Because the Iranian nuclear ambitions cannot be allowed to just simmer on the back burner for a day or two.
Iran yesterday warned Israel it would be making a “fatal mistake” if it took military action against Tehran’s nuclear programme.
The warning came as part of escalating verbal warfare between the two regional rivals, with Shaul Mofaz, Israel’s Iranian-born defence minister, saying Israel would not let Iran acquire nuclear capability.
“We are giving priority at this stage to diplomatic action, but we cannot tolerate a nuclear option for Iran and we must prepare ourselves,” Mr Mofaz said.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry yesterday branded Mr Mofaz’s comments “a form of psychological warfare”.
A spokesman said: “Israel knows how much of a fatal mistake it would be [to attack Iran]. This is just a childish game by Israel.”.
But speakers at a seminar in Israel yesterday voiced suggestions ranging from a show of military force to bombing Iran’s nuclear installations.
“Only a show of force by the entire world, including the United States and, afterwards, Israel, will be effective in doing away with Iran’s acquiring nuclear capability,” said Yitzhak Ben-Rafael, an army reserves general who teaches at Tel Aviv University.
Ephraim Sneh, an MP from the opposition Labour Party, said: “The state of Israel is on a collision course with the Iranian regime.”
One could just as easily make the argument that it would almost assuredly be a fatal mistake for Israel if there were no action taken against Iran.
The story also included this mildly interesting tidbit.
Meanwhile, Muqtada al-Sadr, the radical Iraqi cleric, said yesterday that his Mahdi army would help to defend Iran if it were attacked by a foreign nation.
“The Mahdi army is beyond the Iraqi army. It was established to defend Islam,” he said.
This little two-bit thug has been allowed to be a repeated pain in the arse for far too long. There is humor to be found, however, in his delusions of grandeur about his little rabble.
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Perhaps even more humerous is that over at DKos (don’t ask what I was doing over there…you know as well as I do that someone has to investigate the sewer every once in awhile). Anyway, I was perusing the pages of that foul website, and I came across a headline on someone’s post that read something along the lines of “Influential Cleric promises support for Iran.” I thought, wow, if that’s true, that’s a major reversal for someone like al-Sistani to suddenly support the Mad Mullahs.
Then I read a bit further, and I saw that this “influential cleric” was in fact, al-Sadr.
I didn’t know whether to laugh at their stupidity, or cry at their ignorance…since it was a Kossack, I laughed, of course.