Report: US to supply bunker busters and refueling jets to Israel in exchange for holding off Iran strike until after elections
A report in Tuesday's Maariv claims that the United States is going to give Israel bunker busters and refueling aircraft in exchange for Israel holding off a strike against Iran until after the US Presidential elections (Hat Tip: MFS - The Other Side). The United States may supply Israel with advanced Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bunker-buster bombs that can penetrate through up to 60 feet (almost 20 meters) of reinforced concrete, reports Maariv Tuesday.Sorry, but this is a bad deal for the US and a bad deal for Israel. It's a bad deal for Israel because no one knows if the MOP will actually work, and it is likely that by the time the election passes, there will be no other way to hit the Fordow underground plant. Moreover, I don't see any commitment by the Obama administration to provide any sort of military or diplomatic cover if Israel does strike Iran, even if it waits until after the election.
This is part of a deal being worked out between the countries, which also includes the supply of refueling jets.
This equipment will make the job of demolishing Iran's nuclear weapon production array more feasible for Israel, should it decide to do so.
In exchange for the weapons, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will agree to hold off on an independent attack until after the U.S. elections. President Barack Obama fears that a war could negatively affect his chances of being reelected. Israel, on the other hand, fears that Obama's re-election could create diplomatic and military conditions that allow Iran to acquire the weapon it needs for killing millions of Israelis.
Obama may soon publicly describe the "red lines" which, if crossed by Iran, would trigger a U.S. military response. Maariv speculates this could happen when he gives a speech at the UN on Yom Kippur eve, or even in his speech at the Democratic National Convention.
These steps may mollify Netanyahu, and could be the reason for his apparently less forceful statements on Iran in the past two days.
It's also is a bad deal for the US because it says 'supply' rather than 'sell.' Why should the American taxpayer pay what is essentially a bribe to another country to ease Obama's reelection?
Sorry. This smells.
Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, Binyamin Netanyahu, Campaign 2012, Iranian nuclear threat, Israeli attack on Iran, Massive Ordnance Penetrator
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:21 AM
3 Comments:
How generous: just for when it's too late!! And what's to stop Obama preventing Israel using them if he gets re-elected, God forbid??
Soooo..... Wasn't there a story a couple of years ago when Obama first got in that there was a consignment of bunker busters that was on the way to being delivered to Israel and the Obama patrons diverted them to Diego Garcia or something? Did that batch ever get delivered? We'll call it operation Lucy with the Football:
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/03/obama-blocks-delivery-of-bunkerbusters-to-israel-embargoes-weapons-for-jewish-defense.html
I wish I knew how to find a listing of US govt $$ committed on the internet because I'll be looking to see what happens on the next round of Green $lu$h award selections that are currently underway. The next round of $billions that we don't have and that will be taken out of the private sector to fund crony projects for our marcuse marxist chief executive.
And I wonder if Peres and Barak will put out a disclaimer about their images being used in Dem ads... or is that their preference? or part of the overall deal?
Interesting to know that Israel will do this kind of thing.
Somebody better inspect those bunker busters.
Seriously.
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