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December 10, 2007
The Abandonment of the Jews
Caroline Glick on the NIE report and the geo-political implications for American-Israeli relations.
The Israeli strike in Syria also demonstrated the superiority of Israel's intelligence on weapons of mass destruction programs over America's. And the NIE takes revenge on Israel for its comparative advantage.
Given the NIE's assertion that Iran is not a threat, the report is a direct assault on the credibility of Israel's intelligence services. Moreover, since Israel's intelligence services insist that Iran's nuclear program is the greatest threat to global security, the NIE serves to paint Israel's intelligence community not merely as unreliable, but as hostile to American interests.
So not only does the NIE make it impossible for the US to take action against Iran, it also sets a dangerous trap for Israel. If Israel doesn't take action against Iran's nuclear installations it risks annihilation. And if it does take action, it can expect to be subject to international and American condemnation far worse than what it suffered after bombing Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor in 1981.
To read Caroline Glick's complete article, please click here.
Hat Tip: Seraphic Chaver, Kishke
Even our British cousins believe we have been hoodwinked by the the Iranians. H/T Seraphic Friend from the Great North, A. Mark David, Q.C.
Posted by Robert J. Avrech at December 10, 2007 08:54 AM
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" ... If Israel doesn't take action against Iran's nuclear installations it risks annihilation. And if it does take action, it can expect to be subject to international and American condemnation far worse than what it suffered after bombing Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor in 1981. ..."
this could be a Blessing in Disguise
since the Israelis will have to do it anyway,
they will see that the condemnation isn't really any worse than the way they were treated at Annapolis,
and maybe they can forget about biased 'anti-zionist' opinion,
and start doing what is necessary militarily to protect Israel against the non-nuclear real
terrorism that still exists
Posted by: exdemexlib at December 11, 2007 06:20 AM
Exdem:
We believe that Israel will go ahead and take out the Persian threat. Israel has no choice. The world, including the Arab Sunni world, will heave a huge sigh of relief. Especially the Saudis.
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at December 11, 2007 12:16 PM
And what do you think of the very popular view by a leading Israeli analyst Obadiah Shoher? He argues (here, for example, www. samsonblinded.org/blog/america-arranges-a-peace-deal-with-iran.htm ) that the Bush Administration made a deal with Iran: nuclear program in exchange for curtailing the Iranian support for Iraqi terrorists. His story seems plausible, isn't it?
Posted by: Alex at December 11, 2007 02:32 PM
Alex:
We have no idea. We believe that the most plausible explanation is that America's security services have become so gun-shy after Iraq that they err on the side of being ultra conservative in their security evaluations. Which is extremely dangerous.
We believe that Iran is Israel's problem and Israel will (with America's intelligence services riding shot-gun) take out the Persian nuclear facilities. A Pentagon General just spent a long session in Israel with General Ashkenazy; highly unusual. They were discussing Iran and only Iran.
Posted by: Robert J. Avrech at December 11, 2007 03:30 PM