On Comments Suggesting A Possible Israeli Strike on Iran, August 11, 2010

There is no evidence to suggest that Iran would risk a nuclear exchange with Israel, even in the circumstances (far from clear based on the available intelligence) in which Iran was already fully capable of producing nuclear weapons, so there is no threat that could even remotely justify the destabilizing consequences of an attack. Accordingly, the US will never permit such an attack. In this context, the clearly intentional leaks and other statements in the article can safely be viewed as nothing more than ineffectual sabre rattling and spiteful stabs at President Obama, each of which will be met with the derision they so richly deserve.