tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30075287.post554829182840331357..comments2023-10-30T00:44:26.707-07:00Comments on DemoCast: Defense Secy Gates leaks details of Israel Air Force tactics against Iran's nuclear weaponsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30075287.post-78517937677961623032008-06-23T16:46:00.000-07:002008-06-23T16:46:00.000-07:00Israel on the Iran BrinkJune 23, 2008; Wall St. J...Israel on the Iran Brink<BR/><I>June 23, 2008; Wall St. Journal Online Page A16</I><BR/><BR/>... Mr. ElBaradei predicted this weekend that such an attack would turn the Middle East into a "ball of fire," yet his own apologies for Iran and the West's diplomatic failures are responsible for bringing the region to this pass. They have convinced the mullahs that the powers responsible for maintaining world order lack the will to stop Iran.<BR/><BR/>Israelis surely don't welcome a war in which they will suffer. Yet they have no choice but to defend themselves against an enemy that vows to obliterate them if Iran acquires the weapon to do so. The tragic paradox of the past six years is that the diplomatic and intelligence evasions offered in the name of avoiding war with Iran have done the most to bring us close to this brink. Appeasement that ends in war is a familiar theme of history.<BR/><BR/>(Read entire article by clicking on wall st. journal name.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com