Thursday, August 4, 2011

Israeli Military Chiefs Want To Strike Iran


IAF Generals 'Loudly' Demanding Strike On Iran – Report -- Arutz Sheva

Der Spiegel says the IDF and IAF are making increasingly loud demands to bomb Iran, while Mossad prefers assassinations.

The commanders of the IDF, especially those in the Air Force, are making "increasingly loud" demands to strike Iran's nuclear program, a German news source reported Wednesday.

According to Der Spiegel, the question of how Israel will eventually deal with the threat of a nuclear Iran depends in part on a battle of prestige between the military and the Mossad – the latter being in charge of assassinations, and favoring them as a result. Mossad is behind the killings of three Iranian scientists in the last 18 months, the paper claimed.

A fourth scientist was wounded and subsequently appointed to head Iran's nuclear commission.

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My Comment: The military and intelligence leaders in Israel are subservient to the political leadership. They may all have their opinions, but the final decision will come from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet on whether to attack Iran or not.

What is my take on such a possibility. For the moment .... from where I am sitting .... there is no stomach from the Israeli government to conduct such an operation.

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