Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is putting President Barack Obama and the world on notice: if nothing is done to stop Iran’s nuclear weapons program, Israel will be forced to launch a unilateral attack to destroy it.
The former commando – one of Israel’s most experienced leaders – made that clear in an interview given to The Atlantic magazine soon after the swearing-in of his new government Tuesday. The Jewish state views Iran’s nuclear program not only as a threat against its very existence, but also a destabilizing “hinge” point that could determine the fate of the West, Netanyahu said.
It’s a significantly new and more belligerent twist on an old conversation between the hawkish Israeli and the young, inexperienced American president.
When it was still President-elect Obama, Netanyahu told Reuters that he was assuaged by Obama telling him that Iran’s acquisition of nuclear weapons was “unacceptable.”
A Conservative Edge 