ISRAEL: DO IT WITH OR WITHOUT AMERICA

Those who observe events building in the Middle East are fully aware of the nuclear threat emerging from Iran. Under the leadership of the fanatical Islamic president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian nation is developing a major nuclear program alleged to be for the purpose of nuclear power. However, the ranting president has made it clear that Iran is pursuing a nuclear warhead capable of being placed upon a missile and reaching Israel.

Sources inside the Israeli government have privately expressed concern with the reaction of President Obama's administration in dealing with Iran. According to the Debka File, posted April 18, 2009, the headline read:  "Obama's charm offensive for radical rulers abandons Israel to Iranian threat."  The article states:

Obama's Washington believes America can live with a nuclear-armed Iran - a decision probably taken first under the Bush presidency. But Israel cannot and may have no option but to part ways with the Obama administration on this point. As a nuclear power, Iran will be able to bend   Jerusalem to the will of its enemies, make it unconditionally give Syria the Golan plus extra pieces of territory, tamely accept an Hamas-dominated Palestine West bank looking over its heartland and let the Lebanese Hitzbollah terrorize Galilee in the north at will.  All three would make hay under the Iranian nuclear shield, while Tehran lords over the region in the role of a regional power conferred by Obama's grace and favor. 

At the present time, the Israeli government believes the American administration would not stand with them in the event of a pre-emptive strike against Iran's nuclear facilities. The American's recent meeting and discussions with Hugo Chavez, Syrian president Assad and warming up to the Communist dictator Castro, are quite troubling to the Israelis.  It is clear that the new foreign policy directives have shifted the importance of America's relationship with Israel, to a more open relationship of negotiation and acceptance of dangerous Islamic regimes, including fanatical governments and socialists dictators.

Some Israelis have pointed out that before the election, Obama totally downplayed his Islamic past, including his father being a Muslim and his attending Islamic schools in Indonesia. There was wrath to pay from the left secular media if anyone publically used his middle name Hussein, nothing it to be an Islamic name. Individuals were labeled "Islamophobes" when even mentioning the future leader of the west using his middle name. Israel now notes that in every Islamic country where the President of America speaks, he proudly uses his full name, emphasizing the name Hussein and even speaking about his Islamic heritage and background publicly, something that was absent during the campaign.

This entire pattern of events has the Netanyahu administration believing that the U.S administration would not support a sudden surprise attack against Iran's nuclear program, which only empowers the rhetoric against Israel by the fanatical Iranian regime. In June, elections will be held in Iran and many in the west are hoping that Ahmadinejad will be removed and a more moderate government will replace this apocalyptic Muslim leader. However, Israel may not wait until the elections and has made it clear they may preceed without the approval of the United States.

Israel has all of the tools and weapons at its disposal, not only to destroy the nuclear enrichment facilities, but they could also cripple the regime's military power for many years, if they chose to.  Israel may need to follow the pattern of Menahem Begin, who in 1981 stood against the objections of President Ronald Reagan and struck the Iraqi nuclear facilities, which destroyed Saddam Hussein's nuclear capability. The world cried out against the "aggressive Zionists," but years later realized this was an important and correct decision.

Israel may go it alone in an aerial assault at first, and will no doubt be chastised from sea to shining sea.  However, nearly 60 years ago the Holocaust began with a German dictator and ended with 6 million dead Jews, many who were led to gas showers and poisoned to death. As one Jew once said, "They used poison gas to kill us once and we will never allow a dictator to use weapons of mass destruction to kill us again!" Israel has a land covenant given to the Hebrew people by the Almighty Himself. As in the previous wars where Israel's enemies threatened to destroy them, Israel won the battle. Prophetically, Israel will win again.  They can do it with or without America.  

P.S. Please note that the threat of Iran lobbing missiles into Israel not only threatens the Jews but also the Arab Christians and the Muslims living in Israel and throughout the West Bank.  This threat should be resisted by all religious and ethnic groups living in Israel and by the moderate Arab nations in the region.