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http://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/03/05/what-was-missing-coverage-netanyahus-speechNone of them mentioned, for example, that Israel possesses nuclear weapons. Surely this is relevant when a foreign leader says that it needs the United States' help to stop a rival state from obtaining nuclear weapons: The omission of the obvious phrase "of its own" changes the story entirely.
Another thing largely left out of the story is the fact that Iran has consistently maintained that it has no interest in building a nuclear weapon. There was one direct statement of this in the five storiesthe New York Times' reference to "Iran's nuclear program, which (Iranian) officials have insisted is only for civilian uses." The Washington Post alluded to the fact that Iran denies that it has a nuclear weapons program, referring to "a program the West has long suspected is aimed at building weapons," Iran's "stated nuclear energy goals" and "the suspect Iranian program." Elsewhere the military nature of Iran's nuclear research was taken for granted, as when the LA Times said that the issue under discussion was "how to deal with the threat of Iran's nuclear program."
Entirely absent from these articles was the fact that not only does Iran deny wanting to make a nuclear bomb, the intelligence agencies of the United States (New York Times, 2/24/12) and Israel (Guardian, 2/23/15) also doubt that Iran has an active nuclear weapons program. Surely this is relevant to a report on the Israeli prime minister engaging in a public debate with the US president on how best to stop this quite possibly nonexistent program.
Wait, wut? Israel has nukes? I had no idea!
peacebird
(14,195 posts)Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)And morethe batfuck bigoted idea that Iran is an entire nation of suicide bombers bent on annihilatign hte world "for Islam!" becuase of course, that's what Muslims just do according to the narrative
peacebird
(14,195 posts)2naSalit
(86,775 posts)The truth.
spanone
(135,873 posts)they are co-conspirators.
BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)For instance, there is no discussion allowed on the question of why Iran must be stopped, by any means, from producing nuclear weapons. That is now taken as a given. While it would certainly be better if Iran didn't do so, would it really be the end of the world if they did? Of course not.
Netanyahu, in typical right wing style, ramps up the fear and panic. It is an "existential issue" for Israel! Iran must be brought to heel! That's a load of hooey. The US should not be buying into that much less supporting it.