Israel's Netanyahu ordered Iran strike in 2010: TV (via AFP)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Ehud Barak in 2010 ordered the army to prepare an attack against Iranian nuclear installations, though the order was later rescinded, Israeli television said Sunday. According to private television Channel 2, the order was not implemented…
If Iran comes to terms with the US diplomatically it will take a lot of wind out of Bibi's sails. The current president is a lame duck and his successor may not be cut from the same fabric to seem as threatening.
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http://backchannel.al-monitor.com/index.php/2012/11/2960/buzz-grows-around-veteran-iran-insider-amid-rumors-of-us-back-channels/