Israel the key for taking out Iran?
With an accusation by the Israeli military that Iran has been training and equipping Hezbollah with those now famed Katyusha rockets, I wonder if the stage is being set for an Invasion of Iran by Israel, followed ultimately by us - the big ol' U.S. of A.
I read this, just this evening in the NY Times:
General Nehushtan said the missile, which was fired from the Lebanese coast, was part of a system that required direct training from Iran. "We see this attack as a very clear fingerprint of Iranian involvement," he said.I've been thinking ever since this whole thing started, that this is all one gigantic over reaction. I mean, to invade a country, begin a bombing campaign, and start a war just because two Israeli soldiers were kidnapped and were 8 killed in a copy-cat cross-border raid - and the actual state they invaded and attacked wasn't directly responsible - is insane. Or is it? Just taken on it's face, it seems rather extreme. But, when one starts to read the little clues here and there, things begin to take a different shape:
Dozens of Iranian fighters are in Lebanon, and they have been working with Hezbollah for more than two decades, the military says. Iran provides a large part of the group's financing and weaponry.
"We see this attack as a very clear fingerprint of Iranian involvement" -General Nehushtan
"Iran provides a large part of the group's financing and weaponry."-NY Times
"In a more ominous sign that the struggle could spread, Israel accused
Iran of helping launch a missile that damaged an Israeli warship, a charge both Hezbollah and Iran denied."- Associated Press
"In New York, Lebanon accused the United States of blocking a U.N. Security Council statement calling for a cease-fire." - Associated Press
Call me a crazy conspiracy theorist if you like. But, I think all signs point to a possible invasion of Iran in the very near future - where Israel plows in first, and we follow out of a need to help a friend defend itself.
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