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Netanyahu: Israel will act alone on Iran if necessary
McClatchy ^ | March 5, 2012 | Lesley Clark

Posted on 03/05/2012 1:48:55 PM PST by Marguerite

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted that Israel must remain “the master of its fate” as President Barack Obama urged restraint in dealing with Iran’s nuclear aspirations.

“That's the very purpose of the Jewish state -- to restore to the Jewish people control over our destiny. And that's why my supreme responsibility as prime minister of Israel is to ensure that Israel remains the master of its fate.”

Iran insists that its nuclear program is for peaceful energy purposes, but most outside analysts believe it’s aimed at developing nuclear weapons capacity. Still, U.S. intelligence officials don’t think Iran’s program is able yet to make nuclear weapons, and think there’s still time to pressure Teheran to forgo that option.

“We do believe that there is still a window that allows for a diplomatic resolution to this issue,” Obama said

(Excerpt) Read more at mcclatchydc.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; israel

1 posted on 03/05/2012 1:49:06 PM PST by Marguerite
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To: All

If Obama was unwilling to go beyond his “everything on the table” statement, Netanyahu was unwilling to roll back his “we will act if we must” rhetoric.

http://www.jpost.com/Features/InThespotlight/Article.aspx?id=260570


2 posted on 03/05/2012 1:53:40 PM PST by Marguerite (When I'm good, I am very, very good. But! When I'm bad, I'm even better)
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To: Marguerite

Don’t worry Obama has your back.


3 posted on 03/05/2012 1:54:15 PM PST by funfan (and his crew)
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To: funfan

Thats what he told Larry Sinclair.


4 posted on 03/05/2012 2:02:24 PM PST by PA-RIVER
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To: PA-RIVER

And Obama can be heard running away yelling
“Suckas”


5 posted on 03/05/2012 2:09:04 PM PST by funfan (and his crew)
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To: PA-RIVER

And Obama can be heard running away yelling
“Suckas”


6 posted on 03/05/2012 2:09:14 PM PST by funfan (and his crew)
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To: Marguerite

7 posted on 03/05/2012 2:10:40 PM PST by onyx (SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC, DONATE MONTHLY. If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, let me know.)
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To: onyx

Barack will have our AWACS jam their electronics.


8 posted on 03/05/2012 2:13:54 PM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: funfan
Don’t worry Obama has your back.

Yeah, who's Netanyahu going to believe, Obama or his own lying eyes?


9 posted on 03/05/2012 2:14:09 PM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: dead

Thanks for the laugh it is the only thing keeping me
sane the whole world has gone crazy!


10 posted on 03/05/2012 2:22:10 PM PST by funfan (and his crew)
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To: Marguerite

“Netanyahu said nothing about the sanctions, nor diplomacy, and spoke in grave tones, looking directly at Obama.”

I waited all day to hear this.
Yasher Koach, Binyamin Netanyahu.


11 posted on 03/05/2012 2:42:48 PM PST by MestaMachine (obama kills)
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To: massgopguy
Barack will have our AWACS jam their electronics. Quite a feat. Mind explaining how? TC
12 posted on 03/05/2012 3:06:02 PM PST by Pentagon Leatherneck
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To: onyx; TitansAFC; b9; Gator113; Marcella; katiedidit1; annieokie; true believer forever; ...

“None of us can afford to wait much longer. As prime minister of Israel, I will never let my people live in the shadow of annihilation ... Amazingly, some people refuse to acknowledge that Iran’s goal is to develop nuclear weapons. You see, Iran claims that it’s enriching uranium to develop medical research. Yeah, right. If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then what is it? That’s right, it’s a duck. But this duck is a nuclear duck and it’s time the world started calling a duck a duck” - Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/03/06/netanyahu_we_can_not_afford_to_wait_much_longer_with_iran.html


13 posted on 03/06/2012 4:47:23 AM PST by Marguerite (When I'm good, I am very, very good. But! When I'm bad, I'm even better)
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To: Marguerite
I have so much respect for Netanyahu; he is a great leader.

As for sanctions..we used sanctions against N.Korea and they still got nukes and as for diplomacy? that is even a bigger joke.

14 posted on 03/06/2012 5:33:45 AM PST by katiedidit1 ("This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever." the Irish)
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To: massgopguy

Not to worry..... the Saudi Awacs will be on station


15 posted on 03/06/2012 5:36:08 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 ..... Crucifixion is coming)
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To: katiedidit1

Have you read this?

Caroline Glick: ‘Obama is Trying to Delay Israel Long Enough For Their Attack Window to Close’

While he didn’t pick a fight with Israel on Sunday, his speech did mark a clear attempt to undermine Israel’s strategic position in a fundamental - indeed existential - way. As many commentators have noted in recent weeks, Israel and the US have different red lines for the Iranian nuclear program. These divergent red lines owe to the fact that the US has more options for attacking Iran’s nuclear installations than Israel.

From Israel’s perspective, Iran’s nuclear program will reportedly become unstoppable as soon as the Iranians move a sufficient quantity of enriched uranium and/or centrifuges to the Fordow nuclear installation by Qom. Since Israel reportedly lacks the ability to destroy the facility, Israel’s timeline for attacking Iran will likely end within weeks. The US reportedly has the capacity to successfully bomb Fordow and so its timeline for attacking Iran is longer than Israel’s.

The reason this is important is because it tells us the true nature of Obama’s demand that Israel give more time for sanctions and diplomacy to work. When one recognizes Israel’s short timeline for attacking, one realizes that when Obama demands that Israel give several more months for sanctions to work, what he is actually demanding is for Israel to place its survival in his hands. Again, once Iran’s nuclear project is immune from an Israeli strike Obama will effectively hold the key to Israel’s survival. Israel will be completely at his mercy.

http://www.carolineglick.com/e/2012/03/obama-makes-the-case-of-an-isr.php


16 posted on 03/06/2012 6:48:06 AM PST by Marguerite (When I'm good, I am very, very good. But! When I'm bad, I'm even better)
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To: Marguerite
As prime minister of Israel, I will never let my people live in the shadow of annihilation

This part of the speech brought me to tears, to think he would actually have to say that. Picturing this great man having to deal with the humiliation of the Obama administration, or even of a Romney administration is unthinkable. How comforting it would be for him to have the peace of mind to work with NEWT.

How anyone can picture someone other than NEWT as leader of the free world is beyond me.

17 posted on 03/06/2012 8:21:24 AM PST by b9 (Newt is substance. The others are talking points.)
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To: onyx
Did you hear Newts reply to "do you agree with Obamas demand Israel give the U.S. a 24 hr. notice"? hahahahahaha

Basically, Newt said "NO, it would be leaked"

ROFL: and NEWT GINGRICH is right about this traitorous administration and Netanyahu knows that as well. Love it. Go NEWT, and GOD be with ISRAEL, NEWT will and I stand with NEWT.

Please Lord, let us have NEWT, a wise leader in whom I would trust a 3 a.m. phone call.

18 posted on 03/06/2012 8:57:59 AM PST by annieokie
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To: annieokie

Yes. I watched Bibi’s speech to AIPAC and Newt’s wonderful interview.

He’s the only one who fully understands.

God be with Newt Gingrich.

Something has to give.

Our nation needs CIC Gingrich.


19 posted on 03/06/2012 10:31:31 AM PST by onyx (SUPPORT FREE REPUBLIC, DONATE MONTHLY. If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, let me know.)
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To: Marguerite
Marguerite, I have NO doubt that Iran will obtain nukes. Obama will do nothing. I remember when N. Korea was working on Nukes and we tried sanctions..it didnt work. It was N. Korea that sold nukes to Pakistan and India.

It is important to remember that Iran is ruled by the ayatollah and fanatic clerics not by Ahmadinjehad. We can't trust a madman to have so much power.

20 posted on 03/06/2012 10:39:47 AM PST by katiedidit1 ("This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever." the Irish)
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