We've Been Put on Notice

Israeli officials say they won't warn the U.S. if they decide to launch a pre-emptive strike against Iranian nuclear facilities, according to one U.S. intelligence official familiar with the discussions. The pronouncement, delivered in a series of private, top-level conversations, sets a tense tone ahead of meetings in the coming days at the White House and Capitol Hill.

Israeli officials said that if they eventually decide a strike is necessary, they would keep the Americans in the dark to decrease the likelihood that the U.S. would be held responsible for failing to stop Israel's potential attack.

  Time

Ha. No one in the whole world outside the US would believe the Americans weren't responsible for failing to stop the attack. And very few would believe the reason Israel won't give us a head's up is so we won't be held responsible. The reason is probably twofold: 1) so we WON'T be able to stop the attack, and 2) so we know who's in charge.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.