Iran mulls pre-emptive strike on Israel
Some in Iran are advocating for a pre-emptive strike against Israel. Only because Israel has been talking about hitting their reactor facilities… and if Israel hadn’t been shooting their mouth off about it, none of this would ever have come up, doncha know…
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.
…Safavi said a small, experienced group of officials is lobbying for a preemptive strike against Israel. “The recent Israeli declarations and harsh rhetoric on a strike against Iran put ammunition in these individuals’ hands,” he said.
Safavi also said that a victory by U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama would pave the way for dialogue with Washington, while a John McCain presidency would bolster Iran’s extreme right, which opposes dialogue. If conditions are favorable following the U.S. election, he said, Iran could draw back from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s declaration that “the nuclear case is closed,” and put it back on the agenda.
