TURKEY WOULD PROHIBIT ISRAELI STRIKE ON IRAN
J. Grant Swank, Jr.
Israel has stated to media that it is ready, if needed, to bomb Iran. In other words, Israel has said that it has the means and will to see through a disastrously powerful strike on Iran if necessary.
However, various Arabs question the practicality of such a threat. For instance, Kaveh L. Afrasiabi, writing for the Asia Times Online Ltd., states that Turkey, though concerned about Iran’s nuclear capability and future projections, "does not share Israel’s paranoid alarm about a ‘nuclear Iran.’"
With that Afrasiabi dismisses the Israel threat as bogus in its finality. In other words, it’s merely another verbal bomb tossed to media in order to augment the Israeli power image worldwide, particularly to Iran and any other Arab countries intent on harming Israel.
Afrasiabi’s contention is that Turkey would not take the "’risk of jeopardizing their sensitive, and mutually rewarding, economic, security and other ties with Iran by allowing Israel to use their air space against Iran.’"
There’s the catch. It’s the air space. And so with that variable, there are those Arabs who hold that the Israeli press release that Iran could be in big trouble because of Israel’s readiness to bomb Iran is actually an empty release.
Air space. It’s the air space.
It is this significant item that the Western press has ignored, Afrasiabi contends. Could it be that the Western media wants to ignore it? Could it be that Israeli’s braggadocio that it has the means to see through the obliteration of Iran play into the hands of the Western press on Iran to negate its nuclear plans? Therefore, the air space condition is downplayed or not played at all.
Afraisiabi speaks for other Arabs when he states that "’the high improbability of an Israeli operation against Iran through Turkey has consistently escaped the attention of Western media and the army of military and security pundits writing about this scenario.
"To give an example, in his recent book, The Persian Puzzle, Kenneth Pollock overlooks Turkey's unwillingness to accede to Israel's request when discussing the Osirak option. Similarly, veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, in his New Yorker article on a similar subject, simply takes for granted that because of Turkey's close ties to both Israel and the US it could be a launching pad for military offensives against Iran's nuclear installations.’"
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Israel has stated to media that it is ready, if needed, to bomb Iran. In other words, Israel has said that it has the means and will to see through a disastrously powerful strike on Iran if necessary.
However, various Arabs question the practicality of such a threat. For instance, Kaveh L. Afrasiabi, writing for the Asia Times Online Ltd., states that Turkey, though concerned about Iran’s nuclear capability and future projections, "does not share Israel’s paranoid alarm about a ‘nuclear Iran.’"
With that Afrasiabi dismisses the Israel threat as bogus in its finality. In other words, it’s merely another verbal bomb tossed to media in order to augment the Israeli power image worldwide, particularly to Iran and any other Arab countries intent on harming Israel.
Afrasiabi’s contention is that Turkey would not take the "’risk of jeopardizing their sensitive, and mutually rewarding, economic, security and other ties with Iran by allowing Israel to use their air space against Iran.’"
There’s the catch. It’s the air space. And so with that variable, there are those Arabs who hold that the Israeli press release that Iran could be in big trouble because of Israel’s readiness to bomb Iran is actually an empty release.
Air space. It’s the air space.
It is this significant item that the Western press has ignored, Afrasiabi contends. Could it be that the Western media wants to ignore it? Could it be that Israeli’s braggadocio that it has the means to see through the obliteration of Iran play into the hands of the Western press on Iran to negate its nuclear plans? Therefore, the air space condition is downplayed or not played at all.
Afraisiabi speaks for other Arabs when he states that "’the high improbability of an Israeli operation against Iran through Turkey has consistently escaped the attention of Western media and the army of military and security pundits writing about this scenario.
"To give an example, in his recent book, The Persian Puzzle, Kenneth Pollock overlooks Turkey's unwillingness to accede to Israel's request when discussing the Osirak option. Similarly, veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, in his New Yorker article on a similar subject, simply takes for granted that because of Turkey's close ties to both Israel and the US it could be a launching pad for military offensives against Iran's nuclear installations.’"
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