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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNetanyahu Says Strike On Iran Would Be Good For Arabs
PARIS | Tue Oct 30, 2012 12:53pm EDT
(Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought on Tuesday to convince Arab states that an Israeli military strike on Iran would benefit them, removing a potential threat and easing tensions across the Middle East.
Netanyahu has made a number of veiled threats to attack Iran's nuclear program and has appealed to the United States and the United Nations to set a limit for Tehran on its further development.
In an interview published on Tuesday with French magazine Paris Match, Netanyahu said such a strike would not worsen regional tensions, as many critics have warned.
"Five minutes after, contrary to what the skeptics say, I think a feeling of relief would spread across the region," he said.
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Netanyahu Says Strike On Iran Would Be Good For Arabs (Original Post)
Purveyor
Oct 2012
OP
Yeah, he's swell...never a thought for himself...always concerned for others...
joeybee12
Oct 2012
#6
BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)1. He's always thinking about their welfare
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)6. Yeah, he's swell...never a thought for himself...always concerned for others...
What a guy!
Viva_Daddy
(785 posts)2. Right, and "we'll be welcomed by Iraqis as liberators" and
women who get pregnant from rape are given a "gift from God"...and other insanities.
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)3. How much time does this idiot have left in office
BlueMan Votes
(903 posts)4. it would be good for the arabs...
it would unite them even further, and steel their resolve against the west.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)5. Over here a crazy man said that slavery was good for black people.
So we don't have the monopoly on elected crazy people.