Time for an Israeli Strike?

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, at a meeting with lawmakers last week. (By Alireza Sotakbar — Isna Via Associated Press)

By John R. Bolton

Thursday, July 2, 2009

With Iran’s hard-line mullahs and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps unmistakably back in control, Israel’s decision of whether to use military force against Tehran’s nuclear weapons program is more urgent than ever.

Iran’s nuclear threat was never in doubt during its presidential campaign, but the post-election resistance raised the possibility of some sort of regime change. That prospect seems lost for the near future or for at least as long as it will take Iran to finalize a…read more at Washington Post

GOP Rep. Louis Gohmert asks for a physical copy of the 300-page-plus late-night amendment filed out of public view. Chair cannot tell him where one is. Rules him out of order for not making parliamentary inquiry. Chair stumped.

Barton asks chair if there is any rule requiring copy of bill being voted on to be nearby. Chair: Not that I’m aware of.

Barton asks if official copy is necessary to be at desk for final vote.

Chair says it’s at the desk. Barton says it’s not the official copy. Markey tells him to go to the cloakroom and look it up on the web.

Markey says the full bill and manager’s amendment is on the desk.

Chair rules that all the piles of paper at the desk “in effect” are an “official copy.”

WHO’S ON FIRST?
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And then, Barney Frank has the audacity to ask members to trust him on the parts of the bill that have not been presented for reading or debate.

Here I offer my reaction to Aaron Klein’s arguements in WorldNetDaily for
whether Israel should attack Iran.  Klein deserves credit for considering this
important subject – it is remarkable that so few people are even discussing this.

Klein Con 1: An Israeli airstrike would surely bring the opposition protests to a
screeching halt and likely would be used by the ruling mullahs to unite the
country against Israel.

This is Klein’s strongest argument.  But: Klein cannot know that.  If the
attack is forceful enough against the nuclear sites only, and the rhetoric
of Netanyahu starkly separates the terrorist-regime from Read the rest of this entry »

Aaron Klein weighs pros and cons of strike during opposition protests

Posted: June 24, 2009
11:40 pm Eastern

By Aaron Klein
© 2009 WorldNetDaily

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

JERUSALEM – With the Tehran regime distracted by growing opposition protests, is now a good time for Israel to strike Iran’s nuclear sites?

Iran is defying the international community and thumbing its nose at President Obama’s proposed dialogue over the nuclear issue. Israeli intelligence is warning it could be a matter of months – not years – before Iran has enough uranium that, if enriched more, could produce one or two nuclear devices. With time swiftly running out, should Israel use the opportunity of the current drama…..read more at WND.com