[From article]
Israel always had assumed that if -- stress “if” not “when” -- the time came for a military strike, the U.S. would be part of the package. There was never an "Osirak option" for Israel against Iran -- no single strike that would end the program, and Israelis in government had always been clear that a setback was the best that could be expected. The Osirak raid itself wasn't expected to eliminate Saddam's program, just set it back about 18 months to 2 years. But the French declined to supply another reactor, effectively ending the program in that form. Iran learned from that and separated, buried, and hardened its facilities, and improved its air defenses. One key facility is alongside and under Qom, as Iran assumed no one would want to be responsible for blowing up "the holy city of Qom,” or its civilian population.
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it should be noted that at the height of the Iraq War, when Iranians were killing American soldiers, the Bush administration did not respond, preferring to downplay Iranian direct aggression against the United States.
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An IDF Chief of Staff said once that his obligation was to “Jewish generations past, present and future.” Congress and the president should have no objection to hearing that point of view.
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/02/2_20_2015_15_23.html
February 23, 2015
The U.S.-Israel Divide on Iran
By Shoshana Bryen
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