Quote: "Quoting "Western defense sources," the report said "Iran is pursuing a longer-range strike capability for its air assets to support the delivery of more powerful strategic weapon systems," adding that Tehran was "investing considerable resources" in aerial refuelling capabilities. The training involved Iran Air Force's (IRIAF's) Sukhoi Su-24MK strike aircraft, Jane's Weekly said. The aerial refuelling exercises, originating out of the Tactical Air Base 7 in Shiraz, southwest Iran, take place at night and involve planes flying at very low altitudes, the report continued. The exercises were aimed at simulating "operational scenarios that would entail night-time refuelling of an Iranian attack aircraft, at low altitude over the Mediterranean, outward bound en route to the target," Jane's Weekly added.

As I said yesterday, the political situation in America may prevent the US from supporting Israel in a military capacity in such a strike. Presidential candidate and Democrat, Hilary Clinton, has warned President Bush that he will need to seek the permission of Congress if he intends to start a conflict with Iran. And with politics so divisive in the US, with efforts by the left-wing liberals to undermine everything the President does, I very much doubt a Democrat-controlled Congress would give that permission, even if Israel's existence was at risk.

Quote: ""If the administration believes that any, any use of force against Iran is necessary, the president must come to Congress to seek that authority," Clinton said in a Senate speech. Clinton, a member of the Armed Services Committee, voted in 2002 to give Bush the authority to use military force in Iraq - a vote that has prompted some Democrats to demand that she repudiate. "It would be a mistake of historical proportion if the administration thought that the 2002 resolution authorizing force against Iraq was a blank check for the use of force against Iran without further congressional authorization," Clinton said.

In short, I believe, Israel will truly be on its own when it comes to Iran and the war of Ezekiel 38-39. But that is why God will get the honour and glory for defeating Israel's enemies, and not the Senators in the US.

Ezekiel 38:21-23
And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother. And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that [are] with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I [am] the LORD.

Source YNet News, Jerusalem Post