Sunday, February 17, 2013

60 Minutes airs Iron Dome infomercial

The CBS news show 60 Minutes led off tonight's program with what was essentially an infomercial for Raphael Industries' Iron Dome anti-missile missile system.

There is no doubt that Iron Dome is capable of some impressive stuff.

And although 60 Minutes didn't spell it out, there is also no doubt that the Iron Dome advantage will be fully spent within the first ten minutes of the next serious conflagration with Hezbollah.

Estimates of Hezbollah missile stockpiles range from 65,000 to ten times that. The Iron Dome batteries in place today might be capable of taking out some of the first barrage; a few hundred under the most optimistic scenario.

Then what?

When the ever-smug Ehud Barak gloats over how Iron Dome gives Israelis the peace of mind to go jogging on the beach, he is perpetuating a false sense of security.

Real security will only come with making peace with the enemies - all of them. That means talking to Hamas. That means talking to Hezbollah.

That means talking seriously with everybody in the neighborhood.

Iron Dome is a great gambit for fostering a false sense of security.

Peace is something else.

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