Israeli President: "We'll Strike" Iran

After Iran rejected Obama's calls for negotiations over Iran's nuclear program, Israeli President Peres seemed determined to take matters into Israel's own hands. From Debka:

Sunday, Israeli President Shimon Peres told an Israeli radio interviewer that if President Barack Obama's diplomatic efforts to prevent Iran from going nuclear failed, "We'll strike him," referring to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

President Bush failed to halt Iran's program by succumbing to the European "diplomacy route" and there's no doubt Obama will not succeed in his deterrence efforts either. It now appears that Israel has to stand alone as to whether it wants a nuclear Iran or not.