Israel is rightfully and understandably concerned about Iran’s nuclear intentions, along with the U.S. and rest of the civilized world.
The U.S. hopes to force Iran to abandon its nuclear weapons program by ratcheting up pressure with sanctions before inflaming the middle east.
It is clear that preemptive surgical strikes against its weapons facilities are an option on the table.
The U.S. has been aggressively seeking through the United Nations and NATO the formation of an international coalition to address the issue as Israel holds its strike plans in abeyance until it is clear that Iran’s nuclear weapons development is near.
It is quite naive to erroneously assume that the administration is doing nothing while pressuring Israel to hold off on its preemptive strike plans.
The killings of several of Iran’s top nuclear physicists and engineers should be a clue to Obama Bashers about some of the covert actions which are taking place outside diplomatic channels.
The baseless charge by administration detractors that the U.S. has somehow alienated Israel and severely damaged the nation’s alliance with its long time friend is quite simplistic.
It’s a good thing that international relations are in the hands of cooler heads than those shoot-from-the-hip hawks who would recklessly start yet more wars than are already threatening the destabilization of the entire middle east and the rest of the world.
While reactionaries are itching for bloodshed, sensible people are hoping that aggressive diplomatic efforts will alleviate the necessity of military force against Iran.
You’d think the knee-jerk hawks would learn from recent history the lessons taught by the senseless and unnecessary invasions and occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan which have helped lead to the economic crippling of America while failing to produce democracies in either country.
Concerning Iran, if military intervention proves needed to prevent further nuclear weapons proliferation by the bad actors in the middle east, it should ideally be done by an international coalition with the monetary and political costs shared equally among them.
Only if all efforts toward an international consensus fail, should a unilateral preemptive strike by Israel or bilateral strike including Israel and the U.S. be made with definitive knowledge that Iran’s nuclear weapons capability is imminent.
