Hitler Phones Netanyahu (Humor)

Hitler gives Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a call to discuss Iran's nuclear program.

From an Israeli news site:

Thirty Years to Midnight: Inside Netanyahu’s Decades-Long War Against Iran’s Nuclear Program

Timeline of Netanyahu’s Advocacy for Military Action Against Iran

1992: As a parliamentarian, Netanyahu warned the Israeli Knesset that Iran was “three to five years” away from developing nuclear weapons, urging an international coalition led by the U.S. to “uproot” the threat.

1995: In his book Fighting Terrorism, Netanyahu reiterated that Iran was three to five years from nuclear capability, emphasizing the need to stop it. This marked a continuation of his early warnings, though the timeline he provided had not materialized.

1996: During his first term as prime minister (1996–1999), Netanyahu addressed the U.S. Congress, warning that an Iranian nuclear weapon could have “catastrophic consequences” for Israel, the Middle East, and the world, claiming the deadline was “extremely close.”

2002–2012: As Iran’s nuclear program advanced, Netanyahu’s rhetoric intensified. In 2010, he told The Atlantic that Iran’s “messianic apocalyptic cult” controlling atomic bombs was a grave danger. In 2012, during closed talks, he claimed Iran was “a few months away” from nuclear capability. That same year, he delivered a widely publicized speech at the United Nations, using a cartoon bomb illustration to argue Iran could build a weapon within a year. However, leaked Israeli intelligence cables from 2012, reported by Al Jazeera, revealed that Israel’s own Mossad assessed Iran was not actively pursuing a nuclear weapon, contradicting Netanyahu’s public claims.

2015: Netanyahu addressed the U.S. Congress again, opposing the Obama administration’s Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), arguing it gave Iran a “pathway to the bomb.” His speech strained U.S.-Israel relations but aligned with his long-standing view that military action, not diplomacy, was the only way to stop Iran.

2018: After President Trump withdrew from the JCPOA, Netanyahu praised the decision, continuing to advocate for a hardline stance. Iran’s then-foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, mocked Netanyahu as “the boy who cried wolf” for his repeated warnings.

2023–2024: Following Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack, Netanyahu framed Iran as the “head of the octopus,” linking its nuclear ambitions to its support for proxy groups like Hamas and Hezbollah. He argued that the weakening of these proxies created a strategic window to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities.

2025: On June 13, 2025, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, a large-scale attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, military leadership, and missile programs, targeting sites like Natanz and killing figures like Revolutionary Guards commander Gen. Hossein Salami. Netanyahu justified the strikes as necessary to prevent Iran from producing a nuclear weapon within “a year or a few months,” claiming intelligence showed Iran had enough material for nine to fifteen bombs. Analysis of Duration and Motivations Netanyahu’s advocacy for military action against Iran’s nuclear program spans over three decades, from 1992 to the execution of strikes in 2025. His warnings have consistently portrayed Iran as an existential threat, often comparing its leadership to the Nazis and invoking Holocaust imagery to underscore urgency. Critics, like those cited in The Intercept (2015), argue he exaggerated timelines, as his claims of Iran being “months away” from a bomb in 1992, 1995, 2002, 2009, and 2012 did not align with Israeli or U.S. intelligence assessments, which found no evidence of an active Iranian weapons program.

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