Let Israel Do Our Dirty Work

The spineless Obama Administration seems content to let Israel put a stop to Iran's nuclear weapons program

Weekend reports that Saudi Arabia will allow overfly rights to Israeli warplanes to strike nuclear facilities in Iran came as no surprise in these quarters. A growing Arab-Israeli detente is being driven by the shared sense of threat from Tehran. In March, a high-ranking Israeli source told us, "You'd be amazed at how we see eye-to-eye with the moderate Arab states."

Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. sent signals on Sunday when he stated twice that the United States cannot dictate to "another sovereign nation" -- in this case Israel -- what it can and cannot do with respect to launching an attack on Iran. The United States clearly prefers a diplomatic solution, as improbable as that is to succeed. But with respect to third-party military action, the United States will not cooperate with or try to prevent it. In diplomatic parlance, this is known as a green light.

At the least, we should take hope from Obama's understanding that sometimes, getting things done requires balls, even if there are none to be found in our own government.

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Update: The wimps rise again.

Apparently, it took about two days for anyone in the Obama Administration to discover what Joe Biden said Sunday morning.

The Obama administration poured cold water Monday on any notion it is giving Israel the green light to attack Iran or that it is reconsidering plans to engage diplomatically with the Islamic republic.

Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview broadcast Sunday that the United States would not stand in the way of Israel in its dealings with Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

But State Department spokesman Ian Kelly rebuffed suggestions from reporters that Biden could be seen as giving the Jewish state a green light to attack Iran, which it views as an existential threat.

This means that Barack Obama doesn't respect anyone's sovereignty, except our enemies.