Obama’s fundamental failure on Iran
Obama’s fundamental failure on Iran – Israel Opinion, Ynetnews.
Op-ed: US president must focus on preventing nuclear Iran regardless of how Israel-PA talks develop
Dan Calic
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President Obama apparently is at it again. A report has emerged citing an unnamed source, that any effort by the US to curtail Iran‘s development of their nuclear program will be directly tied to Israel’s commitment to peace with the Palestinians.
Some of the details remain rather ambiguous. For example, when did Obama communicate this to Prime Minister Netanyahu? Another unknown is whether he’s referring to peace talks taking place, or if they are successful?
While certain details remain unclear, this is not the first time Obama has in essence blackmailed Israel. Virtually the same suggestion was floated early his first term. Along with this, he engaged in some other activities which brought serious strain to relations between the two countries.
For example, he threatened to expose a confidential understanding between Israel and the US regarding the existence of nuclear capabilities at Israel’s Dimona facility. Additionally, routine travel of scientists from Israel was interrupted.
In fact, Obama initiated so many anti-Israel actions during his first term that at one point both houses of Congress sent him letters signed by an overwhelming majority of lawmakers, telling him to stop treating Israel so unfairly. Such a public rebuke is extremely rare.
Yet some three years hence the president apparently hasn’t learned his lesson. Aside from the sheer strong-arm tactic by Obama, the question I have is why is he butting into the affairs of Israel and the Palestinians regarding Iran? Iran is a separate nation which has no voice in the issues between Israel and the Palestinians. Iran has also made it clear it wants to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. This is unrelated to any potential outcome of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.
So what good does peace between Israel and the Palestinians do if the goal of Iran is to wipe Israel out? This gross misjudgment by President Obama is just one in a long list of international matters reflecting poor decision making on the part of the US and its intelligence community. The reason Iran wants to wipe Israel out is because their religious leaders believe they must annihilate the Jews in accordance with their beliefs.
Mr. Obama needs to concentrate his efforts on preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons regardless of what happens between Israel and the Palestinians. In fact, I submit that if a peace agreement is reached it will actually make matters worse regarding Iran. Why? With a peace deal Israel’s continued existence will bother Iran. It will also likely mean Israel will retain most, if not complete control over Jerusalem. Iran will be quite displeased with this and likely will continue to threaten Israel’s existence.
If Obama seeks peace between Israel and the Palestinians, he needs to stop pressuring Israel into making all the sacrifices, such as giving up huge amounts of land and releasing murderers from prison. His efforts should be directed at the Palestinians to stop fomenting and glorifying terrorism, and to accept Israel’s right to exist.
Forcing Israel to be the only party to make sacrifices will not achieve a meaningful peace. Moreover, Iran is going to continue to threaten Israel and the US as long as Israel exists. Mr. Obama needs to surround himself with staff and intelligence who have a realistic understanding of the Middle East, rather than those who continue to reflect his incorrect and anti-Israel views. Such views will not bring peace, and will not prevent Iran from gaining nuclear weapons.
Dan Calic is a writer, history student and speaker. See additional articles on his Facebook page
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WarSclerotic 
August 5, 2013 at 1:35 PM
After reading carefully this article, one can ask himself : why in the world should a public functionary do all the possible mistakes time and again without any lesson learnt from them and repeating himself with more, bigger mistakes?
Some will say: lets fire this inept! Others will say: what an idiot! And a few other people may ask: what is the problem with this man?
And now, for some answers. To begin with, they cannot fire Obama; may be an impeachment procedure, may be, but its highly improbable. Idiot? Obama? No, we cannot buy that. If any, he is highly intelligent. Then, what? What is the problem with this man?
Lets examine, for a start its rhetoric before the first elections, when he became the president for the first time. He was vitriolic against the establishment, sometimes on the verge of incitation; and there is no secret today in America who were his friends in a certain period of time : a provocateur preacher and a suspected anarchist social activist with social terror visions.
Those were the peoples who were part of his circle of friends.
And this man, you’ll never believe that, became the president of the
United States. The left took him under its wings because he makes them forget about a problematic past of America, when certain people of a certain color were hunted, enslaved and summarily killed.
If one made a heavy mistake in the past which is causing him a great burden of shame, one don’t have to commit suicide today trying to repair that mistake.
If this public functionary is incompetent, then you, the people, must fire him. The American Democracy must wake up and fast.
August 5, 2013 at 1:41 PM
You forget something , the possibility that is not a mistake not stupidity not incompetence but on purpose.
August 5, 2013 at 2:00 PM
My goal was to write a decent article on this man means and ”achievements” ; when one is starting with certain conspiracy theories then he is hurting himself the most, while his credibility is lost. Lets see Obama for only what he does; lets consider this man actions, decisions and their results. Lets not calling him names, lets not make shadow allegations; Lets see him for how is he doing as a president. If the American people is pleased, than enjoy your present. If not, take it to the streets – 20 millions will be enough – and have a say.
August 5, 2013 at 2:26 PM
Lets see him for how is he doing as a president.
I agree completely, but is his doing not in the line of his teachers like Alinsky and Brzezinski
If you keep your head in the sand by naming it conspiracy theories you will never see the reality.
Shadow allegations is that the new expression for Benghazi ?
We can have a nice discussion about the Brzezinski, Carter obama doctrine , but JW would not like that.
Luis i think you are a to nice guy , to honest to good willing to good hearted to be able to see the real dirt in the world.
August 5, 2013 at 2:02 PM
Egypt did what the US is not able to.
Obama has became a joke in Egypt:
August 5, 2013 at 2:45 PM
…speechless.
August 5, 2013 at 3:12 PM
Luis, you should also mention the third leg of President Obama’s troika of radical friends: Rashid Khalid, a rabid anti-Israel professor employed by Columbia University.
Despite the fact that everyone knew of his relationship with these men prior to his first term in office the majority of American Jews voted for Obama. The minority of American Jews have been loudly warning America and Israel that Obama cannot be trusted. Although there are moments where American politics forces him to smile and act like a friend to Israel, it is only momentary politics. He does not believe Israel should exist as a Jewish State.
August 5, 2013 at 3:15 PM
We know him, here in Israel. We know who Obama is.
August 5, 2013 at 2:14 PM
August 5, 2013 at 3:03 PM
Luis, lets see what he is doing as president.
ZOA National President Morton A. Klein said, “The ZOA is deeply concerned about and opposed to the nomination of Samantha Power as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. The overwhelming evidence of her entire record causes us great fear and concern as to her appropriateness for this post. Ms. Power’s record clearly shows that she is viscerally hostile to Israel, regards it as a major human rights abuser, even committing war crimes, and would like to see the weight of American military and financial power go to supporting the Palestinian Authority, not Israel. In contrast, she has spoken of Iran as though it scarcely poses a problem. She also strongly suggested that the U.S. cease worrying about alleged Jewish power and money which allegedly forces the U.S. to support Israel and which allegedly is not in the national interest.
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/which-jews-choose-samantha-power-which-wont/2013/06/07/
August 5, 2013 at 3:05 PM
In 2008, as an academic who taught at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Samantha Power suggested that the U.S. should invade Israel militarily to impose a settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and protect “a new state of Palestine.” Her writing and public appearances reflected her views that special-interest lobbies in this country (read, the “Israel lobby”) have too great an impact on our foreign policy in the Middle East,”
Read more at: http://www.jewishpress.com/news/which-jews-choose-samantha-power-which-wont/2013/06/07/ | The Jewish Press
August 5, 2013 at 3:21 PM
I have a strange hunch that Joop is suspecting me not being hard enough on Obama. Read my lines closely, friend. I said more than I wrote.
August 5, 2013 at 3:36 PM
Luis , sorry if i misread you, i get it now, sometimes i,am a bit slow.
August 5, 2013 at 8:09 PM
Wrong title, the right one is: “Obavez fundamental failure on everything.”