Tuesday, July 21, 2015

An excellent question

This report is from the Times of Israel and it's astonishing. See if you can figure out what's wrong here:
The US is considering providing an extensive military package to Israel in the wake of the Iranian nuclear accord, Channel 2 TV reported Sunday.

Days after the deal was signed in Vienna last Tuesday, sources in Washington indicated they will provide the Jewish state with advanced weaponry and technology, apparently to compensate for the boost the deal will give Iran.

In a Saturday phone call with former president Shimon Peres, National Security Adviser Susan Rice explained that the US was ready to offer Jerusalem a military compensation package that was unprecedented in its scope, the TV report said.
So, let's think about this:

  • Why the hell would we need to compensate Israel through offering advanced weaponry and technology if Iran's intentions were peaceful?
  • Why is Susan Rice talking to Shimon Peres and not Benjamin Netanyahu? Would you expect a foreign minister, any foreign minister, to be calling George W. Bush? 
Oddly enough, Netanyahu had the same question:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the notion of a reimbursement package Sunday, saying that no amount of compensation would be enough to confront a nuclear armed Iran “sworn to our destruction.”

“Why should we need to be compensated if the deal is supposed to make us safer?” he asked. “The deal endangers our security, our survival even, and the security of the Middle East and the world.” 
Meanwhile, Obama took the agreement to the UN Security Council yesterday, which approved it. After all, why give Congress a chance to weigh in. Those weasels might actually agree with Netanyahu or something. Can't have that.

3 comments:

Brian said...

America's finest news source nailed this last week:

http://www.theonion.com/article/us-soothes-upset-netanyahu-shipment-ballistic-miss-50842

Mr. D said...

And that's why it's America's finest news source.

Bike Bubba said...

Oh, about that "never again" thing we said so often in 1945? Never mind.