US Says No to Israeli Strike on Iran

U.S. puts brakes on Israeli plan for attack on Iran nuclear facilities

(Haaretz) – The American administration has rejected an Israeli request for military equipment and support that would improve Israel’s ability to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities.

A report published last week by the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) states that military strikes are unlikely to destroy Iran’s centrifuge program for enriching uranium.

The Americans viewed the request, which was transmitted (and rejected) at the highest level, as a sign that Israel is in the advanced stages of preparations to attack Iran. They therefore warned Israel against attacking, saying such a strike would undermine American interests.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility south of Tehran.

Israel responded by saying it reserves the right to take whatever action it deems necessary if diplomatic efforts to halt Iran’s nuclearization fail.

Senior Israeli officials had originally hoped that U.S. President George Bush would order an American strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities before leaving office, as America’s military is far better equipped to conduct such a strike successfully than is Israel’s.

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idredit on August 13, 2008 at 12:18 pm

don’t believe it. Disinformation is now being released on Georgia and Iran.

We’re into a most dangerous period in history: too many fires on different fronts. There are some anaylists and officials from former US administration who posit Russia fell into a trap by retaliating against Georgia and points to Israel’s interest in Georgia and Iran Watch the geography:

Israel Vows to do everything possible to stop Russia’s delivery of S-300 to Iran

Read about the disinformation, written by a former official of the Reagan Administration:

The Two Morons: Bush and Saakashvili:
President Bush, Will You Please Shut Up

[.]
Everyone else in the world knows that the unstable and corrupt Saakashvili, who proclaims democracy and runs a police state, would not have taken on Russia by attacking South Ossetia unless given the go-ahead by Washington.

The purpose of the Georgian attack on the Russian population of South Ossetia is twofold:

To convince Europeans that their action in delaying Georgia’s NATO membership is the cause of “the Russian aggression” and that to save Georgia from conquest Georgia must be given NATO membership.

To ethnically cleanse South Ossetia of its Russian population. Two thousand Russian civilians were targeted and killed by the US-equipped and trained Georgian Army, and tens of thousands fled into Russia. Having achieved this goal, Saakashvili and his puppet-masters in Washington quickly called for a cease fire and a halt to “the Russian invasion.” The hope is that the Russian population will be afraid to return or can be prevented from returning, thus removing the secessionist threat.

No doubt the Bush Regime can con the American population, just as it did with Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, Iranian nukes, and 9/11 itself, but the rest of the world is not buying it, not even America’s bought-and-paid-for European allies.

Writing in the Asia Times, Ambassador M. K. Bhadrakumar, a former career diplomat in the Indian Foreign Service, notes the disinformation that is being peddled by the Bush Regime and the US media and reports that “at the outbreak of violence, Russia had tried to have the United Nations Security Council issue a statement calling on Georgia and South Ossetia to immediately lay down weapons. However, Washington was disinterested.[.]

The US credit crisis is far from over

shergald on August 13, 2008 at 7:25 pm

“saying such a strike would undermine American interests.”

When did Israel ever concern itself with American interests? And when did Israel ever give a damn what an American president said? The illusion that America can influence Israel has gone on far enough. Israel doesn’t give a damned about Americans and what they think. Look how strong Bush came on at Annapolis with the Bush Initiative after the Road Map had been brushed aside. It too was brushed aside.

dada on August 13, 2008 at 7:51 pm

one reason they might pay attention now, is that they just got a real time demonstration, vis-a-vis georgia, about the reliability of chimpy and his merry band of neoCON keyboard kommando warmongers…interviews with officials at the State Department, Pentagon and the White House show that the Bush administration was never going to back Georgia militarily in a fight with Russia..

the israelis are, imo, nothing but the biggest bully on their block, but it’s getting smaller. attacking iran is a lot different animal than shooting civilians in the west bank and gaza.

look at the fiasco in lebanon…even with the u.s.’s complicity in not calling for an end to it until it was too late…how’d that work out.

they’re getting a strong message that if they pull the trigger on iran, they’re on their own.

and interesting game of chess, eh…unfortunately for both the chimperor and israel, the persians invented it….and they now find themselves, for all intents and purposes, checkmated…saakashvili isn’t the only one who’s overplayed his position

Zandar1 on August 14, 2008 at 8:06 am

The US neocons keep hoping the Israelis will strike Iran. The Israelis keep hoping the US neocons will strike Iran.

Funny how that works.

One of them will get their way soon.

Cee on August 17, 2008 at 5:29 pm

I don’t believe it.

idredit on August 13, 2008 at 12:18 pm

don’t believe it. Disinformation is now being released on Georgia and Iran.

We’re into a most dangerous period in history: too many fires on different fronts. There are some anaylists and officials from former US administration who posit Russia fell into a trap by retaliating against Georgia and points to Israel’s interest in Georgia and Iran Watch the geography:

Israel Vows to do everything possible to stop Russia’s delivery of S-300 to Iran

Read about the disinformation, written by a former official of the Reagan Administration:

The Two Morons: Bush and Saakashvili:
President Bush, Will You Please Shut Up

[.]
Everyone else in the world knows that the unstable and corrupt Saakashvili, who proclaims democracy and runs a police state, would not have taken on Russia by attacking South Ossetia unless given the go-ahead by Washington.

The purpose of the Georgian attack on the Russian population of South Ossetia is twofold:

To convince Europeans that their action in delaying Georgia’s NATO membership is the cause of “the Russian aggression” and that to save Georgia from conquest Georgia must be given NATO membership.

To ethnically cleanse South Ossetia of its Russian population. Two thousand Russian civilians were targeted and killed by the US-equipped and trained Georgian Army, and tens of thousands fled into Russia. Having achieved this goal, Saakashvili and his puppet-masters in Washington quickly called for a cease fire and a halt to “the Russian invasion.” The hope is that the Russian population will be afraid to return or can be prevented from returning, thus removing the secessionist threat.

No doubt the Bush Regime can con the American population, just as it did with Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, Iranian nukes, and 9/11 itself, but the rest of the world is not buying it, not even America’s bought-and-paid-for European allies.

Writing in the Asia Times, Ambassador M. K. Bhadrakumar, a former career diplomat in the Indian Foreign Service, notes the disinformation that is being peddled by the Bush Regime and the US media and reports that “at the outbreak of violence, Russia had tried to have the United Nations Security Council issue a statement calling on Georgia and South Ossetia to immediately lay down weapons. However, Washington was disinterested.[.]

The US credit crisis is far from over
shergald on August 13, 2008 at 7:25 pm

“saying such a strike would undermine American interests.”

When did Israel ever concern itself with American interests? And when did Israel ever give a damn what an American president said? The illusion that America can influence Israel has gone on far enough. Israel doesn’t give a damned about Americans and what they think. Look how strong Bush came on at Annapolis with the Bush Initiative after the Road Map had been brushed aside. It too was brushed aside.
- dada on August 13, 2008 at 7:51 pm
  
  one reason they might pay attention now, is that they just got a real time demonstration, vis-a-vis georgia, about the reliability of chimpy and his merry band of neoCON keyboard kommando warmongers…interviews with officials at the State Department, Pentagon and the White House show that the Bush administration was never going to back Georgia militarily in a fight with Russia..
  
  the israelis are, imo, nothing but the biggest bully on their block, but it’s getting smaller. attacking iran is a lot different animal than shooting civilians in the west bank and gaza.
  
  look at the fiasco in lebanon…even with the u.s.’s complicity in not calling for an end to it until it was too late…how’d that work out.
  
  they’re getting a strong message that if they pull the trigger on iran, they’re on their own.
  
  and interesting game of chess, eh…unfortunately for both the chimperor and israel, the persians invented it….and they now find themselves, for all intents and purposes, checkmated…saakashvili isn’t the only one who’s overplayed his position
Zandar1 on August 14, 2008 at 8:06 am

The US neocons keep hoping the Israelis will strike Iran. The Israelis keep hoping the US neocons will strike Iran.

Funny how that works.

One of them will get their way soon.
Cee on August 17, 2008 at 5:29 pm

I don’t believe it.

US Says No to Israeli Strike on Iran

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