Will Israel launch a preemptive strike against Iran?

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http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/282070/netanyahu-signaling-preemptive-strike-against-iran-joel-c-rosenberg
Netanyahu spoke to the Knesset on Monday and delivered his most sobering warning yet about the magnitude of the Iran threat and the rising dangers Israel is facing throughout the Middle East. “If I had to summarize what will happen in our region, I would use two terms: instability and uncertainty,” Netanyahu told his parliamentary colleagues and his nation. “The collapse of Qaddafi’s regime in Libya, the bloody incidents in Syria, the American forces leaving Iraq, the new government in Tunisia, the upcoming elections in Egypt and many other events — these are all expressions of the immense changes occurring around us. These changes can increase the instability within these countries, and the instability between countries. … A nuclear Iran would pose a terrible threat on the Middle East and on the entire world. And of course, it poses a great, direct threat on us too.”

Then, Netanyahu made news. “A security philosophy cannot rely on defense alone,” he insisted. “It must also include offensive capabilities, which is the very foundation of deterrence. We operate and will continue to operate intensely and determinately against those who threaten the security of the State of Israel and its citizens. Our policy is guided by two main principles: the first is ‘If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first,’ and the second is ‘If anyone harms us, his blood is on his own hands.’”

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well Israel is always the first to attack in all the war it has been involved in
its only the matter of which time are they going to strike 
we'll be not surprise to see another Arab- Israeli war in our life time

Daniel ben Mordechai · Answer

I think that the possibilities of such a strike are clearly increasing, given that the United States has been unwilling to take that course - not only under the current, appeasement-oriented administration of Barack Obama, but also under the administration of George W. Bush, the latter administration's reputation for toughness notwithstanding.

I have not been entirely uncritical of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's policies.  Indeed, I have articulated my strong opposition elsewhere at Yahoo! Answers to his recent deal under which Israeli captive soldier Gilad Shalit was freed because of the exceedingly lopsided terms of the deal and my sense that it would ultimately lead to an increase in kidnappings and terrorism, as the following thread shows:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AopnAN0vEg9Sne83BkWmbh_ty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20111018164351AAlZLqu

However, Netanyahu is absolutely right about the potentially apocalyptic dangers that a nuclear Iran would pose.  We shall have to watch the news from the Middle East closely to see how this develops; my own sense is that if Israel goes ahead with a preemptive strike it will invariably do so without support from other governments, making it necessary for individuals (and bloggers on the Internet) to provide words of support.

Micheala3-#1 Fan of WDPLM?4 · Answer

"It seems that only Netanyahu and Barak know, and maybe even they haven't decided," commented Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff, both respected Haaretz writers. "While many people say Netanyahu and Barak are conducting sophisticated psychological warfare and don't intend to launch a military operation, top officials … are still afraid."

bluelotussmellslikebananas · Answer

They have a right to defend themselves.  We already know that Iran wants to wipe them off the earth and they launch attacks everyday into Israel.  What would you do?

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