Obama: If Congress strikes down Iran deal, rockets will rain on Tel Aviv

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4687701,00.html

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama told Jewish leaders on Tuesday that if the nuclear deal signed between world powers and Iran is rejected by Congress, the United States will be forced to attack Tehran, which will lead to Hezbollah retaliating with rockets on Tel Aviv.

"Israel would bear the brunt of a US military strike," Obama told 22 American Jewish leaders during a meeting at the White House.

The president asserted that if Congress votes against the agreement, the Islamic Republic will back out of it and he will then face pressure from those who oppose the deal to militarily strike Tehran.

"It would be destructive both to the US and to Israel," Obama warned. "An American military action against Iran's nuclear facilities will not result in Iran deciding to have a full-fledged war with the United States. Iran's defense budget is $15 billion. The American defense budget is $600 billion. What Iran would do, and could do, is respond a-symmetrically by increasing its support for terrorism."

IMHO, Netanyahu wants a US / Iranian war. He can claim to his everr-drifting right wing population that he is tough enough to get the USA to do what he wants, but then he can also bullshit the American population and say how weak PBO was in dealing with Iran: setting the franework fir his rotten GOP allies to attempt to take the presidency.

It is imperitive that this treaty is approved, and PBO should send a strong warning to King Bibi that he will pay the price for meddling in US affairs.

[Scootaloo]

1. As this "discussion" continues on, something becomes clear...

This situation is not, and never was about "Iranian nukes." From either side of the argument.

[GeoWilliam750]

5. The issue has always been that

The greatest existential threat to Israel (and especially its current government) is the absence of an existential threat to Israel.

Imagine what would happen to Bibi if instead of constantly shouting "Iran" "Holocaust", he actually had to deal with domestic issues such as:

- The high cost and low availability of housing
- The high cost of living
- The asylum seeker issue
- Rising violence from the settlers
- Rising racism
- Rising pressure from the rest of the world to end the occupation
- Rising pressure from the right to put yet greater pressure on the Palestinians
- The subsidies to the ultra-orthodox, many of whom deny the legitimacy of the government of Israel
- .......Who also do not serve in the military (although this is changing, it seems)
- The control by the rabbinate of marriage, birth, and death ceremonies in Israel

And others.

His continuance in power, it would seem, depends heavily on, "Look!!!!! Over there!!!!"

[Agnosticsherbet]

2. IMO, the Republican led U.S. Congress wants war with Iran.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

3. War helps those who profit from it.

I would say that I wonder how Bibi the baby killer and the GOP will profit from an unecessary wR with the Persians, but I already alluded to it in the OP.

[Agnosticsherbet]

4. In this case they think it will get them the white house