US Fears Impending Israeli Attack on Iran over Nukes

United States officials are  worried that Israel may attack Iran's nuclear facilities at any given moment, according to an Israeli televison station.

This fear is being driven by the union of Shaul Mofaz and his Kadima party with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.

United States officials are  worried that Israel may attack Iran's nuclear facilities at any given moment, according to an Israeli televison station, 

This fear is being driven by the union of Shaul Mofaz and his Kadima party with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.

According to a story on the Arutz Sheva website (referencing the Channel 10 item) U.S. officials believe a Likud-Kadima government could make a quick decision about an Israeli attack on Iran at any moment, even before the U.S. presidential elections in November.

The Americans have been operating under the assumption that early elections would be held in Israel which would likely postpone an Israeli attack of Iran at least until after the election. 

With Israeli politics stabilized and the current government likely to end its term as scheduled, the situation has changed and the US is worried.

It is generally accepted by the US, European and Gulf Arab states that Iran is developing a nuclear weapons program, not simply peaceful, energy applications.

The position of the Israeli minister of defense remains that "as long as Iran poses a threat to Israel with its nuclear program, all options are on the table."

Defense Minster Ehud Barak recently said, "I believe it is well understood in Washington, D.C., as well as in Jerusalem that as long as there is an existential threat to our people, all options to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons should remain on the table,"

"A military option is not a simple one," Barak added. "It would be complicated with certain associated risks. But a radical Islamic Republic of Iran with nuclear weapons would be far more dangerous both for the region and, indeed, the world."

Recent reports indicate that President Barack Obama is prepared to make a major concession to Iran on uranium enrichment which would allow five percent enrichment if Iran  takes other major steps to curb its ability to develop nuclear weapons.

(Summarized and excerpted from Arutz Sheva, Israel National News)

American Truism #15.

Team Obama Caught Lying About Gay Marriage Decision

Team Obama has just been caught in a lie, and most people probably haven't even realized it, yet.


A story in today's DAILY BEAST by media watcher Howard Kurtz essentially claimed that Obama's hand was forced into making a statement on his change of opinion on gay marriage because Vice President Joe Biden's endorsement of gay marriage on Sunday.


Kurtz' story says the Biden remarks "knocked the White House off what was supposed to be its message this week—student loans and economic issues.


But, this story, being pushed by the Obama camp, is a lie.


And here's how we know that:


Antonio Villaraigosa, Chair of the National Democratic Convention just blew Obama's cover story, and probably doesn't even realize (yet) what he's done.

Appearing on tonight's (Thurs, May 10th) JOHN KING USA (CNN) Villaraigosa said he had known for about two weeks that BHO would make a statement, changing his stand on gay marriage.


 "I did know a couple of weeks ago that something would be said soon . . . that the President would be making a statement soon on the issue."  - Antonio Villaraigosa


There's no ambiguity there whatsoever.  Villaraigosa answered a direct question from John King and said clearly that he had known something was brewing for two weeks.


So, why does this matter?  Who cares? 


It matters because the Obama camp has absolutely USED the media (including Howard Kurtz, who I LOVE) to make it appear that the President has been "struggling" with the issue of gay marriage and that the only reason he went public was because of Biden's "ill-timed" remarks.


According to Kurtz' DAILY BEAST article, "The declaration was not supposed to come this week. Instead, the White House had planned to dramatically unveil the shift shortly before the Democratic convention. But Obama had been agitated by Vice President Joe Biden’s own endorsement of gay marriage on Sunday, which knocked the White House off what was supposed to be its message this week—student loans and economic issues."

Kurtz goes on to say, "The president expressed his frustration to West Wing officials—some of whom questioned whether Biden had wandered off script or was trying to foster a change in policy—but Obama didn’t take up the issue with his No. 2. Asked about Biden's role in prodding him, Obama acknowledged to ABC "that I would have preferred to do it in my own time, on my own terms."

EVEN as I type this, CNN's Erin Burnett is reporting that Biden is being "thrown under the bus" for preempting Obama with his own statement.  Clearly, that's not true if people such as Villaraigosa have known about a pending Obama change for as long two weeks.


American Truism #14.