Rahm Emanuel: Stopping Iran’s Nuclear Program is Contingent on Israel/Palestinian Negotiations

  It is fairly evident to most people that Iran cannot be allowed to have nuclear weapons. At least it is evident to those who are not ultra far leftists who believe that as a country who has nuclear weapons we have no right to tell other countries they can’t have them.

  The president also believes that Iran should not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons, sort of. It seems that  he is willing to blackmail another country by using Iran’s nuclear program as a bargaining chip.

  According to this article, Rahm Emanuel has said that the United States will thwart Iran’s nuclear program only if the Israel/Palestinian peace talks are progressing at a rate that the White House approves of.

  This is dangerous territory that the president is entering, to say the least. To basically threaten Israel by holding Iran’s nuclear program over their head is alarming. For us to do nothing while Iran is allowed to build a nuclear program is bad enough, but for us to then use the program that Iran is building in order to intimidate our biggest ally in the middle east is incomprehensible.

  The one thing that we can count on is that if the United States under this president is to weak to do anything about Iran than Israel will take matters into their own hands. Israel will not wait around for the United States. Israel will launch a preemptive strike on Iran if that is what it comes to. Maybe that is what this president wants. Maybe he wants Israel to take the heat for attacking Iran or maybe he is just afraid of taking a stand with Iran because of his campaign rhetoric.

  The fact of the matter is that Iran cannot have nuclear weapons, period. This is not an issue that should be used as a bargaining chip. This is too important for that. If Iran has nuclear weapons no country is safe; it isn’t just Israel that will have to look over their shoulders.

  I hope that someday Israel and the Palestinians will settle their differences but that is a separate issue; that issue should have nothing to do as to whether we allow Iran to build a nuclear arsenal.