BIBI WATCH: Pelosi 'Saddened' By 'Condescension' To US By Netanyahu
Source: TPM
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Tuesday criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech and his portrayal of the United States' knowledge of Iran's nuclear capabilities.
"The unbreakable bonds between the United States and Israel are rooted in our shared values, our common ideals and mutual interests," Pelosi said in a Tuesday statement following Netanyahu's speech to Congress. "That is why, as one who values the U.S. Israel relationship, and loves Israel, I was near tears throughout the Prime Ministers speech saddened by the insult to the intelligence of the United States as part of the P5 +1 nations, and saddened by the condescension toward our knowledge of the threat posed by Iran and our broader commitment to preventing nuclear proliferation." Pelosi said that the U.S. is committed to stopping a nuclear-armed Iran.
"Today, Prime Minister Netanyahu reiterated something we all agree upon: a nuclear armed Iran is unacceptable to both our countries. We have all said that a bad deal is worse than no deal, and stopping the spread of nuclear weapons is the bedrock of our foreign policy and national security," she said. "As President Obama has said consistently, all options are on the table for preventing a nuclear-armed Iran."
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Ninga
(8,274 posts)indicated that he would say anything different than he did? Huh?
If you were in tears, why did'nt you walk out?
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)None of them are going to upset our Rapture Mine Canaries. In spite of us now living on a totally surveillance-monitored planet, the Israeli "indicator" that'll give us a heads up to the end times must not be set off balance or jeopardized. Our Christian deliverance depends on them affording us forewarning.
Ninga
(8,274 posts)Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)Bohner is now going to invite Putin and Comrade Snowden to address Congress..
HoosierCowboy
(561 posts)...unacceptable to many of it's neighbors. 200 or so IRBMs are Israels ultimate and secret security guarantee. The asymmetrical component of this nuclear showdown is not in Israels favor. They may have 200 nukes against their known enemies, and launching them would be the failure of deterrence and a human disaster.
.....but Israel ought to understand that deterrence is ineffective against NGO threats, and that Israel itself could be utterly destroyed by just a few rogue nukes.
Iran is the last of their problems, but Bibi insists on the fear factor.
riversedge
(70,181 posts)whathehell
(29,053 posts)come to feel they own US, rather than the other way around?
Screw "saddened", Nancy, how 'bout we just kick their ass instead?