice all the stooges from Josh Earnest to James Clapper are all white guys - anyone else notice the whites are all in positions of being forced to look like assholes


12 posted on 10/23/2015 5:19:13 PM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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