Comments on: “Am Yisrael Chai!”

By: Tom Morrissey

Tom Morrissey — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:19:11 +0000

Every day the odds get poorer. At this point, Obama and Netanyahu both have wasted a year in which Iran has further advanced its program. Middle references Iran’s proxy armies, and we’ve seen what they can do in the past, but if Bibi’s to be taken at his word about Hitler analogies, there can be no prudential counterargument to doing everything to keep nukes away from Tehran. Else, Bibi’s lip service is no more meaningful than Obama’s.

By: themiddle

themiddle — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:07:07 +0000

Attacking Iran is not child’s play. At the very least, they have two proxy armies sitting on two of Israel’s borders, they have a sophisticated intelligence service, and they have been involved with bombing Jewish civilian centers in Argentina so one response to an attack could be targeting Jews around the world. Launching air strikes across the distances we’re discussing, with their facilities deep underground, is risky and maybe even impossible. It’s not as if Israel has a carrier fleet nearby. I think Israel has not launched an attack yet because making that decision is simply too hard considering the poor odds and the possible repercussions.

By: Tom Morrissey

Tom Morrissey — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:54:12 +0000

If Netanyahu truly believes that the Iranian clerical regime can be compared to Hitler’s, he is squarely faced with the burden of doing something about it. His American ally, as must be clear by now to everyone, will do nothing, not even push for the ineffectual fig leaf of sanctions, or even regime change, despite the events of last summer.