Israeli intelligence estimates, backed by academic studies, have cast doubt on the widespread assumption that a military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities would set off a catastrophic set of events like a regional conflagration, widespread acts of terrorism and sky-high oil prices.
This points to a preemptive strike, methinks.
Link from NYTimes..
Mossad. Are’nt these the same guys who could not predict the attack in 1973 and the ones who made a meal of the 2006 Lebanon War estimates of Hizb strenght leading to a humiliating backdown for Israel?
They didn’t have to predict the 1973 attack. The King of Jordan told Golda Meir it was coming and they didn’t get it right.
Damn it. And here I thought the topic was going to be about how Israel thought Iran was bluffing about making the bomb to look tough, so that they WON’T go ahead and attack them. Looks like the reality is almost the complete opposite, Israel thinks they can attack Iran and they won’t make too big of a fuss about it :mad: