Israel would inform, not ask U.S. before hitting Iran

[babylonsister]

Israel would inform, not ask U.S. before hitting Iran
Wed May 6, 2009 5:34am EDT

By Dan Williams - Analysis

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Israel would want to ensure that its jets would not be shot down by accident if overflying U.S.-occupied Iraq, and to give Americans in the Gulf forewarning of possible Iranian reprisals.

"Whether or not Israel got the green light from Washington to attack Iran is almost immaterial, as everybody in the region would believe that the U.S. was complicit," said Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

One U.S. diplomat envisaged Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak telephoning Pentagon chief Robert Gates, unannounced, "to give a heads-up and explain" once the mission were under way.

Gates and the U.S. military brass have voiced distaste for pre-emptive strikes on Iran, which says its uranium enrichment is for legitimate electricity production, not weapons. But their public comments have acknowledged that Israel could break rank.

"I do not doubt that Israel will do what it thinks it needs to do, regardless of whether the U.S. approves," said Mark Fitzpatrick, non-proliferation expert at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.

"Israel would seek forgiveness, not permission."

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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE54523R20090506?sp=true

[dipsydoodle]

1. How kind of them -

not.

[FarCenter]

2. If they overfly Iraq, and we do not engage them, then we are permitting them

The main premis of the article is completely phony.

[malaise]

3. They'll be using US weapons to boot

:puke:

[lovuian]

4. yep

thats it

[Zywiec]

6. So I guess Jordan or Syria would be permitting it also

since Israel would have to cross one of those borders on the way to Iran.

[PCIntern]

5. We went thru this with the Iraqi reactor

and everyone screamed and hollered after the strike...then went to bed with a smile on their collective faces because now Saddam wouldn't have nukes.

Big 'game'...Israel would do this only if the backchannels showed collective head-nodding.

[classysassy]

7. Spineless

the congressional critters(crooks),will continue covering the lukids ass,as they take us closer to ww3.