Top Tehran officials recommend preemptive strike against Israel

[oberliner]

Senior Tehran officials are recommending a preemptive strike against Israel to prevent an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear reactors, a senior Islamic Republic official told foreign diplomats two weeks ago in London.

The official, Dr. Seyed G. Safavi, said recent threats by Israeli authorities strengthened this position, but that as of yet, a preemptive strike has not been integrated into Iranian policy.

Safavi is head of the Research Institute of Strategic Studies in Tehran, and an adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The institute is directly affiliated with Khamenei's office and with the Revolutionary Guards, and advises both on foreign policy issues.

http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1030279.html

[hulka38]

1. Does anybody else smell bullshit?

[no_hypocrisy]

3. In other words, officials of a country allegedly w/o nuclear weapons advocate

to attack another nation WITH nuclear weapons to prevent that country from attacking their country and destroying their facilities that aren't making nuclear weapons.

Sniff, sniff. Yeah, it's wafting.

[bemildred]

5. Yes, redolent of bullshit.

Looks like a "translation problem", but it's hard to be sure. After reading closely, I would speculate that the "pre-emptive" attack against Israel would occur after a US "strike" on Iran in which Israel did not directly participate. At least that is the only way I see to get that out of what is quoted.

[global1]

2. Headline Should Read: Iran Adopts The Bush Doctrine......nt

[LeftishBrit]

4. So it should. And it's not a good doctrine for any country!