Peres hints at possible strike on Iran
Israeli President Shimon Peres had some unusually aggressive words for Iran Sunday, seemingly threatening military action if US President Barack Obama’s overtures to the Islamic republic fail to bear fruit, the Jerusalem Post reports.
Peres said during an interview with Kol Hai Radio that he hoped Obama’s call for dialogue with Ahmadinejad would be heeded, but warned that if such talks don’t soften the Iranian president’s approach “we’ll strike him.”
Israel is not too happy about going it alone, however. “Ahmadinejad recruits forces against us, but there are also forces against him,” Peres said. “What happened in Egypt created a fierce opposition and we must unify all his opponents – the Sunnis and the Europeans, as well as those afraid of nuclear weapons and terror.”
“We certainly cannot go it alone, without the US, and we definitely can’t go against the US. This would be unnecessary,” stressed the president.
Israel can do whatever it wants, of course, but causing a major fight between itself and the United States is indeed not in its interest. The US is an important ally for Israel and vice versa. Both sides know this, but both seem to have different goals. This could mean that they are collision course nonetheless.
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