Bibi goes Ballistic against US-Iran Nuclear Deal

The Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu gave speech in US Congress, targeting the Iran Nuclear deal currently negotiated by US. He was rather addressing his audience back home, a few days before their general elections. Obama and his administration are fuming at his behavior. The moderate but influential Jews in America, e.g., like Tom Friedman think this time Netanyahu has gone little too far. Israel is the unofficial 51st state of America, but Netanyahu should stop behaving like the senator of a state who by sulking against Obama can win his reelection in his state. Obama is still the Commander-in-Chief of USA and will be so till January' 2017. That's almost a couple of years and antagonizing him at this point can only hurt the Israeli cause, in spite of the powerful Jewish lobby in America.

 

In many ways I find Iran admirable. Though a theocracy they have some semblance of democracy unlike their surrounding nations. They elected their leader in 1950s when democracy was a distant mirage in the deserts of Middle East. But America spoiled their party of democracy by dislodging the people's choice by a dictator Shah Raza Pallavi, whose regime was followed by a decade long war due to attack by their megalomaniac dictator Saddam. No wonder their insecurity has led them towards the quest for Nuclear Weapon (the same reason India got its nuclear weapon due to the insecurity led by its restive neighbors). But unlike the Saudis who are champion hypocrite (they fund Palestinians but harbor secret relationship with Israel to checkmate their Shia rival), Iran's open antagonism to the Jewish state is well known.

 

Iran like India has a history of not attacking any other nation. They have good number of engineers, doctors and scientists unlike their neighborhood. Many computer hackers (you have to agree that the hackers are tech smart are from Iran, I can't imagine any brainy techie, hacker or otherwise from the rest of the Bedouin nations). So they are certainly different from their restive neighborhood. The Obama administration is on the right track. All politics are local and all politicians can go to any length to get elected. I am sure Netanyahu will be a lot quieter and less belligerent, after his upcoming elections at home.