Israel Beefs Up Military Readiness
Some view the actions as preparing for war on several fronts, but it could be just more posturing
Israel’s Defense Force is said to be beefing up its defensive capacities and preparing for the possibility of an armed conflict on several fronts, just days after top Israeli officials got in another diplomatic clash on how imminent a threat Iran presents.
The military is “dispersing rations, munitions and strategic supplies among facilities nationwide in order to protect them during wartime,” reports the Israeli Ynet News.
“The IDF plans to store tens of thousands of rations and non-classified ordnances in private locations nationwide,” Ynet News added, “as the location of the major bases is known and they may be targeted by enemy rockets.”
While these could be somewhat ordinary military preparations in what is a hyper-militarized state, some have interpreted these actions as preparations for possible retaliatory strikes from Iran or its allies following some potential Israeli attack on Iran.
The Obama administration reiterated yesterday that Iran does not have a nuclear weapons program and that they would know if Iran actually made the decision to begin developing weapons. This was an apparent rebuke to Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s claim on Thursday that new US intelligence “transforms the Iranian situation into an even more urgent one.”
White House spokesman Jay Carney would not comment on any alleged new intelligence, other than to reiterate that the US estimate on Iran’s program hasn’t changed from the reigning consensus, that weaponization was halted back in 2003.
Officials in Washington were reportedly “livid” with the unilateral Israeli leak of US intelligence. The incident underscored the apparent distrust between the Obama administration and that of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose administration is frustrated with Obama’s lack of will to attack Iran for a nuclear weapons program it doesn’t have.
Another possibility is that Netanyahu’s administration is just posturing. But he doesn’t have US support for a unilateral attack at the moment, and the Israeli defense establishment, including many current and former military officials, seems to be strongly against an attack at the moment as well.
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mojo
August 11th, 2012 at 9:18 pm
Is there anything other then war comes out of this man mouth, beside all the other junks. Israel needs to be put on its place once and for all, I just want for bibi to start the war.., I truly want for him to start the end of a fascist regime as Israel government is and has been for last 60 years. Yet Israel wouldn’t be what it is to day if it was not for the stupidity of what is called western civilization.
Mark Thomason
August 11th, 2012 at 9:43 pm
When Israel's enemies disburse ordnances in private locations, as the location of any major bases would be known and targeted, they are said to be "using human shields" justifying the killing of civilians.
abdullah muhammed
August 12th, 2012 at 12:44 am
Again and again, the united state is confirming that iran has no nuclear weapon program. Again and again, one is wondering what is the moral justification for imposing sanctions on iran for crime it did not comit.
Hassan Goldstein
August 12th, 2012 at 2:14 am
Excellent point indeed! But then again, they've never particularly needed ANY excuse for killing civilians have they?
JohnWV
August 12th, 2012 at 2:26 am
Iran is only Israel's current fixation. America's entire electoral system has been corrupted by Netanyahu's Israel, AIPAC, Israel Firsters and ingenious distribution of enormous amounts of Jewish money. Our representative democracy is nearly defeated and the destruction of America as we know it well underway. Termination of the criminal treachery and treason demands immediate priority. The Government of the United States must again serve American interests, not the Jewish state's relentless pursuit of invulnerability, territorial conquest and apartheid supremacist empire in, and beyond, the Mideast.
JohnWV
August 12th, 2012 at 2:27 am
However did we get it all so backwards? As a signatory to the Non Proliferation Treaty, Iran has an internationally recognized right to develop and implement nuclear technology. Israel rejected the NPT and has no such right. Yet, the Jewish state has ICBM nukes and openly threatens Iran; actually campaigns for war against Iran. Israel, not Iran, should be sanctioned and forced to reveal its nuclear machinations to IAEA inspection. However did we get it all so backwards?
Hassan Goldstein
August 12th, 2012 at 7:09 am
It is all so hopelessly backwards because you have a zionist occupied government.
MoT
August 12th, 2012 at 8:57 am
"moral justification"? Two words that should never be side by side in Americas lexicon of lies.
MoT
August 12th, 2012 at 9:01 am
John, I'm certain you're saying this all rhetorically, because you and the rest of us KNOW why. It's the 800 pound gorilla nobody within our lying government will admit exists while everyone else sees it for what it is.
Johnny_Warbucks
August 12th, 2012 at 12:54 pm
So, where's the news? War is a state of mind in Isreal just like in it's colony, the US. They don't have to ready themselves for it. For these warmongers, it's a state of mind.
Epi
August 13th, 2012 at 6:08 pm
If they can just wait a few more months, the Main Stream Media will force Mitt Romney into the presidency and Mitt will attack Iran. He will do anything for Israel, even sacrificing American blood and treasure if they would just allow him to lick the sand off their boots again. A vote for Mitt is a vote for war with Iran.