Posted on 04/01/2010 9:27:04 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Several months ago, a top Israeli defense official visiting Washington was speaking with a senior American politician when the conversation turned to Iran.
“Whatever military platforms you ask for, we will give you,” the politician told the official. “Everything, of course, except permission to attack Iran.”
While this conversation is just one of many that take place daily between officials in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and their American counterparts in Washington and stationed throughout the Persian Gulf, it accurately reflects the current daylight between Israel and the US when it comes to Iran. Israel is of the opinion that time is running out to stop Iran. America appears to be leaning toward containment.
While mostly overlooked by the media, the US National Intelligence report that came out Wednesday on 2009 nuclear developments broke away from the National Intelligence Estimate of 2007, this time concluding that Iran was continuing to develop a range of capabilities that could be applied to producing nuclear weapons and was “keeping the door open to the possibility of building a nuclear weapon.”
While significant, the new assessment does not change anything for the United States, which is still determined to impose a new round of tough sanctions on Iran and is working hard to garner Russian and Chinese support. If and when this happens, Israel will likely wait to see what effect the new sanctions have and whether they succeed in stopping Iran’s continued enrichment of uranium.
At the same time, Israel retains the military option with a growing assessment in the government that the IDF has the ability to strike at key facilities and set back the Iranian program by a number of years, even without American logistical support.
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Why does israel need our permission?
Although I agree emphatically with your question, the answer most likely is that it is a condition of our substantial aid and commercial relations.
For the near term, Israel may be in a bind surrounded by countries that hate their guts with a major ally that is turning on them.
I agree
Does israel own any aircraft carriers? how about india?
Armageddon comes rather late in the Revelation account. There will have been quite a few upsets (mildly put) in world population and habitability by then. Bummer is almost certainly long gone by that point. He is probably at most a prelude or warning of far worse things to come.
Israel does not own any aircraft carriers. India recently bought the Admiral Gorshkov(INS Vikramadity) from Russia for $2 billion dollars. They got ripped off.
Looks like Imanutjob and Obummer are right in synch.
Pray for Israel.
Saudi Arabia could conceivably cut them a deal. Israel promises to cover the Saudis’ rear ends and the Saudis let them use anything except Mecca itself (maybe also having to dodge to avoid passing over Islamic holy sites). Saudi Arabia expects to be among the first on the list of the Iranian nuke targets because they are Sunni and Iran is Shiite and the two halves of Islam do not get along.
If Israel want the USS Kitty Hawk and USS John Kennedy its available
I think Israel will be backed by the Congress, despite the punk-in-Chief.
Pray for Bibi and Israel.
If the punk in chief won’t declare war isn’t that kind of moot?
Israel has broad based support from Congress.
If one takes into consideration the happenings of the 20th century an argument could be made that the “quite a few upsets” have already occurred (WWI, WWII, various other human and natural disasters, and the war currently in place which began as far back as the 1980’s). Obozo might just be the culmination and prelude to those “far worse things”. The power that his administration is attempting to obtain over the “People” could lead to totalitarianism such as has not been seen in a democracy since Hitler.
The threat of Iran was overrated in the first place,they just don’t really have the know-how/industry to get a real ICBM program.
However the way we’ve backed down in favor of just ignoring them paints us as weak.
Chances are we won’t have a nuclear war but we’ve lost touch with Israel and anyone looking at this situation isn’t going to think the best of the Obama administration.
ANY platform? How about a boomer or two and a Nimitz-class sub? ....and some Raptors and JSFs?
Alas, I don't believe Israel has the power to neuter Iran's nuke program. Taking out Saddam's single, above-ground reactor in '81 was one thing; taking out dozens of sites in fortified, underground bunkers at nearly twice the distance is quite another.
The Israelis know that Hussein-O and his socialist comrades in Western Europe are now resigned to a nuclear Iran. ...and it looks like that's precisely what we'll get. That, in turn, will set off a race for the bomb throughout the Middle East. No way the sunni Arab nations will stand pat while shia Iran possesses a nuke arsenal.
Obama's in the process of forging quite a legacy of destruction.
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