September 14, 2012

Why Netanyahu Won't Act

Nir Barzilai, Jerusalem Post

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We probably are the last ones in the country who don’t have a position for or against attacking Iran – or so it seems when you open a newspaper or watch television.

We are not proficient on the subject, we do not know the extent of Israel’s capabilities, how long the long arm of the IDF is, or how potentially dangerous the Iranian response. So we do not have a position on a strike.

But what we are familiar with, is Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, and based on this knowledge, we feel pretty safe in betting there will be no Israeli attack on Iran.

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TAGGED: Binyamin Netanyahu, Nuclear Weapons, Iran, Israel

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