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Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/the-unspoken-secret-at-the-heart-of-us-israel-coordination-on-iran/
The Unspoken Secret at the Heart of U.S.-Israel Coordination on Iran
(Times of Israel) David Horovitz - The warm public words expressed by both sides about U.S.-Israeli coordination are heartfelt. Behind the scenes, the exchanges of information and assessment are truly open, serious and constructive. But there is one great unspoken secret at the heart of this relationship between two true allies facing what, for one of them - the weaker and more immediately threatened one - is a potentially existential danger: There is absolutely no circumstance whatsoever in which the U.S. will empathize with an Israeli decision to strike alone at Iran's nuclear facilities. If the U.S. concludes that only military action can thwart Iran, then the president will order such action, officials insist, after having made clear to the international community that diplomacy and sanctions had failed, and that there really was no alternative. And that were Iran to restart the program after a U.S.-led military strike, the U.S. would have no compunction about striking again if necessary, as often as was deemed necessary. Therefore, any resort to force before an American resort to force would be "premature."