September 19, 2009
WELL, NOW WE KNOW HOW THEY SCREWED UP DESERT ONE SO BADLY...:
How Obama Flubbed His Missile Message: Scrapping missile defense was the right thing to do, says former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski—but how the U.S. conveyed the decision to its Eastern European allies couldn’t have been worse. (Gerald Posner, 9/18/09, Daily Beast)
Is the fallout as bad if Israel preemptively strikes Iran?Absolutely. That is the way, more importantly, how the Iranians would view it. They really can’t do much to the Israelis, despite all their bluster. The only thing they can do is unify themselves, especially nationalistically, to rally against us, and the mullahs might even think of it as a blessing.
How aggressive can Obama be in insisting to the Israelis that a military strike might be in America’s worst interest?
We are not exactly impotent little babies. They have to fly over our airspace in Iraq. Are we just going to sit there and watch?
What if they fly over anyway?
Well, we have to be serious about denying them that right. That means a denial where you aren’t just saying it. If they fly over, you go up and confront them. They have the choice of turning back or not. No one wishes for this but it could be a Liberty in reverse. [Israeli jet fighters and torpedo boats attacked the USS Liberty in international waters, off the Sinai Peninsula, during the Six-Day War in 1967. Israel later claimed the ship was the object of friendly fire.]
...apparently Carterites think it their duty to defend Iran from Western aircraft.
It's not worth worrying about, because he couldn't afford it politically, but if it ever got to the point where it was Obama and Ahmedinejad
vs, Israel, the country would split no worse than 60-40 in favor of our ally.