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| Israeli army says a nuclear Iran could deter Israeli military action against Hamas, Hezbollah |
| 2012-01-17 |
| A nuclear Iran could make it tougher for Israel to act against enemies closer to home, a senior Israeli military official said Tuesday, suggesting that regional fallout would be broad should Tehran achieve bomb making capabilities. Military planning division chief Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel said if Tehran attains atomic weapons, that could constrain Israel from striking Iranian-backed Islamist groups in Lebanon and Gaza, Hezbollah and Hamas. "If we are forced to do things in Gaza or in Lebanon, under the Iranian nuclear umbrella it might be different," Eshel said at a briefing in Jerusalem. He warned that a nuclear-armed Iran would set off an atomic arms race in the region, leading to "a global nuclear jungle." Israel has been warning the world for years that Iran must not be allowed to develop the technology needed to build a bomb. It worries that a nuclear-armed Iran could threaten Israel's survival and has hinted it could strike Iran militarily if international sanctions do not halt nuclear development. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #4 Hmm...Asymmetrical triangulation...That just might work. If Pharaoh allows, we might just try these PIAPs mini-sanctions. |
| Posted by: Bugs Glomoque3110 2012-01-17 23:31 |
| #3 Israel is arguing that any sharing of reliable Nuctechs to regional or international, third-party Govts. + Groups will lead to a "Global Nuclear Jungle", + that regional MilTerrs + Iran + Syria may have a combined 100,000 Rockets aimed at Israel. Personally, I prefer "Global Nuclear Kaleidoscope". OTOH WORLD NEWS > ISRAELI ANALYSTS: IRAN STILL MULLING WHETHER TO BUILD BOMB [Tehran also facing "unprecedented" external + internal threats to its stability + integrity]. * SAME > IRAN: OIL EMBARGO WILL BE ECON SUICIDE FOR EU. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-01-17 22:54 |
| #2 IIRC LUCIANNE > Israeli think-tank is claiming that the SINAI DESERT/REGION is steadily devol into a hotbed of Terrorism agz Israel, + may becom a major bone of MilPol contention between Israel + post-"Arab Spring" Egypt [ + aligned] in time. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-01-17 20:18 |
| #1 If Israel allows itself to be deterred by Iran in this respect, then it might as well start arranging for the orderly emigration of its entire citizenry to the West. Because Iran will go nuclear - thanks to the unwillingness of American public opinion to force a showdown - and Hezbollah and Hamas will attack relentlessly if they get to do so without retaliation. (Bush avoided an attack on Iran because it would have meant impeachment proceedings - he had spent all of the GOP's political capital, and then some, in Iraq). |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2012-01-17 16:17 |