The constant bane of those trumpeting the call for war with Iran reared its head earlier this week in the curious form of Israeli military chief Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, who pointed out that Iran isn’t actually developing a nuclear weapon and went on to say that it was very unlikely the nation would ever try.
Such comments may have the war party on their heels, but never for long as today both US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and his Israeli counterpart Ehud Barak struck back with comments intended to raise fears about Iran’s non-existent weapons program.
Barak insisted that the upcoming May talks in Baghdad, aimed at a negotiated settlement with Iran, had no serious chance of succeeding, while likening Iran to nuclear weapons states like North Korea and Pakistan.
Panetta’s comments were more directly confrontational to Gantz, saying that he hopes “he knows something more than I do” and insisting that he has no specific information to suggest Iran isn’t developing nuclear weapons.
If somebody screams at the packed movie theater "FIRE" and people die in ensuing panic, he would be rightly put behind the bars for public endangerment. Even if he claims his call was just a joke.
I think that screaming "Iran has or shortly will have nukes" despite all the evidence contrary to this statement should be considered a crime against humanity and people like Panetta, Barak and Netenyahoo should have been behind the bars long time ago.
Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz was, I believe, simply repeating what the Intel Communitiy has been stating for years. Is that what Pennetta´s comments mean by "knowing something more than he does"?
"no specific information to suggest Iran isn’t developing nuclear weapons".
This really is extreme. No possible evidence can ever be presented for a non-event.
Look all this talks is suggesting a BS in politics, Iran, Iraq, Syria possibley Afghanistan and Pakistan building a untied economic, political and military front against US – Israel and EU´s hegamony in the region, thats where all that political vote generating is coming from, thats where the Libyan as well as Syrian war started, its simply planed to weaken this front and by all means. Iranian even invaited Turkish government to partisipate but they have refused, Hillary Clinton knows that so is Barack Hussien Obama and David Cameron so as Kozi-Markel has been informed. Now they are doing the same wanting for the people of Middle east to be divided as much as possible.
Just can't have peace breaking out all over the place right before the election…Send out the "fear mongers" so the Warrior-in-Chief can look…warrior-like. After the election, he'll "have more flexibility" to actually attempt a peaceful outcome re: Iran (if he can keep bibi from blowing the whole thing apart that is.)
Panetta … The piñata of lies.
Grand pretense of fear — Panetta in a nutshell
Panetta —“I have no specific information to suggest Iran isn’t developing nuclear weapons.”
And as Panetta has “no specific information to” suggest that someday he may be struck by a bolt of lighting on the golf course, does this mean that he should never again set foot on a putting green?
Panetta says, "I would hope [the Israeli general is] correct and he knows something more than I do. I do not have any specific information that indicates (the Iranians) have made any decision one way or another.”
America is too far gone to appreciate the perverse and destructive policy Leon the Tool demonstrates by this statement. Because we don't know that Iran will not build a nuclear weapon someday, we must destroy its economy, crush its financial system, further impoverish its people, and do all in our power to provoke hostility to justify a US-Jew State attack.
By this logic, we should all be killing one another right now.
The list of retired Israeli bigshots against this war is growing. Why Panetta thinks he knows better than they do is beyond me.
Empire USA — In a nutshell
Except for this pending war with Iran, all of our invasions since World War Two have been with nations equally corrupt as our Empire and the after effect was negligible, as no permanent harm did the international collective conscience suffer.
Comes now the most corrupt and deceitful Empire the world has ever known, and it to impose sanctions on Iran designed to destroy such a moral and just nation with no record of having been the slightest hostile or aggressive against a neighbor going back over 400 years.
Comes now on one hand half the world to be totally indifferent to the pending destruction of Iran. While on the other hand half the world is ready, willing and most desirous to enrich itself upon the misery of Iran, and the after effect to be a quantum leap into the ignominy of World War Three.
For the desire to be enriched upon the misery of another nation, this is our legacy to the world and what amassing all our wealth and glory has instilled in the world.
Can Panetta please shut up already?
bring back the OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Before the Iraq invasion there was plenty of bullshit pretending there was disagreement and real debate within the establishment and that the leadership had not made the decision to go ahead.
I believe the truth then and now is that the decision has already been made and that talk of dissent, disagreement and debate is just window dressing.
Before the Iraq invasion there was plenty of bullshit pretending there was disagreement and real debate within the establishment and that the leadership had not made the decision to go ahead.