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.
Showing posts with label Ehud Barak. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ehud Barak. Show all posts
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Monday, November 26, 2012
The real reason Ehud Barak announced his resignation today
Because they're digging up Arafat tomorrow, and he's afraid that when they find his fingerprints around the wily old toweller's neck it will have repercussions for the election!
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Israel Defense Minister talks tough in London
Ehud Barak apparently didn't get the "shut up" memo that has seen other leading orators in Washington and Israel tone down the war talk recently with respect to Iran.
Speaking to the British Israel Communications and Research Center today, Barak was in full "all options on the table" mode, the kind of talk we haven't heard from Netanyahu or Obama in weeks.
Barak reminded his audience that Israel lives in a tough neighborhood where there is no mercy for the weak.
That is certainly a point that he and Hezbollah agree on!
With respect to the "civil war" in Syria, Barak claimed that the last thing Israel wants to see on her northern border is chaotic failed state, but witnesses claim he was crossing his fingers behind his back at the time.
Speaking to the British Israel Communications and Research Center today, Barak was in full "all options on the table" mode, the kind of talk we haven't heard from Netanyahu or Obama in weeks.
Barak reminded his audience that Israel lives in a tough neighborhood where there is no mercy for the weak.
That is certainly a point that he and Hezbollah agree on!
With respect to the "civil war" in Syria, Barak claimed that the last thing Israel wants to see on her northern border is chaotic failed state, but witnesses claim he was crossing his fingers behind his back at the time.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Barak hoists war flag in Davos but nobody salutes
Ehud Barak was in Switzerland yesterday, doing his best to instill a little towel-o-phobia in the assembled worthies at Davos.
If we don't act soon, it may be too late, claimed Barak. In mere months the Ayatollahs could have nukes.
Too late for what?
Why, too late for the infamous "surgical strike" that is much beloved by Israeli and American war apologists. You know, like the surgical strike on Falluja, or the mother of all surgical strikes, Operation Cast Lead.
Presumably it won't be too late for a massive carpet nuking of the entire country. That'll slow up their nuke program.
Alas, the Davos crowd did not seem unduly alarmed by Barak's news. That could be because Davos is well beyond the range of Iranian missiles.
Or it could be that they've been listening to the same shrill warnings about the Ayatollahs being months away from a nuclear weapon for at least twenty years now.
Or maybe they're just a little more sophisticated than the Florida Republicans who are lapping up every fear-mongering ant-Iranian cliche that Newt and Mitt toss their way. Hell, when you watch the debates you'd almost think Iran's nuclear ambitions were the single most important issue facing Florida voters.
If we don't act soon, it may be too late, claimed Barak. In mere months the Ayatollahs could have nukes.
Too late for what?
Why, too late for the infamous "surgical strike" that is much beloved by Israeli and American war apologists. You know, like the surgical strike on Falluja, or the mother of all surgical strikes, Operation Cast Lead.
Presumably it won't be too late for a massive carpet nuking of the entire country. That'll slow up their nuke program.
Alas, the Davos crowd did not seem unduly alarmed by Barak's news. That could be because Davos is well beyond the range of Iranian missiles.
Or it could be that they've been listening to the same shrill warnings about the Ayatollahs being months away from a nuclear weapon for at least twenty years now.
Or maybe they're just a little more sophisticated than the Florida Republicans who are lapping up every fear-mongering ant-Iranian cliche that Newt and Mitt toss their way. Hell, when you watch the debates you'd almost think Iran's nuclear ambitions were the single most important issue facing Florida voters.
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