Posted on 02/27/2012 7:15:20 PM PST by tobyhill
Israeli officials say they won't warn the U.S. if they decide to launch a pre-emptive strike against Iranian nuclear facilities, according to one U.S. intelligence official familiar with the discussions. The pronouncement, delivered in a series of private, top-level conversations, sets a tense tone ahead of meetings in the coming days at the White House and Capitol Hill.
Israeli officials said that if they eventually decide a strike is necessary, they would keep the Americans in the dark to decrease the likelihood that the U.S. would be held responsible for failing to stop Israel's potential attack. The U.S. has been working with the Israelis for months to persuade them that an attack would be only a temporary setback to Iran's nuclear program.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak delivered the message to a series of top-level U.S. visitors to the country, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the White House national security adviser and the director of national intelligence, and top U.S. lawmakers, all trying to close the trust gap between Israel and the U.S. over how to deal with Iran's nuclear ambitions.
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Psa 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
I just hope those in our intelligence community are pro-America more than they are pro-Obama. They will figure it out, but I hope and pray that they will do so inefficiently, mere seconds before the attack, for the sake of our national security.
If that’s the way they want it, they can deal with the after effects all by themselves as well.
“US intelligence will figure it out”
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US intelligence? I have begun to doubt that it exists...in any meaning.
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