By Dion Nissenbaum | McClatchy Newspapers
JERUSALEM — Six months ago, after American intelligence agencies declared that Iran had shelved its nuclear-weapons program, the chances of a U.S. or Israeli military strike on Iran before President Bush left office seemed remote.
Now, thanks to persistent pressure from Israeli hawks and newly stated concerns by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the idea of a targeted strike meant to cripple Iran’s nuclear program is getting a new hearing.
As Bush travels across Europe to gain support for possible new sanctions against Iran, Israeli leaders have been working to lay the psychological foundation for a possible military strike if diplomacy falters.
In public threats and private briefings with American decision-makers, Israeli officials have been making the case that a military strike may be the only way to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
“Temperatures are rising,” said Emily Landau, an Iran specialist at the Institute for National Security Studies, an independent Israeli research center.
If America, Israel, and the European Union keep sowing the winds of their psychotic obsessions regarding Iran, they will sooner or later reap whirlwinds infinitely worse than a nuclear Iran. Russia, China, and a host of other nations are watching and listening. They grow wearier and wearier of America, Israel, and the European Union swaggering about as bullies. They are particularly irked by America’s arrogance and will conspire against her. World War III is coming. The Ides of April 2014 will bring nothing good for America. By the way, a nasty surprise awaits America in early September of 2014. A month or so before then, her economy will lurch past the point of no return. Her economic skies will darken and remain ominous on Election Day. The news is worse on Inauguration Day or soon thereafter. Her stalwarts and lovers better start preparing for a depression that shall prove far worse the so-called Great Depression.
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Correction: September of 2014 should be September 2008.