Netanyahu says he hopes to work with Trump to undo Iran deal

[JonLP24]

Source: Washington Post

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he believes U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will be a good friend to Israel and hopes the two countries can work together to dismantle the international nuclear agreement with Iran.

“I know Donald Trump,” Netanyahu told CBS’s “60 Minutes” in an interview scheduled to air Sunday night. “And I think his attitude, his support for Israel is clear. He feels very warmly about the Jewish state, about the Jewish people. There’s no question about that.”

Netanyahu’s remarks are significant in part because critics have accused Trump of tolerating anti-Semitism among some of his supporters.

While the two countries are close allies, relations were sometimes tense between Netanyahu and President Barack Obama because of their vastly different world views on the Iran deal and other issues. And there is sentiment in the nationalist Israeli right wing that Trump’s election could usher in a new era of relations with the United States.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/netanyahu-hopes-to-work-with-trump-to-undo-iran-deal/2016/12/11/daf6c1c4-bfdc-11e6-a52b-a0a126eaf9f7_story.html?utm_term=.29745f1a3ed5

[PatrickforO]

1. Oh, now THAT'S a good, true-blue Fox 'news'

kind of idea! Gee, a world conflagration! What could be better...

[C_U_L8R]

2. Un-do it and then what???

War seems to be their goal... with the US putting lives on the line.

[Ken Burch]

3. Neyanyahu won't stop until the US bombs Iran for him.

Never mind that there's no way to launch missile strikes that ONLY hit any "nuclear sites&quot assuming Iran is even still trying to get the Bomb), and never mind that there's no way to attack Iran militarily without ending up in a shooting war with Russia(in which we will all end up dead).

[oberliner]

10. Bolton is much more keen on bombing Iran than Netanyahu is

There is nobody more into the idea of bombing Iran than Bolton and The Mad Dog.

They have wanted to bomb Iran since 1979.

[Ken Burch]

13. Yes, those two want to do it-not letting them off the hook.

But Netanyahu has spent his entire tenure in office acting as if the US OWES it to him to bomb.

[oberliner]

26. I think Netanyahu would prefer to do it himself

With the green light from the US.

[Ken Burch]

27. Why is he so insistent on getting US buy-in on it, though?

What difference would that make?

[JonLP24]

4. Israel has a very aggressive stance towards Iran

They assassinated their nuclear scientists, wanted to bomb their location so the US came up with the stuxnet virus which Israel used a more aggressive code which spread all over into the hands of a Russian cyber security company.

[yallerdawg]

5. I was listening to Reince Priebus telling us...

how important it is to talk to our adversaries, reach agreements, do transactions with them, not have enemies lists like Obama - regarding Putin and nuclear Russia.

Iran?

[doc03]

29. But doesn't Shitler want to go back to where we were with Cuba? nt

[LiberalFighter]

6. Apparently Netanyahu doesn't care how big a mess he creates.

[Me.]

12. Why Would He

We're the ones who would pay the price in blood and treasure. Schumer better be very careful on this. The hoopla in NYC after he stood with Netanyahu against our president was something and quite a shock to him.

[moonscape]

14. Sadly, I don't trust Schumer on this at all n/t

[Generator]

7. With John "Bomb Iran" Bolton on the case

Everything will be fine. I cannot take this reality. When do I wake up from the nightmare?

[J_William_Ryan]

8. Its not Netanyahus place

to try to ‘undo’ anything; Israel isn’t part of the accord.

[Ken Burch]

15. Nonetheless, he's been obsessed with undoing it the whole time.

With his bullshit "it is now 1938" rhetoric that implies Iran is the new Nazi Germany or something(as opposed to what it actually is-a medium-power and not particularly prosperous country that is a somewhere between democracy and dictatorship and is mainly just trying to muddle through on a day-to-day basis).

[JonLP24]

18. Iran has a middle class and labor rights

They use diverse sources for energy which explains why they want nuclear energy. They nationalize many industries which is why Iran is an "enemy".

The main thing that harms it's economy are sanctions.

[Me.]

17. Tell That To THe House Republicans

And Schumer who stood with him against our president

[The_Casual_Observer]

9. Going to war with Iran is just the tip of the iceberg with trump.

I expect a full tilt sales job on a Social Security and Medicare "makeover" voucher system that will be "Beautiful, Believe Me", elimination of the EPA and all federal workers unions, and the institution of mandatory military service in order to suppress decent.

[geomon666]

11. Netanyahu cozying up to neo nazis.

Like Joe Pesci says in Casino, it's all about the fucking dollars.

[Ken Burch]

20. It's in the Likud-Irgun-Stern Gang tradition.

n/t.

[doc03]

16. Remember way back in the old days when 60 Minutes did hard hitting

investigative journalism. Now they do fluff pieces on Trump before the election and Clinton hit pieces. Now that Putin
had Trump installed as President they do a piece on how our relations with Israel is going to improve. How about a report on how the Russians along with Manafort and Trump pulled off a coup.

[MBS]

23. " " " " " n/t

[jpak]

19. What a bunch of assholes

Russia took custody of their uranium stockpiles.

We go their heavy water (used to make plutonium).

And they want to do what?

Idjits all

yup

[Glimmer of Hope]

21. This stresses me out.

[MBS]

22. This deal represents such hard work and such creative and sensitive diplomacy

. . . and it was achieved against such steep odds . . the thought of it being undone by these a__holes. .

[dembotoz]

24. If they cancel the new Boeing deal

Trump's carrier thing will be pocket change at best

[Little Tich]

25. There's no need for the US to start another war in the Middle-East. n/t

[rogue emissary]

28. This is more about fear and hate than war.

Netanyahu wants to trash the deal so he can have his citizens afraid and angry. Then he can do anything he wants like the continued expansion into Palestinian's land. Having any two-state solution would hurt Netanyahu and his parties position in Israel.

Same goes for the GOP. They like to talk tough about Iran as a big scary threat to enact all kinds of crazy policies in the name of safeguarding the homeland.

[Behind the Aegis]

30. This will help some snap back to reality and get their hate back on.

Netanyahu is hedging his bets. He is a demagogue like the incoming president, though much more educated. I am sure he is wondering how the possible new Russian alliance will affect Israel and US relations. But, it will give a certain segment something to shit their pants about and screech, and allow them to launch into a new wave of bigotry.