I'm not anti Israeli and I'm certainly not pro Iran, but I am pro truth and this is absolute horseshit. Right now Israel is the only power in the region that has a nuclear capability, never admitted, but everyone knows it.
In the meantime, Netanyahu struts around like a peacock ignoring all bar his own far right support and is basically sending out a message to the world (and the Obama administration in particular) that says "We're strong enough now and we don't need your permission to do what we want where we want, so we'll do it anyway and fuck your opinion." But standing in the wings is the spectre of a nuclear armed Iran that might change the status quo. I know it may sound counter intuitive, but I wonder if a nuclear armed Iran might not force Israel into a more diplomatic response because, despite all the fears of armageddon, neither of them is going to push the button. It might also cause the US government to take a more considered evaluation of the region than it has done thusfar.
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Uh, yeah, right, read the wall of text and thought, "okay".
First off, I'm gonna agree with you that Israel is probably the only nuclear-armed country in the Middle East. I say "probably" as they have never admitted it, but I'm pretty sure they are based on news reports I've read over the years.
As for your calling my previous post "horseshit" go right ahead. The other Arab countries have been calling for Israel's destruction since 1948, they've launched wars against them, rockets, missiles, terrorist bombers and more. And yes, Israel has retaliated, somewhat overly so. This is what happens when you're a tiny country on the edge of the sea and your 'neighbors' threaten to drive you into it decade after decade.
As for Bibi, it's a known fact that he and Obama don't get along very well. He IS an arrogant SOB at times. But Obama, while he's tried to be fair-minded toward the Arab countries, isn't that well-liked in those places, either, mainly because he's not done enough for them, or so they think. He's also not all that well trusted in Israel based on their perceptions he's been favouring the Arabs too much. Poor BHO, he can't win on either front.
As for a nuclear-powered Iran--based on their past behaviour--do you really expect that their experiments are really JUST for energy purposes? If you do, then IMO you aren't aware of what Iran is really after. They haven't acted rationally in the past and if they had nuclear weapons I doubt they'd act much more rationally, at least in the way we as Westerners perceive as being rational. If anything, possessing nuclear missiles would up the tension in Israel as well as the surrounding Arab nations.
Call me a neocon if you will (just don't call me late for dinner!) but history has shown the Arab nations to be largely untrustworthy, even when they deal amongst themselves. People may not like Israel for its actions, but I think they'd be a lot more nervous with a nuclear-armed Iran.