Israel's opportunism

[Minstrel Boy]

From The Jerusalem Post (Jul. 12, 2006 13:13 | Updated Jul. 13, 2006 5:44): "Only weeks ago, an entire reserve division was drafted in order to train for an operation such as the one the IDF is planning in response to Wednesday morning's Hizbullah attacks on IDF forces along the northern border."


America's Countdown: Tehran has been stuck at 20 minutes and holding for a couple of months now, derailed by Iran's rational posture regarding its nuclear ambitions and the ongoing thwarting of anything approaching even the Bush administration's benchmark for a casus belli. Israel's hawks, by smashing in the back door, are baiting Iran to action, which would goad the US to crash through the front. Israeli military claims, trumpeted by FoxNews, that the Haifa rockets were fired by Iranian Guard units, and the absurd suggestion that Hezbollah intends to transport their captured soldiers to Iran, say forcefully that this isn't about Lebanon, though for now it will be mostly the Lebanese who perish. (Interestingly, The Jerusualem Post noted Thursday that "Before the attack on Haifa, CNN reported that the US Navy ordered one of their ships that was docked at the Haifa Bay to be moved to a safer location." Though the story has since been removed.)

This is a war crime of opportunity, calculated to at last draw out Iran and draw in American arms to finish what they began in Iraq. Madness is the method, and Death was never going to take a holiday this summer.

[burythehatchet]

1. to believe otherwise is to deny reality n/t

[ladjf]

2. Israel is having a good time "shooting fish in a barrel".

But, what goes around comes around. They are generating some terrible karma.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

3. If the Republicans lose the November elections

and Bush gets bogged down in Congressional investigations, the opportunity to take out Iran for the hardliners may be permanently lost. Therefore, agree with the article's premise, as I think this is seen as perhaps the last and best opportunity to get both Syria and Iran.

[DELUSIONAL]

4. Political motivation -- with eyes toward the US November election

This isn't about a few captured soldiers --

How do the Israelis know that one of their bombs isn't going to kill their own soldiers??

[Ripley]

5. Bait.

That word has been in my head all week. You are damn right that is what is going on. And I would not put it past them to psyops their own and hit Tel Aviv, since they are ratcheting up the fear that Iran could "hit" Tel Aviv.

We all knew it was coming, but it is still rather shocking.

[eyl]

6. I'm curious

how, exactly, do you think Israel got Hizbullah to cooperate with its nefarious scheme?

[pelsar]

7. and a year ago...

funny thing about the IDF...they have a habit for planning for different scenarios....last year i was in a similar exercise....and i guess the ones that appeared to be training for a war with syria (about 8 years ago) was also part of some kind of plan that never materialized.....i wonder what kind of evil plan the IDF is cooking up now, guess i 'll have to wait...