Former NSC Chief Eiland: Obama nixed Netanyahu's attack on Iran

Former National Security Council Chief Giora Eiland says that Prime Minister Netanyahu had decided to attack Iran, but called it off due to pressure from President Hussein Obama (Hat Tip: Sunlight).

The Mida website quoted statements reportedly made by Eiland, the
former head of the National Security Council, in a closed conference on
defense.

According to Eiland, “The Prime Minister

From Munich 1938 to Damascus 2013, nothing has changed

Iran isn't the only country watching the West doddle on Syria. So is Israel. Britain's backing out of a Syria strike, and Hussein Obama's obvious hesitation to do the job are going to encourage an Israeli attack on Iran.

But the Iranians are not the only ones watching.  So is Israel. 
Whether or not Israel decides to act against Iran could be determined in
large part by how the world acts

Israeli officials: Talks just giving Iran more time

In what may be an attempt to lay the final groundwork for a strike on Iran, 'Israeli officials' are claiming that the P 5+1 talks are accomplishing nothing except to give Iran more time.

[EU Foreign Policy chief Catherine] Ashton phoned new Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on
Saturday, just after he was inaugurated in his post, to congratulate him
on his appointment. According

We can always count on the Americans to do the right thing, after they have exhausted all the other possibilities

The quote in the title of this post is a quip of Winston Churchill's, and honestly I don't think it's true in this administration. Obama won't do the right thing until it's too late, if at all. Here's Caroline Glick.

The US and Europe are not taken in by Iran because Iran is good at hiding its true intentions.They
are taken in by Iran because they want to be taken in. They want to
believe

'Israeli official': We don't trust Obama to attack Iran and we can do it ourselves - UPDATED WITH AUDIO AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION

I would love to know who this official is and how connected he is to the government. An 'Israeli official' told Israel radio on Tuesday morning that Israel does not trust President Obama to attack Iran's nuclear facilities and that Israel can do attack Iran ourselves.

Israel is capable of carrying out a unilateral military strike against
Iran without operational support from the United

Iran may have weapons grade plutonium by next summer

The bad news is that US and European officials believe that Iran will be able to produce weapons grade plutonium by next summer. The good news is that the Arak reactor, where it will be produced, is easier to attack than the uranium enrichment facilities like Qom and Natanz.

In recent months, U.S. and European officials say, the Tehran regime
has made significant advances on the construction

If Iran has to be hit, there's no better time than now

Evelyn Gordon points out that if Iran has to be hit in order to destroy its nuclear program, this is the best time the US and Israel have yet had to do it.

One of the biggest concerns that opponents of military action in both
Israel and America have always raised is the havoc Iran could wreak in
response an attack. For Israelis, the main fear is massive missile
attacks by both Iran and its

Think tank: Iran to have 'undetected' nuclear capability by mid-2014

A report issued by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) on Tuesday warns that Iran will achieve a "critical capability" to produce sufficient weapon-grade uranium by mid-2014, without being detected, simply by carrying out its current plan to use centrifuges at its declared Natanz and Fordow nuclear facilities. ISIS recommended that the IAEA increase inspections, but

Obama threatened retaliation against Israeli action on Iran if Israel didn't release 'Palestinians'?

In an earlier post, I discussed (and cast doubt on) the claim that Israel traded 104 terrorist murderers for an American attack on Iran. But what if what happened was that Obama and Kerry told Netanyahu that if we didn't release the 104 terrorist murderers, and return to the table with the 'Palestinians,' when and if Israel bombed Iran, the US would leave us to face the consequences alone?