Iran's Revolutionary Guard says expects Israel to launch war

[dipsydoodle]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Israel will eventually go beyond threats and will attack Iran, the commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards was quoted as saying on Saturday.

As speculation mounts that Israel could launch air strikes on Iran before U.S. elections in November, Mohammad Ali Jafari told a news conference that the Jewish state would be destroyed if it took such a step.

"Their threats only prove that their enmity with Islam and the revolution is serious, and eventually this enmity will lead to physical conflict," Jafari said when asked about Israeli threats to strike Iran's nuclear facilities, the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) reported.

"We are making all efforts to increase our defensive capabilities so that if there is an attack ... we could defend ourselves and other countries that need our help with high defensive capabilities."

Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/09/22/uk-iran-israel-idUKBRE88L05120120922

[Viva_Daddy]

1. Unfortunenately, they may be right. Americans should not let themselves be sucked in.

[Flatpicker]

2. I hate to

Believe it, but, I'm starting to think that this is more than saber rattling.


But not until after November. There is no reason to start a war before our govt is stabilized post election.

Then, as much as the NeoCons think the Money man would be for the war, I believe that his presidency would be a morale dampener for the soldiery. The Bush extended military terms are still fresh in peoples minds.

[JackRiddler]

3. The main reason for Israel to start a war...

would be to interfere in the US election. If a unilateral Israeli strike happens, it will happen before the election, on the assumption that Romney (who has practically made Netanyahu his running mate, or is it vice-versa?) is losing, and Obama won't go along. It will be an attempt to drag in the US because Obama could not be seen failing to back Israel in whatever "emergency" will be constructed to justify the aggression.

[fascisthunter]

4. not me... it's all garbage