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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe REAL Reason Netanyahu Is Accusing Iran of Cheating on the Arms Treaty...
Before Iran signed the nuclear arms treaty with Obama, everybody, including Netanyahu said they were only months away from testing an atomic bomb.
Obama got them to sign an agreement that stopped that for ten years.
If Trump tears the agreement up next month, Iran will test an atomic bomb a few months later.
Netanyahu is giving Trump political cover to say "They got an atomic bomb that soon, not because they were about to get one anyway, and Obama prevented it, BUT BECAUSE THEY'D BEEN CHEATING ALL ALONG. (And Obama gave them the room to do it.)"
Don't fall for it. The Obama Administration, combined with America's allies made a good deal that prevented Iran from developing atomic weapons. If they end up getting one in a few months (because they learned a valuable lesson from Kim Jong-Un) it's because Trump cancelled it.
(The Israeli corruption police can't put Netanyahu in jail fast enough, as far as I'm concerned.)
BigmanPigman
(51,651 posts)They will put the world in danger before that happens though. I HATE THEM!
TrollBuster9090
(5,955 posts)If they kick him out, he'll keep walking back in. Just like OTIS THE DRUNK in the old Andy Griffith Show.
Netanyahu, on the other hand, is an evil genius, who has succeeded in playing American political stupidity like a violin for far too long.
BigmanPigman
(51,651 posts)The other "evil" leaders are a lot smarter than the moron. But then again, so is a sack of hair. It is amazing though that his ego makes him think he is up there with the other leaders and that he is playing with them instead of his being played by them.
TrollBuster9090
(5,955 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,069 posts)TrollBuster9090
(5,955 posts)...so that it won't come as any surprise. Anybody with a brain in their head can see this coming. (And, by definition, that means the Trump supporters DON'T.)
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)...an retired Israeli intelligence official went on record to state that Bibi is batshit crazy and that Bibi believes it is his God given destiny to crush Iran because they pose an existential threat to the state of Israel. Plus Bibi labors in the shadow of his hero brother Yonatan who became a hero by being the only member of the IDF to be killed during the raid on Entebbe.
Mission from God. Sibling rivalry. Asshole American enablers. Oy!
The whackjob will go to his grave mewling "Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran."
IluvPitties
(3,181 posts)peggysue2
(10,849 posts)And that would be the Trumpster. Another whisper in the ear to let Trump be his impulsive, narcissistic self. The man would blow up the world to throw shade on Obama.
Vote as if your lives depended on it. Because they do.
Xolodno
(6,410 posts)1. I think Bibi sees his window of a war with Iran disappearing.
2. He needs to deflect from the scandals he's facing.
3. He's facing the prospect of Assad staying in power with Iranian and Russian bases at his doorstep. So instead of making Israel more secure, he's made it more dangerous.
As for Iran, if I were a betting man, the cost over-runs, schedule set backs, sanctions, etc. were taking their toll. And probably found it better off to halt work, lick their wounds and plan better should the deal expire with no extension or the House of Saud started really becoming a pain in the ass.
Right now, they are keeping Syria out of Sunni control and Yemen is likely to split again. That's a win for them.
global1
(25,294 posts)He's using Trump. Trump is too stupid to know who his real enemies are. Bibi is one of them.
Bibi is using this situation masterfully to take the heat off of him. He likes deflection almost as much as Trump does. Both are in trouble in their own countries for crimes and scandals. And this Iran thing is really convenient for both of them now.