With the IAEA discussing a dramatic new report from its nuclear inspectors in Iran, are some – such as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – exaggerating the imminence of a nuclear-armed Iran? Or is the U.S. government hopelessly misleading us that the threat is manageable through sanctions and tough talk?
A series of extraordinary leaks in the Israeli press last week revealed an internal debate within Israel’s inner security cabinet over the need to launch a pre-emptive strike on Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons sites.
According to these reports, Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Barak favored the strikes; Vice prime minister and strategic affairs minister Moshe “Bogey” Ya’alon reportedly was opposed. The leaks came on the heels of the third test-launch of a Jericho 3 nuclear-capable strategic missile, and what Israel claimed were long-planned air force exercises over Sardinia to simulate an attack on Iran.
According to former CIA case officer turned novelist Chet Nagle, the Jericho 3 test may have been designed by Israel to send quite a different message than the one being played up in the press.
Any Israeli attack on Iran is sure to make of Israel an international pariah, Nagle argues. Plus, the likelihood of success – that is, in destroying or disabling all of Iran’s nuclear weapons capabilities so they have nothing to launch on the morning after the attack – is low.
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The UN will do nothing and this is going to come to the Israelis launching a strike. Who knows where this is going , but I have a feeling it will not be good.
Ireuel, I know what you mean!! I pray for Israel every day, that they will do the right thing, but Iran said he would nuke them as soon as he got a nuclear weapon… Hard choice!!! Should they nuke Iran first, the whole world will be mad at them, at least the Muslim world, which is the majority!! I would hate to live surrounded by enemies wanting to kill me!! God has to protect them, and give them the wisdom to know what they should do!!
The U.S. gives foreign aid (which we cannot afford) so they can pull the strings of countries who receive it. This is why Ron Paul says foreign aid should be cut not just to Israel but to especially to those who detest us. U.S. aid to Israel comes with strings attached, which means, when the U.S. wants to take us into war with Iran, they will make it look like bad little Israel is the pariah, but the U.S. will be pulling the strings. Israel should refuse the aid and tell the U.S. to shove it. All it does is make them weak and dependent, just like "freebie goodies" make the American people weak and dependent.
Bet Barry waffles on whatever he has stated so far, esp. after mocking Netenyahoo.