Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opposition to a potential nuclear deal with Iran, calling it as wrongheaded as the prime minister’s backing of the Iraq War.
“Israel is safer today with the added time we have given and the stoppage of the advances in the nuclear program than they were before we got that agreement, which by the way the prime minister opposed,” Kerry said during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing. “He was wrong.”
Kerry was later asked to address Netanyahu’s criticism of a hypothetical deal with Iran as a threat to Israel.
“The prime minister was profoundly forward-leaning and outspoken about the importance of invading Iraq under George W. Bush,” Kerry replied. “We all know what happened with that decision.”
The secretary of state again pointed out that while Netanyahu opposed the interim deal reached with Iran in 2013, that accord froze the country’s nuclear program. He warned that the prime minister shouldn’t make another premature judgment about the nuclear talks going forward.
“We won’t take a backseat to anybody in our commitment to the state of Israel, but [Netanyahu] may have a judgment that just may not be correct here,” Kerry said.
I wonder could John mean this:
I know a perfect time to announce a deal with Iran…
Hey John, YOU voted for the Iraq War. Yes, you are much better than BB, but let’s not go talking about getting it wrong on Iraq please. You knew exactly what you were voting for, and you did it so that when you ran in 2004 you would not be perceived as “anti-war”. And a lot of people died, and it was a huge factor in our economy collapsing. So lose the attitude.
This is good. Rice earlier today was a good slam as well. Need the Dems to stay away in obvious numbers tho. Make it clear it’s a RWNJ grandstand.
Oh give it a break. You should take some of your own advise and lose the attitude.