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Related: About this forumNY Times Editorial - "No Rush To War" - Re Netenyahu's Advocacy of Preemptive War On Iran
The scary thing is that Sheldon Adelson is a strong supporter of Netenyahu, as well as Romney. A war with Iran would give Romney an easy out for backing out of his promises to reduce the deficit while he proceeds with huge tax cuts to the rich. Then, when we are even more upside down then before, Republicans will once again blame Medicare and Social Security.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/15/opinion/no-rush-to-war.html?_r=0
Amid the alarming violence in the Arab world, a new report about the costs of a potential war with Iran got lost this week. It says an attack by the United States could set back Irans nuclear program four years at most, while a more ambitious goal ensuring Iran never reconstitutes its nuclear program or ousting the regime would involve a multiyear conflict that could engulf the region.
The significance of the report by The Iran Project is not just its sober analysis but the nearly three dozen respected national security experts from both political parties who signed it: including two former national security advisers, Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski; former Undersecretary of State Thomas Pickering; and the retired Gen. Anthony Zinni.
Yet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is trying to browbeat President Obama into a pre-emptive strike. On Tuesday, he demanded that the United States set a red line for military action and said those who refuse dont have a moral right to place a red light before Israel. Later, Mr. Obama telephoned him and rejected the appeal. On Friday, Mr. Netanyahu suggested in an interview that Israel cannot entirely rely on the United States to act against Irans program.
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There is no reason to doubt President Obamas oft-repeated commitment to keep Iran from having a nuclear weapon. But 70 percent of Americans oppose a unilateral strike on Iran, according to a new poll by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and 59 percent said if Israel bombs Iran and ignites a war, the United States should not come to its allys defense.
The significance of the report by The Iran Project is not just its sober analysis but the nearly three dozen respected national security experts from both political parties who signed it: including two former national security advisers, Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski; former Undersecretary of State Thomas Pickering; and the retired Gen. Anthony Zinni.
Yet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is trying to browbeat President Obama into a pre-emptive strike. On Tuesday, he demanded that the United States set a red line for military action and said those who refuse dont have a moral right to place a red light before Israel. Later, Mr. Obama telephoned him and rejected the appeal. On Friday, Mr. Netanyahu suggested in an interview that Israel cannot entirely rely on the United States to act against Irans program.
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There is no reason to doubt President Obamas oft-repeated commitment to keep Iran from having a nuclear weapon. But 70 percent of Americans oppose a unilateral strike on Iran, according to a new poll by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and 59 percent said if Israel bombs Iran and ignites a war, the United States should not come to its allys defense.
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NY Times Editorial - "No Rush To War" - Re Netenyahu's Advocacy of Preemptive War On Iran (Original Post)
TomCADem
Sep 2012
OP
Bottom line: Americans have had enough of war, for quite some time.
Mayberry Machiavelli
Sep 2012
#2
freshwest
(53,661 posts)1. GOP 7-Step Governance Plan At Work:
Mayberry Machiavelli
(21,096 posts)2. Bottom line: Americans have had enough of war, for quite some time.