Posted by mancinblack on Sun, 29 Nov 2020 12:47 | #

An unnamed Israeli official told the New York Times on Saturday that the world should thank Israel for the assassination of Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons mastermind Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, even as Jerusalem hasn’t claimed responsibility for the operation.

more…

https://www.timesofisrael.com/world-should-thank-israel-for-hit-on-iran-nuke-chief-israeli-official-tells-nyt/

The CIA seem to think it’s pretty cool too..

Posted by Al Ross on Mon, 30 Nov 2020 07:55 | #

You know who else thinks it’s “pretty cool” , to borrow your teenage girl usage ?

The entire Sunni Muslim Ummah.

Posted by mancinblack on Thu, 11 Feb 2021 10:07 | #

The JC gives what it calls a world exclusive on the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh by Israeli and Iranian members of the Mossad.

Top nuclear expert was killed by the Mossad, who used a one-ton remote controlled gun smuggled into Iran piece by piece over eight months.

https://www.thejc.com/news/world/world-exclusive-truth-behind-killing-of-iran-nuclear-scientist-mohsen-fakhrizadeh-revealed-1.511653

Posted by Thorn on Fri, 12 Feb 2021 00:41 | #

Sooner or later Iran will develop nuclear weapons. What will Israel do then?

Does AIPAC still have enough influence to get the U.S. to attack Iran and take out their nuclear capability? If so, what if such an attack isn’t successful and Iran retaliates and nukes Tel Aviv?

Sampson Option?

What will the aftermath of that?

Posted by Al Ross on Fri, 12 Feb 2021 07:39 | #

The aftermath will be that some pouncing pedant like me will say that that old, European - hating ( tautologically - speaking ) Jewish wish - fulfillment fantasist , Seymour Hersh , left out a P in the book’s title.

Posted by mancinblack on Fri, 12 Feb 2021 18:33 | #

Before we get to Armageddon, the smart money is on Biden backing down and lifting Trump’s sanctions in order to reinstate the 2015 nuclear deal or something like it. We’ll see what, if anything, happens after that.

Posted by Thorn on Fri, 12 Feb 2021 20:13 | #

@#6

That sounds about right. A deal will most likely be worked out.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/blinken-as-us-offers-conditional-return-to-nuclear-deal-iran-could-soon-be-weeks-away-from-having-material-for-nuclear-bomb

In any event, Iran will eventually develop a nuke arsenal along with the delivery system.