A sign of what Obama II might bring for Israel? US warns IDF not to attack Iran

It's been a while since the Hussein Obama administration warned Israel not to attack Iran. After all, for the last month or more, it's been obvious that we weren't going to do it before the elections. Now, we're being warned again. This time we're being warned by US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey that if we attack Iran, the Gulf countries won't let them help us. But just because of the 'Arab street.'

US naval, air and ground forces are dependent for bases, refuelling and supplies on Gulf Arab rulers who are deeply concerned about the progress Iran has made in its nuclear programme, but also about the rising challenge to their regimes posed by the Arab spring and the galvanising impact on popular unrest of an Israeli attack on Iran.

The US Fifth Fleet is headquartered in Bahrain and the US air force has major bases in Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Oman. Senior US officers believe the one case in which they could not rely fully on those bases for military operations against Iranian installations would be if Israel acted first.

"The Gulf states' one great fear is Iran going nuclear. The other is a regional war that would destabilise them," said a source in the region. "They might support a massive war against Iran, but they know they are not going to get that, and they know a limited strike is not worth it, as it will not destroy the programme and only make Iran angrier."

I know: How about one massive strike on Iran by the US to destroy the program?