The Israeli Air Force has resumed, after a two-year pause, what is being described as “intense” drills to practice attacking Iran’s nuclear sites, a move that likely would start a major war.
This comes just days after a report that the Israeli government approved a $1.5 billion budget increase for the military explicitly to pay for preparations to attack Iran.
Defense Minister Benny Gantz defended the spending, saying it is necessary to prepare for the planned attack on Iran. This is expected to include acquiring new planes to participate in the attack.
Underpinning Israel’s on-again, off-again planning to attack are decades of efforts to get the United States to attack Iran instead. Usually Israel’s scaling up its own unilateral options is theater to try to pressure the US.
This time, it comes not long after Israeli officials were crowing about Secretary of State Antony Blinken giving lip service to a US military option. This was reported to be exactly what Israel wanted, but now Israel is back to spending on its own war option.
In the grand scheme of things, the Israeli war narrative fuels itself more than anything, trying to feed US policy with alarmist claims and false statements about the months until Iran has a bomb they aren’t even working on. Though decades of this has made US decision-makers at least a little resistant, Israel’s own politicians, more than a few of whom have made a career on targeting Iran, may blunder themselves into an ugly war by falsely presenting themselves with no alternative.
The certainty is that Israel will not attack Iran. The only possibility is that Zionists will take another one or two billion from a pliant U S of A with this excuse
concern yourself with the “untouchables”
I would submit that the Israelis have created the “untouchables” of the 21st century… that would be the Palestinian people
I see the point you’re trying to make, but please don’t refer to the Palestinian people as “untouchables”; they’re the bravest and most resilient people on the planet.
My point was to cleanup one’s own house first.People in glass houses should not throw stones.
What if my self is an “untouchable” as you see it
Unfortunately, the sub continent festers in hate.
Not as much as you do. Your posts show it
I am an Asian Indian. According to you, I come from a place festering in hate.
Jake is the one who comes from a place festering in hate.
he hates all others. Guess who or what he is.
I did’t tell India and Pakistan to hate each other.
Pope Pius IX for one
Ireland?
Expansionist Israel just keeps ratcheting up the tensions.
That is its existence
Israhell will find out it’s bitten off more than it can chew if it attacks Iran. Neither Russia nor China would be compliant should this situation arise; the disruption in oil supplies alone due to the inevitable closing of the Straits of Hormuz would be enough.
Iran may not be nuclear but it has no shortage of weapons with which to defend itself, and rightfully so. If Israel does go nuclear with Iran, I can see North Korea getting involved; Kim Jong has no fear of the fucking Zios.
Pius IX
You and your ilk still hate Christians?
Jakes ilk are armchair KKK supporters. All the IDF need are white hoods along with the illegal settlers.
For decades now, cooler heads have prevailed in Israel and the United States. For all the saber rattling, everyone knows direct conflict will spiral into something there is no turning back from, the overwhelming of Iron Dome from Iranian ballistic missiles and, to the north in Lebanon, Hezbollah’s rockets and missiles, the closure of Hormuz and an instant 20% hit to global oil distribution, the destruction of the Fifth Fleet if it attempts to reopen or escort tankers through Hormuz (see Millennium Challenge war game), and the horrifying potential of leading ultimately to a confrontation of all major powers in the Middle East and South Asia. It is too insane, a war that must not be fought. But powder kegs only need one spark.
Agreed. In the short term, oil prices are likely to skyrocket and world economies will crash. If it doesn’t trigger WWIII/destroy civilization, whichever administration starts this war, will not win an election for a while. Reportedly, Trump may have been more inclined to attack Iran if it were not for a discussion he might have had with Tucker Carlson. It’s hard to sleep if you thoroughly think about it.
Tucker is such a piece of garbage, but yes I remember that as well and for all his detestable Far Right propaganda and balderdash domestic “commentary” (which Fox lawyers have literally argued in court could not be believed by reasonable people…seriously…), stopping that is a rather hefty counterweight.
I hope people here are right and Israel is bluffing for cash. BUT, if the great senile one is willing to go to war over Taiwan how could Israel possibly interpret that any other way other then to assume they could indeed attack Iran and the US would indeed come to their rescue.
You’re right about the worry; but Israel knows that actually attacking Iran would be unforgivable by the people of Iran, which is actually Israels only natural friend in the ME in the long run (both against the Arab nations). So they’ll huff and puff and try their best to get the US to force a regime change in Iran.
All that said, a Dr Strangelove event or accident can happen too, and then all bets would be off.
Israel at the bar: Hold me back Uncle S, hold me back, or I’ll beat him up …
A taste from the Brooking Institutions’ “Which Path to Persia”:
“The ideal scenario in this case would be that the United States and the international community present a package of positive inducements so enticing that the Iranian citizenry would support the deal, only to have the regime reject it. In a similar vein, any military operation against Iran will likely be very unpopular around the world and require the proper international context–both to ensure the logistical support the operation would require and to minimize the blowback from it. The best way to minimize international opprobrium and maximize support (however, grudging or covert) is to strike only when there is a widespread conviction that the Iranians were given but then rejected a superb offer–one so good that only a regime determined to acquire nuclear weapons and acquire them for the wrong reasons would turn it down. Under those circumstances, the United States (or Israel) could portray its operations as taken in sorrow, not anger, and at least some in the international community would conclude that the Iranians ‘brought it on themselves'” p. 39
“For purposes of this analytic exercise, we assume that a U.S. invasion of Iran is not triggered by an overt, incontrovertible, and unforgivable act of aggression–something on the order of an Iranian-backed 9/11, in which the planes bore Iranian markings and Tehran boasted about its sponsorship. First, this seems exceptionally unlikely given Iran’s history of avoiding such acts, at least since the end of the Iran-Iraq War. Second, were that ever to happen, the circumstances of an invasion would become almost easy–the United States would suddenly have enormous domestic and (perhaps grudging) international support for undertaking an invasion. Indeed, the entire question of ‘options’ would become irrelevant at that point: what American president could refrain from an invasion after the Iranians had just killed several thousand American civilians in an attack in the United States itself?” p.66
You don’t need a high IQ to conclude that those are clear evil plans that could easily trigger the end of the world. The writers could be voted some of the worst frenemies of the American people and humanity altogether.
Iran is also practicing for a counter attacks on Israel from several fronts…! Is Israel ready for that scenario…?!
I think bearing in mind the capability of Israel, supported by the US, I think Iran is being very careful.
When General Sulemani was assasinated, Iran carried out very measured attacks on the US occupied Iraqi bases with ballistic missiles. Probably more than 200 US military received concussion injuries which will live with them forever. At the time, the “Great Orange One” said that no US people were injured.
Yes, Israel could launch missile and aircraft attacks on Iran, but, a very big BUT, they would receive a very large response from Iran.
In the words of the leader of bomber command in WW2 to German attacks on London –
“They have sown the wind, they will reap the whirlwind”
In fact, the initial German bombing of London, was in response to England’s bombing of civilian target(s) in Germany, and it worked for the Brits, because it halted the German attacks on the RAF bases/aircraft.
If Israel is that insane then they deserve what’s has been coming to them for years. There will be no empathy should Tel Aviv goes up in smoke..only what took too long for it happen. No one has any empathy for the Ku Klux Klan, so why would anyone care if the Zionists who act as the KKK are taught a well deserved lesson…cut the snake off at the head..no more wasted aid on this monster.
your tude shows why Zionism is necessary.
How so? My comment equated the serial sociopathy of the Israeli government with the Ku Klux Klan…are you a Grand Dragon wannabe Jakey boy??? Seems so! Lol
Judaism is very relevant and respected. Zionism is a racist nationalist ideology that has high jacked Judaism, and has endangered the Jewish people
Zionism was a response to 2,000 years of Judaeophobia,persecution and murder of Jewish people.
And the Oklahoma City bombing was a response to the Waco massacre. Does that make McVeigh the good guy?
A word of caution. I feel that some comments don’t seem interested in constructive dialogue or in supporting antiwar views. Some war promoters seem to troll this site attempting to trigger or set traps in order to “cancel” this forum.