Israel rethinks anti-Iran warnings-(stand down)

reutuers ^ | 9/30/09 | reutuers

[Flavius]

Suddenly, the Iranian "existential threat" seems to have receded from Israel's horizon.

It began with a bombshell Sept 18 newspaper interview in which Defense Minister Ehud Barak asserted that a nuclear-armed Iran could not destroy the Jewish state. Similar public remarks followed from the general in charge of all military operations.

[Flavius]

[Nachum]

I am waiting for the sucker punch here.

[buccaneer81]

It began with a bombshell Sept 18 newspaper interview in which Defense Minister Ehud Barak asserted that a nuclear-armed Iran could not destroy the Jewish state.

A lousy former PM produces a real pants load. Israel is the size of New Jersey. One nuke would ruin the whole day for Israel. Destroy Tel Aviv, fallout travels to Jerusalem, game over as a nation.

[American Constitutionalist]

" A lousy former PM produces a real pants load. Israel is the size of New Jersey. One nuke would ruin the whole day for Israel. Destroy Tel Aviv, fallout travels to Jerusalem, game over as a nation. "

Not if the God of Israel has anything to say about it, .....
Israel is the Apple of God's eye, he will not let Israel be destroyed.

[Jack Hammer]

The calm before the storm. To allow Iran to develop working nuclear devices would be national suicide for Israel, and Bibi’s not the type to go down without a fight. The action may be coming soon....

[HiTech RedNeck]

Israel has been busy deploying their “Iron Dome” shield (to knock-down any incoming missile with a kinetic energy antimissile) Maybe it’s in working order now?

[flaglady47]

Yeah, lull them into a false sense of security, and then zap them.

[Jack Hammer]

I don’t wish to seem uninformed, but evidently I am.... what is a kinetic energy antimissile; something without explosives inside?

[HiTech RedNeck]

Yeah. That’s why they are calling it an “Iron Dome.”