U.S. President Barack Obama and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Reuters / Jim Young)
Report: Obama ‘Vetoed’ Israeli Strike on Iran -- Washington Free Beacon
Strike would have occurred during height of 2012 election campaign.
President Barack Obama refused to let Israel strike Iran last year despite the Israeli prime minister’s willingness to sign off on such an attack, according to statements made by a former top Israeli military leader earlier this week.
Giora Eiland, a former national security adviser to the Israeli government and a retired Major General in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), told the Israeli press that Obama “vetoed” the strike, which was planned to take place at the height of the 2012 election cycle.
“Israel has the capability to destroy the Iranian nuclear program” and was prepared to do so, Eiland was quoted as saying in a private meeting earlier this month, according to the Israeli paper Mida.
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My Comment: I am skeptical of this report. If true .... this is a big story .... and there is no way that it could be kept secret for this long in either Israel or Washington.
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