After some initial problems with his mic, right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Bibi "Bibi Bomb Bomb" Netanyahu today launched into a full-throated attack on the Iran nuclear deal, standing in front of a screen on which were projected images of Iranian documents and photos of nuclear activities seized from a facility in Teheran by Israeli intelligence. While much of the presentation covered the old news of Iran's weapons program and their attempts to lie about it, Netanyahu claimed that the captured documents indicated the Iranians were moving ahead with their nuclear research programs and ballistic missile testing after the agreement was signed in 2015. The timing of the presentation was notable, coming right after French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and British Prime Minister Theresa May have tried to convince neo-fascist demagogue Donald "Rump" Trump to stay in the agreement.
Yesterday, Netanyahu spoke with his close ally Rump to discuss the presentation, and to lobby against recertification, which is due on May 12. Clearly, Netanyahu saw these intense efforts to try to convince Rump (who hates the deal because it's part of the Obama legacy) not to pull out. At the conclusion of his presentation, Netanyahu said confidently that he was sure Rump would do the right thing and pull out of the agreement. Of course, that would mean Iran would likely move ahead aggressively with their nuclear program, likely triggering more sanctions, etc., putting everyone back where we started -- or much worse.
Whenever nuclear weapons in the Middle East are discussed, the elephant in the room is the refusal of Israel to acknowledge that it is the sole nuclear power in the region, with an estimated 400 nuclear warheads, third in the world behind the U.S. and Russia, with ballistic missiles with a range of up to 4,800 km. That's a presentation we'd like to see Bibi Bomb Bomb give.
(photo: CNN. Netanyahu at UN in 2012. This time the production value was improved.)
2 comments:
And this presentation was directed solely at Trump. Bibi knew that Trump would be in his pocket and gussied up this outdated info to reinforce his loyalty. And how funny that his presentation was done with bold graphics, not many words, and big lies. It's almost as if Trump's teeny attention span is being exploited! How amazing!
We are losing the respect of the rest of the world because of Trump and his supporters. We are getting closer to wars on multiple fronts because he doesn't understand how global hierarchies work. All he sees is money, how we shoukd be making more from our allies and from governments elsewhere. It's insane. And dangerous.
Trump's being played, and we'll pay the price.
Anon. -- All excellent points. Everything to this narcissist is whether he "gets along" with people (flatter or show loyalty), and whether he can make a buck in the process. Smart observation about Bibi's use of simple graphics and phrases to get in Trump's limited mind.
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