Washington – Two weeks before President Obama visited China, two senior White House officials traveled to Beijing on a “special mission” to try to persuade China to pressure Iran to give up its alleged nuclear weapons program.
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If Beijing did not help the United States on this issue, the consequences could be severe, the visitors, Dennis Ross and Jeffrey Bader, both senior officials in the National Security Council, informed the Chinese.
The Chinese were told that Israel regards Iran’s nuclear program as an “existential issue and that countries that have an existential issue don’t listen to other countries,” according to a senior administration official. The implication was clear: Israel could bomb Iran, leading to a crisis in the Persian Gulf region and almost inevitably problems over the very oil China needs to fuel its economic juggernaut, said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
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this is so frightening. with iran having advanced military capabilities, including there proxies in Syria, Lebanon & Gaza, i don’t want to think what can happen to israel should they strike Iran.
from this podium i plea to the Israely government: Please! please don’t instigate a blood shed. Leave it up the US to handle the situation.
we need to daven to hashem and strengthen our Emuna, for Leiv Meluchim V”sorim B”yad Hashem.
What would you expect from Hussein Obama and Hillary, I cannot say the truth, Clinton. This is all the fault of the liberal Jews who have to vote for a lib even if it would kill them.
To all of those well intended but Liberal oriented fellow Jews who voted for Obama…this is what Israel can expect…little to no support from a Muslim leaning leftist President surrounded by lackies of our own faith.
Without American involvement Israel would not exist.