Obama Dispatches Panetta To Threaten Israel
Israel knows it needs to coordinate its strategy on Iran with other nations and that attacking Teheran’s nuclear facilities would mean “big trouble,” CIA director Leon Panetta said on Wednesday.
Acknowledging that he had recently traveled to Israel to meet Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and warn him against a strike on Iran, the CIA chief told Global Viewpoint that he “felt assured” Israel would not break ranks with Washington’s strategy.
“Yes,” he said, “the Israelis are obviously concerned about Iran and focused on it. But [Netanyahu] understands that if Israel goes it alone, it will mean big trouble. He knows that for the sake of Israeli security, they have to work together with others.”
Panetta said that the threat posed by Iran “has our full attention,” asserting that despite the Obama administration’s strategic decision to engage Teheran diplomatically, “no one is naïve about the challenges.”
Panetta reiterated the 2007 National Intelligence Estimate, which assessed that Iran had halted its active nuclear weaponization program in 2003, but warned that “at a minimum,” the Islamic republic was “keeping open the option to develop deliverable nuclear weapons” and “continues to develop uranium enrichment technology and nuclear-capable ballistic missiles.”
The CIA head said assessing Iran’s intentions was “a top priority” for the US. He added that Iran was “not an easy intelligence target.”
According to Panetta, while the Iranian nuclear program was cause for significant concern in and of itself, there was also a real risk that if Iran went nuclear, other countries in the region would try to catch up.
“The last thing we need in the Middle East is a nuclear arms race,” he said.
Panetta also said the US was trying to assess North Korea’s nuclear weapons program and its long-range missile capabilities. He expressed great concern over North Korea’s willingness to “sell technology and expertise to anyone willing to pay.”
Panetta said the US had good intelligence on both North Korea and Iran, but added that “given [North Korean leader] Kim Jong-Il’s health problems and issues of succession, North Korea remains one of the most difficult and unpredictable threats in that part of the world.”
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I don’t think the thugs can push BB around like they do other people.
This isn’t just money on the line, this is Israel.
I think I’m going to refine my prayers to include the military Generals find it in their Oath of Honor to revolt
Where will you be when the armies of the world mass in Megido?
ah the site of the final battle between God and Satan (whose name means ‘adversary’), also known as the Devil. Satan will operate through the person known as the “Beast” or the Antichrist (whose name means ‘Obama’), I believe I will be on God’s side.
It’s spelled Megiddo. And I intend to be in the army of the righteous. But it will be a worldwide conflagration which I hope will be the end of the road for the Marxists and their Muslim allies. It will be quite a shock for those people, because their defeat will be a stunning reversal of fortunes for them.
Insofar as this administration has demonstrated a departure from Israel’s best interests, it would be foolish of PM Netanyahu to lend credit to obongo’s calls for restraint. Further, obongo continues to sellout his own nation, why therefore should the Israelis expect anything different. I hope that BiBi takes whatever action necessary to preserve the Nation of Israel and her people. Anything less would be suicide.
CIA chief [Panetta] told Global Viewpoint that he “felt assured” Israel would not break ranks with Washington’s strategy. - Article
So my take is this, the “strategy” is that Israel has to wait to get hit before it can defend itself.
Am I wrong?
Mr. Panetta, what do you think of Iran’s successful launch of its new long range ballistic missile? Using the 2007 NIE, which was politically motivated sandbagging, to beat the Israeli government about the head with is disgraceful.
More and more, what the American voters did on November 4th, I have to say that most of the people of this nation have disgraced themselves to depths of depravity I never thought could exist here.
Unless I see some serious remorse on the part of these shitheads, I think the country is in deep trouble.
Well lets just keep waiting till iran has 50 nukes!FUCK YOU PISSANT,I mean panetta.Arms race?Israel cant let it get to that point,This isnt the soviet union and America in the 50’s you DUMBASS
isreal will not listen to panera, they have their own agenda, and thank god