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Article #269: Will Israel Strike Iran's Nuclear Sites?

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In 1981 Israelis bombed a French-built Cheney that the Iraqis will welcome his
nuclear plant near Iraq's capital, troops and a great Jihad battle will
Baghdad. Prime Minister Menachem Begin raise his stakes in the Moslem world.
ordered the strike because Israel Cheney was dead wrong but Mahmoud
believed it was designed to make nuclear Ahmadinejad could be lucky. A past war
weapons to destroy Israel. U.S. made F-15 between Moslems may not be thought to be
bombers and F-16 fighters destroyed the as negative as a past war between our
Osirak reactor 18 miles south of Baghdad. crusading armies and Moslems.
You can read more details of the Israeli Some experts should chime in here. What
attack on Iraq at: Here is part of the do I know for sure?
official statement of the Israeli But I did know that Dick Cheney was
Government: "The atomic bombs which that whistling Dixie when he though the
reactor was capable of producing whether Americans would be greeted by loving
from enriched uranium or from plutonium, arms. Did he really think that Bush War I
would be of the Hiroshima size. Thus a was a great success to the Iraqis? We
mortal danger to the people of Israel bombed the hell out of their cities,
progressively arose." destroyed their infrastructure, left them
We read of secret plans made by the without food and medicine, and left a
Israelis to attack Iran at I didn't know buddle of widows, orphans, invalids, and
they had plans until I started to write angry family members of the dead. It's
this article. I was just guessing. But reported that many died in the aftermath
evidently Israel has plans and the United of the war due to the lack of the
States has no plans to stop them. necessities of life.
The contingency is that International Let's hope the Iraqis will not welcome
efforts must fail before any such attack Mahmoud Ahmadinejad either.
takes place. From past history, I doubt Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may not start a major
that Israel will listen to any such offensive in Iraq but he would surely
rhetoric. I think they will attack while increase his support to the insurgents
the Americans in Iraq form a buffer there.
between Israel and Iran. That is my Alternatively, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad could
theory and I'm sticking to it. attack Afghanistan using increased
In light of Iran's president's, Mahmoud infiltrating guerrilla tactics which
Ahmadinejad, remarks that Israel should would disrupt our operations.
be wiped off the map and the major If and when the Israelis attack Iran, a
support that he received by his followers whole new scenario will develop
on the last Friday of the fasting month worldwide. 9/11 might seem like a nice
of Ramadan when he said his remarks were fall day.
"just" and that the criticism by world It's interesting to me that Bush War II
leaders did not "have any validity," is about attacking a country that does
little doubt is left in my mind that Iran not and did not have nuclear weapons
will continue its nuclear weapons rather than attacking North Korea which
programs and that Israel will not allow does and did have nuclear weapons.
that to happen. See I fought in the Korean War. We learned
If Israel does attack, what will happen? that North Korea has a big brother and he
Well,I don't think that Mahmoud knows how to fight. Are we not attacking
Ahmadinejad will sit on his thumbs. He North Korea's nuclear sites because of
might invade Iraq, risking his army just China's nuclear weapons?
to cause as much misery to Americans as I think so.
he possibly can. He might think like Dick But again, what do I know?






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