Posted on 04/12/2009 7:08:27 AM PDT by anniegetyourgun
President Shimon Peres had some unusually aggressive words for Iran Sunday, seemingly threatening military action if US President Barack Obama's overtures to the Islamic republic don't bear fruit.
In an interview with Kol Hai Radio, Peres also said that the arrest before the weekend of a Hizbullah terror cell in Egypt was a blow to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's power.
"Ahmadinejad recruits forces against us, but there are also forces against him," Peres said. "What happened in Egypt created a fierce opposition and we must unify all his opponents - the Sunnis and the Europeans, as well as those afraid of nuclear weapons and terror."
Peres went on to say that he hoped Obama's call for dialogue with Ahmadinejad would be heeded, but warned that if such talks don't soften the Iranian president's approach "we'll strike him."
While refusing to go into detail about the military option to foil Iran's nuclear program, Peres did say that Israel couldn't carry out any strike against the Islamic republic without America.
"We certainly cannot go it alone, without the US, and we definitely can't go against the US. This would be unnecessary," stressed the president.
Peres also referred to the case of Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, imprisoned in the US, saying that even if Israel had done more, it wouldn't have secured his release since "until now, all our appeals to America have been answered with an iron wall."
I’m afraid to say that if Perez thinks that Obama’s soft, toothless approach will get Iran to stop their nuclear weapons production then they will be facing a nuclear Iran in the near future and by then it will be too late for Israel. They will be on their own when attacked and this is ultimately the end game that the Obama administration is banking on.
Me, I think that Israel is begging for Obama to enter into those talks, and guarantee their safety via an agreement.
And what agreement may I ask can be reached by a soft Obama with Iran that they will uphold (on both sides) & adhere to? Is Israel that naive to believe such a thing?
I think the muslim terrorist hero boy zero wants to talk(voting present) till Israel does take out iran!
Everybody should know by now that muslims can lie for any reason to achieve their goals (PROOF is boy zero is in the white house)
They are practically begging for it.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24961775-7583,00.html
Lebanon was a disaster. Gaza was an embarrassment. Iran will be a catastrophe.
Don't do it Israel. Find another way.
“...a declaration by the US and a formal agreement that it would intervene if Israel was under serious threat would have sane Palestinians looking for a peaceful solution. “
That is assuming there WERE any “Sane Palestinians”.
No evidence so far.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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