General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIsrael Increases Pressure on U.S. to Act on Iran
JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ramped up pressure on the White House on Sunday to put the buildup of Irans nuclear program ahead of other crises in the Middle East, complaining of a lack of urgency on the issue and saying that the Obama administration must demonstrate by action to Irans newly elected president that the military option which is on the table is truly on the table.
Speaking via satellite on the CBS News program Face the Nation, Mr. Netanyahu expressed concern that Iran was pursuing alternate routes to a nuclear weapons capability, including a plutonium bomb, even while stopping just short of the specific enriched-uranium levels he had set in a speech at the United Nations last year as a red line for military action.
He also reiterated his familiar demands that Iran must be forced to stop all enrichment of nuclear material, ship its current stockpile out of the country and shut down a deep underground enrichment site, called Fordo, that Israeli military officials acknowledge they probably do not have the ability to destroy.
Mr. Netanyahu said those demands should be backed up with ratcheted sanctions, adding, They have to know youll be prepared to take military action; thats the only thing that will get their attention.
Formally, the United States agrees with Mr. Netanyahus demands. But in negotiations that fell apart last spring, the Obama administration appeared willing to lift some sanctions in return for far more modest confidence building steps, and seems likely to be willing to leave Iran with some limited nuclear production capability in return for highly intrusive inspections.
MORE...
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/15/world/middleeast/israel-calls-for-new-urgency-on-iran.html?_r=0
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)And after Snowden, it is somewhat diminished anyway.
1-Old-Man
(2,667 posts)Anyone who thinks Israel is a friend of the United States is a god damned fool. Let them go to war with Iran if they like. Once again, fuck Isreal.
cpwm17
(3,829 posts)no nation has done as much harm to the US as Israel. It's not even close. Israel is not our friend. It's mostly through Israel's lunatic supporters in the US.
Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)We're cutting off your aid, nuttyahoo, every cent.
Wolf
Response to Purveyor (Original post)
Name removed Message auto-removed
snooper2
(30,151 posts)what does North America have to lose? Let them go at it and be done with it....
you invested in one side or the other for any particular reason?