Israeli Rhetoric On Iran Strike Heats Up, Could Impact Race For White House

[Purveyor]

By John Ray, NBC News

New Analysis

TEL AVIV – If the number of column inches in Israel’s newspapers is any kind of accurate measure, the Middle East is in for a nerve-shredding few weeks.

Day after day, the topic of Iran’s nuclear program, and the chances of Israel making a pre-emptive strike to destroy Tehran’s nuclear capability, has been headline news.

For those who fear war and its consequences, none of it has made comforting reading.

To sum up: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak are said to be close to ordering military strikes.

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[Drunken Irishman]

1. We've been hearing about a potential strike since 2011...

[Behind the Aegis]

6. Been going on longer than that....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=125&topic_id=317552&mesg_id=317575 (DU2)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=190548 (DU3)

Generally delivered by the same group of people.

[Gman]

2. The RW is planning their own October Surprise and this will be it

and they've already got the talking points and media spots in the can, ready to go.

[Politicalboi]

3. I wouldn't think most Americans want war with Iran

So hopefully this will be a losing subject for the GOP.

[leveymg]

4. Notice that nobody's getting too worked up about this?

Particularly, the Iranians.

Sorry. Bibi and Ehud can try again. Their next scheduled pre-election WWIII launch threat is Mon., 8/20, 6:09pm, EST.

[bluestateguy]

5. How does it affect the race for the WH?

The article is not clear. If Israel strikes, Obama will support them, count on it. Then he will open up the SPR to hold gas prices down.

Doing all that can only help him.

[AndyTiedye]

8. $10/gallon Gas Would Be Blamed on Obama

War with Iran is a lose-lose situation for us. Damned if we do, damned if we don't.
Sky-high gas prices either way, which would surely be blamed on Obama.
He could empty the SPR and it wouldn't do a thing to gas prices when the Straits are closed.

Pretty obvious that is what robme's trip to Israel was really about.

[dsteve01]

7. People in Iran

are exactly like us. We're purely in conflict because we both have warmonger governments.

Just thought I'd point that out.

I don't want to die a needless nuclear conflict. That would be bad.