Is Israel's offensive vs. Hezbollah is a pre-emptive action vs. Iran considering their nuclear ambitions?

Question

plumouttamymind, in face of Iran's continuing stubbornness to continue its nuclear program, especially given what their supreme leader said today, august 21, 2006, they they will not stop with their work, I'm convinced Israel used the kidnappings as an excuse to cause unimaginable infrastructure damage vs. Hezbollah, who would definitely attack Israel if Israel happened to strike Iran's nuclear facilities from above. This way, if Israel does strike Iran, Israel has one less foe to wory about considering the obvious reprocussions of such an action.

K9, I meant for this question to spur debate. I have me beliefs for this action, I wanted to see what others thought.

Answer 1

It is a setup for a larger mid-east war.

Just as the revelation of a hi-jack plot perfectly timed to co-incide with the war.

AND just as the upcoming terrorist attack on the US (2006-2007) will be.

Answer 2

Since it's creation there has always been a war between Israel and Hezbollah. This particular engagement was backed by Iran and was met so aggresively because Iran is getting bolder. It's up to Iran if it does not want more action.
I don't think there is going to be a direct atack on Iran like there was on Iraq. Most of the MEC supported the attack on Iraq though not officially or publicaly.

Answer 3

There is increasing evidence that Israel instigated a disastrous war on Lebanon largely at the behest of the United States.

On July 30, the Jerusalem Post reported that President Bush pushed Israel to expand the war beyond Lebanon and attack Syria.

This idea was not exactly secret. In support of the Israeli offensive, the office of the White House Press Secretary released a list of talking points that included reference to a Los Angeles Times op-ed by Max Boot, senior fellow for national security studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. The article, “It's Time to Let the Israelis Take Off the Gloves,” urges an Israeli attack against Syria. “Israel needs to hit the Assad regime. Hard,” argues Boot. “If it does, it will be doing Washington's dirty work.”

Iran, too, was in the administration's sights. T he Israeli attack on Lebanon, according to Seymour Hersh, was to “serve as a prelude to a potential American preemptive attack to destroy Iran's nuclear installations.” But first, the Bush administration needed to get rid of Hezbollah's capacity to retaliate against Israel in the event of a U.S. strike on Iran, which apparently prompted Hezbollah's buildup of Iranian-supplied missiles in the first place.

Answer 4

Definitely, the US and Israel are trying to eliminate a few loose ends first (being the Hezbollah), before waging their main course in Iran.

Answer 5

the most recent stuff

was planed before the israeli troop kidnapping.

it is part of the U.S Doctrine called "A Clean Break"

what it is, is a break from all previous treaties to create a new military solution.

here is more information. the ultimate goal is to invade Syria and Iran.

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The Israeli invasion of Lebanon was planned between top Israeli officials and members of the Bush administration. On June 17 and 18, former Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Likud Knesset member Natan Sharansky met with Vice President Dick Cheney at the American Enterprise Institute conference in Beaver Creek, Colorado. There, the impending Israeli invasions of both Gaza and Lebanon were discussed. After receiving Cheney's full backing for the invasion of Gaza and Lebanon, Netanyahu flew back to Israel and participated in a special "Ex-Prime Ministers" meeting, in which he conveyed the Bush administration's support for the carrying out of the "Clean Break" policy -- the trashing of all past Middle East peace accords, including Oslo. Present at the meeting, in addition to Netanyahu, were current Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and former Prime Ministers Ehud Barak and Shimon Peres. Former Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir is very old and suffers from dementia and Ariel Sharon remains in a coma after a series of strokes.



Lebanon and Gaza invasions planned last month in Colorado meetings between Netanyahu, Sharansky, and Cheney.

After the AEI meeting, Sharansky, who has the ear of Bush, met with the Heritage Foundation in Washington and then attended a June 29 seminar at Philadelphia's Main Line Haverford School sponsored by the Middle East Forum led by Daniel Pipes. Sharansky appeared with Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum who this past Thursday was beating the war drums against Syria, Iran, and "Islamo-fascism" in a fiery speech at the National Press Club attended by a cheering section composed of members of the neocon Israel Project, on whose board Santorum serves along with Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss and Virginia GOP Rep. Tom Davis.

Our Washington sources claim that the U.S.-supported invasions of Gaza and Lebanon and the impending attacks on Syria and Iran represent the suspected "event" predicted to take place prior to the November election in the United States and is an attempt to rally the American public around the Bush-Cheney regime during a time of wider war.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=MAD20060724&articleId=2801

Answer 6

I believe that Iran, Lebanon and Syria are funding Hezbollahs attacks.

Answer 7

I hate to admit it, but you know...I really can not answer your question because what is happening in the Middle-East is way beyond my understanding..and I doubt we can actually guess what are the USAs plans over there...I just hope that this conflict shall not spread any further, but as time passes it seemes to transform into a war that in time shall ingulf all of the arab states from that region and perhaps, hope not, it'll become the 3 WW. And all of this from America's greed, it's desire to control the oil!!!

Answer 8

I do believe that Iran will announce within a month that they have nuclear weapons. I believe that Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, truly believes that he is Allah's representative on Earth to rid the world of fitnah (disbelief in Allah), that Israel must be destroyed and that subsequently the Mahdi will make his zuhur (appearance).

A nuclear war and fallout - nuclear winter would not be nice.

On August 21, Ayatollah Khamenei said on Iranian TV that Iran had "made its own decision" and would "continue its path".

Furthermore, Mohammad Saeedi, the deputy head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, Mohammad Saeedi, said that suspension of uranium enrichment was "no longer possible". He also said a heavy water production plant at Arak would become operational "in the near future".

On August 22 Ali Larijani, hand delivered Iran's 21-page response to UNSC 1696 the package of incentives to dissuage Iran from uranium enrichment with uranium hexafluoride gas in its Russian-built 1,000-megawatt reactor at Bushehr and Natanz. Iran's top nuclear negotiator said that Tehran was ready to enter "serious negotiations" over its disputed nuclear program but did not say whether it was willing to suspend uranium enrichment — the West's key demand. This was because the West had offered many economic incentives.

Iran is a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, though it has not ratified two additional protocols to the International Atomic Energy Agency's Program 93 + 2, which is designed to prevent states from developing nuclear weapons covertly.

On August 31 the UNSC will set economic and diplomatic sanctions against Iran if it continues to enrich uranium. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei avers that Iran has a right to have nuclear weapons. Leaders of the Iranian hard-line regime, believe they have a direct line to God, and they'll do whatever 'divine inspiration' requires them to do. Talking to them is pointless.

On August 19, Iran launched a large-scale area, sea and ground exercise he maneuver, the Blow of Zolfaghar (the sword used by Imam Ali), which involved 12 divisions, army Chinook helicopters, unmanned planes, parachutists, electronic war units and special forces. Iran's state-run television reported that the new anti-aircraft system was tested "to make Iranian air space unsafe for our enemies."

On Sunday, August 20, in the Kashan desert about 250 kilometers southeast of the capital of Tehran, Iran tested the Saegheh missile which has a range of between 80 to 250 kilometers. Saegheh means lightning in Farsi. (The language of Iran is not Arabic and Iranians are not Arabs.)
Iran's arsenal also contains the Shahab-3 missile, which means "shooting star" in Farsi, and is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. It has a range of more than 2,000 kilometers and can reach Israel and US forces in the Middle East.

Iran's military test-fired a series of missiles during large-scale war games in the Persian Gulf in March and April, including a missile it claimed was not detectable by radar that can use multiple warheads to hit several targets simultaneously.

The Iranian news service Al-Borz, predicted that on the first anniversary of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government, in late August 2006, Ahmadinejad is expected to announce what the news service called Iran's "nuclear birth."

In addition, an August 23, 2006 article about Iran's reply to the incentives proposal, that was posted on the Iranian Foreign Ministry-affiliated website , implied that Iran's nuclear technology had already reached the point of no return: "...

The following are excerpts from the Al-Borz report:

"It is expected that the first anniversary of the forming of the ninth government will be the date of the Ahmadinejad government's 'nuclear birth.'

"... Together with [the celebration of] the anniversary of the forming of the ninth cabinet, the president of the country [Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] will hold his third press conference... where he will answer questions from journalists from Iran and from abroad.

"In addition to detailing the activities of the government at the end of [its first] year, the head of the government [i.e. Ahmadinejad] will officially present Iran's positions on: economic and cultural matters, the nuclear dossier, the activities of nuclear research centers, and developments in the region."

Answer 9

huh...if I understand your question...This was not pre-emptive...Israel was attacked through Hezbollah holding their men captive...they fought back in defense...what don't you people get???


Added...They already proved that Hezbollah had been planning this attack for at least 7 years! Am I missing something?

Answer 10

If you have to ask you won't get it here. try your school teacher!