Prophecy News Watch – November 9 , 2008 - The Bridge Calvary ...

IDF's secretive Oketz K9 dog unit. Four soldiers found themselves left behind, forcingthe air force to conduct a dramatic helicopter rescue. The soldiers clung to thehelicopters' railings as they choppers took off, with Palestinian gunmen in pursuit.Lt.-Col. Amir Meital, commander of Golani reconnaissance unit, was killed by enemy fireduring the raid.The operation took place one month after US President George H. Bush was voted intooffice, and a month before he was sworn in, replacing the popular Ronald Reagan, aleader widely viewed as a staunch ally of Israel.Operation Blue and Brown says nothing about the likelihood of an Israeli strike on Irantoday. But it does show that IDF operations have been ordered in the interim periodbetween the election of a new American president and his inauguration.And it is this same period in 2008/09 that provides an "attractive date" for Israel to strikeIran's nuclear program, according to historian Benny Morris.In June, Morris wrote an op-ed for The New York Times in which he theorized that Israelwould likely strike Iran between November 5 and January 19, the day before Obama issworn in.Speaking to The Jerusalem Post this week, Morris said he continued to believe thattime period was a "reasonable" one for Israeli action. "There is certainly a friendlypresident in the White House until January 20. There is no certainty over what willhappen after that, in which direction the wind will blow.The second thing is the advancement by the Iranians in creating the bomb," Morris said,speaking from his home in Li'on, southwest of Beit Shemesh. Morris said the Iranianregime was guided by messianic clerics who could not be trusted to act logically in astate of mutually assured destruction (MAD)."These men are not rational like the men who ruled America and Russia during the ColdWar. When [President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad talks about destroying Israel and deniesthe Holocaust, we hear no contrary voices from the Supreme Leader AyatollahKhamenei saying that Ahmadinejad is crazy," Morris said. "So long as Iran makesprogress, we are under pressure, if we plan on doing something. Iran is supposed topurchase advanced anti-aircraft guns from Russia at the start of 2009. All of these pointto the fact that if the US provides support, an Israeli strike is reasonable," he said.Acknowledging the lame-duck nature of the Olmert administration, Morris said thedifficulties posed by a weak government could be overcome by notifying the leaders ofthe major political parties in advance of the attack. He even raised the possibility that adate had already been chosen.