Netanyahu: Israel Has Learned Never To Rule Out Preemptive Strikes.

Netanyahu: Israel Has Learned Never To Rule Out Preemptive Strikes.(Haaretz).

Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu said today in a hint to Iran that Israel had learned from its lessons in the 1973 Yom Kippur War “not to underestimate the enemy, not to ignore the dangers and not to give up on preemptive strikes.”

“Back than we paid the price of self-illusion,” Netanyahu said. “We will not make this mistake again.”

Netanyahu’s remarks at a Knesset ceremony marking 40 years since the Yom Kippur war came just after Iran presented its proposal on nuclear program at the Geneva P5+1 talks.

Netanyahu said that fears of international reaction to a preemptive strike should not always be taken into consideration. "There are cases when the thought about the international reaction to a preemptive strike is not equal to taking a strategic hit," he said.

"The decision for a preemptive strike is one of the hardest a government can take because you can never prove what would happen if you didn't act," Netanyahu said.

Netanyahu also pointed out that "peace is achieved through force," as exemplified by the fact that in the aftermath of the Yom Kippur war, Israel signed peace treaties with both Egypt and Jordan.

"Peace is achieved when hostile countries around us understand that Israel is strong and refuses to be uprooted."Hmmm........I Agree : "Pour les vaincre, messieurs, il nous faut de l'audace, encore de l'audace, et toujours de l'audace et la Patrie sera sauvée!" ~ Danton. Read the full story here.