Iran WILL NOT Preemptively NUKE Israel!
Iran Intends To Use Nukes As A Deterrent,
Iran has no desire for a nuclear fought War,
Islam has fantastic edge in conventional War,
When Daniel’s 10 Islam horns unite for Attack!
10 horns would have no chance in a Nuke War!
See JP Excerpt From a Retired CENTCOM Admiral,
YNet News Excerpt via Israel General Giora Eiland,
AND DEBKAfile Excerpt Russian Air Defense System!
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
December 19, 2008
I could not agree more with the comments in the Jerusalem Post by Adm. (ret.) William Fallon, the former commander of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM). Please read what he says – It is the straight skinny! I have no fear whatsoever that Iran will launch a preemptive nuclear strike against Israel. Iran’s purpose in developing a nuclear arsenal of nuclear warheads is strictly for deterrent purpose. They want to have it as an assurance Israel won’t launch nukes against them in a conventional war.
Iran is trying to buy the best anti-missile protective system Russia has in order to further insure the Israelis won’t launch nukes against them in a conventional war.
I have long predicted that the ten horns on the Daniel’s fourth beast would be the following nations: Iran (70+), Algeria (33+), Iraq (28+), Libya (6+), Morocco (34+), Tunisia (10+), Turkey (71+), Syria (19+), Lebanon (4+), and Sudan (39+).
In case you are wondering, the bracketed numbers represent the populations of the ten horns in millions. Incidentally, the total population of Israel is 7+ million, and the bad thing is this – Of the 7+ million almost 2 million are internal Islamic foes.
So guess what kind of war the Arabs want to fight – Conventional or Nuclear? And guess how many Arabs would be killed by a nuclear attack on Israel? And how many of the 70+ million Persians and Arabs would be killed by an Israeli nuclear attack against Iran
? What’s the use of having a war if nobody’s left?
Begin Excerpt 1 from Jerusalem Post
Former US admiral says to Israel: Don’t fear Iran
December 18, 2008
Yaakov Katz , THE JERUSALEM POST
Israel is one of the strongest countries in the Middle East and needs to stop giving in to a “fear factor” with regard to the prospect of a nuclear Iran, Adm. (ret.) William Fallon, the former commander of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday.
In Israel for a regional security conference at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Tel Aviv, Fallon told the Post that he could not understand why Iran would even contemplate using nuclear weapons against Israel unless the country wanted to be destroyed.
“Do they wish to go away?” he asked, insinuating that a nuclear attack on Israel would elicit a devastating response.
“They are not nearly as strong as their rhetoric indicates,” Fallon said of Iran.
“They are not particularly strong militarily outside their own internal entity, and they have huge economic issues and political instability. Their nuclear capability might give them something to feel consolation in.”
Fallon abruptly stepped down from the command of CENTCOM in March after Esquire magazine portrayed him as being opposed to President George W. Bush’s Iran policy, describing him as a lone voice against military action aimed at halting the Iranian nuclear program. Today, he is a fellow at the MIT Center for International Studies.
Israel, Fallon said, needed to come up with a strategic plan with regard to Iran and other threats. The military was just one tool among many that countries had at their disposal when dealing with a challenge, he said.
“The first order is to get our house in order, for sure in the US, and it seems here as well,” he said. “This has to do with tasking. If the readiness is good, then you can be tasked. Therefore, you need to have your house in order and then you can take on other challenges.”
He said the war Israel fought against Hizbullah in 2006 was an example of operating without a plan.
“Where was the plan in Lebanon?” he asked. “I didn’t see one.”
He also dismissed Iran’s calls to destroy Israel as nothing more than rhetoric.
“The Iranians say there is no place for the US in the Gulf and we are here. We are not leaving and Israel is not going away. This is rhetoric and this goes on all the time,” he said.
Begin Excerpt 2 from YNet News
Former general: Israel can’t defeat Iran
Former National Security Council Chairman Giora Eiland warns against Israeli strike in Iran; Israel does not possess military capabilities that would enable Jewish State to completely destroy Tehran’s nuclear program, he says
Dudi Cohen
Israeli officials have been repeatedly warning that Israel may end up attacking Iran, yet former National Security Council Chairman Giora Eiland says such strike would not eliminate Tehran’s nuclear program.
Speaking at a conference of the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University, Eiland says Israel cannot defeat Iran’s regime via a military operation.
“To our regret, there is no Israeli military capability that would enable us to reach a situation whereby Iran’s nuclear capabilities are destroyed without the possibility of recovery,” he said. “The maximal achievement that Israel can accomplish is to disrupt and suspend Iran’s nuclear program.”
“The million dollar question” is the extent of a sufficient suspension period, Eiland said.
The former general said that Israel “cannot defeat Iran,” adding that an Israeli military operation or aerial strike cannot f
orce Iran to capitulate or end its nuclear development efforts.
Price of failure
Eiland added that any operation against Iran would require Israeli coordination with the United States, mostly in strategic terms.
“It is completely clear that if an Israeli operation in Gaza requires certain level of coordination with the US, this is certainly the case with an operation in Iran, where the implications beyond Israel are of course far reaching,” he said.
The former general emphasized that the primary risk in undertaking a military operation against Iran is its potential failure. “If you undertake a failed military operation, you pay three-fold: firstly, you didn’t succeed in hitting what you wanted, secondly, you’ve hurt your deterrence capabilities, and thirdly, you’re perceived as the aggressor,” he said.
“Iran is not Iraq of 1981 and not even Syria of 2007.
It is likely that an attack on Iran would garner a widespread response not merely by Iran, but also other nations in the region,” he said. An additional danger, added Eiland, is that Iran would attack not only Israeli targets but also American targets in the region.
The window of opportunity for an attack on Iran, as perceived by Eiland, is “short-lived.” He predicted such a possibility would be fe
asible between the summer of 2009 until the summer of 2011. This timetable will necessarily influence the next government’s decision on which actions to take, he said.
Begin Excerpt 3 from DEBKAfile Special Report
Russian S-300 anti-air weapon already delivered to Iran
DEBKAfile Special Report
December 18, 2008, 7:39 PM (GMT+02:00)
Despite the efforts of US and Israeli leaders, Moscow has begun delivering the highly sophisticated medium-range air defense S-300 system to Iran for securing its nuclear and strategic sites against potential attack.
The RIA news agency reported Wednesday night, Dec. 18: “Moscow has earlier met its obligations to supply Tor-M1 (short-range) systems to Iran and is currently implementing its contract to deliver S-300 systems.”
DEBKAfile’s military sources disclose the S-300 deliveries began two weeks ago.
Their installation, coinciding with the return home of members of Iranian air defense officers from training in Russia, means that air or missile attacks on Iranian sites will henceforth be extremely difficult and carry a high price.
On 9th October, DEBKAfile’s Moscow sources reported that Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert failed in the key mission of his trip to persuade Russian leaders to refrain from selling this advanced weapon to Iran and Syria.
On July 9, US Secretary of State Robert Gates said: “Based on what I know, it’s highly unlikely that those air defense missiles would be in Iranian hands any time soon.” Clearly, Gates was misinformed and his intelligence wrong, since five months on, those missiles are on their way to Iran.
While both the Bush administration and Israeli leaders insisted that a military option remained on the table if Iran persisted in its nuclear weapons program, neither took into account that Tehran was not deterred or standing idle.
This week, the Israeli defense ministry announced that Amos Gilead, a high official, would travel to Moscow Wednesday, Dec.
17 in a final bid to hold the Kremlin’s hand. But Olmert and defense minister Ehud Barak had missed another boat.
DEBKAfile’s military and intelligence sources report that after Iran, Moscow will install the S-300 in Syria, focusing on securing the Russian naval bases going up in the Mediterranean port of Tartous.
By selling these countries top-line weaponry, Moscow is strengthening its military presence and influence in two Middle East countries of especial interest to the United States and Israel – a tactic Soviet Russian employed in the Cold War.
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