Israeli officials: No option off table on Iran - AP

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

I hope the idiots are bluffing.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090727/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/ml_israel_us_9

JERUSALEM – Israel insisted Monday it will do whatever it must to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, even as the visiting U.S. defense chief promised tougher international sanctions if Tehran spurns an offer of talks.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates tried to reassure Israeli leaders that President Barack Obama is not naive, and he said the offer to bargain with Iran isn't good indefinitely. After meeting with Gates, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak suggested his country's patience is limited, saying — three times — that Israel would not rule out any response.

"We clearly believe that no option should be removed from the table," Barak said, referring to the unstated possibility that Israel might launch a pre-emptive attack to thwart Iran's nuclear development.

Differences between Israel and the U.S. over how to handle a looming Iranian nuclear threat dominated Gates' brief stop in Jerusalem. And later, in neighboring Jordan, Gates was blunt in describing what Iran might expect if it refuses the offer of international arms control talks this year, or walks away from Obama's wider offer of better relations with Washington

[charlie]

1. They got flyover permission from the Saudis a little while ago

Getting their ducks in a row for the Big One, it seems.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6638568.ece

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. It's ever so comforting to see that John Bolton approves.

Thanks for posting the info.

[MUAD_DIB]

3. That would make the Saudis happy. Then they can persue their own

nuke program with the USAs permission.


Bank on it.

[Behind the Aegis]

4. Wrong.

Saudi Arabia denies would let Israeli jets pass for Iran attack

Israelis also denied this allegation.

[whosinpower]

5. Will they sit down and negotiate too???

that is, after all - an option as well.