Netanyahu, Obama duke it out over Iran

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The US supports dangerous concessions to Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday, after US President Barack Obama charged that Israel had a history of oppositional behavior toward a diplomatic solution with regard to Tehran’s nuclear program.

“Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,” Obama told reporters in Panama on Saturday as he chided Israel and its prime minister.

Netanyahu shot back from Jerusalem the next day.

“We must not allow Iran, the foremost sponsor of global terrorism, to have an easy path to nuclear weapons which will threaten the entire world,” he said in a videotaped public statement issued from Jerusalem.

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Netanyahu-Obama-duke-it-out-over-Iran-396904

[BillZBubb]

1. Netanyahu really ramps up the fear-mongering.

That's the right wing MO to get what they want. The "entire world" isn't threatened by Iran getting nukes and anyone with a functioning brain knows that.

[Fred Sanders]

2. Meanwhile Israel HAS hundreds of nuclear weapons, uninspected....the one fact dare not mentioned.

How many hydrogen bombs could Israel drop on Iran at any moment? Who should be living in fear of who?

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3. This is PR drivel, the idea is to suggest that Obama and Netanyahu are peers.

Responsible sober politicians both, see? Do you see that pic of Bibi there, no bomb cartoons in that one.

And that tells you who is winning the argument.

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4. Russia lifts ban on S-300 missile system delivery to Iran

Russia has lifted a ban on supplying Iran with a sophisticated air defence missile system, the Kremlin has said.

Delivery of the S-300s was cancelled in 2010 after the UN imposed sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme.

But the Russian president gave the go-ahead after Tehran struck an interim deal with world powers to curb nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief.

Despite the sanctions, Russia and Iran have remained close allies.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-32290335

[Jefferson23]

5. "Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds," lol

That is perfect, Obama.

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6. Putin liberates Iran from sanctions

The Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision today to sign the presidential decree to forthwith supply S-300 missiles to Iran and the reported commencement of the $20 billion oil-for-goods swap deal between Russia and Iran effectively signifies the end of the sanctions regime against Iran. Putin has “liberated” Iran from the curse of sanctions. The Kremlin de facto opened the floodgates for Iran’s integration as a full-fledged member of the international community.

Moscow has signaled that it won’t even wait till end-June for an Iran deal to be negotiated by the Obama administration for restoring the strategic partnership with Iran as a ‘normal country’. Hmm. The Kremlin beckons the world community to the birth of a a new world order.

Any whichever way one looks at the Kremlin’s move, it is a slap on the face of the United States. The message is clear: Moscow will not wait for the Obama administration to set the dynamics of the Russian-Iranian relationship — or for any international issue of vital interest to Russia. Of course, it is a strategic move on the part of Putin, but it is also a brilliantly pragmatic move, brilliant in tactic, insofar as Russia is taking an early lead over the West in rebuilding the sinews of partnership with Iran.

Clearly, Moscow has assessed that it is vital to Russia’s interests that the relations with Iran are elevated to the highest possible level in the quickest possible manner. This assessment, no doubt, is based on unambiguous signals from Tehran in the recent period that in the Iranian foreign-policy trajectory, Russia will continue to have a pivotal status, no matter the restoration of Iran’s ties with the West. (See my article in Asia Times titled A challenging time for Russia-Iran ties.)

http://atimes.com/2015/04/putin-liberates-iran-from-sanctions/