Over at Inter Press Service I report on Ehud Barak’s loose talk about the US’ intelligence assessment of Iran. The question I raise is when Barak says this rumored NIE update brings the US position “closer to ours,” what Israeli position is he referring to? The military and intel assessments of both the US and Israel have largely been in agreement all along. Only Bibi and Barak have been disagreeing…
My Report On Barak’s Bogus “NIE”
August 11, 2012 by Mitchell Plitnick
Posted in Ehud Barak, Iran | Tagged Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, Intelligence, Iran, Mitt Romney, Mossad, NIE, Yediot Ahoronot | 1 Comment
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As usual, this is about the Israel-first crowd trying to get the US to fight their wars for them.
And their threat: if you don’t do it, we will.
Let’s make sure there is a high cost for them starting Middle East War III. We can do this nonviolently by pledging to BOYCOTT ISRAEL IF IT BOMBS IRAN:
http://www.divestfromwar.org
Let’s PREVENT the next war, instead of protesting it after the fact!