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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNetanyahu on the defensive; Ambassador Susan Rice reiterates there is no need for sabre rattling
Netanyahu: No Doubt Obama And Romney Are Equally Committed To Forbidding Iran From Going Nuclear
Appearing Sunday on NBC's "Meet The Press," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was asked if he believes President Obama and Mitt Romney are equally committed to preventing Iran from going nuclear.
"I have no doubt that they're equally committed to preventing that," he said. "It's a vital American interest. It's an existential interest in my case, so this isn't the issue. We're united on this across the board."
He repeatedly declined to address Romney's charge that Obama has thrown Israel under the bus.
"You're trying to get me into the American election and I'm not going to do that," he said. "There's no bus and we're not going to get into that discussion. ... The only bus that is really important is the Iranian nuclear bus. That's the one that we have to derail. And that's my interest -- that's my only interest."
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/netanyahu-no-doubt-obama-romney-are-equally-committed
Appearing Sunday on NBC's "Meet The Press," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was asked if he believes President Obama and Mitt Romney are equally committed to preventing Iran from going nuclear.
"I have no doubt that they're equally committed to preventing that," he said. "It's a vital American interest. It's an existential interest in my case, so this isn't the issue. We're united on this across the board."
He repeatedly declined to address Romney's charge that Obama has thrown Israel under the bus.
"You're trying to get me into the American election and I'm not going to do that," he said. "There's no bus and we're not going to get into that discussion. ... The only bus that is really important is the Iranian nuclear bus. That's the one that we have to derail. And that's my interest -- that's my only interest."
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/netanyahu-no-doubt-obama-romney-are-equally-committed
Rice: There Is Time And Space Before Iran Will Have Nuclear Weapon
Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice reiterated the United States' commitment to preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon but said there is still time for tough economic sanctions to have an effect on CNN's "State of the Union."
"President Obama has been absolutely clear and on this there's absolutely no daylight between the United States and Israel, that we will do what it takes to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon," Rice said. "We are not at that stage yet. They do not have a nuclear weapon. Our shared intelligence assessments is that there is still considerable time and space before they will have a nuclear weapon should they make the decision to go for that."
Earlier on the same show, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said that Iran's obvious intention was to build a nuclear weapon.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/rice-there-is-time-space-before-iran-will
Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice reiterated the United States' commitment to preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon but said there is still time for tough economic sanctions to have an effect on CNN's "State of the Union."
"President Obama has been absolutely clear and on this there's absolutely no daylight between the United States and Israel, that we will do what it takes to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon," Rice said. "We are not at that stage yet. They do not have a nuclear weapon. Our shared intelligence assessments is that there is still considerable time and space before they will have a nuclear weapon should they make the decision to go for that."
Earlier on the same show, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said that Iran's obvious intention was to build a nuclear weapon.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/rice-there-is-time-space-before-iran-will
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Netanyahu on the defensive; Ambassador Susan Rice reiterates there is no need for sabre rattling (Original Post)
ProSense
Sep 2012
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ProSense
(116,464 posts)1. The neocons are out in force:
ABC News Reporter Makes Specious Claim That Iran Is Capable Of Producing Nuclear Weapons In Four Weeks
http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/09/16/855731/abc-news-reporter-makes-specious-claim-that-iran-is-capable-of-producing-nuclear-weapons-in-four-weeks/
Mitt's meltdown seems to have them in a panic.
http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/09/16/855731/abc-news-reporter-makes-specious-claim-that-iran-is-capable-of-producing-nuclear-weapons-in-four-weeks/
Mitt's meltdown seems to have them in a panic.
michael811
(67 posts)2. Netanyahu must now think Obama will win
He has seen the writing on the wall and the reaction Romney had this week. No need to anger the President you will have to be dealing with the next four years
mgarr
(41 posts)3. Sometimes it doesn't pay to try to help an old friend.
Mr. Netanyahu has changed his tune over the past week.
He learned that trying to influence a presidential election in favor of his old pal Mitt Romney was not well received by Americans who were paying attention.
The US has a strong pro-Israeli policy. And a clear position re Iran. Or, as Ehud Barak, former Israeli prime minister, said recently, the current US policy re Israel is the strongest it has ever been.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/30/ehud-barak-sings-praises-of-obama-administration/
Mr. Netanyahu has belatedly discovered it is best just to shut up.