Barack Obama with Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office. Photo: Pete Souza.
Israel And The US Would Come To Deeply Regret Air Strikes Against Iran -- Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, The Guardian
Israel's Begin doctrine may have worked twice before. But this isn't 1981 or 2007 and Iran is not Iraq or Syria
Binyamin Netanyahu, usually an exemplar of self-restraint, lost his temper last week. In a closed-door meeting discussing the military and intelligence chiefs who oppose an air strike against Iran, the Israeli prime minister snapped, "I'm responsible, and if there's a commission of inquiry later it's on me," according to well-orchestrated leaks by his aides.
Netanyahu seems to feel a historic – almost messianic – calling to stop Iran's nuclear programme. Even if retaliation by Iran and its allies in Hamas and Hezbollah takes the form of a lethal rain of rockets on Israel, he is adamant that a nuclear-armed Iran would be far worse.
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My Comment: I agree .... Iran is not Iraq or Syria.
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