Netanyahu and Barak determined to attack Iran
Several reports here in Israel indicate that Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak are determined to strike Iran - even if they must do it alone - before the US Presidential election. According to the report in Yedioth on Friday, Barak brought up the issue of a strike on Iran during a recent meeting of military chiefs, but faced stiff opposition to a unilateral strike.Read the whole thing. I would bet on mid-October - right after the Holidays. The rain usually doesn't start here until late October or early November. Mid-October is the perfect window.
The report added that the two are unwilling to rely on Washington protecting Israel from a nuclear Iran, a fact alluded to in a recent speech by Netanyahu, who said only Israel could defend itself.
At the same time, an unnamed Israeli official told Haaretz that the Iranian threat was sharper than that which faced Israel on the eve of the Six-Day War in 1967.
The official, whom Haaretz identified as somebody in a senior position, said Jerusalem would not look to push the US into the war by launching a unilateral strike.
“We will absolutely not deliberately drag the United States into a war,” the official told the paper. “If we decide to undertake an operation, it must be an operation that does not rely on the expectation of igniting some large chain reaction. A country does not go to war in the hope or expectation that another country will join it. Such an act would be an irresponsible gamble.”
Netanyahu is reportedly steadfast in his commitment to hitting Iran. In a meeting with senior military figures last week, Netanyahu ran up against opposition to a strike. “I’m responsible, and if there’s a commission of inquiry later it’s on me,” he reportedly said, according to a number of the prime minister’s aides.
On Thursday, Israel Defense Forces chief of staff Benny Gantz said the country needed to prepare for war “on multiple fronts.”
Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, Binyamin Netanyahu, Campaign 2012, Ehud Barak, Iranian nuclear threat, Israeli attack on Iran
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:55 PM
1 Comments:
Last yr, from what I had heard, Israel and the rest of Mid-East had a very severe winter. In fact it was the cloud cover that made a potential air strike on Iran a poor feasibility. So why do you think this yr Israel will wait until the rains come? It will take such a large strike force they're going to need clear skies if its a go.
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