Sunday, July 24, 2011

Is Bombing Iran's Nuclear Sites The Strategy That Israel Is Depending On?

Israeli F-16 fighter. Getting ready to visit Iran?

Israel's 'Threat' To Bomb Nuclear Facilities Is Central To Its Iran Strategy -- Tony Karon, Time

The reason TIME.com's intelligence columnist Bob Baer this week found himself cast as the unintended source for "authoritative" claims that Israel is about to bomb Iran, is precisely because what he said had been speculative comments inadvertently played into the game of bluff at the heart of the matter. Bob saw an implicit warning in the unprecedented public comments last month by former Mossad chief Meir Dagan and former Chief of Staff, Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi warning that Israel attacking Iran would be an act of spectacular self-destructive folly -- and lamenting that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak were both prone to such reckless whims.

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My Comment: Starting a war with Iran is not much of a strategy when you think about it.

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