New Israeli PM To Obama: Deal With Iran Or We Will
EmailIt is one of the nightmarish scenarios facing the Obama Adminstration: Israel informs the U.S. that it believes Iran has crossed the Rubicon to nuclear capability; the U.S. counsels restraint, and further diplomacy; Israeli leaders argue that diplomacy has failed, and they attack Iran; the U.S. is, by proxy, drawn into a new and costly conflict. That scenario — much debated and discussed by think tanks and Generals and journalists alike — is the leading edge of a new article and interview with freshly-minted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the latest issue of the Atlantic. Their headline — "Netanyahu To Obama: Stop Iran Or I Will" — is a reach, but it makes for compelling reading all the same. Netanyahu calls a nuclear Iran "a hinge of history," and suggests that not only will Israel push for an American response, but also that "nearly all the Arab regimes are dead-set opposed to Iran’s acquisition of nuclear weapons. They fervently hope, even if they don’t say it, that the U.S. will act to prevent this." Check out the full interview here.
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Dear Israeli PM: Good …use YOUR money…YOUR resources….YOUR army to stop Iran. Let us know how it went!
Posted by: linda n carolina | March 31, 2009, 2:28 pm 2:28 pm
I still think US should convince Israel to return all of Palestine’s – all, not part or some, that Israel took from Palestine in the 60′s.
Posted by: young_voter | March 31, 2009, 2:40 pm 2:40 pm
Mr. President Obama,
What are you going to do now? Negotiate??
Posted by: Mihann | March 31, 2009, 2:51 pm 2:51 pm
Mihann:”Mr. President Obama,
What are you going to do now? Negotiate??”
What? Are you seriously suggesting he should attack Israel to avoid this?
Posted by: jhw539 | March 31, 2009, 2:52 pm 2:52 pm
Don’t assume what others are saying.
Ask for clarification if you must.
It’s not helpful at all -
nor is it clever.
Posted by: wts ur prblm | March 31, 2009, 3:36 pm 3:36 pm
It should be excruciatingly obvious
that Iran is set on acquiring nuclear
weapons, and that once it has them,
the opportunities it will give them to
blackmail the West will be endless.
They won’t need to drop a bomb. They
will only need to say, “We have hidden
it in your harbor (New York, London –
or the Strait of Hormuz) and if you do not follow our instructions, we will detonate it, destroy your city and devastate your nation.
After years of failed diplomacy,
sanctions and repeated sets of carrots and sticks, those who think those
avenues might yet work with the
autocratic Mullahs in charge of Iran,
simply delude themselves, just as
Chamberlain did as he returned home
to London from his meetings with
Hitler in 1938. Had we fought Hitler then, untold millions of lives would have been saved. If Israel takes military action now against Iran, untold numbers of lives will be saved.
The only real question is whether either Israel or the U.S. will act
soon enough. Those who argue for delay, argue for all of us waking up one morning to the news that Iran has detonated a nuclear device. We are, whether we like it or not, involved
in an historical game of chicken, to see who will blink first. If Iran
wins, we can count on one thing — the world will never again be safe for
the children and grandchildren we
so ardently claim we want to protect.
Posted by: DrCurt Schmidt | March 31, 2009, 5:52 pm 5:52 pm
It is way too late to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the Middle East. One could say it is 150 to 200 nuclear bombs too late. There is a belief that Israel has that many nuclear weapons already.
Iran has spoken of taking back the land that was stolen from the Palestinians in 1947/48. And who presided over the theft? The United Nations. Once the Jewish terrorists were planted in Palestine, they drove out the ones who was supposed to OVERSEE a smooth transition. And a Zionist government was born.
And now, with 150 to 200 nuclear bombs, there is talk of an even wider war – the elimination of the gentiles. Surely one would not need up to 200 nuclear bombs to “distribute” in the Middle East.
So, basically the idea is to keep stolen land stolen.
Posted by: bezelt | March 31, 2009, 7:41 pm 7:41 pm
Better pay attention to what they say and not just think we know it all.
Posted by: p | April 1, 2009, 10:44 am 10:44 am