August 28, 2006
Foreshadowing
Israel makes it official - they're taking Iran very seriously:
Israel has appointed a top general to oversee a war against Iran, prompting speculation that it is preparing for possible military action against Tehran's nuclear program.For Gen. Shkedy, it's not just a professional matter:
Maj. Gen. Elyezer Shkedy, Israel's air force chief, will be overall commander for the "Iran front," military sources told the London Sunday Telegraph.
News of the appointment comes just days before a United Nations deadline expires for Iran to give up its nuclear program, which Western governments fear will be used to produce atomic weapons. Despite Iran's offer last week to engage in "serious talks" on the matter, Israel fears even more than other Western nations that the offer is simply to buy time for Tehran to secure all the technology it needs to build the bomb.
Gen. Shkedy, 49, is the son of Holocaust survivors and has a picture in his office of an Israeli F-15 flying over Auschwitz.
Hummus for thought.
Posted by Mitch at August 28, 2006 12:33 PM | TrackBack
Mitch, did you contract to have Swiftee produce that fine piece of art?
Posted by: Doug at August 29, 2006 07:17 PMI don't understand the implicit connection between Iran and the Holocaust. Is this some failed attempt at irony because Ahmadinejad claims it never occured in the first place?
Posted by: Jeff at August 30, 2006 07:22 AM