Kristol’s 2014 Prediction: Israel Will Take ‘Real Action’ And Attack Iran

[Purveyor]

BY BEN ARMBRUSTER ON JANUARY 2, 2014 AT 2:24 PM

Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol this week predicted that 2014 will be an exciting year for Iran and Israel watchers as the neocon leader says Israel is going to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Last November, the United States, its international partners — the P5+1 — and Iran reached an interim agreement over Tehran’s nuclear program with the aim of reaching a final deal within the next 6 to 12 months, leading many experts to conclude that an Israeli strike during this time is highly unlikely.

Yet Kristol — who has made a habit of calling for war with Iran — thinks otherwise. “I think we will see, because of the failure of Obama to do anything, Israel taking action to delay Iran’s nuclear program,” he said this week on the Weekly Standard’s podcast.

“I don’t mean sending John Kerry somewhere to have a discussion,” he added. “No, I mean real action, the kind that we should take as a great power.”

Analysts and pundits have been saying for years that Israel should or will take “real action,” as Kristol says, and attack Iran in 6 months or in one year; but of course those predictions never turned out.

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http://thinkprogress.org/security/2014/01/02/3112031/kristol-2014-israel-real-action-iran/

[kelliekat44]

1. I wish Kristol would stop wishing out loud. nt

[JHB]

2. Most people would get arrested for masturbating in public...

...but bill just keeps getting invited back in front of cameras.

[Purveyor]

3. Guess he didn't get a fleshlight for christmas this year.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

16. Just threw up in my mouth a little.

Didn't need that visual.

[pangaia]

6. +1000

[DisgustipatedinCA]

17. Post of the day!

[joeybee12]

4. Bill Kristol is one of the few people shameless enough to reveal the details of his...

latest wet dream.

[1StrongBlackMan]

5. Well ...

the silver lining of this prediction is Kristol's has quite the track record with wrong predictions. Has he gotten a single prediction correct?

[DonViejo]

8. Here ya go...

How Does He Keep Getting A Platform? Bill Kristol’s History Of Terrible Predictions And Bad Advice

by Andrew Kirell | 2:37 pm, June 10th, 2013

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/how-does-he-keep-getting-a-platform-bill-kristols-history-of-terrible-predictions-and-bad-advice/#2

[winter is coming]

7. Sigh. He'll be trying to gin up a war in the Middle East with his dying breath. n/t

[NuclearDem]

9. Alright, so smart money says Israel-Iran peace treaty.

[Bigmack]

10. It's not that he's fucked up....

so much as what he says will be seen and given credence by various warhawks in various countries.

It's Hearst drumming up war fever with Spain..."You furnish the pictures, and I’ll furnish the war.”

[FSogol]

11. Ladies and Gentlemen, Introducing the Neo-con wet dream!

[Blue Owl]

12. Peer into his Kristol Ball at your own risk

n/t

[sufrommich]

13. Kristol thought he'd be pallin' around with

Vice President Palin too.

[spanone]

14. just another neocon chickenhawk

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

15. What a horses anus. Wishing for another war.

So after Israel supposedly attacks with a limited strike is Iran just supposed to sit back?

Any nation that is attacked has the right to defend itself. What then? Does the USA have to back up Israel if they throw a sucker punch?


This saber rattling is just dumb and is a distraction from the mess that Israel is in WRT the Palestinians situation.