On Monday, June 16, 2008, this blog linked to an article which predicted an Israeli air attack on Iran's nuclear facilities before year's end. Now we learn that Israel has done a rehearsal. I'd guess the lads in Tehran are beginning to get nervous.
That Iranian nervousness helps explain why their client Hamas has signed a 6 month ceasefire with Israel. It is no coincidence that 6 months is about the time left between now and the end both of the year and the Bush administration. Metaphorically speaking, that ceasefire is Iran offering Israel a conditional carrot in the hope of staving off the Israeli stick.
This situation puts me in mind of Prussian King Frederick the Great, speaking about relationships between nations:
Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments.
The music I hear is the Tel Aviv Symphony playing Iranian President Ahmadinejad's song.
