Netanyahu Warns Iran’s Leader Is A ‘Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing’

[Purveyor]

Source: MSNBC

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used his platform at the United Nations Tuesday to voice deep distrust over Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and the newly-elected leader’s vows to bring his country’s nuclear program in line with international standards.

“I know Rouhani doesn’t sound like [former President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad, but when it comes to Iranians, Ajmadinejad was a wolf in wolf’s clothing. Rouhani is a wolf in sheep’s clothing — a wolf who thinks he can pull the wool over the eyes of the international community,” Netanyahu said.

Rouhani on Thursday called for the destruction of all nuclear weapons worldwide, and reiterated that his country’s nuclear program was for civilian energy use only. A day later, President Obama revealed that he and Rouhani spoke by phone, breaking the three-decades-plus silence between the two countries’ top leaders. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said Sunday that Iran, with the backing of its supreme leader Ali Khamenei, would allow international inspectors into its nuclear sites as part of negotiations with the United States. Iran, in turn, asked the U.S. to ease up on the crippling sanctions that are imposed on the country for pursuing its nuclear program.

“I wish I could believe Rouhani, but I don’t. Because facts are stubborn things and the facts are that Iran’s savage record flatly contradicts Rouhani’s soothing rhetoric,” Netanyahu said.

Read more: http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/10/01/netanyahu-warns-irans-leader-is-a-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing/

[Hydra]

1. Says the wolf with Nukes

Irony and hypocrisy so thick you could cut it with a knife.

[AAO]

4. It never hurts to give someone another chance

If it turns out they can't be trusted, well, you've learned something very valuable.

[Hydra]

7. The smart thing would be to give peace a chance

But Bibi and the Neocons are totally invested in razing the Middle East and parts of Africa and remaking it into something they feel like they can control.

I guess I should thank him for putting it in such stark terms- the Israeli Gov't almost always gets a pass for their warmongering and war crimes, but it's hard to justify it when they are clearly not being attacked.

[AAO]

12. I/m a big Lennon fan. "Watching the Wheels" go round and round. That's all we can do.

[inch4progress]

21. Exactly. Those same Neo-cons will be to blame

if the world completely abandons Israel, which is slowly beginning. I have been saying for year that the Israeli hardcore right that control the government and the orthodox will be the downfall of Israel, and it looks that way more and more each day.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

2. Go home, Bibi, you're drunk.

[darkangel218]

9. lol!!!

[Fantastic Anarchist]

11. :)

[Swede Atlanta]

3. I respect Israel as a staunch ally of the U.S. but...........

this crap has to stop. They have to stop seeing a villain in everything and everyone. Give this opening a chance. I am not overly hopeful but I also think the world deserves to see if this is a potential new opportunity. I know he is just looking out for Israel but I would not be so quick to pour water on embers that might eventually come to life.

Israel continues to build settlements both against U.S. policy and a U.N. resolution but if there any downside for the Israelis? No. This is what has to stop. We must begin dealing with both sides of the Israeli - Palestinian conflict fairly and equitably. We can argue whether the Palestinians are in a position to negotiate in good faith, etc. but again we have to give things a try.

I don't trust "Bee-Bee" further than I could throw his massive physical body. We should in fact be very very skeptical of him - at least to the same degree we are cautious about the new Iranian leader.

[tblue]

5. Bibi is like Dick Cheney.

He doesn't speak for the majority of Israelis and he's really not a man of peace. Take anything he says with a grain of salt.

[darkangel218]

10. +1

[Cleita]

6. Netanyahu is a PNAC friendly, broken down old war horse rattling around in

Medieval armor trying to keep the people of Israel afraid and obedient. He needs to be turned out to pasture along with all his neo-con friends in our country.

Oh and Bibi when you go take your buddy Rush Limbaugh with you. The new era we are entering does not have a place for you.

[The Second Stone]

45. Netanyahu is far more dangerous than your post suggests

that we can hope he will go away. He won't. And when he does, someone very much like him will replace him.

The new Iranian president is a politician, and needs to be viewed as one: much posturing and little action, and probably little authority.

[The Stranger]

8. Disgusting and petty.

He's embarrassing himself.

[LiberalFighter]

13. Listened to him on NPR today and...

might thought was that he should STFU. For him to think that Obama will not be wary shows his lack of respect towards Obama.

[iamthebandfanman]

14. glad he could

take time from his busy law breaking to whine about other nations law breaking :p

just a fascist hypocrite.

the Israeli government should be abolished to once again save the jewish people from a tyrannical and genocidal government.

[intaglio]

15. to quote Mandy Rice Davies

"Well he would do, wouldn't he,"

[hrmjustin]

16. He is a warmonger.

[jaysunb]

17. Bibi, you're drunk....go home. :( n/t

[Marrah_G]

18. I don't understand why the people do not vote this jackass out

He wants nothing to do with peace. He is a horrible human being.

[KG]

19. typical lying r/w douchebag.

[madokie]

20. Nuttiyahoo is crazier than a shit house mouse

Why anyone takes him seriously is beyond me. His being in the position that he is says a lot about the people who support him. IMHO that is
F him

[Hubert Flottz]

39. Reminds me of old John McCain...

Always ready to invade!

[madokie]

40. Yup

I doubt either would lead the charge though

[davidpdx]

43. Yep, remember this old classic

Here's a nice mix:

[Hubert Flottz]

44. The Bitch Boy!

[blackspade]

22. Says the wolf in sheeps clothing.

Netanyahu is an Israeli tea-bagger

[maindawg]

23. I wonder who is the wolf in sheeps clothing

Are we not human? Do we not bleed ? We all just want to watch our children and good food.
Why are we so different ? Iran is not evil. That is silly.Its nonsense. I am offended by the lie.
These are dangerous times.

[Petroleum V. Nasby]

24. I'm shocked, shocked I say.

[KamaAina]

47. Welcome to DU, Petroleum!

Cool name!

[Archae]

25. I don't entirely blame him for being paranoid.

Iran still in their state-run media calls for destroying Israel.

The true "power behind the throne" in Iran are the hardline mullahs, who have an intense hatred of Jews, period.

[840high]

28. ....

[ForgoTheConsequence]

33. Care to post a link.

I'd love to see the article backing up your "destroy Israel" claim. Preferably a link that isn't to a Pam Geller piece.

[Archae]

35. This was in Time in August.

http://world.time.com/2013/08/28/iranian-officials-israel-will-be-first-victim-of-a-syria-attack/

I'm not a die-hard "Israel can do no wrong" person, I'm just saying after 50+ years of wackos, fundy Muslims and vicious dictators like Saddam and Assad, I don't entirely blame Israel for being a little paranoid.

[bunnies]

26. Didnt he say today that Biblical prophesies were being fulfilled?

The man has clearly lost it.

[jsr]

27. Who cares? STFU. Damn.

[madrchsod]

29. i listened to him today on aj america

i thought...what about your nukes benny? i would`t trust him any more than the iranian guy

[Snake Plissken]

30. Netanyahu should team up with Kim Jong-un

for a Las Vegas Drama Queen Stand Up Act.

[TroglodyteScholar]

31. This coming from a wolf in wolf's clothing...

Whether Bibs is right or not is immaterial. I don't trust him.

[gordianot]

32. Was his timing ever off coming in the middle of a Constitutional crisis.

Who in Washington really cared he was in town? His Republican buddies were concentrating on getting plastered and I am sure the money bags were locked up.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

34. Sorry Bibi, we've got our own shit to worry about.

Things are kind of a mess here, now take your war criminal ass back to Israel and work things out on your own.

[frylock]

36. this asshole is still talking?!

go. AWAY!

[BlueMTexpat]

37. Unlike Rouhani, whatever Rouhani may be, Netanyahu is a wolf in wolf's clothing ...

and Israel does have nukes.

I found this interesting:

“I wish I could believe Rouhani, but I don’t. Because facts are stubborn things and the facts are that Iran’s savage record flatly contradicts Rouhani’s soothing rhetoric,” Netanyahu said.

"Iran's savage record" ... towards Israel??? I'd really like to see the facts on that. The ONLY country that Iran has ever attacked in the ME since Israel's creation is Iraq - and that was because the Iraqis were making war on Iran - and it was happening WITH the encouragement of the USG, then dominated by earlier incarnations of those who later became PNAC.

Iranian rhetoric has been outrageous, yes. The mullahs have also been tough on their own people, especially women. But the facts are that even the most outrageous rhetoric has not led Iran to attack Israel at all. Ever. Period.

If Benny thinks that is a "savage record," then he mistakes the meaning of "savage." He's totally lost it.

[kentauros]

41. Just consider ANYTHING he says as projecting.

Everything he accuses other countries of doing, they have either done, or contemplated it themselves.

He (and his ilk) truly knows not of what he speaks.

[Hubert Flottz]

38. Netanyahu is a wolf in wolf's clothing.

Loves to stir up trouble and depends on the US to fight his battles. When we can't even afford to fight our own battles, here at home.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

42. He's just talking to a mirror.

And thinks that the crowd listening to him supports his ideas.

[cpwm17]

46. We obviously have sanctions on the wrong country n/t