Iranian naval ships take part in a naval parade near the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran. The country has boasted about their new high-powered speed boats - designed to swarm enemy ships
Why I'm Convinced Israel Will Bomb Iran In Weeks: Netanyahu Is Running Out Of Patience And Is 'Closer Than Ever' To Launching A Strike -- Michael Burleigh, Daily Mail
For months there have been international discussions about the threat a nuclear Iran would present - most notably to its avowed enemy, Israel, which Iran has vowed to 'erase from the map'.
Aggressive, war-mongering rhetoric has been bubbling in Israel as a result. And seeing no signs that slow-burning international sanctions are effective, Israel is coming to the view it should no longer entrust others with its own security.
This summer has an ominous feel, like August 1914. In the Middle East, the Arab Spring has replaced several autocrats, not with Western-style liberals, but with the extremist Muslim Brotherhood.
The civil war raging in Syria is threatening to spill over into Lebanon and Jordan, and is really a proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia to establish dominance over the region.
Meanwhile, looming in the background is the longer-term crisis caused by Iran’s devious and dogged pursuit of nuclear weapons.
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My Comment: I am still skeptical that Israel will launch a military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities. The distances are too great, and the targets are too numerous to have a lasting impact on Iran's nuclear program. But if Israel was to strike, it would be to drag in everyone else and hope that in the ensuing chaos international pressure will then be put on Iran to stop it's enrichment program. But I have doubts that Iran will listen.
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the USS JOHN C. STENNIS is on it's way and has been retrofitted with some amazing weapons.. Give it a few weeks and it will also be there in the Gulf along with nearly Seventy other Allied ships and Submarines..
I've always thought that a strike of some measure would be done this year, and I don't agree with the downplay of Israeli military capability and the effects of a precise penetrating strike.
I think Israel knows full well that they could be on their own after a preemptive strike.
I think they'd take any offers of military assistance, but history has shown that however much the U.S. and other allies support whatever action, they will resort to "talks." Having said that, Israel is finally back to the stage of relying on themselves and their safety and will act accordingly.
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