Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said the United States has no moral right to object to an Israeli military strike on Iran because it has failed to threaten Iran with war for a nuclear weapons program that doesn’t exist.
Netanyahu’s statement seems to be not just a strategic quibble with the Obama administration, but a moral condemnation, at a time when the administration’s argument for holding off a preventive war seems to have won out.
“Those in the international community who refuse to put red lines before Iran don’t have a moral right to place a red light before Israel,” Netanyahu said.
The Obama administration has resisted pressure from Netanyahu and his cabinet to launch a war against Iran, arguing continued negotiations and harsh economic sanctions are the more effective way forward. Recent comments from the top US military official Gen. Martin Dempsey that America would not be “complicit” in an Israeli strike, as well as reports that Obama made the same comments in a secret letter to Iran, seemed to force the Israelis to tone down their war rhetoric.
Israeli leaders, notably Defense Minister Ehud Barak, last week appeared to give in to the US position, saying tough US postures may be eliminated the need to perform a unilateral strike.
The truth is, top military analysts in both the US and Israel agree that Israel doesn’t have the capability to wipe out Iran’s nuclear program, which intelligence has concluded is not being weaponized, on its own. So now that the US has expressed firmly that it won’t back an Israeli first strike, even many in Netanyahu’s cabinet have given in.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reiterated this week that it would not set deadlines for Iran, and that a military build-up in the region, coupled with sanctions and extensive talks are the way to go.
But Netanyahu is still whining publicly about the Obama administration’s opposition to a discretionary war on Iran. “The world tells Israel ‘wait, there’s still time’. And I say, ‘Wait for what? Wait until when?'” he added.
As far as having moral authority to oppose an Israeli strike, Netanyahu is no one to talk. Even his highest officials admit that Iran has not made the decision to build nuclear weapons and that even if it had nuclear weapons it wouldn’t commit national suicide by using them on Israel. Thus, there is no imminent threat and no moral or legal case for preemption.
Is Netanyahu a rabidly insane warmonger? He is objecting to the USA government's failure to support, with unlimited American blood and treasure, an unjustifiable preemptive military attack on Iran decided only by the Zionist Israeli government or Netanyahu himself.
Well, I can almost understand his reasoning. The last time Netanyahu addressed a joint session of the USA Congress, that Congress behaved like trained seals, standing then sitting, clapping and cheering, demonstrating their superb & subservient training by the Zionist non-political "Public Awareness Committee" AIPAC. No victorious Caesar returning to Rome could have received a warmer welcome by the Roman Senate.
While Obama appears to be reluctant to engage in war against Iran prior to the November elections, lest such an action be detrimental to his successful re-election, don't discount the possibility of a false flag terrorist attack to draw the USA into conflict with Iran at any time. Both Israel and the USA have engaged in such attacks in the past to justify war to the American people — 9/11/2001 a recent and prime example. Obama's opponent Romney has already promised no such restraint in regard to attacking Iran, but might merely be campaign posturing (one could hope).
American politicians apparently have even shorter memories that their former constituents, the American people but now AIPAC, in regard to just how badly optional preemptive unjustified wars tend to vary from the chicken-hawks' prognosticated successful conclusions, beginning with the Vietnam "Police Action" and concluding with the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. The USA put 550,000 boots simultaneously on the ground in Vietnam, and failed in their objectives. Four to five times as many troops would need to be committed to a successful conflict against Iran, requiring a new and universal draft. In this day and age, such a draft could only be tolerated with an actual Congressional declaration of war.
There is no guarantee that such a conflict with Iran would not quickly escalate into a global thermonuclear WW3. In fact, such an escalation is almost a foregone conclusion. I don't see where the USA can even afford to continue its' current unjustified wars of imperialism, let alone a new and even more horrific war against a larger population and land mass, more militarily powerful.
Perhaps if Netanyahu is so predisposed to war with Iran, he should consider the ramifications of Israel doing so alone, without the backing or involvement of the USA (or NATO) in quelling his unjustified paranoia. I would invite Israel to engage in such insanity at their own peril. And that is why Netanyahu is so indignant with the USA these days. Netanyahu truly belongs in an asylum for the criminally insane. Perhaps there is enough room in that asylum for all the USAian Israel-Firsters as well.
"Obama's opponent Romney has already promised no such restraint in regard to attacking Iran, but might merely be campaign posturing (one could hope)."
I wouidn't invest too much "hope" that Rommy is only talking toiugh David272…. After all, he has Michael Hayden there at his side…….. advising him, on foreign policy..
"There is John Lehman, the Secretary of the Navy in the Reagan administration, who sources say is a lead actor in the Romney cast. Then there are Michael Chertoff and Michael Hayden, the Homeland Security secretary and CIA director who both served under President George W. Bush. Two former GOP senators, Norm Coleman of Minnesota and Jim Talent of Missouri, also are on Romney's team."
Wow…. At least TWO of the 911 Michaels… Of course Michael No.1 for me is Chertoff…… A dual U.S./Is-raeli Citizen and rabbi…… Plus he's the architect of DHS…… the 1s feeling your scrotum, when you fly……. to keep the world safe for American Hegemony…… He has quite a bit of 911 baggage… the most notorious of which is "operation Diamond Back"
" Between the Fall of 1998 and June 2001, a group of Middle Eastern men living in New Jersey is caught on tape in an ATF weapons sting conspiring to buy millions of dollars of weapons including components for nuclear bombs. Three years after the operation ended, all of the people involved in the deal are free.
Federal agents who worked on the case were frustrated because it was handled as a criminal case instead of a counterterrorism case. In an in depth look at Operation Diamondback I reveal that one of the suspects who was accused of skimming millions of dollars from a fraudulent HMO to offshore accounts where the money allegedly went to finance terrorism, was defended in the HMO case by a lawyer who later became the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Criminal Division, under John Ashcroft. The lawyer, Michael Chertoff, was in his position as Assistant Attorney General when Operation Diamondback ended and his client was never arrested even though an intelligence document claimed he and his brother in Egypt had links to Osama Bin Laden.
Above is the lead paragraph in a four part series… "New Jersey and Terrorism…Perfect Together; terrorism is operating in NJ unchecked, and Bush's Justice Dept knows about it. a four part series
By Allan P. Duncan… September 2, 2004 Alsom, the perps that Chertoff let slip away said:
During a meeting at Robert DeNiro’s Tribeca Grill on July 22, 1999 , Abbas pointed towards the World Trade Center and stated “those towers are coming down.” Despite the fact that the meeting was recorded and was being watched by members of the FBI’s Terrorism Task Force, the threat was apparently not taken seriously….
Yup &* millions of stolen Medicare/Medicade dollars went to Egypt and to these giuys that Chertoff let off easy… See: http://www.opednews.com/duncan_0090304_NJ_terrori…
I guess I'll have to repeat this to you, Mr. Netanyahu. You're nothing more than a demented DEMON; so, it is YOU who have NO MORAL RIGHT to wage WARS OF AGGRESSION AGAINST YOUR NEIGHBORS. Now, what part of this statement don't you understand? Our leadership has EVERY RIGHT to RESTRAIN a totally PSYCHOTIC entity that Israel is right now and PREVENT WWIII.
Your threats of a "Samson Option" are nothing more than the rantings and ravings of a LUNATIC; since, Iran is a threat to NO ONE, and has NOT attacked its neighbors in FOUR CENTURIES. Can you say the same for ISRAEL in the 58 YEARS of its existence? Of course not, The whole world – the USA included – is SICK AND TIRED of your constant, obsessive harping and threats. So, do us all a favor; SHUT UP about Iran's MYTHICAL threat and mind your own business. We're all SOVEREIGN and must look to our own interests,.
We're tired of this never-ending state of permanent war! Mr. President, don't give in to this idiot!
Hey – go for it Bibi. Don't let some two-bit country with no moral right try to stop you from your unhinged drive to self-destruction.
Nettie believes he's the "Annointed One" as a reincarnation of King David.
In actual fact he is the reincarnation of somebody's very bad case of long gone hemorrhoids, persistent, ugly, disgusting and wont go away easily.
I would suggest the us use a lot of PREPARATION H on him, he just might go away.
Now where did Israel get the moral right to exist?… oh hang on they granted it to themselves.
Israel has no moral right to either ASK the US to attack Iran or in fact even have anything to say about Irans Lawful Atomic Processes, the IAEA inspects Iran on a round the clock basis, Israel refuse to even let IAEA inspectors in country! Iran according to Israle and the US are not manufacturing Nuclear weapons in fact arent even processing Uranium over the percentage required for Medical and fuel cycles Israel is, it even processes Plutonium for its Hydrogen Bombs.
You're right. They attack their neighbors and then ask us for help.
Netanhitlu….wants to tell the rest of the world what to do.
There is no Moral involved here, because if it did then Israel been immoral acts against PALESTINIANS for over 50 years, immorally they been stealing peoples land and immorally deporting peoples form their land, immorally they have regarded PALESTINIANS as third class nation treating them as slaves and rubbing them of their freedom, immorally killing and disregarding all kind of laws for last 60 years, bribing the world stamping other nations as Terrorists while they been terrorizing the world. It is about time that world stands against Israel and its apartheid regime. Enough is enough.
Well said, Mojo! But Crazy Benny doesn't care what you say. He is building Greater Israel for the Jewish people, a place where only they will be welcome.
Is that racist? Methinks it is. But in the Jewish mind, only they count!
Gentiles like me and you, we are without value. Get it?
You get in there, Boobi. Don't let anyone impede you. Not that anyone gives a rat's how you destroy yourself.
Netanyahu is engaging in his favorite game: "Let's you and him fight!"
US had a moral right fo stand to the Nazi Germany…. and it did and contributed to the victory even before its troops landed in Europe.
It has a moral right NOW to stand to the lunatic Nazis in israel and stop their pursue for teritorial expansion and dominance …..
Not only do we have a moral but a fiduciary right to not block but stop the Israeli's from bombing a country that is no threat to anyone as far as they can prove.
No verifiable proof, no fight. It's as easy as that. None of this crap about having the Iranians prove a negative but you t5o put forth proof positive.
Odd that Hitler said the same thing before his criminal invasion of Poland. I wonder why there isn't the cry to drag Israels leaders to the Hague to try them for their cowardly wars of aggression? Bibi wants to be a real man like Golda Mier and see his face on the 5 Shekel note.
Netanyahu is whining : "The world tells Israel ‘wait, there’s still time’. And I say, ‘Wait for what? Wait until when?’".
There's surprisingly enough a point here. When the West speaks "there's still time" it strongly implies that there's some ongoing movement towards Iranian nuclear weaponization and some ultimate doomsday clock response to that; which is the act of destroying that program with a war. It implies strongly the presence of ticking clocks and endgame scenarios.
So perhaps this type of rhetoric from US/EU should cease as it clearly confuses and emboldens the regime in Israel to no ends. Words do have real meanings and connotations!
For all of Nathan-the-yahoo's incessant gnashing and whining, the US will not attack Iran no matter who is elected prezzie-wezzie, and neither will Israel. Why? Because everyone with any sense knows that oil prices will spike astronomically in the event of an attack on Iran, and that will crash the world economy, with unpredictable global social and political consequences. Nathan-the-yahoo cannot act without the cooperation of Israel's military and intelligence apparatus, and they have openly trashed his mouthings. Israel will not attack without US backing, and the Chairman of the JCoS has made it clear they don't have it. Also, both the US & Israel realize that Iran is not Iraq, and will put up a better fight before evacuating it's govt. from Tehran, and an even worse insurgency would then ensue. Nathan-the-yahoo is whistling past the graveyard.
LOL! There's nothing more amusing than a war monger, baby killer and thief upholding morality. Having said that, however, I beg to differ with the Zionist In Chief, 3 BILLION of our hard-earned dollars that flow his way every year without our consent or approval say he's wrong.
Makes you wonder what Nuttin Yahoo's game really is.