An Attack on Iran is Still on the Pentagon’s Drawing Board.
Israel Prepares to Launch “The First Strike”
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Under the title “Netanyahu orders IDF to prepare for possible strike on Iran during 2014″,
Haaretz confirms that a war on Iran is still contemplated and that
Israel is actively preparing to launch a first strike, despite talks
between the West and Iran concerning Iran’s nuclear weapons program.
The IDF has received orders “to continue readying for a possible independent strike” on Iran. Moreover, a sizable amount of Israeli tax payers money has been earmarked for to this renewed military endeavor:
Despite talks between Iran and West, senior officers tell
MKs 10b shekels ($2.9b) allocated to IDF to prepare for possible attack.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister
Moshe Ya’alon have ordered the army to continue preparing for a possible
military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities at a cost of at least 10
billion shekels ($2.89 billion) this year, despite the talks between
Iran and the West, according to recent statements by senior military
officers.
The IDF representatives said the army had received a clear directive from government officials from the political echelon – meaning Netanyahu and Ya’alon – to continue readying for a possible independent strike by Israel on the Iranian nuclear sites, regardless of the talks now happening between Iran and the West, the three MKs said.
….Ever since the interim accord between Iran and the six powers was
reached, Netanyahu has stressed that Israel will not consider itself
bound by it. …
Netanyahu has upped his rhetoric on the Iranian issue, and is again making implied threats about a possible unilateral Israeli strike on the Iranian nuclear sites.
[Defense Minister] Ya’alon recently indicated … that his view has shifted and he is now likely to support a unilateral Israeli strike on Iran, in light of his assessment that the Obama administration will not do so. (Barak Ravid, Netanyahu orders IDF to prepare for possible strike on Iran during 2014, Haaretz, March 19, 2014)
Israel’s Role as a US Military Proxy: “Doing the Bombing for Us”
It is important to analyze these latest threats in a broader
context. While Israel is part of a military alliance, it cannot wage a
war on Iran on its own. This is something which is known and recognized
by military analysts.
An attack on Iran is part of a coordinated operation led by the
Pentagon, which has been envisaged since the mid-1990s as part of a
strategic “sequencing” of theater operations. During the Clinton
administration, US Central Command (USCENTCOM) had formulated “in war
theater plans” to invade first Iraq and then Iran.
