Friday, March 9, 2012

A New Wariness To Strike Iran



Israelis, Like United States, Wary About Strike On Iran -- L.A. Times

JERUSALEM — As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned from a visit to Washington this week, much of the discussion here centered on traffic-light hues. Had the Israeli leader been given a red light or a green light about attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities?

The general assessment was that President Obama’s signal — his appeals to give diplomacy more time and his pledges of support for Israel — fell somewhere on the spectrum between yellow and red. To many here, that probably came as a relief.

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My Comment: After the bluster, everyone is now calculating the costs of such a conflict .... and they do not like what they are seeing. My expectation .... the rhetoric will continue, sanctions will be enforced, and the policy of "hope" will be in play.

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