What about the blog (recently linked on FR) which stated (apparently with some credibility) that Obama will not allow overflights of Iraq by Israeli warplanes headed for Iran? If that will be the case can the IDF get around it?
A corollary of this basic point is that the weaker and more dependent Israel becomes, the more Israeli interests and American interests are likely to diverge. Stripped of its ability to take independent military action, Israel's value to the United States can be seen to reside in its ability to give the Golan Heights back to Syria and to carve out a Palestinian state from the remaining territories it captured in 1967—after which it would be left with only the territories of the pre-1967 state to barter for a declining store of U.S. military credits, which Washington might prefer to spend on wooing Iran.
I believe this is how SofS Clinton and 0bama already view Israel. Keep in mind that while you and I have our own views on Israel, it is now the 0bama Regime that is in charge of our foreign policy.
Add this to the mix:
The parallels between Israel's rise to superpower client status after 1967 and Iran's recent rise offer another strong reason for Israel to act—and act fast. The current bidding for Iran's favor is alarming to Israel not only because of the unfriendly proclamations of Iranian leaders but because of what an American rapprochement with Iran signals for the future of Israel's status as an American client. While America would probably benefit by playing Israel and Iran against each other for a while to extract the maximum benefit from both relationships, it is hard to see how America would manage to please both clients simultaneously and quite easy to imagine a world in which Iran—with its influence in Afghanistan and Iraq, its control over Hezbollah and Hamas, and easy access to leading members of al-Qaida—would be the partner worth pleasing.
Actually, I think this is a VERY perceptive article in light of the current administration's lean toward the Muslim world. Don't think that Samantha Powers or some other 0bama advisor hasn't already made the argument above to 0bama, who wants to be the Hero of the Muslim and Third World.
Thanks very much for posting this.
Do you have that link?
1.So now Obama is the boss of Iraq?
2.He is actually defending the psycho Mullahs of Iran?
Israel doesn’t need to go through Iraq. All the Israeli’s have to do is utilise Saudi airspace. The Saudis if they got in the way would only result in lots of plinked Saudi F-15s and Tornado fighters. The Israelis can take out Tabuk airfield in western Saudi and maintain a corridor for their strike force.
A huge operation, but one that would allow for their Boeing 707 tanker fleet to loiter protected by fighter aircraft. The Saudis would be hamstrung as to what to do. The only problem is that it would take a huge operation to take out all the Iranian nuclear related sites. The Bushehr reactor is due to go on line by the end of this year according to Iranian press. I don’t think that Israel has any option but to destroy Bushehr before the Russianssupply the fuel.