Sunday, November 6, 2011

Is The Middle East At The Brink Of A Crisis With Iran?

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Report On Tehran’s Nuclear Program Could Push Mideast To The Brink Of Crisis -- Peter Goodspeed, National Post

Eight planes dropped 1,000-kilogram bombs every five seconds as F-15A fighter escorts circled high above. In just two minutes, on June 7, 1981, they destroyed a nuclear program Iraq had been developing secretly over seven years.

Operation Opera transformed the Middle East for the next quarter-century.

Now, Israel is rumored to be contemplating a similar pre-emptive strike to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. The drumbeat of war is growing louder amid signs a decade-long diplomatic confrontation with Iran may turn to conflict.

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My Comment: A sobering analysis, but in the end I do not believe that Israel and the U.S. have the political will to strike Iran .... and considering what it may entail .... they do not even have the resources to sustain and succeed in such an operation if they should commit to it.

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