++President Obama was interviewed by Reuters press today and outlined why a negotiated deal with Iran actually serves both America's and Israeli's national interests. He finally put a number on the years the agreement would extend--ten years of no enrichment and another five where Iran could enrich. He still only says a deal is 50-50.
++But he did go into how Bibi got the interim agreement wrong. His technique was familiar to any of his recent speeches about why the GOP got the economy and Obamacare wrong. He noted that Bibi said that Iran would continue enriching, which they did not. He claimed tyne US would be giving Iran $50 billion which it did not. And on and on.
++Elizabeth Warren said to day that she was not attending Bibi's speech. In her answer she described her meeting in Israel with Bibi and her concern about Iran having nuclear weapons but she didn't think it was useful to attend this speech. So that means no Obama,no Biden, no Kerry, no Sanders, no Warren, and no Hillary.
++Richard Cohen writes tonight about what Bibi risks in the speech. Israel is beloved by America but is not essential. The equation in support for Israel shifts when it is politicized. He faults Bibi's tone deafness about the insult to President Obama and as a result the African-Americans are boycotting as well as Jewish Democrats. Cohen writes that Iran isn't an existential threat to Israel but an indifferent America is.
++Noam Chomsky appeared on Amy Goodman show for an hour today discussing Bibi and the Ukraine. His point about the Iranian talks was that Bibi doesn't want Israel's nuclear dominance challenged in the Middle East. Chomsky quoting US intelligence sources says that Iran's defense posture is one of deterrence and that they know launching a nuclear weapon would lead to Iran's destruction.
++Military planners have always speculated that Israel and the United States would have second-strike capabilities which iran doesn't have.
++The Israeli audience is a little jaundiced about seeing Bibi treated like a rock star at AIPAC. Members of the Knesset have been posting Facebook notes to the American Jewish Democrats urging them to keep backing Israel despite Bibi's offensive behavior.
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