If Worse Comes to Worse – Conventional Air Strikes on Iran’ s Nuke Site
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March 22, 2006
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I honestly wish
I could say that knocking out Iranian nuclear facilities, which I am in favor of, would solve the Middle East problem, but it will not. It will cause the bonding of the Islamic nations into a more united fanatical spirit of Islamic Jihad. I realize that some brand me as the prophet of doom, and tell me that I should be more optimistic, but I do not have a choice in this matter.
The situation in the Middle East, no matter what we do, is heading toward a conclusion that only Jesus can, and will, eventually end at Armageddon.
I believed the conflict that sets the stage for the battle of Armageddon will begin at some point in time between 2008 and 2012, and that Armageddon will occur three and one-half years after the conflict begins between 10 Arab nations and Israel.
Prophetically speaking, the Scriptures are quite specific that all these events will occur, the only question for those who believe the Bible is God’s word is not IF, but WHEN, and the Lord’s emphasis has never been WHEN, but to be ready at any time for them to occur. All of the peoples
of this generation have had their eyes on Jerusalem since it was recovered from non-Israelis by Israelis in June of 1967.
Now, the eyes of the whole world are focused on the Old Testament lands occupied by the descendants of Abraham through Abraham’s sons by Sarah, Hagar, and Keturah. It is now as it was supposed to be in the last days.
Jeremiah 30:7 – Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
The three articles which follow, one from the White House, and two from the Jerusalem Post, were extracted from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs Daily Alert, and give a general outline of where we stand on an “attack” versus “no attack” mode.
BEGIN ARTICLE ONE
Bush Warns Iran: “We Will Use Military Might to Protect Our Ally, Israel”
President Bush said Monday in Cleveland: “The threat from Iran is, of course, their stated objective to destroy our strong ally Israel. That’s a threat, a serious
threat. It’s a threat to world peace; it’s a threat, in essence, to a strong alliance. I made it clear, I’ll make it clear again, that we will use military might to protect our ally, Israel.” (White House)
BEGIN ARTICLE TWO
Former CIA Official: “U.S. Could Wipe Out Iran Nukes in Two Days”
Yigal Grayeff (Jerusalem Post)
Gary Berntsen, the former senior CIA operative who led the search for bin Laden in Afghanistan in late 2001, said in an interview he believes the U.S. has the ability to easily destroy Iran’ s nuclear
facilities using bunker-buster bombs and other weapons.
“We can take care of it in a couple of days with air strikes and they wouldn’t be able to stop us….It wouldn’t be difficult to plan.”
“I’ve worked against the Iranians for years.
They are determined to get this no matter what, and they will lie and cheat and do whatever they have to do to get themselves a weapon.”
BEGIN ARTICLE THREE
Ya’alon Describes Israel’s Military Options Against Iran
By Nathan Guttman, THE JERUSALEM POST
March 9, 2006
Former Chief of Staff, Moshe (Bogi) Ya’alon says that Israel has a military option against Iran’s nuclear program and that it should not take it out of consideration.
In a speech at the Hudson Institute – a Washington think tank – this Tuesday, Ya’alon gave a rare detailed description of Israel’s military possibilities regarding Iran.
He acknowledged the fact that Iran has its nuclear programs spread out in many sites and said that Israel can overcome
the Iranian air defense system and carry out air strikes against several dozen sites which are used for the nuclear development project.
According to Ya’alon, who is now a visiting fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, an attack against Iran’s nuclear facilities should include not only the Israeli air force, but also air forces of the US and European countries and should take place only after Iran is isolated internationally both economically and diplomatically.
Ya’alon stressed in his speech that such air strikes against Iran, will not completely destroy the Iranian nuclear program, but can set it back several years. The former chief of staff predicts that, if not dealt with, Iran is only 6 to 18 months away from achieving the nuclear know-how and 3-5 years from acquiring a nuclear bomb.
The issue of an Israeli air strike against Iran’s nuclear sites has been discussed many times in the past and was largely seen as impractical because the facilities Iran uses are spread out all over the country.
Ya’alon, in his speech at the Hudson Institute, said that striking a nuclear facility in Iran is no more difficult than targeting a terror suspect in the territories as Israeli air force has been doing for the past five years.
The former Chief of Staff did acknowledge the fact that any Israeli strike against Iran would lead to a harsh retaliation against Israel. He said that might try launching missiles from its own territory towards Israel or to use the Hizbullah in Lebanon and the Hamas in Gaza in order to fire rockets into Israel. Yet Ya’alon added that Israel can withstand such an attack, thanks to its effective anti-missile systems.
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