Netanyahu ‘Almost’ Certain to Strike Iran in the Fall of 2012?

It may be that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu might strike Iran in or by the Fall of 2012:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak have “almost finally” decided on an Israeli strike at Iran’s nuclear facilities this fall, and a final decision will be taken “soon,”…Critically, the station’s diplomatic correspondent Udi Segal said, Israel does not believe that the US will take military action as Iran closes in on the bomb…Obama does not want to intervene militarily before the presidential elections in November, and it is doubtful that he would act afterwards, runs the Israeli assessment, the TV report said. Obama may believe that the US can live with a nuclear Iran, but Israel cannot, the report quoted those in “Netanyahu’s circle” as saying…

“It becomes clear time after time that when it comes to the safety of Israeli citizens, Israel must and can rely only on itself. No one can fulfill this role except the IDF and different Israel security forces of Israel, and we will continue to conduct ourselves in this way,” Netanyahu said. http://www.timesofisrael.com/decision-by-netanyahu-and-barak-to-strike-iran-is-almost-final-israeli-tv-says/

The USA seems to not fully be on board with this as the above and following suggest:

US-Israel rift over Iran nuclear red line deepens

The differences between Israel and the U.S. on whether to take action against the Ayatollah regime over its nuclear weapons program have deepened. The U.S. still believes that Iran is not on the verge of producing a nuclear weapon and that Tehran has not made a decision to pursue one, U.S. officials said on Thursday.

Their comments came after Israeli media reports claimed U.S. President Barack Obama had received a new National Intelligence Estimate saying Iran had made significant and surprising progress toward military nuclear capability.

The new National Intelligence Estimate report on the Iranian nuclear program is very similar to Israeli assessments on the matter, and the perturbing nature of the report highlights the disparity between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s position to that of President Obama.

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=5359

In my view, Prime Minister Netanyahu has tended to be more focused on a “best case” scenario for an Iranian invasion. And while he may or may not be right about US President Obama, his views of him may influence his decision.

Since Iran is not the prophesied King of the South (Daniel 11:40) something must change to reduce its Islamic militaristic influence.

Of course, the religious leaders of Iran do not want a regime change that would eliminate their version of an Islamic empire. They may decide that they have no choice but to fight back hard believing that doing so represents their real opportunity to fulfill their view of Iran’s Islamic destiny. Earlier this year, Iran’s “supreme leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stated “In light of the realization of the divine promise by almighty God, the Zionists and the Great Satan (America) will soon be defeated” (for more details see Ayatollah Khamenei Claims America “Will Soon be Defeated”). That would suggest that he might want Iran to fight back hard.

It would seem that such a regional war in the Middle East would possibly get out of control, especially presuming Syria is involved. If so, not only Iran and Syria, but Israel and possibly the USA could incur much greater damage than the better case scenarios that the Israelis would tend to hope for. There are chemical and biological weapons that could affect Israel and the USA, as well emp type bombs, “dirty” bombs, and other nuclear-type bombs that Israel and/or the USA may have underestimated. Terrorist and other attacks are also possible.

Whether Israel attacks first or an Iranian/Syrian/Lebanese/Iraq etc. confederation (and not necessarily all of them) attacks first, either way, the somewhat Shit-ite Muslim confederation led by Iran will not succeed with taking over the Middle East. And while Israel (and possibly also the USA) will suffer from a regional war, Iran will not totally win or attain its desired objectives.

The situation in the Middle East is tense and could change overnight. As Jesus said, “37 And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!” (Mark 13:37).

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