Posted on 04/05/2015 12:18:36 PM PDT by DanMiller
It has been suggested that Israel should seriously consider destroying Iranian nuclear facilities, but Israeli officials obviously haven't said, and won't say, if, how or when she might.
Speaking to Arutz Sheva Friday, Professor Efraim Inbar, who heads the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, said the deal had realized Israel’s worst fears by leaving Iran’s nuclear program essentially intact.On March 28, former U.S. Ambassador Bolton said that it should be done.The Islamic Republic’s nuclear program has been granted “legitimacy” by the agreement, which still allowed it to continue enriching uranium and to maintain a reactor capable of producing enriched plutonium, he said. “And that’s what worries Israel, that they (Iran) will be able within a short time frame to reach a nuclear bomb.”
“I hold the view that the only way to stop Iran in its journey to a nuclear bomb is through military means,” Inbar maintained, suggesting that “Israel needs to seriously consider striking a number of important nuclear facilities” to head off the threat.
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The P5+1 nuclear "deal," proudly announced by President Obama on April 2nd, is a sham. There is no "deal," and public announcements by Iran and Obama cast it in very different lights. According to Iran, all sanctions will be lifted immediately when an agreement is reached on or before June 30th. According to Obama, sanctions relief will be gradual and based on Iran's compliance with invasive inspections and other conditions. Even National Public Radio (NPR) has pointed out differences. NPR observed that, according to Iran,
all sanctions relief - U.N., EU and U.S. - would be immediate. It was unequivocal. It stated that Iran under the deal was free to pursue industrial scale enrichment to fuel its own reactors - unequivocal. It stated that Iran was unhindered in its ability to conduct centrifuge R&D.
Iran has also emphasized that its intention to destroy Israel is non-negotiable, and the Obama Administration has rejected any efforts to make Iran recognize Israel's right to exist, on the ground that
“This is an agreement that is only about the nuclear issue,” State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters on Friday night, according to Fox News. “This is an agreement that doesn’t deal with any other issues, nor should it.” [Emphasis added.]
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has said that Israel's right to exist is non-negotiable.
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Iran is very unlikely to retreat from its perception of the "deal," Obama is very likely to retreat in Iran's favor, and Israel is very unlikely to retreat from its perceptions about Iran, the "deal" or Israel's right to exist.
What should Israel do?
In Martin Archer's novel Islamic War, which I reviewed here, Israel dispatched elderly, large and substantially refurbished remove controlled aircraft, full of high explosives, from Somalia to half dozen nuclear facilities operated by hostile nations. They flew circuitous routes at varying altitudes to avoid detection until it was too late to stop them. Over a period of weeks, they crashed into and destroyed their targets, amid speculation about who had done it and why. Israel was not suspected. Would that have been possible then? Now? I don't know.
It has been reported that Saudi Arabia has given Israel clearance to use her airspace for an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.
Fox News reports that US Defense sources claim the Saudis are conducting tests on their air defense systems after giving Israel permission to to enter a narrow corridor to shorten the distance to attack Iran.The testing would make sure that Saudi jets don’t get scrambled when Israel entered Saudi airspace. Once the IAF planes complete their mission and exit Saudi airspace, Saudi defenses would go back online again. [Emphasis added.]
Might Saudi Arabia, Egypt and perhaps other Gulf States go beyond not interfering with an Israeli attack to provide air support and other help? They seem to be as displeased with the "deal" as Israel is.
Assuming that Israel is not overly concerned about being identified as the attacker and is willing to act alone, she might:
Detonate one or more high-altitude atomic bombs to emit sufficient electromagnetic pulses (EMP) to fry all above-ground Iranian electronics. That would substantially disable Iranian above-ground command and control facilities as well as other communications, hence diminishing (but not eliminating) the possibility of counter-strikes by Iran and/or its proxies. Perhaps she has other, non-nuclear, means of generating EMPs; she hasn't said.
Immediately thereafter, drop whatever suitable bombs she may have on all Iranian military and nuclear facilities. Does Israel have bunker-buster bombs? Probably not of U.S. manufacture, but that does not mean that she has not developed her own. It would be surprising if she had not.
Obama and other "leaders of the free world" would complain and the U.N. would emit fits of angry censures. However, that happens with great frequency in any event, and would be an insufficient reason for Israel to commit national suicide through inaction against Iran.
I am no "military expert" and would appreciate any comments on the suggestions I have made as well as any other suggestions anyone might care to offer.
If Israel attacks Iran, then there will be consequences beyond any political issues with the west. It may trigger an all-out conventional war against Israel on all fronts. Right now, I do not believe Israel can rely upon the US to assist like it once would.
So, if they do attack Iran, I hope they are prepared to defend -solo- a full-on military response of varying degrees from one or all of their moose-limb neighbors. they should NOT have to stand alone, but in these days and times, I wouldn’t put it past 0bama to turn his back.
Israel will continue to be silent partner in the current missions of destroying Iranian influence in Yemen and ultimately in Africa; they'll continue to watch the Iranian proxy thugs in Syria and Lebanon to make sure they don't add to their capabilities; Egypt and Israel will continue to cooperate on the destruction of smuggling tunnels from the Sinai into Gaza; if I had to make a wild public guess, Israel's first major strike against the Iranians will be in the sea lanes south of the Suez Canal.
Assuming that she can. It assumes that they know 100% of what Iran is doing.
Before and after photos.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-uses-17-tons-of-explosives-to-destroy-syrian-reactor/
George Bush was wishy washy on the attack so Israel went in alone. They will do so again.
And leaking some of Israel's capabilities to give Iran and others a heads up...
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