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September 30, 2005
"Bomb Iran!" Urges the Israeli Government
I realize that I'm likely to be labeled anti-Semitic in some quarters even for mentioning this, but I don't know how one can interpret this article in the Washington Times, hardly a hotbed of anti-Israeli sentiment, to mean anything other than that the Israeli government is attempting to get the U.S. government to threaten (and, if necessary, use) force against Iran for its alleged nuclear program.
According to reporter David R. Sands:
The United States and its allies must act to stop Iran's nuclear programs -- by force if necessary -- because conventional diplomacy will not work, three senior Israeli lawmakers from across the political spectrum warned yesterday. . . .
Iran will not be deterred "by anything short of a threat of force," said Arieh Eldad, a member of Israel's right-wing National Union Party, part of a delegation of Knesset members visiting Washington this week.
"They won't be stopped unless they are convinced their programs will be destroyed if they continue," he said.
Yuval Steinitz, chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, said the best hope was for the United States and other major powers to make it clear to Iranian leaders now there was "no chance they will ever see the fruits of a nuclear program." . . .
The lawmakers met with their U.S. counterparts, as well as with senior administration officials, saying they highlighted the Iranian danger in all their meetings.
Asked if he thought the message got through, Mr. Steinitz said, "I did not get the feeling we were talking to the walls."
Oh, yes. The Israelis also pulled the old Iran-is-the-next-Nazi-Germany bit out of mothballs, too. Why not? It worked so well with Iraq. Said Steinitz:
"Despite all the different circumstances, we see similarities to what happened in the 1930s, when people underestimated the real problem or focused on other dangers. For us, either the world will tackle Iran in advance or all of us will face the consequences."
Posted by Mike Tennant at September 30, 2005 09:03 AM
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