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Related: About this forumNetanyahu says US is part of new ‘axis’!
http://mondoweiss.net/2015/03/netanyahu-part-axisThe pressure is increasing on Obama over his foreign policy; and its time for supporters of peace to line up behind him. Today in his efforts to counter the Iran deal, Netanyahu called the US part of the Axis, a naked reference to Nazi Germany and its allies in World War 2. Jerusalem Post:
After the Beirut-Damascus-Baghdad axis, Iran is carrying out a pincer movement from the south to take over and occupy the entire Middle East. The Iran-Lausanne-Yemen axis is very dangerous to humanity and it must be stopped, he said.
Lausanne means the P5+1 who are trying to negotiate the deal. Netanyahu then tweeted so no one would miss the message:
» PM Netanyahu: The Iran-Lausanne-Yemen axis is very dangerous for humanity and needs to be stopped.
leftofcool
(19,460 posts)liberal N proud
(60,344 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Has Bibi announced a majority coalition yet, what is taking so long? Is he having some problems with one of the required opposition parties not signing on board?
still_one
(92,396 posts)up quotes that he didn't say
R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_of_evil
I don't easily suffer the willfully ignorant.
Little Tich
(6,171 posts)There is not enough evidence that the quote actually refers to the US, and that its a nazi reference. I feel that there is a stretching of the interpretation of the quote.
Bibi has said some ambiguous things in the past. This is just another case of Bibi being ambiguous, I think.
4now
(1,596 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)It's like all his dreams are coming true.
I hope whoever thinks they might be a fan of Mondoweiss reads this article closely to understand where Philip and his acolytes are coming from.
He translates this: "The Iran-Lausanne-Yemen axis is very dangerous for humanity and needs to be stopped" as "Netanyahu says US is part of new axis!" and throws in "a naked reference to Nazi Germany and its allies in World War 2"
still_one
(92,396 posts)some are quite eager to believe that lie, when if they actually read the article that is not what was said.
R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)But I'm sure that Netan-Nuthouse will hasbara for them later, and his zombies will agree he meant no harm.
shaayecanaan
(6,068 posts)that goes nicely with his rhetoric at the last election about being the victim of a conspiracy by Western governments. I don't think that there is any real alternative to "Lausanne" being a reference to the P5+1.
Personally, I'm waiting for a "stabbed in the back" reference. I think we might get that when the Iran deal is finally inked.
still_one
(92,396 posts)understand an argument criticizing Netanyahu for trying to sabotage the Iran negotiations, and interjecting himself into the U.S. political system, but to attribute a quote that "Netanyahu says US is part of new 'axis'", is NOT accurate.
If that was actually said, even our MSM would jump on that in a New York minute, and until that happens, I question its validity
R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)still_one
(92,396 posts)You won't find it. So you quote someone else from J street which doesn't answer the question I asked
Is distortion intentional on your part?
R. Daneel Olivaw
(12,606 posts)Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Unless you think he meant Switzerland, rather than the negotiating nations?
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Perhaps Bibi is not as clever as he seems and is not using words he composed and tweeted correctly. Maybe he was drunk, who knows?
I take Netanyahu at his word, the question is: which word is it?