Posted on 03/02/2015 9:25:16 AM PST by SeekAndFind
” The report claimed that an unnamed Israeli minister who has good ties with the US administration revealed the attack plan to Secretary of State John Kerry, and that Obama then threatened to shoot down the Israeli jets before they could reach their targets in Iran.”
NAME him!
Then we can act.
Roger Simon of Pajamas Media has a different view:
More likely, the report, which emerged from Kuwait, is disinformation timed to discredit Prime Minister Netanyahu and make him seem a warmonger in advance of his address to Congress Tuesday.
The source stated that, since 2008, it is no longer possible for the U.S. to intercept Israeli jets flying over Southern Iraq, the normal route to Iran.
The U.S. simply does not have the facilities in place anymore, and if it were to get them, the “spin up” would be obvious to almost everyone, making it ineffective. Moreover, there have been many reports that Saudi Arabia has agreed to let the Israelis fly over their territory if they attacked Iran, making U.S. interception all the more difficult.
Still further, the source noted, it would be unclear if U.S. air force personnel would obey an order to attack their Israeli colleagues — some of whom they may have trained with. On top of that, the Israelis are often more experienced fighter pilots. The ones chosen to attack Iranian nuclear installations would undoubtedly be an elite team.
A more practical way for the U.S. to stop an Israeli attack would be for the administration to alert the Iranians in advance — something it could do without the knowledge of the Pentagon, the source said. The source also added, though, that no doubt the Israelis had already thought of that, and factored it in.
Would it surprise anyone that he DIDN’T protect his Muslim buds?
I dont get the sense that BIBI will name him during his speech but stranger things have happened!
Thanks for the link.
” A more practical way for the U.S. to stop an Israeli attack would be for the administration to alert the Iranians in advance — something it could do without the knowledge of the Pentagon, t”
Anyone doubt that Obama would do this ?
Many years ago there were persistent stories that during the Yom Kippur war U.S. Navy carrier aircraft had tangled with Israeli aircraft on one or two occasions when the Israeli aircraft strayed too close to Sixth Fleet carriers. Supposedly there were losses on both sides.
I’m guessing this is Snopes’ biggest project of the week to “debunk” this while joshearnestly asking why anyone would be stupid enough to believe it.
I think it would be best if Bibi didn’t name him. Keep Obama off course.
That sounds a little more believable.
Yoko has dread locks ?
I swear I heard about this before now, and during the Obama presidency. Does not mean it is true, but removes the “timing” issue referred to in the article.
Yoko Jarret....now there’s a revolting thought indeed
This is nothing new as the United States has had a long standing policy of denying Israel airspace over Iraq for a mission to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities.
That’s why I discredited the story from the start. Maybe the Grand Kenyan has his own personal Weegee board and just thinks he has an air force in Iraq. He doesn’t have ANYTHING in Iraq that could bother a flight of PO’d Israelis. I have a vision of Odumbass putting on his Napolean hat and standing on the helm of his weegee board commanding a few panzer divisions to stop those wascally ‘Raelis. Got to save the hometown of his white hut mutha.
This would invoke a court marshal of the people disobeying the order which would be problematic for Obama ....
I didn’t research the timing but it seems there is a correlation between the purging of Generals and this reported event.
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