For several years now there has been talk that Israel might attack the Iranian nuke facilities but I have always maintained that they could not do this without the US help. I felt there were two reasons for this. First the Israeli plans did not have the range without flying over Iraq and the US would not give them permission and second they needed our 15,000 pound bunker busters to penetrate the underground facilities. Well guess what? In the news today I saw the following item from the London Times.



Saudi Arabia has conducted tests to stand down its air defences to enable Israeli jets to make a bombing raid on Iran’s nuclear facilities, The Times can revealed.



I new that KSA, a Suni Muslim country was concerned about Iran a Shia country but I never thought they would go this far.

The only question that remains now is will the US sell bunker busters to Israel and here is a news item.



In 2008, the United States approved an Israeli request for bunker-busters capable of destroying underground facilities, including Iranian nuclear weapons sites. Officials said delivery of the weapons was held up by the administration of President Barack Obama.



Since taking office, Obama has refused to approve any major Israeli requests for U.S. weapons platforms or advanced systems. Officials said this included proposed Israeli procurement of AH-64D Apache attack helicopters, refueling systems, advanced munitions and data on a stealth variant of the F-15E.



Many in Israel think of this as an embargo against them by Obama.



There have been rumors that Obama was anti Israel but I never put much faith into rumors but now I am