A war between Israel and Iran is growing more likely every day. These two countries are doing too much saber rattling to ignore. Perhaps that it is just saber rattling but looking beneath the words is the growing animosity. Perhaps each wants a scapegoat to justify their leadership.
I wrote about the possibility of such a war on September 15. Today I found this article in the Los Angeles Times print edition entitled Iran leader talks tough on Israel. Subsequently the Times posted it on their web site. The article starts with this paragraph, “Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is Iran‘s top political and military figure, said his country’s hostility to Israel extended beyond the government to the Israeli people as well. In saying so, he was brushing aside recent overtures by top Iranian officials to the Israeli public.”
When you read the last paragraph along with the first you have a disturbing picture that could easily incite Israelis who may view this statement along with Iran’s nuclear program to justify a first strike. The last paragraph is as follow. “Khamenei said Iran has no problem with Judaism or other religions. “But we are on a collision course with the occupiers of Palestine and the occupiers are the Zionist regime,” he said. “This is the position of our regime, our revolution and our people.”
The new Israeli prime minister, Tzipi Livni, is the current foreign minister. She is the perfect person for the job as prime minister when words rather than swords are needed.
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