Thursday, May 14, 2009

Obama Warns Iran Israel Not To Attack

Bass-ackwards moment of the day:

Once again the Obama Administration warns Israel and not Iran.
Haaretz reported, via Free Republic:
U.S. President Barack Obama has sent a message to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanding that Israel not surprise the U.S. with an Israeli military operation against Iran. The message was conveyed by a senior American official who met in Israel with Netanyahu, ministers and other senior officials. Earlier, Netanyahu's envoy visited Washington and met with National Security Adviser James Jones and with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and discussed the dialogue Obama has initiated with Tehran.

The message from the American envoy to the prime minister reveals U.S. concern that Israel could lose patience and act against Iran. It is important to the Americans that they not be caught off guard and find themselves facing facts on the ground at the last minute.

Obama did not wait for his White House meeting with Netanyahu, scheduled for next Monday, to deliver his message, but rather sent it ahead of time with his envoy.

It may be assumed that Obama is disturbed by the positions Netanyahu expressed before his election vis-a-vis Tehran - for example, Netanyahu's statement that "If elected I pledge that Iran will not attain nuclear arms, and that includes whatever is necessary for this statement to be carried out." After taking office, on Holocaust Memorial Day Netanyahu said: "We will not allow Holocaust-deniers to carry out another holocaust."
Right, that's what we need to be concerned about.  Those eeeeevil Jews in Israel are constantly lobbing rockets into Palestine, kidnapping Hamas soldiers and torturing them, using human shields, breaking peace treaties, and repeatedly pledging to wipe Iran off the map.  It's a good thing Obama has such a brilliant grasp on the situation, isn't it?

There's my two cents.

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