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Bibi in a Box: Netanyahu Loses Support on Bombing Iran
Sep 24, 2012 1:00 AM EDT
After months of bluster on Iran, the Israeli leader is losing steam.
Benjamin Netanyahu was fuming. For the first time in months, the Israeli leader had allowed a discussion in his security cabinet about Irans nuclear program and it wasnt going well. Several cabinet members were questioning the wisdom of defying the United States, Israels ally and protector, by weighing a strike on Iran before the American election in November, according to a source familiar with the details. The grinding back-and-forth went on for seven hours. When it came time for the security chiefs to weigh in, at least two of them disputed the premise Netanyahu had been advancingthat Israels window for an attack would last only through this year, before Iran moves its nuclear components to hardened sites underground. You can interpret the intelligence in different ways ... and some people were saying the time frame is longer, the source told Newsweek.
The next morning, leaks from the Sept. 4 meeting appeared in the Israeli press, prompting Netanyahu to cancel a second parley. Discussions at security-cabinet meetings are highly classified and the leak was unusual. For Netanyahu, the message was clear: members of his own government had reservations about his direction on Iran and wanted the public to know it.
Netanyahu is in a box. After hinting for months that he would attack Iran if the Obama administration didnt do more to stop its uranium enrichment, he now seems unable to marshal enough domestic support for military action. The setback could be temporary. His critics appear to be opposed more to the idea of disobeying Washington than going to war over Iranian nukes. (Some are deeply troubled by the public bickering between Washington and Jerusalem in recent weeks.) But the sheer scope of resistance at homeby members of the public; the militarys senior echelon; and now, apparently, Netanyahus defense minister, Ehud Barakseems for the time being, at least, too vast to overcome.
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movonne
(9,623 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)Cannot stand that guy.
Good that he's being roped in.
Junkdrawer
(27,993 posts)and the same day Operation "Innocence of Muslims" begins with:
Sept. 4, 2012
Arabic-dubbed version of the trailer is uploaded to YouTube
http://timelines.latimes.com/unrest-timeline/
Talk about a coincidence
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)The wing nut minister in FL and Egyptian Coptics in CA are just the lowest layer of the mess
Junkdrawer
(27,993 posts)The media is sure getting its war on....