From Algemeiner:
As news broke in the wee hours of the morning of an interim deal reached between Iran and world powers over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, Israeli ministers and political figures from across the political spectrum took to the airwaves with sharp critique.According to various reports, the deal calls for Iran to halt key parts of its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief said to be valued at approximately $7 billion dollars.In an interview on Israel Defense Forces radio, Israel’s Finance Minister, Yair Lapid, widely believed to be the second most influential politician in the country, sounded a bitter tone.“We had a choice here between the plague and cholera. We were left alone explaining the truth, and all of our options were bad,” he said. “I don’t understand how the French Foreign Minister can call an agreement that doesn’t involve the dismantling of one centrifuge a ‘victory.’ I can’t understand the world’s failure to notice the nineteen thousand Iranian centrifuges.”“Obviously a deal is better than a war, but not this deal,” he said. “Netanyahu did everything he could and we all stand behind him on this.”Describing it as “the biggest diplomatic victory Iran has known in recent years,” Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that “the State of Israel will have to think things over.”“This brings us to a new reality in the whole Middle East,” he told Israel Radio.“We awoke this morning to a new reality. A reality in which a bad deal was signed with Iran. A very bad deal,” said Israel’s Economy Minister Naftali Bennett. He painted a bleak picture of what may come to pass as a result of the arrangement. “If a nuclear suitcase blows up five years from now in New York or Madrid, it will be because of the deal that was signed this morning,” he said.“It is important that the world knows: Israel will not be committed to a deal that endangers its very existence,” Bennett added....
2 comments:
Stupid thing to say. Some respect lost for Bennett for creating false warning when extremely accurate warnings are compulsory.
IMHO, it is one thing to make a U-235 weapon of 20k tons of TNT equivalent and some means to deliver a weapon which will be 1-2 yards long and one wide and weigh in at about 3-5 tons total. Even the most aggressive estimates of a missile warhead for Iran are in the ton range.
It is quite another thing to have a suitcase weapon, which would, to be effective, I THINK, require plutonium as the weapon itself.
If Iran can (and is) keep(ing) development of Plutonium weapons secret with or without agreement, we should attack them immediately without regard to any other considerations.
Ah, well then you know something about this subject I don't know. Thanks for teaching me.
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