The interesting thing about Israel intercepting the Iran to Hamas arms shipment - well, aside from the obvious of it seeming rather idiotic and reckless to be negotiating a weak nuke deal with a country that is such an avid sponsor of terrorism and which leaves all kinds of room for that country to continue on its merry way towards a bomb or breakout capability thereof - but aside from that the interesting thing is that in shipping these arms Iran does not seem to have worried much that behaving in such a way might jeopardize their evolving deal with Obama/Kerry - which I'd say amounts to further confirmation of what I and any objective observer of Obama's regressive foreign policy already know: either that Iran is in the catbird seat here and these negotiations are bogus, a smokescreen designed to keep Israel in check while we move towards the ultimate goal of 'containment' - or that Obama/Kerry are sad dupes who cannot read writing so glaringly written on the wall before them. I always thought for sure it the former, not the latter - but seeing as how they truly do seem to have been surprised by Putin's moves in Ukraine maybe it indeed is that they're naive fools stuck mulling over notions and ideas and perspectives that no doubt play well in the Harvard faculty lounge but are worth less than squat in the real world.
The other interesting thing is the efficiency and reach of Israel's intelligence services - to find and track this shipment was no easy task - this is not just about spy satellites and drones etc etc - this is about highly effective signals intel and assets on the ground - which for me has always been the wildcard viz Israel going it alone with a strike on Iran - I still think that's extremely unlikely - but the wildcard is what kind of assets does Israel have on the ground in Iran? What are they capable of? Does the CIA or Pentagon even know? And how much might these assets make a strike by Israel a more conceivable reality?
The other interesting thing is the efficiency and reach of Israel's intelligence services - to find and track this shipment was no easy task - this is not just about spy satellites and drones etc etc - this is about highly effective signals intel and assets on the ground - which for me has always been the wildcard viz Israel going it alone with a strike on Iran - I still think that's extremely unlikely - but the wildcard is what kind of assets does Israel have on the ground in Iran? What are they capable of? Does the CIA or Pentagon even know? And how much might these assets make a strike by Israel a more conceivable reality?