Thanks to Obama, Israel and U.S. are now divided over Iran

[cervidaeartioda]

Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who along with Netanyahu met U.S. National Security Adviser Tom Donilon last week, complained privately afterward that Washington is lobbying for a delay in any Israeli attack on Iran while time is running out for such a strike to be effective, Israeli political sources said.

Barak has spoken publicly of an Iranian "zone of immunity" to aerial attack, a reference to the start of additional uranium enrichment at a remote site believed to be buried beneath 80 meters (265 feet) of rock and soil near the city of Qom.

Donilon's visit to Israel coincided with a cautionary note from General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the U.S. joint chiefs of staff, who told CNN it would be "premature to exclusively decide that the time for a military option was upon us."
The United States, Dempsey said, has counseled Israel "that it's not prudent at this point to decide to attack Iran." He said sanctions were beginning to have an effect and it is still unclear whether Tehran would choose to make a nuclear weapon.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/23/us-israel-usa-iran-idUSTRE81M10L20120223

 

[KingOrfeo]

If somebody the Israelis have to listen to is trying to talk them out of bombing Iran, that's a good thing. That sort of attack could easily spin out of control into world-war-scale trouble; that's what always happen when experts run wargame scenarios.

 

[Sean Renaud]

If somebody the Israelis have to listen to is trying to talk them out of bombing Iran, that's a good thing. That sort of attack could easily spin out of control into world-war-scale trouble; that's what always happen when experts run wargame scenarios.

We used to have if not legit World Wars wars that all the major players showed up for every couple of decades. We're clearly way past due so lets stop the delay, get rid of a bunch of young useless brats without jobs and call it a day.

 

[KingOrfeo]

We used to have if not legit World Wars wars that all the major players showed up for every couple of decades. We're clearly way past due so lets stop the delay, get rid of a bunch of young useless brats without jobs and call it a day.

We already did Afghanistan and Iraq, ain't that enuff?! Didn't it all kill enough brats?!

 

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[RobDownSouth]

It won't be if an atom bomb goes off on U.S. soil.

Better hide under the bed until 2016. Duck 'n cover.

 

[Sean Renaud]

We already did Afghanistan and Iraq, ain't that enuff?! Didn't it all kill enough brats?!

We lost what last I checked (and yeah it's been a while since I checked) but even if you count 9/11 as the official beginning of the war we're still under 15k is total fatalities and roughly three times that in injuries. It's not enough until it hits MILLIONS.

 

[NorthernCanuck]

I say take Iran, kill every soul and make it our own.

 

[1sickbastard]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/23/us-israel-usa-iran-idUSTRE81M10L20120223

Wow, you mean Israel and the USA may actually have vastly different strategic priorities, but the character and nature of what defines those priorities is not based in the fundamentals of geopolitics, but on the public perceptions of a single politician?

Really?

Does it hurt when you knee-jerk that hard?

 

[RobDownSouth]

Wow, you mean Israel and the USA may actually have vastly different strategic priorities, but the character and nature of what defines those priorities is not based in the fundamentals of geopolitics, but on the public perceptions of a single politician?

Really?

Does it hurt when you knee-jerk that hard?

Like Miles, Toeda longs for the Halycon Days of Dubya, when the failed Bush Administration effectively gave unilateral veto of American foreign policy to Israel.

 

[Lord_Steve]

It won't be if an atom bomb goes off on U.S. soil.

yeah bro let's just glass the middle east and be done with it

 

[John Doe]

Like Miles, Toeda longs for the Halycon Days of Dubya, when the failed Bush Administration effectively gave unilateral veto of American foreign policy to Israel.

I hope this was intended to be ironic.