Opinion  Shimon Shiffer
Netanyahu was fiddling while Iran became a nuclear state
Shimon Shiffer
Published: 25.11.14, 00:29
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1. No, Obama allowed Iran to go nuclear
CJK   (11.25.14)
he has done everything he could think of and more to let iran keep its nuclear weapons program. he has threatened and blackmailed netanyahu and has conspired against him and against israel. obama is totally without scruples. obama had decided to make iran a state that could act as a balance of power in the region against the sunni states and against israel.
2. Is putting Obama, Livni and Lapid in place fiddling?
Ron   (11.25.14)
Netanyahu had his handful with these leftist who are out to destroy Israel.
3. Running out of ideas
Shalom ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (11.25.14)
This is basically a rewrite of this author's article last March 11 caled "Netanyahu's empty weapons display." Since he confines himself to topics that give him an excuse to declaim against Netanyahu and offers no ideas about any other matter, he seems to be running out of ideas altogether. He should get himself a life by forgetting Netanyahu and finding something else to talk about, if he can.
4. why Netanyahu was stupid
(11.25.14)
For many years, Netanyahu has been desperately trying to convince the world to stop Iranian nukes while the extreme Left, including Shiffer, mocked him. Netanyahu failed because Obama wants a nuclear Iran, and Netanyahu was too stupid to realize it. This became clear in the recent "chickensh*t" firestorm when Obama gloated that he helped Iran get nukes by stopping Netanyahu. Now Netanyahu needs to speak clearly: due to Iran's nuclearization and missile bases in Lebanon, Gaza, and soon Sinai, Syrian Golan and Jordan, Israel has no choice but liberate Judea and Samaria from the PLO occupation.
5. Netanyahu fiddling....
David   (11.25.14)
The author makes it sound as if the appeasement of Iran just started this weekend, and that it would not have happened if only Netanyahu didn't have other weekend plans... The truth of the matter is that it has been happening since the insurgency in Iraq almost a decade ago, and that it increased with a vengeance after the election of Barack Obama-- who was always most interested in seeing it through to the natural conclusion, and made this quite clear on many occasions. Netanyahu should indeed have done things differently-- he shouldn't have been deterred by the leftist political figures such as Meir Dagan, Gabi Ashkenazi, Yair Lapid and others-- who in some cases tried to stop military action and at all times argued against it. Netanyahu should have had more courage. But his conduct is not an argument for the leftists, for whom this inaction is not a broken promise but actually official policy. What we need now is courage. If he has it, then he should show it. What we do not need is to put in charge one of the many proud cowards leading the opposition.
6.  bibi
1 ,   1   (11.25.14)
in these times you should act like a man with no balls especially against the persian sunni if they exploit your anger against iran you will regret it more than the egyptian plot to destroy the reactor and UAE support of hamas along with the biggest sponsor of terrorism as I said your nukes will be targeted against the sunni only , understand all israeli politician should understand that
7. the village idiot
Arn ,   Yehud, Israel   (11.25.14)
Ynet seems determined to outdo itself with pushing such low grade op-eds on its English readers. Moses' dislike of Netanyahu is akin to the proverbial village idiot who spits into the air to have it land on his face.
8. "...on the verge of producing a nuclear bomb"?
Scharp ,   Tel Aviv, Israel   (11.25.14)
The countries of that "prestigious" club, India and Pakistan, are not on the verge - they already have nuclear bombs. There is a certain ambiguity about Israel, but ok - the assumption is that we have some Bombs. But regarding Iran - the game is not over. There are sanctions, there will be more talks, more pressure on the iranian leaders. The major leaders of the world are worried, they will be monitoring the activities in Iran. The saudis are concerned. And the iranian leaders are not off the hook.
9.  THIS IS UNFAIR
tTEL EM STRAIGHT ,   SAFED OBVIOUS   (11.25.14)
Netanyahu did not merely fiddle ,he talked ad nauseum about Iran ( to deaf ears ) and some nuclear scientists in Iran suffered some unfortunate and rather fatal traffic accidents .Aside from that ,and a computer virus ,Iran was not stopped.
10. crap. all he could do was hope to add some spine to spineles
ralph   (11.25.14)
obama. it was a lost cause.
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