Of course, Iranian officials always state that their nuclear program is only meant to be used peacefully. But now, Egypt’s president Mohammed Morsi, the virulent Muslim Brotherhood’s leader, is visiting Iran, which is the first time since the Camp David accords that the ties between the two countries have been reestablished.
Netanyahu is certainly correct if he believes the Obama Administration cannot be trusted; after Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta met with Morsi at the end of July, he praised him this way:
I was convinced that President Morsi is
his own man, and that he is the president of all the Egyptian people. It
is my view, based on what I have seen, that President Morsi and Field
Marshal Tantawi have a very good relationship and are working together
towards the same ends.
Less than two weeks later, Morsi fired Tantawi and consolidated power, and there were reports that Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood brethren were crucifying opponents.
Because Netanyahu has a clear majority in the Knesset, he is free to act. And he knows if Obama is reelected, any hope for U.S. support will be dim indeed.
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