In 2014 Obama told Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the U.S. would shoot down Israeli planes trying to cross U.S. controlled airspace over Iraq in any mission to take out the Iranian nuke facilities
Zbigniew Brzezinski counseled President Obama to be tough with Israel — Along with Samantha Power
Breitbart News/National Security coverage seemed somewhat skeptical of the Israel National News - Al-Jarida report
A major Israeli news agency, Ma’an, is reporting that a Kuwaiti newspaper reported on Saturday, that US President Barack Obama thwarted an Israeli military attack against Iran's nuclear facilities in 2014 by threatening to shoot down Israeli jets before they could reach their targets in Iran. *** Following Obama's threat, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was reportedly forced to abort the planned Iran attack....” (See “Report: Obama Threatened to Shoot Down IAF Iran Strike” by Mark Langfan, 3/1/15,
[http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/191966#.VPOaxHzF88o]).
ISRAEL MADE ITS PLANS AFTER LEARNING OF SECRET NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN IRAN AND THE OBAMA REGIME WITHOUT ANY NOTICE TO ISRAEL
According to the Kuwaiti paper, Al-Jarida, “... the Netanyahu government took the decision to strike Iran some time in 2014 soon after Israel had discovered the United States and Iran had been involved in secret talks over Iran’s nuclear program and were about to sign an agreement in that regard behind Israel's back....”According to the reports, an unidentified Israeli minister revealed the attack plan to Secretary of State John Kerry, and President Obama then threatened to shoot down any Israeli jets before they could reach their targets in Iran. It was also revealed that the treacherous Israeli Minister had good ties with the Obama regime.
OBAMA’S THREATS AGAINST ISRAEL RESULTED FROM ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI’S ADVICE — SAMANTHA POWER HAD ADVOCATED EVEN WORSE MEASURES AGAINST ISRAEL
The reports indicate that former US diplomat Zbigniew Brzezinski, who supported Obama since 2008, called on him to shoot down any Israeli planes if they attempted attacks on Iran. In an interview with the Daily Beast, the former national security advisor to former President Jimmy Carter had said, “They have to fly over our airspace in Iraq. Are we just going to sit there and watch?... We have to be serious about denying them that right.... If they fly over, you go up and confront them. They have the choice of turning back or not. No one wishes for this but it could be a [friendly-fire type of “accident”].Brzezinski had been a top candidate to become an official advisor to President Obama, until he was downgraded following Republican and pro-Israel Democratic charges during the 2008 campaign that Brzezinski’s anti-Israel attitude would damage Candidate Obama at the polls. Now, Obama doesn’t to worry about the polls.
Newsmax made the same basic report, but connected that story to the upcoming appearance of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the joint session of Congress — “Netanyahu is set to address a joint session of Congress on Tuesday over the Iranian nuclear threat. Most Democrats have said they will not attend and Obama has said he will not meet with the prime minister ( See “Report: Obama Threatened to Shoot Down Israeli Jets Attacking Iran” by Greg Richter, 3/1/15, Newsmax [http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/obama-threatened-israeli-jets/2015/03/01/id/627575/]).
UPDATE: THE “SOMETIMES A DENIAL IS IMPORTANT TOO” EDITION
ReplyDeleteSTORY OF POTUS OBAMA’S THREAT TO NETANYAHU TO SHOOT DOWN ISRAELI PLANES APPEARS IN THE WASHINGTON TIMES — ALONG WITH A HIGH LEVEL “DENIAL...” — IT ALL GIVES THE WT REPORT SOME MORE HEFT
MEANWHILE THE WT REPORTS THAT THE SAUDIS SEEM TO BE ONBOARD FOR ISRAELI AIR OPERATIONS AGAINST IRAN
According to a report in the Washington Times late yesterday, “...President Obama threatened last year to use the U.S. military to shoot down Israeli fighter jets if they attempted to destroy Iranian nuclear facilities, according to Middle Eastern news outlets Sunday — reports the administration denounced later that day as flatly untrue. *** Mr. Obama’s threat reportedly deterred Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from dispatching warplanes into Iran after Israel discovered that the U.S. had entered into secret talks with Tehran and that the two countries had signed an agreement, according to Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida. *** In a statement to The Washington Times early Sunday evening, a senior administration [official] said ‘that report is totally false.’...” (See “Administration denies Obama threatened to shoot down Israeli warplanes” by Jeffrey Scoot Shapiro, 3/1/15, The Washington Times [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/mar/1/report-obama-threatened-shoot-down-israeli-warplan/?page=1]).
In addition, The Washington Times said, “... ‘The Saudis have declared their readiness for the Israeli Air Force to overfly Saudi air space en route to attack Iran if an attack is necessary,’ the Israeli Channel 2 report stated. *** ‘The Saudi authorities are completely coordinated with Israel on all matters related to Iran,’ the Channel 2 report quoted an unnamed European, Brussels based official as saying....”
UPDATE: THE “ ‘BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO...’ ” EDITION
ReplyDeleteTHE JERUSALEM POST GOES WITH A “CHANNEL 10 [IN ISRAEL] REPORT” THAT SAYS: “US-ISRAEL INTEL COOPERATION ON IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAM HAS BEEN STOPPED” — AMID WHITE HOUSE FEARS THAT NETANYAHU WILL REVEAL SECRET DETAILS OF THE U.S. NEGOTIATIONS WITH IRAN
THE JP’S SUB-HEADLINE IS EQUALLY TELLING — “... REPORTED HALT IN INTELLIGENCE COOPERATION COMES AMID TENSIONS OVER IRAN TALKS [&] NETANYAHU’S SPEECH TO CONGRESS”
THE U.S. ACKNOWLEDGES WITHHOLDING INFORMATION FROM ISRAEL
Earlier today, The Jerusalem Post contained this information: “The United States and Israel have stopped intelligence cooperation on Iran's nuclear program, [Israel’s] Channel 10 reported Monday. *** The reported halt in intelligence cooperation comes amid tensions in the relationship between Israel and the administration of US President Barack Obama over differences of opinion on an emerging diplomatic deal with Iran and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to the US Congress in which he is expected to speak out against such a deal on Tuesday. *** The intelligence cooperation between the two countries has helped the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency collect information for reports on Iran's nuclear program in the past, according to Channel 10. These same IAEA reports helped convince the international community to support sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. *** The White House has expressed fears in closed conversations that Netanyahu will reveal secret details of the talks with Iran during his speech to Congress on Tuesday, Channel 10 added....”
(See “US-Israel intel cooperation on Iran's nuclear program has been stopped, Ch. 10 reports” by The Jerusalem Post Staff, 3/2/15, The Jerusalem Post/ jppost.com [http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/US-Israel-intel-cooperation-on-Irans-nuclear-program-has-been-stopped-Ch-10-reports-392708]).
Recently, the Jerusalem Post had also reported that the Obama Administration had accused “... Israeli officials of ‘selective sharing of information’ and ‘cherry picking’ in their public complaints over the diplomatic effort[s in negotiating a U.S. - Iran nuclear deal]....” However, U.S. State Department spokespersons noted that “not everything you’re hearing from the Israeli government is an accurate depiction of the talks....” because “classified negotiating details stay behind closed doors....” ie., kept secret from Israel (See “US acknowledges withholding information from Israel on Iran talks” by Michael Wilner & Herb Keinon, 2/18/15 [http://www.jpost.com/International/US-acknowledges-withholding-information-from-Israel-on-Iran-talks-391463]).
According to the report in the Jerusalem Post mentioned in the article cited immediately above, both State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki and White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest indicated that the policy of withholding information about U.S.-Iranian negotiations from Israel was not new.