Wednesday, July 07, 2010

Obama and Netanyahu on Iran


Some interesting comments by President Obama and PM Netanyahu on Iran, President Obama stated the following, “ We discussed the issue of Iran, and we pointed out that as a consequence of some hard work internationally, we have instituted through the U.N. Security Council the toughest sanctions ever directed at an Iranian government. In addition, last week I signed our own set of sanctions, coming out of the United States Congress, as robust as any that we've ever seen. Other countries are following suit. And so we intend to continue to put pressure on Iran to meet its international obligations and to cease the kinds of provocative behavior that has made it a threat to its neighbors and the international community. ” The question will this be enough for Israel, it can postulated in the short term yes but there has to be a solution, the Israeli PM stated the following on Iran “ The greatest new threat on the horizon, the single most dominant issue for many of us, is the prospect that Iran would acquire nuclear weapons. Iran is brutally terrorizing its people, spreading terrorism far and wide. And I very much appreciate the President’s statement that he is determined to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. That has been translated by the President through his leadership at the Security Council, which passed sanctions against Iran; by the U.S. bill that the President signed just a few days ago. And I urge other leaders to follow the President’s lead, and other countries to follow the U.S. lead, to adopt much tougher sanctions against Iran, primarily those directed against its energy sector. ”. Its not very subtle folks, there is time for sanctions but there comes a time when the talk has to end and Israel will take action. In the Q/A session with the Press in the Oval the Israeli PM stated the following, “…I think the sanctions the President signed the other day actually have teeth. They bite. The question is -- how much do you need to bite is something I cannot answer now. But if other nations adopted similar sanctions, that would increase the effect….”. Thus Obama has bought off Israel for a short time when it comes to Israel bombing Iran, but the clock is ticking folks, don’t confuse the Middle East Process with a planned Israeli attack on Iran, once Mossad gets the word that Iran is close to being a member of the nuclear club they will take out Iran.
 
 

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