Is Israel Waiting for Romney?

[4est_4est_Gump]

And if he slides in the polls do the force Obama to prove his big talk about being a firm believer in the defense of Israel?

As the Romney-Ryan ticket inches ahead in the polls, one of the little noticed implications just may be the avoidance, at least for a time, of World War III.
World War III? How does that work?

According to high-level U.S. intelligence sources, Israel will likely unilaterally launch a preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities and is basing the timing of that strike, in part, on the U.S. presidential election. Sources say Israel is more likely to consider delaying the strike until spring if they are optimistic that there will be a leadership change in Washington.

An article in the Israeli National News in early August suggested that the Israeli political and military leadership, in order to put Tehran’s experiments with atomic playthings out of business, is prepared to unleash a nuclear electromagnetic pulse (EMP) against Iran sometime this fall by exploding a nuclear device high above the Iranian desert. Such a strike would send intense electromagnetic radiation over as much as 1,000 square miles, frying Iran’s electrical grid and bring its oil business, transportation, defense capabilities and most everything else that operates electronically to a grinding halt.

Nobody would be injured, radiation would stay in the stratosphere, and the Iranians wouldn’t know anything had happened until they flipped on the lights. In short order, food supplies would be consumed and would perish; all forms of communications would be out of business; transportation would stop; and the country would undergo economic collapse. That would just be the collateral damage. The real benefit, for Israel, would be that Iran’s uranium-enriching centrifuges would be frozen solid for years to come.

An added benefit? Retaliation by Iran would be minimal, as its airplanes would be grounded, missiles stuck in their silos, even military vehicles rendered useless. Of course, Israel would likely be attacked by Iran’s non-state proxies like Hezbollah and Hamas, but sources that are familiar with Israeli defenses say they could defend themselves against such attacks to a great extent, and damage would be controllable.

Israel would certainly count on its closest ally for support in defending itself against such an attack – another reason why it might be more likely to strike before the US election. To ensure continued support from Jewish donors and voters, Obama would be hard-pressed to deny support to Israel shortly before November 6.

It would be a first, all right – the first nuclear strike since August, 1945, the first to start a war, and the first time an Electro-Magnetic Pulse weapon has departed science fiction and entered reality.

Washington intelligence hands experienced in Mid East politics tell me that this is no pipe dream.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/09/07/The-Polls-Israel-and-Irans-Nuclear-Ambition

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Contrast this to:

Silverstein, saying he acquired the latest document from a
“high-level Israeli source,” outlined a plan in which Israel would paralyze Teheran through an unprecedented cyber-attack, followed by a barrage of ballistic and cruise missiles.

“The Internet, telephones, radio and television, communications
satellites, and fiber optic cables leading to and from critical
installations — including underground missile bases at Khorramabad and Isfahan — will be taken out of action,” Silverstein, quoting from the document, wrote in his Tikkun Olam blog. “The electrical grid throughout Iran will be paralyzed and transformer stations will absorb severe damage from carbon fiber munitions which are finer than a human hair, causing electrical short circuits whose repair requires their complete removal.”

The next stage would be a missile strike by Israel Navy Dolphin-class
submarines in the Gulf. Silverstein said the missiles would
contain warheads designed to penetrate hardened nuclear targets as well as
command and control facilities.

“Among the targets approved for attack — Shihab-3 and Sejil ballistic
missile silos, storage tanks for chemical components of rocket fuel,
industrial facilities for producing missile control systems, centrifuge
production plants and more,” Silverstein wrote.

http://www.worldnewstribune.com/201...-level-source-for-israel-plan-to-strike-iran/

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Historically Israel bides its time until the ragheads are poised to attack. Ragheads are very noisy and cannot keep secrets. Its easier to knock over the pins when theyre set.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

They got lucky once when they waited too long...


... they almost ceased to exist.

 

[ChinaBandit]

Gallup has Obama up by 3 now.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Gallup has Obama up by 3 now.

And?


I've been saying for months now that Obama would be reelected, but at what cost? Will it be Pyrrhic?

Will he make himself so toxic in his effort to "Kill Romney" that he comes out of the gate a lame duck?

If so, how does that helps us? From what I've seen, the only thing that matters to the Left is victory at all costs, so short of a landslide and long coat tails, his win will leave us further from being united than ever before leaving Israel knowing she's on her own and that increases the likelihood of some drastic action because she is inundated daily by the enemies barbs and missiles, while we sit over here and treat it like some sort of theoretical homework exercise, and in that exercise, Iran is more beneficial to Obama than Israel, which is why he was silent during their shot at the "Arab Spring..."

 

[ChinaBandit]

And?


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Your original post suggested a slide in the polls. That may happen but I was posting that one pollster has it moving for Obama in a positive direction.

 

[miles]

If Obama wins and Israel attacks Iran, the only thing we can expect from him is lip service. It's what he does best.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Your original post suggested a slide in the polls. That may happen but I was posting that one pollster has it moving for Obama in a positive direction.

Obama's bleeding.

 

[LiFeNdEaTh]

too much to read right now, i just woke up.