Monday, October 25, 2010

Israel Getting Ready For A Nuclear Iran

Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in Jerusalem, October 12, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/Ronen Zvulun


Foreign Ministry Drawing Up Options For Iran Bomb Threat -- Jerusalem Post

Policy options considered for "day after" Iran gains nukes; official: Teheran with bomb would be disaster, but we must be prepared for it.

While Israeli officials consistently talk about how “no option is off the table when it comes to Iran,” and how Israel cannot allow Iran to become a nuclear power, the Foreign Ministry is drawing up options for the possibility Teheran may indeed acquire the bomb.

Revelations on Sunday of a Foreign Ministry team working on these contingency plans was the first admission that the government is giving serious thought to adjusting to a reality where Israel is no longer, according to foreign sources, the sole nuclear power in the region.

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More News On Israel Getting Ready For A Nuclear Iran

Hawkish Israeli minister drafts nuclear Iran plan -- Reuters Alertnet
Israel developing plans for nuclear Iran -- UPI
Israel drawing up plans for Iran bomb threat: Report -- Indian Express

My Comment: I am no fan of Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, but I must give him credit him for looking at what is happening in Iran, and what Israel must do to respond to it.

Does the U.S. and/or any other Western power have such a plan already in place .... I doubt it.

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