McCain Suggests Israel "Go
Rogue," Blow Up Iran Negotiations By
Starting War
He made the suggestion during a floor
speech.
By Zaid Jilani
March 31, 2015 "ICH"
- "Alternet"
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As Iran talks appear to be coming to a close
with a successful agreement that would both
lead to the lifting of international
sanctions and restrictions that would
prevent the country from obtaining nuclear
weapons, most in the international community
are relieved.Yet Republicans have teamed
up with their counterparts in the Israeli
political system to do everything they can
to obstruct a deal – with tactics such as
drafting new sanctions legislation and
warning the Iranian leadership that the
nuclear agreement will not outlast President
Obama.
But this past week Senator John McCain
(R-AZ) ratcheted up this sabotage to a new
level. During a floor speech he gave on
March 24th, the senator suggested that
Israel “go rogue” and that if they don't
they may not survive the next 22 months of
the Obama presidency:
McCAIN: The Israelis will need to
chart their own path of resistance. On the
Iranian nuclear deal, they may have to go
rogue. Let's hope their warnings have not
been mere bluffs. Israel survived its first
19 years without meaningful U.S. patronage.
For now, all it has to do is get through the
next 22, admittedly long, months.
Watch it:
Recall that McCain
is head of the Senate Armed Services
Committee and a former Republican
presidential candidate. His call for a
foreign state to openly obstruct U.S. policy
and in the process initiate a catastrophic
regional war is perhaps unprecedented for
someone of his senior position.
Zaid Jilani is an
AlterNet contributing writer.
Follow
@zaidjilani on Twitter.
