28.01.2012                      04.Schwat. 5772                      Bo

Diplomatie:

Israeli officials think Iran retaliation threat is a bluff, NYT reports

New York Times says some officials think estimates that a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities would cause catastrophe are 'partly a bluff', and that this is accepted at top government levels.

Israeli officials and academic experts think that Iran’s threats of retaliation to a possible strike against it are a bluff, the New York Times reported on Friday.
Citing a number of officials and reports, the New York Times said that estimates that a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities “would set off a catastrophic series of events” is considered by some to be “partly a bluff”, and that these estimates are accepted at the top levels of the Israeli government….