FAFO III? Or World War III?
Looks like we will see the Iranian FA “imminently,” as a senior White House official told ABC News this morning. If so, stand by for the FO, which won’t take long in following:
A senior White House official told ABC News on Tuesday that the U.S. “has indications that Iran is preparing to imminently launch a ballistic missile attack against Israel.”
“We are actively supporting defensive preparations to defend Israel against this attack,” the official added. “A direct military attack from Iran against Israel will carry severe consequences for Iran.”
One has to wonder whether the FO arrives before the FA in this case. Israel believes in pre-emption ahead of attacks; they won the 1967 Six-Day War that way, and a ballistic missile attack from Iran certainly rises to that level of threat. The last time Iran launched a direct attack against Israel, the Israelis…
