Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Israel Would Inform, Not Ask U.S. Before Hitting Iran

From Reuters:

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - When he first got word of Israel's sneak attack on the Iraqi atomic reactor in 1981, U.S. President Ronald Reagan privately shrugged it off, telling his national security adviser: "Boys will be boys!"

Would Barack Obama be so sanguine if today's Israelis made good on years of threats and bombed Iran's nuclear facilities, yanking the United States into an unprecedented Middle East eruption that could dash his goal of easing regional tensions through revived and redoubled U.S. outreach?

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My Comment: After telling Israel what they must do, Israel is now telling the U.S. to mind their own business. But unlike President Reagan's response to Israel almost 30 years ago, the U.S. has made it very clear that their response will be much harsher to an Israeli attack on Iran.

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