Israeli Minister Says Trump Speech May Start War With Iran
Source: U.S. News & World Report
Oct. 13, 2017, at 1:45 p.m.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's intelligence minister said U.S. President Donald Trump's speech against the 2015 international nuclear deal with Iran on Friday was "very significant" and could lead to war given threats that preceded it from Tehran.
Israel's Channel 2 TV asked Intelligence Minister Israel Katz whether he saw a risk of war after Trump's speech.
"Absolutely, yes. I think that the speech was very significant," Katz responded. "Iran is the new North Korea. We see where things are goings."
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sandensea
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(51,457 posts)Cotton frames the speech as offering a prudent strategy for improving the deal and pushing back on Tehrans aggressive regional behavior. Yet it is obvious at several points that regime change is the senators deeper goal. Early on in the address, Cotton argues, The threat is not the nature of Irans weapons; its the nature of Irans regime. This is an explicit declaration that preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons is not the primary issue, and that the Iranian threat can only be fully addressed through regime change, not through technical arms control arrangements.
If you doubt this analysis of Cottons speech, you can take his own word for it. Earlier this year, he stated flatly, The policy of the United States should be regime change in Iran, adding, I dont see how anyone can say America can be safe as long as you have in power a theocratic despotism.
It should come as no surprise, then, that Cotton is supremely confident about the ability of the United States to successfully use military threats and brute military force against Iran. The senator argues that the credible threat of military action may be all thats needed to change the regimes behavior, and that the United States has the ability to totally destroy Irans nuclear infrastructure.
Before embarking on the perilous path that Cotton advocates, members of Congress, Trump administration officials, and the American public need to be clear-eyed about the real motivations at play. Rather than a first step toward a better nuclear deal, if Cotton gets his way it may instead be the prelude to confrontation and war.
babylonsister
(171,065 posts)why dt is fomenting, or is that frothing, at the mouth.