It is a good read, although it's quite clear that the Heritage Foundation author shares the same hawkish position as Netanyahu. What's troublesome about simply accepting the Heritage recommendations is the fact that our own military leaders recommend against a military strike against Iran by Israel.

As noted in the article, "...the Secretary of Defense and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have publicly warned against an Israeli military strike." Also noted in the article, Obama and Netanyahu do not share the same world view as regards Iran. It seems that the view of our military leaders' is diametrically opposed to that of the Israeli prime minister.

President Obama has demonstrated that he will listen to advice provided by his subordinates--his decision to authorize a kill shot against Osama bin Laden when all of his advisors recommended against the action is an example. So what will he do tomorrow in the meeting with Netanyahu? What should he do? He'll listen to the Israeli position as well as his own generals. He'll have decided what message he'll deliver to Netanyahu and what we'll ask of Israel. His firm statement today regarding what the U.S. might do about the situation is diplomatic posturing in my opinion.

My feeling is that the President should act in the best interests of the United States, regardless of what our historical relationship has been with Israel. They are an ally until they begin to conduct themselves in ways that are inconsistent with long-term U.S. interests.

The president will have to decide how much more war the country can tolerate and afford. How much political and public support will there be for another major war? Then he'll have to decide whether standing foursquare with Israel is consistent with long term U.S. interests. An expectation that an attack on Iran would result in major damage to the U.S. economy and increased terrorist attacks both inside and outside our borders should probably result in Obama telling Netanyahu that our interests may not be in synch and that Israel can expect to go it alone and suffer the consequences of their actions.

Frankly, unless Netanyahu has been a tremendous bluffer, my guess is that is exactly what he expects to hear. And I don't think it will change what Israel plans to do one iota.