Uncle Jimbo at Blackfive ("the paratrooper of love") asked a question about which the clock is ticking.
Money quote(s):
"I find Netanyahu's unveiled threat to be quite refreshing given the usual nature of diplomacy as formalized lying in formal wear or the ever popular nibbling of petit fours and sipping of mint tea by the hotel pool. This was the equivalent of a shotgun blast from the front porch telling would-be thugs this ain't the house you want to be messing with. The fact that Israel has a history of following up warning shots with decapitating strikes makes this all the more believable." (Bold typeface added for emphasis. - CAA.)
UJ likes to describe diplomacy thusly; at certain rarified levels it has an uncomfortable ring of truth to it. For my part, the only time CAA has worn formal attire in the line-of-duty as a diplomat was to attend a USO-sponsored event while accompanying my ambassador.
"The public statements by Netanyahu are obviously aimed at both the Iranians and the "international community" as a last chance to avoid the logical and likely action to come. Iran has picked this fight and I think soon it may learn something others in the area have, Israel doesn't play."
The preliminaries, presumably aimed at forestalling the need for truly escalatory measures, may already be underway. Or all those lab explosions and inconveniently deceased Iranian nuclear scientists may just be coincidence.
(And I have a bridge to sell.)
11/3
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