Playing the race card against Netanyahu
(POWERLINE) The West seems to be in the process of switching sides when it comes to Israel and Iran. Negotiations that will lift sanctions on Iran are in the final stages; meanwhile European leaders are discussing the imposition of sanctions on Israel. Moreover, under President Obama, the U.S. is no longer committed to ending Iran’s nuclear weapons program which represents an existential threat to Israel. Instead, it is prepared to sign »
Meanwhile a lot of the rhetoric is calling Iran racist because it sponsors terror. Iran is said to be the world’s number 1 state sponsor of terror. The charge is bogus.
The major terror groups under the flag of Islam are Sunni. With the fall of Syria, the support .. both money and fatwas .. comes largely form Saudi Arabia and the Guff States.
Iran is not responsible for ISIS or Boker Haram. Iran is not responsible for the terror in Somalia or the CAR. Iran sponsors guerilla forces, much as Vietnam did when we invaded their country .. except that Iran’s turf is bigger ..extending from its borders to Syria and Yemen. Iranians or their proxies have not blown up planes or murdered Jews in Europe. That stud should be laid at the foot of our oil rich, Sunni allies.
While it is true that Hezbollah is an Iranian proxy, Hezbollah/ Iran, has as much right to fight its war with rockets as we do to use drones against the Taliban. Even Hamas has that right and it is not a client state of Iran.
The real danger to Israel is not that Iran is going to send suicide bombers to bar mitvahs in Tel Aviv. Nor is there any reason to expect Iran to lob a nuke on Jerusalem. The real danger is that a more respected Iran, freed from sanctions. will use Netanyahu’s explicit support of apartheid as justification for a UN sanctioned embargo against Israel.
Imagine, Iran building submarines (or buying them form Germany or France). Imagine those subs enforcing an arms embargo, a UN sanctions embargo, against Israel?