I had seen this report a couple of days ago....Interesting. Although I question the truth and veracity of the story, (especially regarding Brzeziniski) I ihave no doubt that there is something to this story.....
On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 1:11 AM, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > Obama Threatened to Shoot Down Israeli Jets Attacking Iran > > Sunday, 01 Mar 2015 12:52 PM > > By Greg Richter > > <http://www.newsmax.com/Newswidget/obama-threatened-israeli-jets/2015/03/01/id/627575/?Dkt_nbr=12289-1&nmx_source=Rawstory&nmx_medium=widget&nmx_content=542&nmx_campaign=widgetphase2#> > [image: Copy Shortlink] > > <http://www.newsmax.com/Newswidget/obama-threatened-israeli-jets/2015/03/01/id/627575/?Dkt_nbr=12289-1&nmx_source=Rawstory&nmx_medium=widget&nmx_content=542&nmx_campaign=widgetphase2#> > > - > - > - > - 0 > inShare > > President Barack Obama threatened to shoot down Israeli planes if they > were sent to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities, according to reports > attributed to a Kuwaiti newspaper. > > *According to the website Israel National News,* > <http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/191966#.VPNFzGZGqpp> > the Bethlehem-based news agency Ma'an cites Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida. > > Al-Jarida reports that the alleged threat from the White House forced > Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel the planned attack. > > An Israeli minister on good relations with the Obama administration > reportedly tipped Secretary of State John Kerry to the plan and that Obama > vowed to shoot down the planes when they crossed over U.S.-controlled > airspace in Iraq. > > Al-Jarida quoted "well-placed" sources saying that Netanyahu, Minister of > Defense Moshe Ya'alon and then-Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman made the > plans for airstrikes after consulting top commanders. > > In addition to the attacks, Netanyahu and his ministers decided to try to > thwart any nuclear deal between the United States and Iran over fears that > a nuclear Iran is a threat to Israel's existence, the newspaper said. > > Israeli pilots reportedly trained for weeks on the mission and even were > able to fly into Iranian airspace without being detected by radar. > > Israel's fears of nuclear attack are not new. In 2007, an Israeli > airstrike took out a suspected nuclear site in Syria. A 1981 airstrike took > out a suspected nuclear reactor in Iraq. > > Israel National News *quoted a Daily Beast interview from 2009* > <http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2009/09/18/how-obama-flubbed-his-missile-message.html> > in > which former President Jimmy Carter's national security adviser Zbigniew > Brzezinski urged Obama to take on any threat to Iran from Israel. > > "They have to fly over our airspace in Iraq. Are we just going to sit > there and watch?" Brzezinski said. "We have to be serious about denying > them that right. That means a denial where you aren’t just saying it. If > they fly over, you go up and confront them. They have the choice of turning > back or not." > > Brzezinski even suggested, "No one wishes for this but it could be a > Liberty in reverse." > > That was an allusion to an incident in the 1967 Six Day War in which > Israeli jets and torpedo boats attacked the USS Liberty in international > waters. Israel later called the attack an incident of "friendly fire." > > Netanyahu is set to address a joint session of Congress on Tuesday over > the Iranian nuclear threat. Most Democrats have said they will not attend > and Obama has said he will not meet with the prime minister since the talk > will occur two weeks from Israeli elections. > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
