exactly. there are too many powerful interests thriving on the status quo. they have deep pockets, plus americans are easily scared, so tough-on-crime rhetoric usually carries the day.
unfortunately, netanyahu seems to have adopted saddam as his role model, and believes attacking iran will help him consolidate power at home. i can't imagine any other upside for him. upsides for other israelis, none at all.
exactly. there are too many powerful interests thriving on the status quo. they have deep pockets, plus americans are easily scared, so tough-on-crime rhetoric usually carries the day.
unfortunately, netanyahu seems to have adopted saddam as his role model, and believes attacking iran will help him consolidate power at home. i can't imagine any other upside for him. upsides for other israelis, none at all.
this sounds like good news
After loudly insisting ad infinitum that Iran’s nuclear program is an existential threat
To be fair, Barak has said that Iran wasn't an existential threat, but no one wanted to hear it, especially in the US:
http://www.haaretz.com/news/report-barak-says-iran-is-not-existential-threat-to-israel-1.7710
i stand corrected. wyden voted against the amendments and the whole bill.