Israeli officials have been making a concerted effort to downplay the fallout from a unilateral attack on Iran, insisting it would be a brief, quickly forgotten conflict with only a few hundred casualties.
But Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer’s view was less than rosy, cautioning that Israel might quickly face an economic crisis if the attack led to a full scale regional war, something which seems likely if Israel follows through on its threats and starts attacking Iran.
Not that Fischer was warning against launching such attacks. Rather he praised Netanyahu for his “courage” and insisted that Israel’s economy would just have to find a way to deal with the fallout of its aggressive foreign policy. But he made it clear that the war would be “very difficult to deal with.”
Though Iran doesn’t have nuclear weapons, it does have a fairly large conventional missile program, and since Israel has been threatening Iran for decades plans for significant retaliatory strikes have had plenty of time to be put in place. A war may benefit Israel’s far-right government politically, but it is clear even to them that it would be an economic disaster.
bibi.., pay me you stupid americans, pay me you stupid english, pay me you stupid swedish and germans pay me, i don’t care about the world but I do care about “settlers” – thieves wanting to build homes by steeling Palestinians home…, pay me you in democratic party, pay me you in the republican party, pay me you Turk, pay me you in the Neo Democrats – NEO fascism in europe, just fucking pay me.
Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer is a coward. If he knows how a war with Iran would affect the country why in the world would he even consider backing such a plan? Oh, he's playing politics? Then he obviously doesn't have the best interest of Israel, much less the bank, at heart and should be removed from his position. If the military have indicated that they do not think the outcome of a war with Iran would turn out as the civilians in charge say they will and the intelligent people in the banking industry indicate that the results would be catastrophic for the people of Israel then why in the world would they allow a war to happen? Fools – and all because it would look bad if they didn't fall into line and support a government gone bad…kind of like what's happened here in the US where ideology has run roughshod over intelligent thought and planning.
He's worried about the money. I'm worried about the people. This 'heroic' war would cause millions of deaths, most of them in Iran and these bankers and politicians are anxious about 'the economy'.
Insane warmongers rule Israel.
Goodbye Israel and good riddance.