While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials are insisting they aren’t seeking a war with Iran, they take every opportunity possible to advocate such a war. Over the weekend, Netanyahu again demanded the world “stop” Iran.
Netanyahu was very specific about being fine with a military conflict to “stop” Iran, and said that such a war should happen sooner rather than later. He said any conflict with Iran was “better now than later.”
Netanyahu’s accusations against Iran, as tend to be the case, were completely false. He claimed Iran was providing Syria with “Iranian anti-aircraft systems that will threaten air force jets.” This is demonstrably untrue, as Syria is acquiring its air defenses from Russia. Iran also buys its air defenses from Russia, and doesn’t have substantial Iranian-made systems that they could even theoretically provide Syria.
Israeli officials have been complaining to Russia for weeks about those air defenses coming to Syria, as they will complicate Israel’s constant attacks on Syria. Russia has shown no signs they are considering not sending those system however.
And Israel can’t do anything about Russian arms sales to Syria. Netanyahu’s strategy is to try to falsely spin these as Iranian systems, and use that as part of his decades of agitating for war with Iran. That Netanyahu is centering so heavily on the idea that Iran is helping Syria attack Israel is particularly outrageous, since Israel has been attack Syria regularly for years, and Syria has offered no more than token resistance.
There’s a simple list of things that Iran has to do to avoid war, as laid out by Netanyahu.
1. Accept the extension of the Iran deal in perpetuity.
2. Allow snap inspections of every square inch of Iran.
3. Cease all diplomatic activity outside of Iran, breaking off relations and having no trade or other contact with Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, Afghanistan, or any other country.
4. Cease all research activity inside Iran on any subject whatsoever.
5. Adopt Hebrew as the national language of Iran.
Actually, no, doing all that would not be enough, because Netanyahu would suspect that Iran would still be hiding something.
And number (4) is not actually hyperbole; Netanyahu complained several years ago that allowing Iranian universities to teach chemistry and physics is unacceptable to Israel, a threat to world peace, and cannot be tolerated.
Iran is going to be attacked no matter what it does. IMHO Russia is in the same boat. Bibi has always had the goal of the destruction of all the arab nations. My fear it will end with nuclear weapons. IMHO if Bibi wants a war then wish him well and step aside for the IDF doing the fighting. It is not our war.
You’re insane if you think Iran would agree with these terms, there is no pleasing Israel ,except war, and they want US to do it.
You have a point here, Jimmy, but the US isn’t about to do Israel’s dirty work when it comes to Iran, it already has big problems in Syria, so bad that Pres. Trump’s contemplating pulling all US troops illegally in Syria out of that country.
If Bibzy expects the US to pull his chestnuts out of the fire, because he issued the most idiotic, insane terms to Iran that he knows won’t accept, he’ll get a very nasty surprise, the Pentagon won’t launch an attack on Iran for him, instead, they’ll just tell him he’s on his own.
I agree with you in your statement that if Israel wants war with Iran, let them have it, just leave the US out of it. Secretary of Defense James Mattis already told the Zionist Entity they were on their own if they attack Iran, they’d have to deal with Russia, and probably China, who are Iran’s allies.
Bibzy’s just far too obsessed with Iran to even consider the terrible consequences from an attack on the Islamic Republic. Iran has advanced missiles that can strike Israel’s Dimona Nuclear Facility with pin-point accuracy, turning the Zionist Entity into one huge glass parking lot.
They will just pull a false flag here in the US and use that as an excuse to attack Iran.
This is how Austria made up its demands on Serbia in 1914. They were careful to ensure they could not be accepted, then when they basically were, they attacked anyway.
The US did much the same to Spain in 1898, attacking even after concession of near everything.
I’m sure there is a long list of other examples. It is like the fake incidents used to “justify” attacks, as the Germans did to Poland in 1939. When they’ve decided on a war, the rest of the conversation has no meaning. It is just going to happen.
Talk about utter stupidity/insanity, Bibzy Satanyahoo takes the prize. What he’s demanding of Iran is downright idiotic, he needs to be stripped of his post as Prime Minister and either locked up in some insane asylum, or thrown into prison. He’s already under investigation for bribery and other signs of corruption, and to divert attention away from this investigation, he ordered his IDF to shoot peaceful Gaza protesters at the fence separating Gaza from the West Bank.
Bibzy’s a paranoid monster, his orders to kill peaceful protesters is just one sign of his monstrous paranoia, his obsession with Iran is the worst. It’s known by psychiatric experts as “projection”, The Israeli Knesset, as well as its Supreme Court, must remove Bibzy from office, before he ignites a 3rd World War.
Need to deal with the Israel “Lobby”. Better now than later.
I once read this story (in some “Biker” magazine) – a guy and his buddy find themselves in a strange bar full of rough characters – his buddy starts acting in an obnoxious manner, insulting strangers, leering at the women, etc. The guy figures that they are going to both get the crap beat out of them – he realizes what their only hope is – so he stands up and punches his obnoxious buddy in the mouth – to the approval of the whole bar. New friends, free drinks.
Except the Israeli lobby controls the US.
Except the Israeli lobby controls the US.
Later Netanyahoo will be in jail.
If Bibzy starts a war with Iran, Pat, he won’t be alive to be tossed in jail, because Israel will have been turned into a huge glass parking lot, thanks to an Iranian missile having accurately struck the Dimona Nuclear Facility.
If Israel wants war with Iran let them have it. Just leave the US out of it.
“better now than later” is exactly what he said about the Iraq War. He and Sharon pushed it hard, saying it was inevitable and sooner was better. This is redux.
Agree, but only if netenyahoo, his cabinet, and his party of nutjobs are sent to the frontlines.
“Onward Christian Soldiers”!