Months of angry fist-shaking from Israeli officials and a position of no diplomacy at any price failed miserably, and in the wake of the signing of the interim P5+1 deal with Iran, Prime Minister Netanyahu appears to have changed tactics.
Today, Netanyahu announced he is dispatching a team lead by his national security adviser Yossi Cohen to the US, and they are going to try to engage with the US in getting the terms of the final Iran deal more to Israel’s liking.
That’s a big shift after long-standing rejection of all diplomacy, and will inevitably raise questions of what the Israeli agenda is. Netanyahu said any permanent deal would have to dismantle “Iran’s military nuclear capability.”
But since Iran doesn’t have a military nuclear capability, that doesn’t mean much, and the concern is that the Israeli team is not so much there to engage in the negotiation process, but rather to try to make the P5+1 demands so onerous that Iran can’t possibly accept them.
And Israel has a say in this how?
Nettyahoo a++s is sucking air digging a hole for him and his people.
"…make the P5+1 demands so onerous that Iran can’t possibly accept them."
And make no mistake, the Israel-Firsters in Congress will listen to them (with open wallets, of course) and make sure that Israel gets first right of denial.
If the US seriously wants peace with Iran, then they need to send the Israelis packing. This is about the interests of the American people, not the Israelis. The Israelis can make their own bed regarding Iran. But, if they choose to maintain the level of bellicosity and enmity currently in vogue by the Netanyahoo government, they need to understand that the US has no intention of being dragged into fighting their war for them. They need to take responsibility for their actions and suffer the consequences of their actions themselves. Perhaps then the people of Israel will rethink the way they live with their neighbors in the ME.
Surely there are some sane people in Israel.
Don't bet on there being sane people in Isreal. At least sane people in positions of power.
Boy you chumps will do almost anything these brazen Israeli morons tell you to, huh? How embarrassing.
I love how their own arsenal of WMD is always above and beyond reproach. Another sacred cow that allows these people to get away with murder.
Iran is a powerhouse of wealth, what with the world’s largest natural gas reserves, world’s third largest oil reserves and a highly educated and tech-experienced workforce. Comes now our most brutal and imperial West to greedy-grab for a big chunk of this wealth and in a way that will reinforce it’s power and dominion over the Middle-East.
It is a pity that wars are not fought like in the olden days where Kings and Leaders rode at the head of their Army and clashed with their enemy in the field of battle.
There wouldent be "hawks" in Congress pushing for war if they had to do the fighting.
Very well said, Andron. This makes plenty of sense. Can you picture Bibi Boo-Boo at the front, leading an army into battle with just a sword and a shield? I know I can't.
And, he's no Julius Caesar or Alexander the Great, either.
Hope their plane crashes on the way over.
If not, see to it that the occupants receive rabies shots before getting thru Immigration
l am sure Obama is praying for that too
If Israel cannot survive without outside military alliances or foreign aid, then it is simply not a viable country. Any country that cannot learn how to get along with her neighbors without outside help, is not a viable country and does not deserve recognition as a country.
But its not a country but an entity of a nuclear armed yankee henchmen.
BiBi gets uglier by the second. Who died, and appointed him God ?