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Top US commander in the Middle East, General David Petraeus says Israel might choose to attack Iran as a move to halt its nuclear program.
"The Israeli government may ultimately see itself so threatened by the prospect of an Iranian nuclear weapon that it would take preemptive military action to derail or delay it," Petraeus told the US Congress on Wednesday.
The head of the US Central Command also accused Iran of failing "to provide the assurances and transparency...
Israel's new foreign minister has said that the government is not bound by the agreement reached at the Annapolis conference in the US in 2007, which provides for a Palestinian state.
Avigdor Lieberman, leader of the ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beitenu party, made the remarks at a handover ceremony at the foreign ministry on Wednesday, the day after a new broad coalition government was sworn in.
"There is one document that obligates us - and that's not the Annapolis conference, it has no validity," he said.
U.S. President Barack Obama called newly sworn in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to congratulate him on his new position, and to reaffirm steadfast U.S. commitment to Israel and its security.
"The president said he looked forward to working closely with Prime Minister Netanyahu and his government to address issues of mutual concern, including Iran and Arab-Israeli peace," the White House said in a statement following the half-hour conversation.
Originally posted by xbranscombex
If NK attacks SK and Japan...
You bet your balls Israel will go after Iran in the light of the news.
Iran will retaliate..
From there? Who knows?
U.S, Russia and China will then have to decide what to do..
The primary imperative for the United States and President Barack Obama is to put an end to Iran's nuclear race, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said before his swearing-in Tuesday, adding that if the US failed to do so Israel might be forced to resort to a military strike on the Islamic Republic's nuclear installations.
"The Obama presidency has two great missions: fixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons," Netanyahu told The Atlantic. The Iranian drive for a nuclear weapon was a "hinge of history," he said, emphasizing that all of "Western civilization" was responsible for preventing an Iranian bomb.
"You don't want a messianic apocalyptic cult controlling atomic bombs," Netanyahu said of the Iranian regime. "When the wide-eyed believer gets hold of the reins of power and the weapons of mass death, then the entire world should start worrying, and that is what is happening in Iran."
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas charged on Wednesday that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu did not believe in peace, urging the international community to exert pressure on him to accept a two-state solution.
Benjamin Netanyahu declared that a "radical regime" with nuclear weapons was the "biggest danger to humanity" on Tuesday as he took office as Israel's prime minister.
Addressing the Knesset at his government's inauguration, Mr Netanyahu's speech was filled with implicit references to Iran. "Extremist Islam" posed a great threat, he said, but there was "no question mark over the state of Israel's existence. We won't let any person or state to put a question mark over our existence".
Originally posted by JanusFIN
WW3:
Israel - USA (Nato) - India Coalition against Iran - SCO - Pakistan Coalition.
Originally posted by Doc Velocity
Originally posted by JanusFIN
WW3:
Israel - USA (Nato) - India Coalition against Iran - SCO - Pakistan Coalition.
I don't see it happening. If/when Israel decides to demolish Iran's potential for developing nuclear weapons, the USA is indeed committed to stepping up in support of Israel, as are many other Western nations.
Originally posted by Unit541
Only if Israel is attacked first, which will not happen. I also think even if they are attacked first, they're going to find out they have fewer friends than they think they do.
Originally posted by saabster5
I say drop the nukes already. Let us have a nuclear winter, and a large population decrease. What they heck. We (humans) have managed to evolve into greedy, self-serviant beings that don't care about anything but ourselves. When there's glass parking lots all over the world, maybe then we'll realize how terrible we really are...
Originally posted by JanusFIN
reply to post by xbranscombex
"... U.S. committed to Israel's security"
Change we all can believe in?
WW3:
Israel - USA (Nato) - India Coalition against Iran - SCO - Pakistan Coalition.
Iran will strike US forces with everything they have - thats only natural beginning of the endgame. USA will face all out violence and war in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran. South America will fuse situation.
Israel will face Hezbollah, Palestinian militants, Syrian and Jordanian Forces and Iranian missiles. Turkey will join with Islamistic world - that will turn everything uppside down. Egypt will face possible revolution.
SCO will dissmiss India membership - SCO will face NATO in few years.