Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Iran: "The Moment of Truth is Approaching"

As the P5+1 continues to dilly dally in its nuclear armament negotiations with Tehran, under the misguided oversight of the EU’s High Nincompoop for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has informed the Israeli public that delay will not be tolerated much longer. In a must-read interview with Shlomo Cesana, published by Israel Hayom (http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=4199), Barak observes that Israel cannot accept a situation in which Iran is able to assemble an atomic weapon within 60 days:

"The moment of truth is approaching. We have to decide what to do about this if the sanctions and diplomacy fail.

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Some say let’s trust the world. No matter how hard it is and there is risk involved and it is difficult to predict the outcome, I say that in the end we can deal with Iran now or deal with a nuclear Iran that poses a far greater danger.

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If [Iran] obtains a nuclear weapon, it will be very hard to bring it down. Now they are trying to seek immunity for their nuclear program. If they achieve military nuclear capability, for arms, or a threshold in which they can assemble a bomb within 60 days, they will acquire another form of immunity – for the regime.

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We will be in a much better position to make decisions about conflict in a few years, when the Magic Wand, Arrow, and Iron Dome missile-defense systems are complete. The problem is that sometimes you can't determine the timing for decisions."

Will this wake the P5+1 from its torpor? I doubt it. French foreign policy is apt to grow vichy-vashy given the election of François Hollande with the support of France's significant Muslim minority. Moreover, Obama will soon be consumed with re-election, and a confrontation with Iran would only introduce unknown, unwanted variables come November.