Defense Ministry’s Amos Gilad: We won’t let Iran go nuclear
Jerry Gordon comment
Fast on the heels of Shimon Peres’s Fox News interview and absurd comments about Iran being forced to rein in its nuclear program given plummeting oil prices, comes this dose of reality in a Jerusalem Post interview with Maj. Gen Amos Gilad, head of the Defense Ministry’s Diplomatic Bureau. Note this comment from Gilad that seems directed at Peres:
Said Gilad: “They will continue. The picture is clear. They are building more missiles. They’re dealing with uranium enrichment.”
For Israel, he said, “this is indeed a situation that we can’t tolerate. What can be done about it? First of all, we still stick with the diplomatic option, and all the options are on the table, as President [George W.] Bush said.”
Beyond that, he said, “I can’t go into details… Elaborating directly assists the enemy in its war against Israel. The test will be in the result - whether we are able or not to prevent this grave threat.
“The more we talk about it - however seductive that may be - the more we brag, the more we weaken our capacity to achieve. We cannot accept a nuclear Iran. We cannot be reconciled to it.”
by David Horvitz, Jerusalem Post, November 14, 2008
IDF Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Gilad
For now, Israel is backing diplomatic and economic efforts to thwart the Iranians, Gilad added, but it doubts these will work and it is keeping all options open.
Asked about the complexities of any resort to military action, particularly since Iran has built its facilities to withstand a repeat of the IAF’s 1981 destruction of Saddam Hussein’s nuclear reactor at Osirak, Gilad replied, tellingly, that domestic critics 27 years ago said the Osirak raid “couldn’t be done. And the fact is, it succeeded.”
“Iran is a country with smart people that have capabilities,” he noted. “It really would be a considerable challenge. Come the day, if and when this or that option is adopted, what will matter is the outcome.” (Continue Reading this Article)
go read Tom Clancy and watch The Unit on CBS, Sunday at 10 pm ET to develop a scenario for success…
Comment by Birdalone — November 14, 2008 @ 5:51 pm
Never, Never believe a word Gilad says, even if it rings true. He is the typical careerist Army yes man. He has negotiated the Egyptian return of sizable force in contradiction of Sinai accords and gave his stamp of Kosher to it. It was later killed and amended by The Knesset. He negotiated the giving up of our presence on Philidelphi corridor to PA, with oversight to a toothless EU oversight. I only today saw a Pali Grad missile zoom over my house on the way North, thanks to this piece of shit.
Comment by yamit82 — November 15, 2008 @ 11:38 am