Israeli officials think Iran retaliation threat is a bluff, NYT reports

[Chris]

Israeli officials think Iran retaliation threat is a bluff, NYT reports
New York Times says some officials think estimates that a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities would cause catastrophe are 'partly a bluff,' and that this is accepted at top government levels.
By Haaretz

Israeli officials and academic experts think that Iran’s threats of retaliation to a possible strike against it are a bluff, the New York Times reported on Friday. Citing a number of officials and reports, the New York Times said that estimates that a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities “would set off a catastrophic series of events” is considered by some to be “partly a bluff,” and that these estimates are accepted at the top levels of the Israeli government.

The newspaper said it had spoken with eight current and recent top Israeli officials, and that these conversations suggest that “since Israel has been demanding the new sanctions, including an oil embargo and seizure of Iran’s Central Bank assets, it will give the sanctions some months to work; the sanctions are viewed here as probably insufficient; a military attack remains a very real option; and postattack situations are considered less perilous than one in which Iran has nuclear weapons.”

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[Chris]

It may very well be a bluff. I don't think the Iranians stand a chance against the US Navy. The Navy will also have the Air Force to help them deal with whatever Iran throws out in the Straits of Hormuz.

[Sean Osborne]

There's only one way to find out for sure, and Israel is about to do just that and as it has done twice before.

[Chris]

There's only one way to find out for sure, and Israel is about to do just that and as it has done twice before.

Praying for Israel and our troops in harm's way.