Peloni: To preempt the Iranian strike or not to preempt the Iranian strike. That really is the only question at hand currently. Or is this simply a blind bluff to get Iran to stand down its multi-layered attack for some form of response which is more deflectable. Given Israel’s recent demonstration of its real time intelligence capabilities, I would suspect that this is no ruse, particularly in light of the likely political fallout which would accompany the failure to follow thru on such a public threat of an Israeli preemptive response. Hence, I think the preemptive strike is more than likely if Iran does not step back from their own threats.
If you combine the official readout and the unofficial readout, it's pretty easy to glean Biden's true message to Netanyahu: 1) We will help protect you with missile defense; 2) We will not support offensive operations against Iran. 3) If you conduct offensive operations, we may… pic.twitter.com/EGST6hYNag
— Mike (@Doranimated) August 3, 2024
Israel expects several powerful waves of missile and drone strikes from Iran. The attack can last for many days.
NBC reported this citing a source in the Israeli government.
Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal writes that Iran has refused to soften its reaction to the murder of… pic.twitter.com/oT4odzEZmZ
— Mike (@Doranimated) August 5, 2024
Listen to what the IDF is promising the Israeli public. The Biden administration is trying to orchestrate — and thinks it is succeeding in orchestrating — a repeat of April 24, when Israel absorbed over 300 hundred Iranian projectiles and just took it. I don’t agree. https://t.co/vnsDDLL1cS
— Mike (@Doranimated) August 5, 2024
Israel is ready to preempt Iran. | "We will not wait and try to intercept the attack in the air, that will be the second stage," said a senior Israeli security official. pic.twitter.com/hOClUGJMK9
— Mike (@Doranimated) August 4, 2024
Israel Hayom is reporting that Egypt will not participate in blunting Iran’s anticipated attack.