[AnNahar] President Barack Obama
They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them ...
has warned that any possible rejection by the Congress of the Iran nuclear deal, would force the U.S. to attack Iran, a move that could lead to a Hizbulalh retaliation against Israel.
| Israel has been preparing for that, while Hizb'allah has gotten ever more men and material involved in that Syria thing. At the other end of the pincer, Hamas, has not yet replaced the rockets and missiles expended last summer, not to mention redug the tunnels into Israel. War now is the best option Israel has. |
| So Champ thinks we should knuckle under to threats instead of standing up to them? That doesn't surprise me in the least... |
"It would be destructive both to the U.S. and to Israel," Obama told Jewish leaders on Tuesday, according to Israeli media reports.
"An American military action against Iran's nuclear facilities will not end with Iran declaring war on us. Iran's defense budget is $15 billion. The American defense budget is $600 billion. What Iran would do, and could do, is respond a-symmetrically by increasing its support of terrorism."
"Hizbullah
...Party of God , a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
rockets will rain down on Tel Aviv," he stressed.
The U.S. president's meeting came hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participated in a live webcast aimed at Americans Jews. The PM railed against the agreement to curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in sanctions relief, calling it a "bad deal" that leaves Tehran on the brink of a bomb.
The White House is preparing for the likelihood that politicians will vote against the deal next month and is focusing its lobbying efforts on getting enough Democrats to sustain a veto. Only one chamber of Congress is needed to sustain a veto. |