Senior US officials told NBC on Tuesday that they believe a war between Israel and Iran is at the “top of the list” of potential conflicts worldwide. The officials said Israel is gearing up for such a war and is trying to get the US to participate in Syria.
Israeli officials denied this, saying they don’t “seek” a war against Iran. Despite this claim, Israeli military leadership has been taking up the need for a war to prevent Iran having a foothold in Syria for months on end.
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman refused to directly address the US officials, saying he does’nt “read foreign publications.” He subsequently went on s creed about the “threats of Iran,” and declared “Israel has four problems: Iran, Iran, Iran, and hypocrisy.” Lieberman has been advocating a war on Iran for many years, nearly his entire political career.
Prime Minister Netanyahu, while saying Israel wasn’t “seeking” the war, was also clearly not ruling it out, saying that if such a war happened it would be because Iran is “changing the rules in the region.” Israel has been attacking Syria throughout the Syrian War. In recent months, those Israeli attacks have focused on Iranian targets.
If Israel provokes Iran into a war lets hope that Iran teaches this utter regional pariah and child killing regime a lesson in pain. Empathy for Israel will be lacking from the world at large.
I can’t see how there would be a war. Would they really set about an unprovoked air attack on Iranian cities? Which would require their entire air force, and which they could only do once, one time, never to be repeated, because the nod and a wink they might need from Saudi Arabia might bring down the regime if repeated?
And attacking Iranians who happen to be in Syria would not have much impact- they’ve been attacking them every couple of days for a year now, and Iran just ignores it, for all practical purposes.
It’s hard to get at light infantry from the air. And that’s all Iran has in Syria: some light infantry. Missiles come down, they duck; the missiles blow up, they get up and go about their business.
Israel won’t put their own troops in harm’s way. There’s no way they are going into Syria to get at those Iranians, which would be the only way to actually get at them: boots on the ground.
How do you have a war when the other side doesn’t pay much attention?
I’m sure Iran will give Israel a good ass kicking, should it provoke Iran into a war. The Zionist Entity’s military isn’t nearly as good as it was decades ago, Jace McAdams, all you need do is look back to June, 2006, when Israel attacked Lebanon, killing over 1,000 civilians. When ground forces invaded the southern part of Lebanon, they were confronted by Hezbollah fighters, who immediately handed their asses back to them, and the rest of the Israeli forces high-tailed it back to The Israel.
Bibzy Satanyahoo, Israel’s psychotic PM, thinks Israel can take on Iran, he’s totally psychotic. Iran doesn’t have nukes, but it can compensate for the lack of nukes with missiles that can strike targets with pin-point accuracy. The Dimona Nuclear Facility, wherein its nuclear weapons stockpiles are stored, is a prime target, and all it takes is just one such accurate missile strike on the facility will certainly turn Israel into one large glass parking lot.
There would be no empathy left in the world for Israel should it get in trouble. All this drama iis just to force US to stay in Syria. Israel sees Iranisns everywhere. It is hard fkr them to accept that Shia population actually lives in Syria, and Iraq and Lebanon, and Kuweit and Bahrain. For Israel, they are all Iranians. I know it must be irksome for Israel to accept that their Sbia killing, Christian killing Islamic cults have lost fir all intensive purposes. And Israel blames US for not being tough enough. However, if Israel continues shelling Sytian positions — ostensibly because of Iran — but in reality to prolong the shelf life of assorted head choppers Israel supported all these years. No, terroriists in Syria never bothered Israel, but were their allies. Now not accepting their demise, and is willing to press all the buttons inside the Beltway to get its way.
But it is not likely to happen. US cannot get sny Arsb force, but will work with Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey to stabilize post ISIS space. These countries do not want Syrian territory and will not want to be under US command. Thus, more likely a revional solution.
Israel will never go to war without the United States being directly involved. There is no way that Israel can defeat Iran and they know it. The Israeli forces are just good against women, children , and old men in Gaza. When they fight real warriors the Israeli’s lose.without American aid, and that aid comes in the form of billions of dollars and the blood of American soldiers.
Israel does not want a war with Iran. Not an Israel-Iran war. It wants the US to have a war with Iran. It might get it, too.
The US needs to get out of Syria. That will send a message to Israel you’re on your own. Trump needs to stand up to the Mic.
He will be assassinated or removed from office if he does. A coup.
If that happens all bets are off that the US stays a country much longer.
Everytime Trump says he wants out of Syria, the whitehats pull another gas attack. Trump should just pull troops out secretly anytime he does anything publicly it signals Israel and Saudis for another false flag.
The Zionist Entity has brashly reneged on all its promises and agreements to the international community since 1948. Look up the U.N. accords and resolutions. It refuses to abide by law and sets its own, exceptionalist character. This is a recipe for disaster. If the course is not turned, millions of Jews will pay the price – and not just in Palestine – everywhere. None of this
was necessary. It didn’t have to be this way. Oh well.
Israel’s wet dream is coming true. Have the USA garrisoned in and around all its border enemies. Since USA will be providing cover and intelligence, it is a vulnerable (and probably viable and legal) target for blowback when Israel attacks.
Israel cannot attack Iran until both Syria and especially Hizballah – which can deliver 1,600 missiles a day on Israel – are degraded militarily. Otherwise Israel would have attacked Iran before now.
What Israel is trying to do today is get the US to join it in attacking Hizballah and Syria. Once that is done, they will get the US to attack Iran.
They see in Trump a fool dumb enough to go along with such a plan, just as Obama was – except Obama was a narcissist who didn’t want to be blamed for starting such a war; he preferred the Israelis do it. So did Bush after the Iraq fiasco. Trump has no previous war baggage to worry about, so he’s a perfect US President for starting a regional conflict.
What? If Trump wanted war in Syria he could have done it by now. During the Campaign Hilary was calling for a no fly zone over Syria which is basically code for war in Syria and Russia.
Obama not only didn’t end the two wars he inherited but got the US involved in both Syria and Libya. Along with his drone strikes in seven other nations. Great peace prize winner he was NOT.
He and hillary just had to go about changing leadership they wanted out. Their Arab Spring was another disaster.