Former Israeli PM calls for U.S. to lead any Iran strike

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If international efforts to halt Iran's nuclear program fail, any military action against Tehran should be led not by Israel, but by the United States, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said this week.

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Israel's former Shin Bet chief: I have no confidence in Netanyahu, Barak


"I don't believe in either the prime minister or the defense minister. I don't believe in a leadership that makes decisions based on messianic feelings," he added.
Diskin deemed Barak and Netanyahu "two messianics – the one from Akirov or the Assuta project and the other from Gaza Street or Caesarea," he said, referring to the two politicians' places of residence.
"Believe me, I have observed them from up close... They are not people who I, on a personal level, trust to lead Israel to an event on that scale and carry it off. These are not people who I would want to have holding the wheel in such an event," Diskin said.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diploma...ave-no-confidence-in-netanyahu-barak-1.426908

U.S. Amasses Stealth-Jet Armada Near Iran​


The U.S. Air Force is quietly assembling the world’s most powerful air-to-air fighting team at bases near Iran. Stealthy F-22 Raptors on their first front-line deployment have joined a potent mix of active-duty and Air National Guard F-15 Eagles, including some fitted with the latest advanced radars. The Raptor-Eagle team has been honing special tactics for clearing the air of Iranian fighters in the event of war.​
The fighters join a growing naval armada that includes Navy carriers, submarines, cruisers and destroyers plus patrol boats and minesweepers enhanced with the latest close-in weaponry.​
It’s been years since the Air Force has maintained a significant dogfighting presence in the Middle East. During the 2003 invasion of Iraq Boeing-made F-15Cs flew air patrols from Saudi Arabia, but the Iraqi air force put up no resistance and the Eagle squadrons soon departed. For the next nine years Air Force deployments to the Middle East were handled by ground-attack planes such as A-10s, F-16s and twin-seat F-15E Strike Eagles.​
The 1980s-vintage F-15Cs, plagued by structural problems, stayed home in the U.S. and Japan. The brand-new F-22s, built by Lockheed Martin, suffered their own mechanical and safety problems. When they ventured from their home bases in Virginia, Alaska and New Mexico, it was only for short training exercises over the Pacific. The F-15Cs and F-22s sat out last year’s Libya war.​
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The Air Force fixed the F-15s and partially patched up the F-22s just in time for the escalating stand-off over Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons program. In March the Air Force deployed the Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 104th Fighter Wing, flying 20 standard F-15Cs, to an “undisclosed” air base in Southwest Asia — probably either Al Dhafra in the United Arab Emirates or Al Udeid in Qatar. The highly-experienced Massachusetts Guardsmen, who typically have several years more experience than their active-duty counterparts, would be ready “should Iran test the 104th,” said wing commander Col. Robert Brooks.​
 
In a way, this may be a good thing. It's basically saying, let's not attack unilaterally. That on it's own is good, but more importantly, the US isn't likely to attack first either. So in that case, no one will attack if both parties are waiting for the other to go first.
 
Glaucus said:
So in that case, no one will attack if both parties are waiting for the other to go first.
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Unless someone's intelligence agency manufactures some kind of event that looks like an attack or act of war / terrorism coming from Iran.
 
FluffyMcDeath said:
Unless someone's intelligence agency manufactures some kind of event that looks like an attack or act of war / terrorism coming from Iran.
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Don't worry Fluffy, the next terror attack will be a couple of white guys in a rusty pickup truck with Ron Paul and don't tread on me stickers. Honestly! TV will say so, so it will be true :wink:.
 
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