Those who are attacking Netanyahu don’t know what they are doing. They should thank him for saving the American people from a bad deal with Iran. Netanyahu has the vision and the wisdom many people lack. He grew up and studied in the United States. He knows and loves the US and its people.
Many countries, among which China and some European countries are happy that Netanyahu opened their eyes. Have we forgotten who bombed the American barracks in Lebanon and killed hundreds of soldiers? It was Iran that masterminded this attack. Have we forgotten who inflicted heavy damage to our troops in Iraq? The Iranians.
We should thank Netanyahu for his great speech. Can someone say what Obama did for the United States? He wants to transform the United States according to his own ideas, not how the American people want it. He disregard our congress and our law.
God bless Netanyahu, God bless the United States, God bless Israel. Those who want to compete with Netanyahu to take his place, like Herzog and Livni are incompetent. Israelis, wake up. You have a great and courageous leader, like his brother and his father.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and US President Barack Obama.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and US President Barack Obama. . (photo credit:REUTERS)
WASHINGTON -- US President Barack Obama extended the country's national emergency with respect to Iran on Wednesday, noting that the crisis in relations "has not been resolved" despite high-stakes negotiations between the countries under way over Tehran's nuclear program.
The official state of relations has been in crisis for two decades, since March 15, 1995, when President Bill Clinton signed executive executive order 12957 pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
Technically, there are two executive orders on Iran declaring states of emergency: order 12957 and order 12170, signed by President Jimmy Carter. Together, they have frozen Iranian assets held in the United States and have prohibited certain transactions with respect to Iran's petroleum products.
Progress has been made in the relationship, Obama noted a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio): The interim Joint Plan of Action, which laid the groundwork for nuclear talks, "marks the first time in a decade that Iran has agreed to take, and has taken specific actions that stop the advance and roll back key elements of its nuclear program."
"Nevertheless," he continued, "certain actions and policies of the Government of Iran are contrary to the interests of the United States in the region and continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States."
"For these reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared with respect to Iran and to maintain in force comprehensive sanctions against Iran to deal with this threat."
Congress are meddling into more likely than not in violation of the Logan Act that forbids such interference. The conduct of American foreign affairs is the province of the U.S. President, not Congress, and not the Prime Minister of any other nation. Netanyahu has his hands full with his own election. If he came here to win approval back home, he botched it with his blundering.
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Jane
A smart candidate for US presidency in 2016 would be wise to get him or her self invited to the Knesset for a speech. All that money from Jewish interests would surely clinch the election. But then, with no incumbent president running for a second term, I think the Knesset would be besieged with requests from many Israel supporting candidates from all parties. After all, Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, and other, Independents, all support Israel, don't they?
Ron