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| Israel feels US will not attack Iran |
| 2006-08-25 |
| There is growing consensus within the defense establishment that the United States will not attack Iran, and that Israel might be forced to act independently to stop the Islamic republic from obtaining nuclear weapons, a high-ranking defense official told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday. According to sources within the defense establishment, the Bush administration does not have political support for launching a strike against Iran's nuclear sites. "America is stuck in Iraq and cannot go after Iran militarily right now," the official said. The defense official blasted the US for "not doing enough" to stop Teheran's race to the bomb. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, he said, was leading the State Department in the direction of "appeasement." |
| Posted by:gromgoru |
| #9 I thought Iran WAS the Iraq strategy? |
| Posted by: newc 2006-08-25 18:05 |
| #8 To set the record straight, I'm going to restate something here for clarification. I believe that crippling Iran's nuclear program (if not its entire military) is of such high priority that, despite my own dislike for Bush, should he find the courage to bomb Iran and subsequently be brought up on charges for it, I vow to publically demonstrate on Bush's behalf and will vigorously work to persuade all the people I know to do likewise. This is how strongly I feel about the importance of this issue. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-08-25 16:56 |
| #7 I hope this is all just misdirection, but sometimes a cigar is just a cigar (unless you're Bill Clinton). |
| Posted by: charger 2006-08-25 14:42 |
| #6 ...Israel might be forced to act independently..." Yeahhh Riiight. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2006-08-25 14:37 |
| #5 Bush will have done zero to stop it. Should this grisly scenario come to pass, any potential debacle concerning the Iraq war will be as nothing compared to the deserving condemnation Bush would receive for inaction vis Iran. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-08-25 12:51 |
| #4 Maybe, but I think it is accurate. Iran will obtain nuclear weapons, and Bush will have done zero to stop it. |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2006-08-25 12:38 |
| #3 This is the JPost equivalent of a Seymour Hersch article. |
| Posted by: flyover 2006-08-25 04:23 |
| #2 And how long and how many experts did it take the Israelis to realize this? |
| Posted by: ed 2006-08-25 02:19 |
| #1 Well, the banton is soon going to be passed from Condi to Rummy. Never hurts to have a little misdirection though. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-08-25 00:43 |