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Netanyahu:
Iranian deal "A
Mistake of Historic Proportions"
by Bob Beauprez
Nov 11, 2013
The roll
out of
O-Blunder-Care has taken almost all of the oxygen out every media
news room. One is left to wonder if anything else is happening of
importance. There is, and it's not good.
Secretary
of State John
Kerry is trying to cut some serious nuclear slack to Obama's newest
best friend Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. As the Wall Street
Journal reported this week:
GENEVA—Iran
and world
powers expect to announce an initial deal as early as Friday to curb
Iran's nuclear program in exchange for an easing of sanctions, a step
that would mark the first breakthrough in a decade to blunt the
threat of Tehran developing nuclear weapons.
Secretary
of State John
Kerry and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius are traveling to
Geneva Friday to complete the deal. President Barack Obama described
the emerging agreement Thursday in an interview with NBC News, saying
that if Iran doesn't live up to its end, "we can crank that dial
back up" on sanctions.
That news
drew a quick and
unmistakable rebuke from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
From the Jerusalem Post:
"Israel
understands
that there are proposals on the table in Geneva today that would ease
the pressure on Iran for concessions that are not concessions at all.
This proposal would allow Iran to retain the capabilities to make
nuclear weapons," he said during a speech to the Jewish Agency.
"This
proposal will
allow Iran to preserve its ability to build a nuclear weapon. Israel
is completely opposed to these proposals. I believe that adopting
them would be a mistake of historic proportions and they should be
completely rejected," he (Netanyahu) said.
All of
which has led to the
latest report that Netanyahu is in "shock" over the
possible Iranian deal, and a looming "crisis in Israeli- U.S.
relations." From yesterday's Washington Times:
JERUSALEM
— A pair of
testy public exchanges this week appear to have undone whatever good
will was created between the Israeli and U.S. governments during a
high-profile visit by President Obama early this year...
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