Is Israel going to War ? - Middle East

Telegraph: Reports the latest developments from Israel, " Israel has mobilised troops to its border with Gaza after rockets fired from the territory came close to hitting its commercial capital, Tel Aviv. "

Lets Get Real: 

Israel has to LOOK at the big picture, the main threat to Israel is Iran, a nuclear armed Iran at that, Gaza is a bad case of gout, a pain, while Iran could be a heart attack.    The Oval might think it would be a good idea for Israel to attack Gaza, if they are at War on that front or with Syria they cant be attacking Iran.   The Oval is that cynical folks.   Thus Israel should stay its hand, deal with Iran first, IRAN is the major threat, any border WARS are small fry, and only help IRAN with time to develop the BOMB.   Lets hope there a clever and cooler heads in Israel, a ground attack on Gaza would be a military and political mistake at present. 

Israeli Land Invasion of Gaza ? - Latest from Middle East

Guardian Live - ME: Reports in its 7.19pm post that Israel could be about to invade Gaza.

Lets Get Real: 

THIS would be a mistake by Israel, the main stream media will go bonkers, the tone of the reporting will be that Israel has over reacted again, and the Oval will go bonkers, but that does not take much these days.    Israel should use Mossad for more covert actions, any overt military invasion would not help Israel in the long term, just more deaths on both sides.    It can be argued that Israel has made its point, time for more talking and less blood, otherwise more deaths that have no meaning, just death for the sake of death. 

Hillary Clinton on the Hill - Libyagate

BBC News: Reports that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will go before  House Committee once the State Department has done its own internal review of the events in Libya. 

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This is a minefield for Secretary Clinton, she does not want to throw Oval under the bus, but she also wants a political career after she leaves as Secretary of State.  If Mrs Clinton is found at fault for the deaths in Libya then there is NO chance of her running in 2016.   The Republicans would tear her to shreds on national security.  One can assume that former President Bill Clinton will be helping her with her brief, making sure that she dot not get the blame, but also making sure that she does not leave the impression that it was down to the Oval.   This could be tricky for the Clintons. 

Obama and Israel - Latest Middle East Conflict

The White House: Here is a transcript of President Obama's telephone conversations with the leaders of Israel and Egypt.   " Today, the President spoke with Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Morsi about the rocket attacks being launched from Gaza into Israel, and the escalating violence in Gaza. 

The President reiterated to Prime Minister Netanyahu the United States’ support for Israel’s right to self-defense in light of the barrage of rocket attacks being launched from Gaza against Israeli civilians.  The President urged Prime Minister Netanyahu to make every effort to avoid civilian casualties.  The two agreed that Hamas needs to stop its attacks on Israel to allow the situation to de-escalate.  The two leaders agreed to stay in close touch in the coming days.  Earlier today, Vice President Biden received a briefing from Prime Minister Netanyahu on the events in Gaza.

The President also spoke with President Morsi given Egypt’s central role in preserving regional security.  In their conversation, President Obama condemned the rocket fire from Gaza into Israel and reiterated Israel’s right to self-defense.  The two leaders agreed on the importance of working to de-escalate the situation as quickly as possible and agreed to stay in close touch in the days ahead. ".

Lets Get Real: 

A Middle East War is about to happen, and Obama has his joke VP on the phone to Israel.  This shows how icy the relationship is between the US and Israel.   What is odd about this statement is the comment that President Morsi of Egypt has a central role in preserving regional peace, the same leader that POTUS refused to call an ally.   One of the threats to Middle East peace is the Muslim Brotherhood, the Obama Administration should be looking for liberal or secular allies in Egypt, not building up Muslim Brotherhood Morsi.   If you are an Israeli you have to get the fact that POTUS does not have your back, you use Biden, why not slap Israel, if that is the level of respect you have for Israel.