In an interview conducted shortly before he was sworn in today as prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu laid down a challenge for Barack Obama. The American president, he said, must stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons—and quickly—or an imperiled Israel may be forced to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities itself. Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
The interview with Netanyahoo suggests a paranoid megalomaniac. His stated view of the world and his obvious attempt to bully the United States into attacking Iran is a notable portrait. The article does manage to note that US intelligence disagrees with the idea that an Iranian threat is imminent.
Netanyahu said of the Iranian leadership, “You don’t want a messianic apocalyptic cult controlling atomic bombs. When the wide-eyed believer gets hold of the reins of ... More »
Netanyahu is a bully and a coward; if Obama follows his orders instead of respecting international law, he is guilty of treason.
Classic piece of Likud-neocon propaganda, demonsizing Iran and promoting the absurd notion that Iran poses a serious threat to Israel and the region.
Netanyahu is one of the worst of the Israeli war-mongers, constantly striving to deceive the American public about the so-called "threat" posed by Iran. Israel is the rogue state in the Middle East, launching murderous rampages against Lebanon in 2006 and Gaza in 2008-09. Israel's defense budget is double that of Iran, and Israel is a far greater threat to Iran, than the other way around. Ahmadinejad did not threaten to "wipe Israel from the map" as repeated so tiresomely in this ... More »
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