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Israel is working on coordinating plans for a possible military strike with Saudi Arabia, with Riyadh prepared to provide tactical support to Jerusalem, a British newspaper reported early Sunday.
The two countries have both united in worry that the West may come to terms with Iran, easing sanctions and allowing the Islamic Republic to continue its nuclear program.
According to the Sunday Times, Riyadh has agreed to let Israel use its airspace in a military strike on Iran and cooperate over the use of rescue helicopters, tanker planes and drones.
“The Saudis are furious and are willing to give Israel all the help it needs,” an unnamed diplomatic source told the paper.
The report comes as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in the midst of a blitz to lobby against a deal and cobble together an international alliance opposed to an agreement that allows Iran to continue enriching uranium.
On Sunday, Israel will welcome French President Francois Hollande, who a week earlier put the kibosh on a deal between six world powers and Iran that would ease sanctions in return for initial steps toward curbing enrichment.
Netanyahu on Friday urged France to remain firm in its pressure on Iran ahead of a new round of talks on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program in Geneva, kicking off Wednesday.
After meeting Hollande, Netanyahu will head to Moscow on Wednesday to meet with President Vladimir Putin and lobby against the deal.
Iran’s bid for the bomb “threatens directly the future of the Jewish state,” Netanyahu told CNN recently, in a short preview clip of an interview broadcast on Saturday. As the prime minister of Israel, he stressed, he had to care for “the survival of my country.”
CNN reported that Netanyahu also said in the interview that he would do whatever it was necessary to do in order to protect Israel. The full interview will air Sunday morning.
Should a deal be reached at talks set to resume in Geneva on Wednesday, according to the diplomatic source, a military option would be back on the table. Saudi tactical support, in lieu of backup from the Pentagon, would be vital for a long-range mission targeting Iran’s nuclear program.
Saudi Arabia, a Sunni Muslim country across the Persian Gulf from Iran has long been at odds with Tehran, and fears a nuclear weapon would threaten Riyadh and set off a nuclear arms race in the region.
Terrorist Saudi stepped on the head of a rattlesnake in Syria. They thought the great USA would have stepped in and help them finish the job. But these pathetic terrorist thought wrong, now they are stuck with the rattlesnake. Their days are numbered so they will now partner up with Israel to protect their terrorist wahabistan. The Israelis have them in their sights down the road.
Those Iranians are waiting for them. They will get their pathetic terrorists asses kicked.
Time !!!!
I know that on this Board sentiments about Iran are based on a limited understanding of the Persian people and the well-marketed difference between traditional Sunni Islam and the "deviant" Shiite brand. That's why it's easy to say it's about time that a seemingly unorthodox alliance between Israel and Saudi Arabia get together to confront an Iran that seems hell-bent on becoming a nuclear weapons player.
Let's step back a little and see what the dynamics are. The US policy on nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear arms reduction are clear. Iran must not acquire a nuclear weapons capability, nay, actuality. No. Korea is a a continuing front on the US effort to prevent proliferation, as is Iran. President Obama is smart to understand the process to be exercised before any military option. He also understand the great traditions of the Persians - note, not Shiite-dom, but Persian-dom.
If y'all think he will sanction this unholy alliance to strike Iran you certainly are naive about that part of the world.
The Saudis just bombed the Iranian embassy in Lebanon
I know that on this Board sentiments about Iran are based on a limited understanding of the Persian people and the well-marketed difference between traditional Sunni Islam and the "deviant" Shiite brand. That's why it's easy to say it's about time that a seemingly unorthodox alliance between Israel and Saudi Arabia get together to confront an Iran that seems hell-bent on becoming a nuclear weapons player.
Let's step back a little and see what the dynamics are. The US policy on nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear arms reduction are clear. Iran must not acquire a nuclear weapons capability, nay, actuality. No. Korea is a a continuing front on the US effort to prevent proliferation, as is Iran. President Obama is smart to understand the process to be exercised before any military option. He also understand the great traditions of the Persians - note, not Shiite-dom, but Persian-dom.
If y'all think he will sanction this unholy alliance to strike Iran you certainly are naive about that part of the world.
They are much more tolerable than the terrorist Wahab-istan. The US will agree a detente with Iran, Iran will moderate and soften it's position towards Israel and the house of Saud (head of the terrorists snake) will collapse and burn like a house of cards.
Is not Obama smarts, it's Iran's call, they have [likely] achieved break-out status and want to move forward with their development. The Iranians sense desperation in the house of Obama to leave a legacy so they took a gamble. The French are hesitant and reluctant, but they have no choice so they are having their input. Obama almost started a conflagration by attacking Syria, but luckily Putin saved the day. I do give Obama credit for taking up Iran on their offer.
Obama just wants to get the deal with Iran before Putin makes another Chess Master move a la Syria.
I give Obama the credits for not allowing the Jewish Mafia, who is waging war on him, to control his government.
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