The following is VIA Telegraph
President Barack Obama says “there was nothing new” in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress panning US-led nuclear talks with Iran
US President Barack Obama said there was “nothing new” in Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial speech to Congress on Tuesday, insisting the Israeli Prime Minister did not offer a better option than negotiations.
Mr Netanyahu “did not offer any viable alternatives,” Mr Obama said speaking from the Oval Office.
Mr Netanyahu earlier, before an impassioned joint meeting of Congress, pilloried talks with Iran, which if successful would be a key plank of Mr Obama’s foreign policy legacy.
Receiving a warm welcome from Mr Obama’s Republican foes, Mr Netanyahu insisted the deal “doesn’t block Iran’s path to the bomb. It paves Iran’s path to the bomb.”
Mr Obama has refused to meet Netanyahu during his visit to the US capital and said he did not watch the speech but saw a transcript.
“I am not focused in the politics of this, I am not focused on the theatre,” Mr Obama said.
“As far as I can tell, there was nothing new.”
“On the core issue, which is how to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon which would make it far more dangerous, the prime minister did not offer any viable alternatives.”
“We don’t yet have a deal,” he added. “But if we are successful, then in fact this will be the best deal possible with to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapon.”
As Mr Obama was speaking, talks between the US and Iran to reach an agreement continued in Switzerland.
The deal would limit Iranian nuclear activity for a decade or more, but would not completely dismantle facilities that could be used to make a bomb.
Iran says it does not want a nuclear weapon.
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Let’s spell it out for you Mr. Obama. Netanyahu is saying that you tell Iran “Either YOU dismantle it or WE will dismantle it”. And if you didn’t get the hint, he is telling you the same “Either YOU dismantle it or WE will dismantle it”. Any more questions?
Did he say the us and America are allies? And what was that about regime ? What a kook!
He sounds like the petulant alinsky dorn flagher rev wright baby he is.
If you listen closely, Obama says that the bond between the the united states and “America” are unbreakable. Maybe a slip of the tongue. But he said what he truly believes in his heart, while “not” saying what he doesnt believe in. The bottom line isאין לנו להישען אלא על אבינו שבשמים
I feel like he’s just bashing Netanyahu because of his on kavod. Had Obama approved the visit he probably wouldn’t have been so dead set about him speaking . And he wouldn’t try to undermine him in every way. A part of me tells me that he’d be glad to see his Arab cousins bomb Israel
If you agree that Iran is dangerous then why are you making a deal with them?
the bond between the United states and America is unbreakable.
what about the bond between israel and america?
We have an idiot in the White House, an imbecile focused on one thing and one thing only- his legacy. I don’t know if the US has ever had a president with such an inflated ego.