Posted on 06/03/2009 5:04:36 PM PDT by lewisglad
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Israel issued contradictory signals on Wednesday on whether it might bomb Iran, with its foreign minister saying there were no such plans and the defense minister saying all options were on the table.
Israel, widely believed to be the Middle East's only nuclear power, has repeatedly described Iran's uranium enrichment as a threat to its existence.
"I have been asked by Saudi journalists about when Israel plans to bomb Iran. We are not planning to bomb Iran," far-right Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said during a visit to Russia.
"We do not have a need" to carry out attacks on Iran, Lieberman told reporters in Russian when asked about a possible strike against Iran. "Israel is a strong country and we can defend ourselves."
Israel has in the past said all options were on the table in preventing Tehran from building atomic weapons, and this was repeated later by Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who refused to rule out a military strike on Iran.
"I repeat what I have always said, we are not taking any options off the table," Barak said to reporters in Washington after meetings with officials from U.S. President Barack Obama's administration.
ISRAELI PLANS
Many analysts have speculated that Israel, which has carried out long-range air exercises and is developing a missile interceptor system underwritten by the United States, could launch an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities
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Having an “option” on the table and not having a specific plan for bombing Iran already in place are not mutually exclusive, are they?
I would’nt admit to having a plan either! :)
Israel issued contradictory signals on Wednesday on whether it might bomb Iran, with its foreign minister saying there were no such plans and the defense minister saying all options were on the table.
This, THIS is diplomacy!
The best way to maintain surprise is by preceding it with confusion.
Sound strategy IMHO - too bad Obamasiah doesn’t understand this.
Keep ‘em guessing right up to the last moment before they bomb the living Shiite out of those Persian pricks.
I thought of posting where I stand here, but I could see the loons miscontruing my words and rounding me up in the middle of the night to take me to their re-education camp (death camp).
Oh, he does. It's just that he finds it more useful on his own populace.
Anyone that thinks they don't have a plan watches too much Oprah.
What they don't have, at least publically, is Obama's permission to overfly Iraq on the way in and out of Iran. It is doubtful that Obama will give permission....which brings about an interesting and scary bunch of senarios.
Netanyahu and Israel are playing for their existance and for keeps....Obama is playing power politics. Dangerous situation.
No, surrender would be handing over my firearms to them when they come to my front door butt first - of which won’t happen. When they come for me they will get the business end first.
Push comes to shove and I doubt that Obama will receive an early warning message before the fireworks start.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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[ping] Israel issued contradictory signals on Wednesday on whether it might bomb Iran, with its foreign minister saying there were no such plans and the defense minister saying all options were on the table. [end]
Israeli Foreign Minister: ‘Israel is NOT planning to bomb Iran’
American Thinker | 6/3/2009 | Rick Moran
Posted on 06/03/2009 6:10:15 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2263690/posts
It’s called “keeping them guessing” folks.
dazzling with brilliance, whilst baffling with bull$hit..
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