Warmongerer
This may not be news to most of you, but Israeli prime minister Netanyahu has come out as a bloodthirsty, manipulative warmongerer.
Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with US vice-president Biden Image taken from www.haaretz.com
As the Yedi'ot article says, he's going to suggest to Joe Biden that the US government should threaten Iran with military action if it doesn't quit its nuclear program. Is Netanyahu on crack? The US government is still paying billions for the supremely pointless havoc that Bush and his idiot friends wreaked in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Netanyahu is dreaming of buying ringside tickets to a match between Iran and America?
And if as Netanyahu says, Iran is indeed setting a 'trap' for the world, then the Israeli government has been setting a trap for us since the 1950s with its is ambiguity about its nuclear capabilities (barring Ehud Olmert's slip-up in front of international media). Right now, Israel has the capability to make nuclear warheads (and probably already has a few stacked away in the Negev desert), not Iran. It is Israel's government, not Iran's, that is deceiving the world with claims of being open to peace while simultaneously discriminating against and subjugating millions of Palestinians, just for a bit of real estate.
Also note how Netanyahu plans to warn Biden to treat Iran's call to dialog 'with suspicion'. Why? Iran is an outcast nation that is trying to get back into the good books of the rest of the world through dialog but Netanyahu basically wants the West to raise its collective eyebrow at Iran and say no. Yes I know Iran's leaders are not the angel Gabriel's best mates, but surely we can give diplomacy a chance? Netanyahu doesn't think so. He wants to discourage any resolution through talks, because hey that might prevent ANOTHER war and then he'll lose his chance to see an archenemy bite the dust.
I think Israel's politicians are paranoid, to put it mildly. Everyone seems to them to be plotting against Israel. Everyone must be treated with suspicion. Like any person with paranoia, they feel the need to take disproportionate measures to defend themselves. Maybe my thoughts about the essay that I'm writing on schizophrenia are influencing my thoughts about Middle East politics, but the only way to make sense of Netanyahu's suggestions is to assume that he has a mental illness.
Netanyahu and his racist buddies have taken a baseball bat to Israel's already tarnished image. Israelis deserve better than this.
Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with US vice-president Biden Image taken from www.haaretz.com
As the Yedi'ot article says, he's going to suggest to Joe Biden that the US government should threaten Iran with military action if it doesn't quit its nuclear program. Is Netanyahu on crack? The US government is still paying billions for the supremely pointless havoc that Bush and his idiot friends wreaked in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Netanyahu is dreaming of buying ringside tickets to a match between Iran and America?
And if as Netanyahu says, Iran is indeed setting a 'trap' for the world, then the Israeli government has been setting a trap for us since the 1950s with its is ambiguity about its nuclear capabilities (barring Ehud Olmert's slip-up in front of international media). Right now, Israel has the capability to make nuclear warheads (and probably already has a few stacked away in the Negev desert), not Iran. It is Israel's government, not Iran's, that is deceiving the world with claims of being open to peace while simultaneously discriminating against and subjugating millions of Palestinians, just for a bit of real estate.
Also note how Netanyahu plans to warn Biden to treat Iran's call to dialog 'with suspicion'. Why? Iran is an outcast nation that is trying to get back into the good books of the rest of the world through dialog but Netanyahu basically wants the West to raise its collective eyebrow at Iran and say no. Yes I know Iran's leaders are not the angel Gabriel's best mates, but surely we can give diplomacy a chance? Netanyahu doesn't think so. He wants to discourage any resolution through talks, because hey that might prevent ANOTHER war and then he'll lose his chance to see an archenemy bite the dust.
I think Israel's politicians are paranoid, to put it mildly. Everyone seems to them to be plotting against Israel. Everyone must be treated with suspicion. Like any person with paranoia, they feel the need to take disproportionate measures to defend themselves. Maybe my thoughts about the essay that I'm writing on schizophrenia are influencing my thoughts about Middle East politics, but the only way to make sense of Netanyahu's suggestions is to assume that he has a mental illness.
Netanyahu and his racist buddies have taken a baseball bat to Israel's already tarnished image. Israelis deserve better than this.