Speaking over the weekend during a visit to Italy, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed Israel has no problems with Iran having a civilian nuclear program, and that the objections to the P5+1 nuclear deal are purely because of “military implications.”
This is paradoxical, of course, as Israeli intelligence has repeatedly affirmed that Iran only has a civilian nuclear program to begin with, and Netanyahu has been harping on about it as an “existential threat” to Israel for decades irrespective of that.
The attempt at splitting the difference appears to be a function of Netanyahu trying to appear less unreasonable during a visit to Europe, with his visits to the US much more belligerent about Iran in general, with little concern about the “why” of hostility toward Iran, something his party has long treated as an end unto itself.
Netanyahu went on, however, to complain that Iran’s civilian nuclear infrastructure is “completely unnecessary” and shouldn’t be allowed, going on to say that Iran’s ability to enrich its own uranium was “vital to manufacturing nuclear weapons.”
Despite Netanyahu claiming the deal allows Iran to “expand” its enrichment, it actually doesn’t, and indeed the whole reason Iran has insisted on having the ability to enrich fuel for its own nuclear facilities is because, amid intense Israeli and US pressure, Iran has often struggled to obtain the fuel from abroad.
"Military implications" isn't this a big word coming out of this man mouth. Why the Italian government don't tell this man that Israel have nuclear war heads ready to strike even USA.
I guess this is netenyahoo admitting defeat. Good.
“Unfortunately, the deal with Iran enables it to preserve – and even to expand – its vast nuclear infrastructure which is completely unnecessary for a civilian nuclear program but is vital to manufacturing nuclear weapons,” the Israeli leader added.
nope.
Could represent some kind of rhetorical retreat. Also may be the start of of a general kinda straw man strategy worth noticing: one might predict that his whores will now begin talking as though Bibi's critics got-Bibi-all-wrong, see, what-he's-really-about is PMD, not 'legitimate' purposes. Of course what he's really about is generating and maintaining popular fantasies conducive to crucifying Iran and any other real or imagined competitor convenient to distract from is own criminality. Art of missing the point, you see.
In about a week, you might meet someone who thinks "the Left's" problem with Bibi is that they think he doesn't want civilian nuclear power in Iran. He'll think that's what he knows-better-than…
Gotcha. Now I'm giving my prediction about a 20% chance…
Of course if the French Israeli, US Bloc had have done what Iran wanted thirty odd years ago and actually did what Iran paid France to do way back then NONE of this crap would be happening now! Just r3emember Iran paid France to build IN FRANCE all that enrichment and other Nuclear facilities so that they wouldn't have to build it themselves, however France reneged on the deal after pressure from Israel and the US! There wouldn't have been ANY where near the ability to enrich, in Iran but for the duplicity of France! Iran went the enrichment way because France thought it was being clever but the reality is the opposite, much heart ache caused by trying to be clever by half!
What a liar! He has always denied the distinction. He runs them together as "nuclear capable" and demands they must be without that.