By R. Cort Kirkwood (The New American)
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz
Israel is preparing to renew its attack on Iran, and awaits only the “green light” from the United States, the country’s defense minister said.
Israel Katz said the upcoming attack will erase the Khamenei dynasty and blow Iran back to the “age of darkness and stone,” reiterating U.S. President Donald Trump’s vow in early April to bomb Iran back to the “Stone Ages.” Katz threatened the attack as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced a visit to Islamabad, where peace talks between the U.S. and Iran have been going on but failing miserably.
Katz’s remarks, former U.S. counterterror chief Joe Kent said, show that Israel is attempting to force the U.S. to continue attacking Iran. Days ago, the State Department admitted what Secretary of State Marco Rubio said early on: Israel dragged the U.S. into the war.
The warning from Katz amid Trump’s extending the ceasefire with Iran because its leadership, he says, is in disarray, comes after similar remarks from Trump.
“We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks,” Trump said on April 1:
We’re going to bring them back to the Stone Ages, where they belong. In the meantime, discussions are ongoing. Regime change was not our goal; we never said regime change, but regime change has occurred because of all of their original leaders’ death. They’re all dead.
On April 7, he warned that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”
Trump’s remarks invited talk of his removal via the 25th Amendment to the Constitution.
Now, Katz is promising the same thing, The Times of Israel reported, and says Israel merely awaits the go-ahead from Trump.
“Israel is prepared to renew the war against Iran. The IDF is ready in defense and offense, and the targets are marked,” he said…
Read the rest here: Israel Awaits U.S. OK to Attack Iran; State Dept. Admits U.S. Went to War at Israel’s Request – The New American
