Decision By Netanyahu, Barak To Strike Iran Is Almost Final -- Israel TV

The Times of Israel ^ | August 11, 2012

[KenD]

October Surprise

[MasterGunner01]

The Magic Mushrooms will bloom over Iran. I wonder if Syria and Egypt want a few, or is there some sanity there? Probably not.

[dagogo redux]

October Non-Surprise.

October Predictable.

October Essential.

October Calculated.

October With Full Media Cooperation.

[dalebert]

Or hype to keep poll nubers up for BO

[AmonAmarth]

The grim reality is that this has to happen, and it is going to happen. Iran has brought this on themselves.

[Pollster1]

(1) If true, this is years too late. I was wondering why they didn't do it back in 2007! (2) Why does the debate have to be conducted on the front page? The headline should have read: "Decision By Netanyahu, Barak To Strike Iran Is Final -- Bombing and Special Forces Ground Assault in Progress -- Obama Notified just After Tehran Received Reports from Target Locations."

[newheart]

I’m not so sure this would benefit Obama. In fact, I think just the opposite is true. Romney/Ryan can forcefully argue that Obama’s complete failure in dealing with Iran, especially keeping silent during the failed Green Revolution, is the reason that Israel had to act. Top that off with Obama’s probable refusal to support Israel in their actions and you have just given Romney a huge opportunity.

[Kozak]

Oh THAT Barack....

[JudgemAll]

The oil price game and crisis is starting... oh yeah... bribe those Obama cops and become a f@g, or stick to your guns. This is going to be fun.

[Bender2]

It is with a heavy heart that I must report that Israel has attacked Iran... and as Commander in Chief I have ordered our military forces in the Mid-East to do what they must.

And even as I report we have now lost two our our aircraft carriers... and many thousand of our fighting sailors--

I must demand all Jewish voters, especially those of you in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania... remember on November 6, I did it all for you!

[onedoug]

Make sure Iran knows they’re coming.

Something’s squirrelly.

[Will88]

It looks like some interpreted the headline to mean that Obama supports an Israeli strike on Iran. I expect he’ll try to prevent a strike on Iran.

But a strike is totally justified and has been for years. Starting with the late Ayatollah Khomeini, more or less installed by Jimmy Carter, up to Ahmnanutterjob, four or five of the principal Iranian leaders have called for wiping Israel off the map.

[stormhill]

I’m not so sure this would benefit Obama...

Of course, you're right.
Furthermore, it would doom Obama's chances by stripping him of the support of the militant peace movement and possibly the Nobel Peace prize.

Now, you do realize that this is all talk. Regardless of what he may say, Barack doesn't have the slightest intention of bombing Iran or anything whatsoever in that regard. Reminds me of his expressed intention to drill offshore before the oil spill. I knew without a doubt he wouldn't do it and wondered what pretext he would use to flip-flop; that's why when the platform explosion happened, I immediately assumed he had engineered it.

[stormhill]

My bad; this plan has nothing to do with Obama. It’s the Israelis.

[JPG]

This isn't an intellectual exercise but a fight for existence. When Israel says, “Never Again”, they actually mean it.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Fennie.

Obama does not want to intervene militarily before the presidential elections in November, and it is doubtful that he would act afterwards... may believe that the US can live with a nuclear Iran... Mitt Romney... takes a more forceful position, but would probably not have the domestic support necessary to act in the first year of his presidency, if elected, and after that it would be too late.

Iran fights by proxy; the one time the mullahcracy fought a conventional war was when Saddam's Iraq invaded the Iranian oil fields, claiming them as Arab land.

And Iran's good at it.

Right now Iran serves as the major distraction and diversion; they've armed the Hizzies in Lebanon and support protests and/or armed uprisings in Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, various other spots in Asia and Africa.

Hamas and the so-called PA have been charmed away (cut off from other funding) by the Saudis, who supposedly claimed they'd support a US-Israeli mission against Iran, but would shoot down Israeli planes trying to do it solo. The Israelis will not be intimidated by this of course, and have a number of options.

Egypt's new Islamofascist leader has met with the Saudis, has bitched about the Sadat-era treaty with Israel, and has claimed to want closer ties with Iran.

Turkey's not as far off as one might think from joining Syria in the list of failed states. It has no friendly neighbors (not entirely their fault, either) and has alienated its only two stalwart allies -- the US and Israel.

Jordan has had large protests, and though it's easy to forget now, looked like it was headed for regime change around the time Egypt was. Jordan's only reliable neighbor is Israel, with which it has a peace treaty (1994); both Syria and Saudi Arabia wouldn't mind seeing the Hashemite realm erased from world maps, and the Assad dynasty in Syria has illegally withheld part of Jordan's natural water supply. So, Jordan's response has been to make sure Israel has good intel (fell on deaf ears in 1973 though) while publicly acting like the Arab a-holes they consider their brothers.

Israel is going to be attacked both conventionally and unconventionally as soon as Syria has a single, stable regime again. It'll be much better if that never happens.

[taildragger]

When is the 1st full moon after Nov 6th ?:-)...

I think if Romney wins they would be wheels up for their own survival but do it to piss off Obama when he is a lame duck, and can't do $&it about it and give him no bump....

Schadenfreude baby..

[newheart]

My bad; this plan has nothing to do with Obama. It’s the Israelis.

I was going to point that out, but I figured you'd get it. ;-)

[jesseam]

I hope and pray that Iran does not have a workable device now as this could trigger an attack on Israel with the use it or lose it mentality.