Israel and its allies can destroy all of Iran’s nuclear facilities, said Vice Prime Minister and Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya’alon at a conference on Thursday.
Some commentators have claimed that a military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities could not possibly destroy all of them, and therefore may incentivize Iran to actually start building a bomb after the strike. Ya’alon’s comments appear to push back against those arguments.
Ya’alon said that “the West has the ability to strike, but as long as Iran isn’t convinced that there’s a determination to follow through with it, they’ll continue with their manipulations,” adding that “it’s possible to strike all Iran’s facilities, and I say that out of my experience as IDF chief of staff.”
But the Vice Prime Minister must not be hearing officials in the U.S. Military and intelligence officials in Washington have expressed reluctance towards striking Iran. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey told Israeli leaders on Jan. 20 that the U.S. would not participate in a war against Iran begun by Israel unless explicitly agreed upon beforehand.
Ya’alon made other unhinged comments as well. Referring to an explosion at an Iranian missile base late last year, he hinted that Israel had been behind the explosion and that they were targeting a missile system Iran was developing “with a range of 10,000 kilometers” that could have reached the United States.
There is no evidence of this claim, and the notion that Iran would militarily attack the United States is ridiculous. Furthermore, there is no evidence of an Iranian nuclear weapons program, and the opinion of the U.S. intelligence community, the Obama administration, and the latest IAEA report is that Iran’s enrichment is so far civilian in nature.
"the west has the ability to strike…" A Freudian slip. They want THE WEST (US & UK) to do their fighting for them. No war for Israel.
Moshe Ya’alon:
"Iran a 'nightmare to the free world"
More like a targeted shot at the US sheeple than a Freudian slip. The rest of the world (including the Empire's pathetic NATO henchmen) can clearly see that it's Israel playing the part of Freddy Krueger in their nightmares.
Instead of the Empire constantly thumping it's chest about how it's isolated this one or that one of it's targets, it's past time for the Empire to start considering how much isolation it can take itself before it implodes.
There is a word for Mushy Ya'alon and that word is bullsh*t! Is Israel absolutely certain that it wants to invite a war with China and Russia? Cause you know, China AND Russia have stated categorically they will not tolerate that manner of belligerence. Not from the US and/or Y'Israel.
Criminy, enough is enough. Israel needs to sit down and STFU!
China or Russia could prevent all this with a preemptive nuclear strike on Tel Aviv.
Israel and its allies? Who? Israel has turned down American attempts to form an alliance. Seems there have to be defined borders.
Israel has no allies. Many nations do bend their national interests, however, to appease citiznes within who have no loyalty to their fellow citizens. But they have no allies.
This so-called 'dual loyalty' is in reality disloyalty. And to take note of it is anti-Semitism, which is quickly becoming a badge of honor.
The leadership of Israel is going stark raving mad, as many have predicted it would. How much longer do the peoples of this world have to continually suffer through one crises after another generated by this mini-state? Simply put, this can not be allowed to go on much further.
Why can't this go on, you just don't explain why. Israel controls British Goverment & the U.S.A. and they control the rest of the so called free world, sometimes the International Comunity through the money supply, including those with a interest in the workings of the money supply. They also control the media. So it can go on that is the sad thing.
It is no good spouting the truth if nothing is done to change things for the better, the politians that we have have will not change anything that would not get the aprooval of Israel
You made a lot of excellent points, Sam. It is not enough to "spout" the truth – it must be focused. On what? Their credibility. They need that in order to rule. By focusing on their lies and half truths, their credibility – their "fitness" to rule – can be exploited. War with Iran? I ask that it be remembered that the establishment press told the American people that the war in Iraq – one of the longest in our history – would be a "cakewalk" and that we would be welcomed with open arms by Iraqis whose only wish was for "democracy" and "freedom." And it was none other that our own president who lied to us, telling us that he had "proof" that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, when if fact they had absolutely none. Fool me once, your fault. Fool me twice, my fault.
Yeah, well mosque yaaaalon, if you can do it, screw it, go for it . Then your suicidal theocratic regime can explain to the world how you are responsible for the deaths of plenty of folks within your country, since only that matters, right? While Iran up to now hasn't done anything.