Reports quoting a number of anonymous US and Israeli officials today say that the Israeli government has decided, and has informed the US, that it will not offer any advanced notice to the US before attacking Iran.
This comes amid repeated US official visits to Israel in an attempt to convince the nation to at the very least delay its attack for a few months. Israeli officials say the decision to keep the US “in the dark” is meant to keep them from being held responsible when the strike is launched.
Exactly how they figured this would work is uncertain, however, as the US has repeatedly given verbal support for the idea of an Israeli attack on Iran, repeatedly pledged to commit itself to Israel’s side unconditionally in the ensuing war, and has provided Israel with massive amounts of military hardware that would be used in such an attack.
The more interesting story is that, while the White House declined to comment on the new revelation, there doesn’t appear to be any US attempt to secure at least a little advanced notice of such an attack, meaning that the embassies in the region and the massive occupation force in neighboring Afghanistan are likely to find themselves sucked into a war with no preparation time.
So the Israelis want to go it alone. Great! After the Israeli attack, let the U.S. declare for Iran.
Best case scenario – they get shot down the minute they cross Iraqi airspace by U.S. Air Force. No international incident or war and we can claim – "You never told us!" Net loss: 15 to 20 Israeli F-16s (plus payloads) + a couple of C130 refueling tankers; which we will probably replace for them while some schools in the inner-cities collapse.
How many more Americans have to die for the benefit of the Israeli right-wingers and warmongers? Can anyone please tell me what the return on sacrificing American youth (and treasure and honor) might possibly be?
As this depends on your Politicians, I suggest you all think before you Vote.
And there is the rub…So many Americans haven't quite figured out how to do both at the same time. That's how people like Bachmann and Santorum get elected. SWMBO and I were discussing this very fact last night. Our opinion is that short of a global cataclysmic event there is no cure for the disease of voter apathy.
We should tell them friendly fire accidents, like the USS Liberty, will happen if they do this. Lots of them. Very sorry. All an accident.
They have no right to start a war they mean us to finish. That is just the same as an attack on us. Again.
More and more sacrifices for creatures that beleive that they are “chosen” and “above the others”, but have very very little with humanity or the civilised world.
Once again Americans prove to be cowards and stupid nation for not standing to the rebirth of NACISM and BARBARISM in the world. From once a brave and proud nation, they now allow to be rulled by criminals that are not even regarding US as their country. what a shame …..
We Iranians stopped paying attention to the never-ending barking of Israeli Chihuahuas.
A country must be able to stand on its own before pretending to be anything other than a beggar state of cowards, and that's Israel.
We fought no less than 14 nations when Iraq attacked us, and we barely had 1/10th of our current military power and a fraction of at-the-time technologies.
Some of us in fact look forward to an attack by the feral cowards of Israel, as they, and all the brutal Persian Gulf littoral Arab dictatorships, need and enema.
well said,
i would have just added the adjectives "fat" and "gluttonous" before "Arab dictatorships
and also "racist" to already appropriate terms "cowards" and "beggars" for Israel..
Again, well said
meant to keep them from being held responsible when the strike is launched. Won't tell you she has herpes, until you sorta notice yourself.
Israel has bought airbase/airspace access in Azerbaijan – a rerun of the trick it tried in Georgia? Russia leases a site at Gabala, Azerbaijan for one of the early warning phased array radar system. Are we going to see a rerun of the Georgia escape from some time back?
if israel uses them in an attack on iran, iran will raze baku to the ground.
Azerbaijan will most likely be used for "covert operations" (otherwise known as acts of terrorism if perpetrated by muslims) and intelligence gathering
Why don't we also play cute and not warn Israel in advance that we won't lift a finger to save them from the consequences of their own hatefullness?
Fine! Let's not warn them when we cease ALL Foreign Aid!
Israel cannot make the attack without a lot of help of the USA and other nations in the area. This is just cover for what ever the war mongers plan on doing. The only certain thing is gas will double with the first bomb dropped and unemployment will go to 30 percent. With friends like Israel we do not need any enemies.
Them shoot them out the sky. It is time for the USA to man up the these zionist creeps.
Iran is a far cry from Afghanistan, Iraq or even Vietnam. The US chickenhawks who don’t seem to be able to get enough of it when it comes to ‘wasting’ brown people are in for the shock of their lives. As someone who witnessed how Iran defended itself, with little more than Kalashnikovs and RPGs, against Iraq with its endless Western/Gulf support, forget body bags, you’re going to need body bunkers. Any such attack will mark the end of the American empire and the fall of Israel. And yes, this means, like Saddam in his crazed destructive retreat from Kuwait, Israel releasing its nukes in pure spite.
That's probably why they know they have to keep this war as an air-only adventure. But in all honesty – if America went to war with Iran, she would probably 'win' – whatever that means. But judging by history, they'll be back on their feet in 10 years; ask the Greeks, Arabs, Mongols, Russians, etc.
agreed. Israel may nuke iran, killing tens of millions of people if its racist dreams of exterminating the palestinians is halted
Bullsh-t…Israel isn’t suicidal and there shall be plenty warning.
Article is fear driven propaganda for morons.
correct, israel is not suicidal, but they ARE pathological racists and murderers
This is ridiculous.
How can Israel get away with this? The supine EU accepts the behaviour, the USA is completely under Zionist control , and israel uses US arms to attack a land over ten times its population by pretending it is some sort of threat.
Why is Georgia having such close ties with the USA and Israel? I am very suspicious.
Georgia hats Russia.
Do not be fooled, the Israelis can't move a blade of grass
without the US knowing about it.
I fully agree with u,its just political story, Isreal can do nothing with out USA, cause Isreal is Rat live in Cat sone.
What, no invite for WWIII?
There will be no attack. With Putin as President he has already said if Iran or Syria are attacked it is
WW 3 . He is not bluffing. You see Putin along everybody else with a brain knows this is about regime change and has nothing to do with nuclear weapons. Iran has already offered basically the U.S whatever it wants and Obama rejected it. Now I think the Israelis do not want a new World War. However The Likudnicks who knows? Let's face it this unnatural situation between Israel and the U.S cannot end good, however you look at it.
No kidding. Putin to the rescue (did I really type that just now?) Hopefully, the Israeli civilians stand up and protect themselves and their holy lands with protests instead of support for more death and destruction. (did I just type that, too?)
an attack on iran would make russia the global energy don. russia has the most to gain by war, whereas israel and the US have the most to lose….ironic huh?