"The prime minister made it clear to the most powerful man on earth that if he intends to stay the most powerful man on earth, it's important to make a change in American policy because the practical result of his current policy is liable to lead him to the same failure that the Americans absorbed in North Korea and Pakistan, and Iran could be next in line."
That was the message conveyed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to President Barack Obama in a private telephone call Sunday to discuss the interim deal on Iran's nuclear program, according to a senior Israeli lawmaker in Netanyahu's ruling coalition, as reported by the Jerusalem Post.The White House's own official statement on the telephone call made no mention of any disagreement being aired, merely referring to "their shared goal of preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon."
Israel - ironically, or, then again maybe not, the place where Western civilization began is now the modern nation to whom it falls to preserve it. Post-America sure ain't up to the task.
Sure Nettie, you smell weakness too, yeah, right there, ahh, kiss my black post-American ass!.
ReplyDeleteSince you like to use the markets as indicators whenever the results suit your purposes, what's up wit this?
ReplyDeleteIsraeli Stock Market Soars on Nuclear News
Read more at http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_reckoning/2013/11/24/israeli_stock_market_reaches_record_high_share_prices_love_iranian_nuclear.html
Investors by nature have an attitude that peace and stability are better for economic growth - and in fact are generally so anxious to be convinced they're seeing signs of it that they back up their optimism - whether it's grounded in reality or not - with capital. Israel is a very innovative and technologically advanced country and investors no doubt relish any sign that the atmosphere is a good one for making some money on that.
ReplyDeleteTaken to its extreme, that optimism manifests itself in the Ron Paul / Lew Rockwell worldview - "If the warmongers and chest-thumpers would get out of the way and let people freely engage in economic activity wherever they are, prosperity would bust out big-time." SUch a view fails to account for the constant role of evil in human affairs.
ReplyDeleteThe evil is atomic weaponry, good countries have them, bad countries want them, right?
ReplyDeleteGood countries get to have nuclear generating power, bad countries can go pound sand.
ReplyDelete"It is easier to denature plutonium than it is to denature the evil spirit of man. The Real Problem Is in the Hearts of Men," --Allbert Einstein in The New York Times Magazine (June 23, 1946)
ReplyDelete1.) That's right; bad countries can go pound sand. For God's sake, the regime in Iran stones people for premarital sex. They whip people for converting to Christianity. Iran is the world's premier sponsor of terror.
ReplyDelete2.) Iran has no need of civilian-use nuclear energy. It is sitting on the world's fourth-largest supply of oil, and the largest supply of natural gas.
The nuclear program of Iran was launched in the 1950s with the help of the United States as part of the Atoms for Peace program. The participation of the United States and Western European governments in Iran's nuclear program continued until the 1979 Iranian Revolution that toppled the Shah of Iran.
ReplyDeleteRead more at wiki
The Shah approved plans to construct, with U.S. help, up to 23 nuclear power stations by 2000. In March 1974, the Shah envisioned a time when the world's oil supply would run out, and declared, "Petroleum is a noble material, much too valuable to burn. We envision producing, as soon as possible, 23,000 megawatts of electricity using nuclear plants."
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