Iran Hit Soon?

[Fairweather]

Sounds like its all coming together...

 

President Biden gives final approval?

 

 

Saudis OK with Israel flyover?

[Doug]

I hope you had a nice Independence Day Fairweather! I know this business of having a socialist in the White House must have you all in a tither, but hang on help's a coming!

 

Seriously, interesting strategy letting Israel take on Iran instead of us going in. Or is the VP just talking out of his ass again?

[astrov]

happened before, it'll happen again

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Opera

[billcoe]

Pretty sure that it's scheduled for this fall.

[dougd]

Seriously, interesting strategy letting Israel take on Iran instead of us going in.

 

The IDF has been the attack dog in that area for a long long time. They're very adept.

 

d

[KaskadskyjKozak]

 

Barry will have "more flexibility" after the elections

 

[JosephH]

Nothing new here, same as it ever was other than 'Barry' actually transferred some GBU-28s due Israel from a 2005-6 sale where the Bush administration only talked. In the gap the Israelis developed the MPR-500 seen here penetrating three of four reinforced concrete barriers still relatively intact.

 

 

 

All in all I wouldn't underestimate the Persians anymore than I would the israelis and think attacking them will end badly for everyone.

[Coldfinger]

Any reason you capitalize Persians (or call them that instead of Iranians) and not israelis?

 

Dictatorship tend to wobble before they fall. Would be a good thing.

[akhalteke]

 

Seriously, interesting strategy letting Israel take on Iran instead of us going in. Or is the VP just talking out of his ass again?

 

Most in the know don't think this is possible anyhow so unless they are anticipating another holocaust, they probably shouldn't encourage them...

[JosephH]

It's not like Israel hitting nuke plants as our proxy is anything new.

 

The prospect of coupling nukes with Iran's recent missile advances has raised Israelis concerned, but it's the prospect of them hardening those sites with an infrastructure of Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems, or derivatives thereof, which is really pushing buttons. The Russians have backed off sales, but there is speculation Iran managed to get a couple from Belarus and / or Libya.

 

This is a very capable missile system and should Iran get such an infrastructure in place it would be very costly to attack their facilities with anything other than cruise missiles - i.e. using those GBU bunker busters could be quite difficult.

 

[akhalteke]

It's not like Israel hitting nuke plants as our proxy is anything new.

 

That's fairly overstated and I think you know it.

[KaskadskyjKozak]

It's not like Israel hitting nuke plants as our proxy is anything new.

 

That's fairly overstated and I think you know it.

 

ahem

[JosephH]

And Israel’s Airstrike on Syria’s Reactor

[akhalteke]

Uh... yeah.... whuttuvitt.

[akhalteke]

Just because they hit nue plants doesn't mean they did it as a proxy. I think Kev is rubbing off around here.

[Coldfinger]

Don't forget all the exploding Iranian nuke scientists.

 

The Iranian response was to send bombers to Thailand to blow their own legs off and get caught....

[j_b]

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/07/how-digital-detectives-deciphered-stuxnet/all/1

[j_b]

The Iranian response was to send bombers to Thailand to blow their own legs off and get caught....

 

meh, it looked like a half-baked scheme and there are several reasons to doubt Iran was behind it: http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/03/indian-bomb-iranian-terror-or-false-flag.html