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A Couple Of Green Lights For Israeli Raid On Iran
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Looks like Sunday has been a good day for some interesting developments regarding Israel’s potential strike on Iran’s nuclear targets. After seeing the outcome of Israel’s destruction of Iraq’s nuclear facilities in 1981 and their destruction of Syria’s nuclear facilities in 2007, I firmly believe that if they don’t do the same with Iran soon, it will be too late.
The first stunning news item is the report by the Times Online of London that Saudi Arabia has apparently given Israel the “unofficial” green light to use its airspace to carry out a raid. This is coming from a country that doesn’t officially even recognize Israel, so this is some very serious news, and is extremely useful to the Israelis who are I am sure already making several plans on how to take out Iran’s nuclear facilities.
The second news item is the AP report that despite recent harsh rhetoric by the current administration towards Israel, Joe Biden has stated today that Israel is effectively free to set its own course on Iran, i.e., free to carry out a raid, if the Israeli government feels it necessary. This is also some pretty serious news, considering the Obama administration’s strong push for diplomacy all this time, as well as their strong efforts to keep an unusually firm grip on Israel’s activities. Now, of course, this is coming from Biden, so there’s no telling whether or not this was a gaffe to be retracted tomorrow or the day after. But, assuming this does really come from the top, that is also incredibly significant to Israel in terms of moving forward with their plans, which I strongly believe they should be doing before it’s too late.
UPDATE:
Peter Berkowitz writes an exceptionally detailed and informed article on Israel’s considerations for a raid on Iran in the latest Weekly Standard, including details of possible outcomes and how Israel might be preparing for them, and political and military costs. Read it!