Posted on 04/02/2015 12:14:06 PM PDT by Dave346
Israeli officials once again begin talking about "military option."
The smiles that accompanied the announcement Thursday of parameters for an Iranian nuclear agreement in Lausanne between the world powers and Iran are detached from reality, International Relations Minister Yuval Steinitz said in Jerusalem's initial reaction to the developments.
The reality, Steinitz said, is that Iran refused to make any concession on the nuclear issue and continues to threaten Israel and all other countries in the Middle East.
Even before the press conference in Lausanne where the announcement was made, the Prime Minister's Office posted the following message on twitter: “Any deal must significantly roll back Iran's nuclear capabilities and stop its terrorism and aggression.”
The tweet was posted above a map with arrows leading from Tehran to Yemen, Gaza, Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq under the headline, “Iran's aggression during the nuclear negotiations.”
Government officials made clear that Israel will continue publicly fighting against the deal, emphasizing Iran's aggressive behavior throughout the Middle East even at a time when it does not yet have nuclear capabilities.
“At a time when the representatives of the world powers were shaking hands with the Iranians in Lausanne, Iran continues its campaign of occupation and terror in Yemen and throughout the Middle East,” he said.
Steinitz said that since Thursday's declaration was a long way from being a full agreement, “we will continue in our efforts to explain and convince the world in the hopes of preventing a bad deal, or at least introducing changes and improvements.”
Even before the parameters were presented, Steinitz joined senior Israeli officials who in recent days began speaking about the possibility of Israeli military action, after months in which the idea had not been spoken about publicly.
Asked on Israel Radio whether Jerusalem would consider a military operation even against US opposition, Steinitz said “if we have no choice, we have no choice.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has hinted in recent days that Israel would not feel bound by any agreement eventually signed, but Steinitz's words were the most explicit in a while that Israel had definitely not taken the military option “off the table.”
“I don't want to talk about a military option, other than to say that it exists,” he said. “I just want to say one thing, when we had no choice and needed to attack and destroy the reactor in Iraq [in 1981], that was against the US position.”
“When talking about our national security,” Steinitz continued, “it is our responsibility and duty to to defend the state, and if the world has other ideas or illusions or agreements that do not ensure our security, we will need to weigh very carefully what to do.”
Steinitz said that Israel is working on the diplomat and intelligence levels, and that – if it is necessary – we leave the military option on the table.
Meanwhile, in an interview with Israel Hayom, Maj. Gen. Nimrod Sheffer – the head of the IDF Planning Directorate – said when asked whether he could imagine a situation where Israel would bomb Iran against US wishes, that “since it happened in the past, I have no reason to believe it won't happen again.”
“If ultimately an agreement is in fact signed, we will have to ask ourselves, 'Okay, what are we going to do with this?'” he said. “If someone builds a bomb and at the same time declares that Israel has no right to exist, we have to think about how to respond." He said that if Israel feels its existence depends on taking action, it will do so.
Obama’s buzz-kill.
Maybe some good will come of this if it results in an alliance between Egypt, Israel, and Saudi Arabia against Iran.
Only the stupid, the liberal, and the MSM (but I repeat myself) believes Dorkbama and his West Wing Clown Show of Felon/Cretins.
And the situation in Yemen is falling all apart. Houtis have entered Aden and are about to loot the Yemen Central Bank. Chinese troops had to help evacuate Chinese citizens in Aden after the evacuees came under fire. Saudi air strikes have not stopped Houti advances. And Al qeada in the east freed a few hundred of their prisoners from a Yemen jail. Looks like the Arabs are gonna give Israel a green light. Uncle Sammy is holding a worthless piece of paper.
“The smiles in Lausanne are detached from wretched reality in which Iran refuses to make any concessions on the nuclear issue and continues to threaten Israel and all other countries in the Middle East,” Steinitz said in a statement. “We will continue with our efforts to explain and persuade the world in hopes of preventing a bad (final) agreement.”
http://www.jta.org/2015/04/02/news-opinion/united-states/auto-draft-76
quit jerking around with these a-holes and NUKE iran.
So Iran can continue to do research and keeps open its nuke sites according to Drudge. What did Iran lose out on?
Decapitate the Iranian leadership. Let the country fall into chaos and revolution - that’ll slow down their nuke program, and quite possibly result in a sane government.
I blame not only the evil Obama for this, along with his enablers like Valerie Jarett, but the one person most responsible for the existence of this government in Iran - Jimmy f’ing Carter, may his soul soon rot in Hell.
If the treaty is really as bad and as dangerous as we believe it is, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and ? will take out their nuclear sites.
Obozo and Kerry will find out about that action when they see a replay on Fox News.
Evil loves Chaos. bozo WANTS to provoke Israel because then bozo can go after Israel with a vengence.
Asked on Israel Radio whether Jerusalem would consider a military operation even against US opposition, Steinitz said "if we have no choice, we have no choice." Steinitz's words were the most explicit in a while that Israel had definitely not taken the military option "off the table." "I don't want to talk about a military option, other than to say that it exists," he said. "I just want to say one thing, when we had no choice and needed to attack and destroy the reactor in Iraq [in 1981], that was against the US position."
There isn’t really any need to take out the Persian nuke sites directly. The one thing they all need to operate at any level whatsoever is electricity. I haven’t looked lately to see what the mix of electric generation is in Iran but the Bushere plant, which is right on the coast like a sitting duck, is a big part of it. All that’s necessary to stop the mullahz for a good long time is to shut down their generation. There is no way the Russians built enough stuff into that reactor containment to stop one of our bunker busters which Israel has at least 2500 of.
I look to see the mullahz spinning their centrifuges with a long ball of string before long. The neatest underground plant in the world, without electricity, is just a cave. And backup generators, even if they have them, can’t work for long underground. It’s fascinating why we put up with these putzes?
“There isn’t really any need to take out the Persian nuke sites directly. The one thing they all need to operate at any level whatsoever is electricity. I haven’t looked lately to see what the mix of electric generation is in Iran but the Bushere plant, which is right on the coast like a sitting duck, is a big part of it. All that’s necessary to stop the mullahz for a good long time is to shut down their generation. “
Thanks, I wasn’t aware of this.
This treaty makes war almost inevetible.
Will Clown Prince nobama be required to return his “peace” prize?
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