Some people dream of the day when Republicans and Democrats will join hands across the aisle and do the right thing for America. That actually happened, for about five minutes, after 9-11. The sad truth is that it takes a major threat at that level before politicians in any party will drop the partisan bickering. That also means when you do see this happen, something big is going down. According to the Washington Post, this is exactly what is happening is Israel:
We should point out that Israel also called up reserves a few days ago.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/knesset-approves-call-up-of-22-idf-battalions/
I do not know what Israel is planning to do, but it looks very serious. It also looks imminent. It would seem obvious that if Israel was planning to attack Iran, they would take steps to secure their border with Egypt. Of course Israel’s relationship with Egypt is also deteriorating rapidly.
Israel has shown a willingness to take on military risks no other nation would consider. When they say “never again” they mean “NEVER AGAIN.” Israel didn’t wait to get attacked in 1967. It also didn’t wait to attack Iraq’s nuclear program and it didn’t wait to attack Syria’s nuclear facility. The Israeli’s are not big on waiting for the U.S. to save their bacon.
If recent reports are accurate, it took President Obama nearly ten months to work up sufficient courage to order the attack on Osama bin Laden. Obama refused to give the order until he felt the CIA could absolutely guarantee that bin Laden was really there. Even then, he apparently gave the order only after having Leon Panetta prepare a carefully crafted CYA memo so Obama could blame someone else if things went south. How much proof do you think Obama would require before attacking Iran?
Now picture yourself Prime Minister of Israel. Consider the following report that Iraq may be getting close to having a nuclear weapon.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/may/10/photo-suspicious-activity-iranian-military-site/
Would you risk the future of Israel on Obama being ready, willing and able to do the necessary ?
Remember, this is only what has leaked to the main stream media. They are almost certainly other intelligence reports on the subject. Odds are, these are even more alarming. If you were Iran, would you rather deal with President Obama or President Romney? It sure seems like a lot of incentive to get while the getting’s good? I don’t know what is going on, but from here it looks like there’s a bad moon on the rise.
TDM