Monday, July 09, 2012
"Olmert bombed Syria reactor despite US push for diplomacy"
At the time, the public is usually totally unaware...
In the Jerusalem Post, Herb Keinon writes about one of them that took place in 2007:
"Former prime minister Ehud Olmert decided in September 2007 to bomb the al-Kabir nuclear facility in Syria after then-president George W. Bush told him the US had opted for the diplomatic route and was trying to get the International Atomic Energy Agency to close the site, Elliott Abrams told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday. Asked about Wednesday’s Israeli State Comptroller’s Report chastising the government for a haphazard decision-making process, Abrams said Bush was provided with impeccable options, policy papers and intelligence. 'We took it all to the president – covert options, military options, diplomatic options – and he chose the wrong option,' said Abrams, who at the time was the deputy national security advisor in the White House. 'It is a mistake to believe that the process itself will provide you with the right answer.'"