| #2 Y'know, I'd bet the Kurds would be rather happy to allow them a refueling stop somewhere around Arbil - it would serve well enough as a midpoint if they entered Northern Syrian airspace from the Med. Got all those bunker busters sorted by now, I'd bet. I can hear the Kurds, surprising CENTCOM to no end with it's new secret air forces, requesting that call sign Black Hat Buster be allowed to conduct operations unimpeded by MNF, heh. Then they would disappear back to their secret bases. Yeah, that's the ticket. Hey, it's not like the Syrians would be stupid enough to get in the way of a massive Israeli strike package with heavy cover both ways - they might decide to make it a two-fer. |
Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in remarks published Monday that he would support a pre-emptive strike against Iran's nuclear program, the first time an Israeli leader has openly called for military action against the Islamic republic. Netanyahu's comments, made in the heat of a campaign for leadership of the hardline Likud Party, drew criticism from rivals, who accused him of playing politics with the country's security. Israeli leaders have repeatedly identified Iran as the biggest threat to Israel and dismissed Tehran's claim that its nuclear program is solely for peaceful purposes. Iran's announcement Monday that it plans to build a second nuclear power plant is likely to heighten the Israeli concerns.