Posted on 09/23/2012 10:42:50 AM PDT by mojito
“Our pilots,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proclaims on the Channel 2 TV news, “carried out their difficult and dangerous task for the sake of the state of Israel. They have struck several Iranian nuclear facilities and have returned safely.”
For months, Israeli officials had been debating whether a strike would be worth the risk. I’m relieved they have finally acted, but I worry: What if the reactors and other nuclear facilities, which are scattered throughout Iran, some buried deep underground, aren’t entirely destroyed?
Outside my house in Tel Aviv, the early-morning stillness has been pierced by the sound of explosions; sirens lag behind the shrieks of incoming missiles. Military vehicles, loudspeakers mounted on their roofs, roll through the streets, announcing passwords that call up reserve soldiers — Israeli men and women who’ve completed their mandatory military service — joined by some volunteers. The soldiers hurry out of their homes, buttoning their uniforms and scattering to bases and missions across the country. The massacres of Jews and the piles of ash left by the Nazis are part of our collective memory. So we take responsibility for our own defense — of a land that is both a haven and a self-imposed ghetto for the Jewish people.
My husband, a volunteer beyond the age of his mandatory reserve duty, is called up to defend the home front.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
I've held the same thought for some time now, though I think the results will culminate in a huge change in life as we know it.
Correction: Uninhabitable!
I believe Pakistanis can be bought. The Pakistanis will do it. We’re not spending money there for nothing?
I think 0bama triggered the Islamic rioting on purpose (He KEEPS PUSHING ‘THE MOVIE’ LIE to exacerbate the situation) in an attempt to stop Israel from attacking Iran. Think about how Israel would be demonized for attacking Muslims for being upset about a movie. THAT would be the narrative, not the correct narrative of an attack due to Iran’s weaponized nuke development. Israel would be condemned by the world, including 0bama for ‘overreacting to Muslim protests over a movie’. This is why 0bama keeps mentioning the damn movie!
Does moonlight still matter for air attacks? Serious question — I just don’t know how much visual detection matters anymore.
Not at all. Save this as a "KML file", drag it onto Google Earth and double-click it...
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That is how it is done nowadays... (Can you spell "JDAM Nuke"?)
Meanwhile over the United States North Korea and Iran have separately launch nuclear weapons into space and sent America back to the 9th century. It is expected 90% of Americans will die in the next few months.
Our nukes are not JDAM.
They have a different guidance kit.
1. Wait for the election. Obama gets re-elected and Israel is in worse shape than it is now.
2. Wait for the election. Romney wins but doesn't assume power until January. Iran might assemble a device OR start a war before then. Not a good scenario for Israel.
3. He goes now and saves his country. He leaves the US presidential outcome up to the US electorate.
I like 3.
Israel is struck by missiles and mortars nearly every day.
How would they notice the difference?
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