But if diplomacy fails, the world should be prepared for an Israeli attack on Iran's suspected nuclear weapons facilities. As Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently acknowledged: "The window between a strike on Iran and their getting nuclear weapons is a pretty narrow window."

If Israel attempts such a high-risk and destabilizing strike against Iran, President Obama will probably learn of the operation from CNN rather than the CIA. History shows that although Washington seeks influence over Israel's military operations, Israel would rather explain later than ask for approval in advance of launching preventive or preemptive attacks. Those hoping that the Obama administration will be able to pressure Israel to stand down from attacking Iran as diplomatic efforts drag on are mistaken.

Should Tehran prove unwilling to meet the September deadline and bargain away its growing and latent nuclear weapon capability, we can expect an Israeli attack that does not require U.S. permission, or even a warning.

Originally posted by heineken
Those hoping that the Obama administration will be able to pressure Israel to stand down from attacking Iran as diplomatic efforts drag on are mistaken.

Based on a variety of evidence, despite the conflict between Iran's Islamic regime and Israel after the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran, and in line with the deep historical conflict between Persians and Arabs and the Iran-Iraq war, it is known that Israel and Iran cooperated to some extent in the Opera operation. It was reported that Israel had used some maps and information which had been prepared by Iran. Confirmed by Ari Ben-Menashe, one month before the attack some Israeli positions met Ayatollah Khomeini's representative secretly in Paris and discussed the attack. They reportedly agreed that in case of any unexpected technical incident during the operation, Israeli aircraft could make an emergency landing in a military base in Tabriz, despite the official position of the Islamic Republic of Iran that Israel was an illegitimate state.