Strike On Iran Still Possible, U.S. Tells Israel

[Purveyor]

Source: LA TIMES

July 30, 2008

WASHINGTON -- Bush administration officials reassured Israel's defense minister this week that the United States has not abandoned all possibility of a military attack on Iran, despite widespread Israeli concern that Washington has begun softening its position toward Tehran.

In meetings Monday and Tuesday, administration officials told Defense Minister Ehud Barak that the option of attacking Iran over its nuclear program remains on the table, though U.S. officials are primarily seeking a diplomatic solution.

At the same time, U.S. officials acknowledged that there is a rare divergence in the U.S. and Israeli approaches, with Israelis emphasizing the possibility of a military response out of concern that Tehran may soon have the know-how for building a nuclear bomb.

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Barak left Israel for Washington amid reports in the Israeli press that he would try to talk the Bush administration out of what many Israelis perceive as a more conciliatory policy toward Iran.

On Tuesday, the Israeli Defense Ministry released a statement saying that Barak had told Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates that "a policy that consists of keeping all options on the table must be maintained."

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Israeli officials were concerned in December when a key U.S. intelligence report concluded that Iran had abandoned an effort to build a nuclear bomb. They also have noted with concern comments this month by Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that an Israeli airstrike on Iran would further destabilize the Middle East and compound the strain on overworked U.S. forces.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-usisrael30-2008jul30,0,625643.story

[DJ13]

1. US: Must... Keep..... Oil...... Price...... From...... Collapsing

No matter the cost to the average American.

[Purveyor]

6. Looks like its working. Crude is up over $4 bbl as I type.

[eltentwelve]

2. Re: Strike On Iran Still Possible, U.S. Tells Israel

That sounds bad. Hopefully things get resolved immediately.

[superconnected]

9. Where did you come from?

There's nothing to be resolved. Its buscho wanting to start a war for profiterring motives and trying to push aside anyone in their way, ala iraq.

[readmoreoften]

10. Welcome to DU. Yes, it's bad.

What's important is that the "resolution" doesn't become bombs over a modern city of 13 million people (that's the size of the population in all 5 boroughs of NYC.)

[ixion]

3. Yes, we must reassure bat-shit crazy rogue state Israel that we will follow them over the edge

just ducky.

[shadowknows69]

4. I'm sorry but the fools running Israel are a bunch of bloodthirsty monsters

As are the fools running things here.

[yy4me]

5. My thoughts, exactly. n/t

[Hyuke4]

7. Well

Well, cant afford to make this leadership in Israel,or their supporters mad,or unhappy.
Orders must be carried out,or else.

[Megahurtz]

8. No, YOU FIRST Israel!

Turn over your own damn Nukes you Warmongering hypocrites!

[readmoreoften]

11. I swear we were only talking! I was just getting her to trust me so it wouldn't be so obvious!

Honey! Honey, seriously. I totally plan on killing a lot of people in Iran. I do. But I just want to wait until it's the right time so we don't get leave ourselves open to prosecution. Honey. No. We can't just worry about the Hague later. We have global investments to think about. Listen, sweetie, I promise. We're going to kill millions of Iranian people. But think how much coolet it'll be if we starve millions of them first. Do you just want to go in there and bomb them, or do you want to blockade them first, make their death nice and slow and painful.

Come on baby, trust me. You know I totally love you. Hell, if I couldn't exploit you I don't know how I'd take over the middle east.

[Doctor_J]

12. I am getting comfortable with the idea of WW III

I read the recaps at truthout and mediamatters of the filth that Big Media belches up every day, and realize that a lying, amoral old fool like McSame is going to be pushed into the White House, and I realize that we are not going to extricate ourselves from the BFEE/Big Media stranglehold by ourselves. We have pretty much turned into a 3rd world country, with state-censored media and jackbooted single-party rule, and places like that have wars all the time.

We probably have one chance left, and that is to elect Obama and Clark, over the wishes of Big Media and the voting machine companies, and use the next 4 years to imprison the entire neocon cabal, asking the world to help by prosecuting everyone in the * admin for war crimes. The vote cagers and DoJ hacks can be imprisoned here.

If the neocons start WW III, it wouldn't be the worst thing that could happen to the US.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

13. Goodie! There's still hope for a nukular conflagration!

Way to keep those ol' hopes up!!! :woohoo:

I for one will sleep better tonight knowing WWIII is still on the table. I know Nancy P. must be all grins today...