Idle Speculation

US foreign intelligence is a Chevy and Israeli foreign intelligence is a Lexus. We say Iran isn't working on a bomb (actually we say that as of right now, this very moment, we don't know if Iran is working on a bomb) and the Israelis say Iran is. Israel tends to be right on these things and they have the most to lose if they are wrong, so who you gonna' believe? And what does it all mean? Nothing really. I said way back when that the US would quarterback Cold War style tactics to undermine the Iranian regime and that if a strategic bombing was necessary it would be Israel that would do it. And I think they will. I am just surprised that Iran hasn't softened its rhetoric since the Sept. 6th bombing of Syria's mysterious facility. I guess they thought that Russian software engineers could work them up in short order a patch to whatever dummying mechanism Israel used to penetrate Syria's anti-aircraft defense totally undetected. Maybe they can, which means that Israel has to come up with another subversion trick to penetrate into Iranian airspace. They also have to have a defensive plan in place for the guaranteed Hezbollah/Hamas reponse to bombing Iran. That is alot of preparation, plus I don't think the US would be keen on any strategic bombing in winter. That is why I think Spring/Summer 2008, it's game on.