Let me explain something. I have no reason to expect Iran to adhere to
any such treaty unless it renounces genocidal attacks on Israel and seeks
rapprochement. Any such treaty is a
scrap of paper whose sole purpose is to defuse international resistance to Iran
arming itself with such weapons until they can be deployed.
Israel has no choice but to be
hardline while is allies play appeasement because they cringe at the costs.
My problem with atomic bombs
in the hands of an End of Times clergy who calls the shots is that they can
easily rationalize the destruction of New York and London and the murder of
twenty million human beings. I really
prefer to shoot mad dogs first and discuss peace second. It is safer and would have spared sixty
million dead in WWII.
All Iran has been seen to do
is to pony up a more pleasing horse trader to date after beating us up for
years with that insufferable Amandinijan.
Israel 'Utterly Rejects' Iran
Nuclear Deal That Could Avoid War
'Israel is not obliged by this agreement and Israel will
do everything it needs to defend itself,' says defiant Netanyahu
- Jacob Chamberlain, staff writer
November 8, 2013
As international hopes rose around the possibility of
successful talks on Iran's nuclear program in Geneva on Friday, Israel's Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a message for the world: No, no, no.
"Israel is not obliged by this agreement and Israel
will do everything it needs to defend itself, to defend the security of its
people," Netanyahu said in one of two videos released to reporters ahead
of talks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at Ben Gurion airport that
took place Friday morning. Many interpreted the comments as the latest in a
series of veiled threats about Israel's desire to strike militarily against
Iran.
Watch:
Though not perfect, numerous diplomatic experts and
observers are calling the brewing deal a potential best hope for de-escalating
the threat of a dangerous military confrontation in the region. Netanyahu,
however, said his country would not be bound whatsoever by the agreement, which
he called a "monumental," "grievous" and
"historic" mistake.
"This is a very bad deal. Israel utterly rejects
it," Netanyahu said.
Netanyahu was referring to information he had received
coming out of the ongoing talks in Geneva between the P5+1 group of Britain,
China, France, Russia, the United States and Germany with Iran over its nuclear
program, although no official announcement of a deal has been made.
Though no official statements on the details have yet
emerged, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that a joint statement
on the framework of a nuclear deal could be issued as early as Friday. Other
reporting suggests that though progress has been made, the high-level talks may
continue into the weekend before a deal or framework is announced by the
parties.
Netanyahu's comments represent the continued hostility of
the Israeli government towards Iran's nuclear program. Though Iran has
repeatedly claimed its nuclear program is for power generation and medical
research purposes only, Israel refuses to acknowledge its own nuclear arsenal.
Unlike Iran, Israel has never signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.[ making it the only
non-hypocrite at the table – arclein ]
Following his meeting with Kerry, Netanyahu showed no
signs of backing down from his hawkish stance, but criticism of his remarks
were proliferating. As Ian Black, Middle East editor for the Guardian,
reports:
Israel's ill-tempered opposition – even before anything
has been formally agreed – looks set to further strain its already tense
relations with Washington. "Netanyahu unwise to challenge US so
openly/dismissively on possible Iran nuclear deal," tweeted Nicholas
Burns, a former senior US diplomat. "Netanyahu's outburst was a serious
tactical error." The Israeli prime minister has taken a hard line on this
issue for years, so it is no surprise he is taking the news badly. It is still
hard to imagine, however, that Israel would attack Iran – even if it has the
military capability to do so alone – while a prolonged and internationally
backed agreement is in place.
Kerry did not make a statement before he left Israel for Geneva, though the White
House pushed back, at least mildly, against the Israeli Prime Minister by
saying that any criticism of the deal is "premature," because no deal
yet exists.
Upon his arrival in Geneva, Kerry told reporters that he
was hopeful that a deal could be made. But, he added, "I don't think
anybody should mistake that there are some important gaps that have to be
closed."
Late in the day Friday, according to
the Guardian's live reporting from
Geneva, the closed-door talks were heading into their second hour.
2 comments:
How about every Time Israel Says No, the U.S. Remove one more Nuke Weapon, and cut $50 Million more in Welfare support Aid to the Jewish Fifedom...
Deep down I think Israel's issues are about a widespread lack of foreskin.
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