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2008-06-24 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Bolton: Israel 'will attack Iran' before new US president sworn in

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Posted by gorb 2008-06-24 03:44|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 No way. Israel wouldn't attack Iran without US approval. The special US relations with Israel didn't commence until the Kennedy administration. In fact, Israel was under US trade sanctions for several years in the fifties. At that time, the UK and France were their main supporters.

Posted by McZoid 2008-06-24 04:01|| 2008-06-24 04:01|| Front Page Top

#2 What Ive been thinking about lately is, if you were an Arab oil guy, would rising oil prices make an attack on Iran more or less likely?

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-06-24 05:10|| 2008-06-24 05:10|| Front Page Top

#3 gorb: "So would I"

LOL.. me. So would I! >;)

Posted by RD">RD 2008-06-24 06:49|| 2008-06-24 06:49|| Front Page Top

#4 I think if Obama wins, we could see a US strike around the 24th-26th of November. New moon on the 27th and most of the lawmakers and story pushers will be gone for Thanksgiving.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-06-24 07:43|| 2008-06-24 07:43|| Front Page Top

#5 "Israel 'will attack Iran' before new US president sworn in, John Bolton predicts"

Wowthats quite the bold headline...aint it? I meanfor career diplomats to make definitive predictions is rare but one of this magnitude is cause for investigation. GoshI wonder what he really said?

Given that time is on Iran's side, I think the argument for military action is sooner rather than later absent some other development."

OhI seeBolton presents an argument and then speculates on timing. So the Telegraph has no choice but to mischaracterize his intent into a Headline attention grabber. Yeahit may be cheap journalistic projectionbut heyyou know how those evil Neo-cons like to speak in code.

Posted by DepotGuy 2008-06-24 09:19|| 2008-06-24 09:19|| Front Page Top

#6 So long as Israel and India continue to develop their understanding, Israel can increasingly afford to defend herself whether France, the UK, the USA and the rest of a craven West like it or not.

Posted by Excalibur 2008-06-24 09:47|| 2008-06-24 09:47|| Front Page Top

#7 I read in our local newspaper today that the U.S. is establishing some kind of diplomatic presence in Iran--the first time since 1979. I had to do a double-take. This doesn't sound like an attack is imminent. Maybe we are just trying to be disarming.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-06-24 19:16|| 2008-06-24 19:16|| Front Page Top

#8 This is one time ISRAELI + US-WESTERN INTEL can't afford to get it wrong, as per IRAN [Nuclear intent] + NORTH KOREA [Agriculture collapse in 2009].

EVEN PRO-DEM MSM MEDIA PUNDITS WANT DUBYA TO ATTACK IRAN BEFORE JAN 2009.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-06-24 20:25|| 2008-06-24 20:25|| Front Page Top

#9 I think if Obama wins, we could see a US strike around the 24th-26th of November. New moon on the 27th and most of the lawmakers and story pushers will be gone for Thanksgiving.

While I certainly hope Candidate Obama doesn't win, the rest of your thought makes me happy, DarthVader.

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