Posted on 11/09/2011 7:00:45 PM PST by Fennie
Israel will be launching a military strike as early as December in a bid to stop Iran's nuclear program, the British Daily Mail reported, based on unnamed government sources.
The sources said that Israel will strike Iran's nuclear sites "sooner rather than later" and rely on logistical American support.
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When/if Israel does decide too strike we’ll hear about it as their planes are returning to base and not days leading up too it. No one will be privy too it beforehand.
I like to fantasize that, deep down, Barry gets flashes of sanity telling him what the right thing to do is.
How God works is a mystery. Some even believe it might be an action based on the prayers of all.
We’ve heard this many times over the years. This is the first time I’ve ever believed it.
Obama and Erdogan are itching to take out Assad. Iran is going to strike at Israel when it goes down. BiBi needs to move before that happens.
You should shift to a fantasy about your 100 favorite actresses all wanting a romantic relationship with you at once - because that is far more likely than a flash of sanity from Obama in which he does something that helps Israel and the United States simultaneously. God could make it happen, but it would be the Lord working through an unworthy vessel and not a flash of sanity in a man who is for too consistent in choosing what those who love America recognize as insane.
I still dont see what makes this time different from any other time. Obama and Erdogan my be looking tot take out Assad but it doesnt look like either one of them is willing to take any real steps to remove Assad. Syria is completely different from Egypt or Tunisia-Assad’s iron grip isnt loosing so much as a millimeter.
I just dont think Israel can say “we’re worried about what Iran might be doing in several years time or later when they get the ability to use nukes”. They at least have to be looking at sanctions and other non-military strategies and wait until Iran mobilized its troops and planes, like it did in 1967 waiting until Egypt and Jordan actually moved their troops to get ready for war. Or wait until Iran actually blocks the an important shipping canal or something. Dont like it anymore than you do, but in this day and age I just dont see how Israel can make strikes based on what it thinks a nation might do.
So true. In our cynicism, we forget, don’t we?
Thanks Fennie.
I disagree. I think Libya was a very real step towards igniting a regional war via Syria (and ultimately Iran). It was the first implementation of the Responsibility to Protect doctrine. That's what will be used as the justification for leveling Damascus.
I also think announcing the alleged Iranian plot against the Saudi embassy was a step in this direction.
Just one man's opinion.
Maybe, but I still dont see Obama as having what it takes to move against Syria. I think the action against Libya was a one time thing-perhaps motivated by the need to protect his friends and allies in Europe who needed Libyan oil, who knows ? It’s just that I cant possibly see Obama as doing something like giving authorization to level Syria. And it just gets more unlikely, again, that Israel would strike because of what they think Iran might do as Syria falls. As it is, Israel was pushing the limit on what level of initiative it can take in 67, even though it was perfectly necessary for Israel to do that.
And as far as announcing the Iranian plan against the Saudi embassy ? Well I doubt that means a lot. Like it or loathe it-needless to say I loathe it-diplomatically the US and Saudi Arabia are still very close so it would be natural to announce a plot like that regardless of what happened.
In any event, I do think one good thing is that while Europe of course would come down on Israel, in the unlikely event of a strike, they would quite possibly have support from unlikely places. Sunni Arab states for example, terrified of a nuclear Shiite Iran dominating the Middle East, would ultimately not have too many qualms with this.
In any event, I imagine the strike would be somewhat like this one : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Opera
That is about the limit of what Israel could conceivably get away with. And only if they know they can do it without starting a full scare war. Because I really dont know if Israel can afford a definite full scael war with Iran, which would of course spill out over the whole Middle East, over what they think Iran might do in 5 or 10 or more years from now.
Here is some info on the type of bombs Iran may be trying to have :
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=244919
Not seeing how Israel can afford out and out war with Iran because they worry that Iran might try nukes of that capability on Tel Aviv.
If/when Israel decides to launch a direct strike, it will be when no one is talking about Israel launching a direct strike. It will happen out of the blue, not when Israel is obviously trying to pressure the US and West to take stronger measures to prevent Iran from getting a bomb.
BOMB THE HELL OUT OF THEM!!!
Oh....and....Shalom!
“Sooner rather than later” would have been 2 years ago. Anyway “unnamed sources”? Must be slow day at the Mail.
how can one not like a guy named Muki?
If I had a nickel.....
No wonder the current Gog hates Churchill... he (Churchill) scribbled more insight on a tea napkin than Zero could ever muster even with the help of a crack pipe.
If it happens it won’t be an exclusively Israeli production.
All the Basij will know is,”...they’re here, and the world as we know it is ending, violently...”.
Once it does, the smack talking former mayor of Tehran
may share the fate of all those senior Shah-ist officers executed by the Ayatollah Khomeini.
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