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.
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 ?
That sounds a little more believable.
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.
I forget the author at American Spectator but he has an excellent point. He admits the story is most likely fake. BUT, what is revealing is nobody would be surprised if Obama issued a warning that he would shoot down Israeli fighter jets on their way to Iran.