The Iranian regime is "humiliated" after a daring Mossad operation seized scores of secret documents, the former Pentagon official said.
The Iranian regime is “quaking in its boots,” after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed secret nuclear-program documents appropriated by the Mossad, an ex-Pentagon Iran expert told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.
Harold Rhode spent 28 years at the Pentagon and studied in Iran before the 1979 revolution there. The fluent Farsi speaker, who is now associated with the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, said his view stems from a wave of recent Iranian infighting.
He said when things are not going well in Iran, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps officials and rival ayatollahs start attacking each other in a public blame game that expresses how exposed and vulnerable they feel their rule has become.
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WNU Editor: It is true that this successful Israeli intelligence operation to take all of this data on Iran's nuclear program and to smuggle it out is an embarrasement to the Iranian government .... and I am sure there are going to internal polticial repercussions because of this. But bottom line, I think the leadership in Iran are more worried about their own people than Mossad .... Iran has banned Telegram after claiming the app encourages ‘armed uprisings’ (The Verge)
I think Netanyahu makes a better used car salesman than PM.
ReplyDeleteEither way, he's a crooked fraud. Thanks for the info that was open-source 15 years ago.
Bibi is tv salesman...golly, just like Trump!
ReplyDeleteand bibi selling dummy trump a bill of goods and trump swallows it whole
"dummy Trump" I find no evidence that he is dumb. In fact, the available evidence seems to be to the contrary. He actually seems to be quite brilliant.
ReplyDeleteAs to the "bill of goods" analogy, those wishing to keep the Iran nuclear deal in place are pushing the narrative that this all old stuff and Iran is different now. As the editor has suggested, hopefully they are right. All we really seem to have is an article of faith on this as the inspection regime appears to be inadequate. My "gut" tells me the Iranians are cheating and that Mr. Netanyahu is 100% correct.
The deal appears to me to a "lemon." When one is given "lemons," the best approach is perhaps to try and find a way to make "lemonade" from it. As the editor likes to say, "here is an easy prediction." Here is the easy prediction. DJT may want to walk from the deal. His instincts may even tell him to do this. He can't he lacks the support to do this from "allies" like the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. Without such support to alter the deal we are stuck with it and will have to make the best of it. Find a way to make "lemonade."
By going public with this information Mr. Netanyahu is getting as much information out now while he still can so the record is straight. Such things are not entirely uncommon.
" It is true that this successful Israeli intelligence operation to take all of this data on Iran's nuclear program and to smuggle it out is an embarrasement to the Iranian government .... "
ReplyDeleteWhat in the name of God are you talking about? The 'intelligence' that Netanyahu paraded was taken verbatim from existing IAEA reports on Iran, that were compiled years ago with the open cooperation of the Iranians. This information was instrumental in securing the nuclear agreement with the P5+1. Nothing that Netanyahu 'revealed' was new information!
It's OK if you want to drink Netanyahu's cool aid, but please don't share the cup with your readers. Not when 80 million Iranians risk being bombed into the stone age, or nuked into a holocaust, because of Netanyahu's carney act.
postman aka Dimitri aka Boris
ReplyDeleteTrump has NO self awareness of himself...a sign of low IQ
Trump jumps from policy and we never know what his position is: low IQ
Trump argues by hate remarks, vulgar remarks, silly stuff: sign of low IQ
Now you tell or better show me why he is bright?
Anon,
ReplyDelete"aka Dimitri aka Boris,"
When your arguments are weak as yours are you must somehow some try and obfuscate to draw attention away from your weak arguments.
"Trump has no self awareness of himself...a sign of low IQ. There is no evidence to support such a claim. In fact, the contrary seems to be the case. His diplomatic outreach on North Korea has been very effective, tax cuts have been passed, and regulatory reform that impacts business growth has been passed among other things. All of this has been accomplished in the face of stiff and often unreasonable opposition. This demonstrates an ability to multi task and focus on a wide variety of things very effectively which would generally be considered a sign of a person of great intelligence and focus.
"Trump jumps from policy to and we never know what his position is: low IQ." If something isn't working, one needs to be prepared to change course and if certain tactics aren't working one needs to be able to change quickly. The fact that he is able to do this suggests to me a person of high IQ who is able to adapt and do so quickly.
"Trump argues by hate remarks, vulgar remarks, sill stuff: sign of low IQ." Sometimes his choice of words may not be the best or what I would use to describe a situation but he does have an ability to get right to the point, is generally quite accurate in his observations, and it resonates well with many people. He generally does not attack first. I would think of him more like a counter puncher. He's hit. He hits back. To me this indicates the sign of an articulate person who is able to express himself and to present his position very well. To me this is a sign of a person of high intellect and IQ. Like him or not he is brilliant.
Sometime ago the editor described large organizations as oftentimes "fat, slow, dumb, and ugly." This is an apt description of the US government in general and Trump's main opposition in general. In contrast, team Trump could be best described as "lean, fast, smart, and beautiful."
Will Trump's opponents get their man? They do have vastly more resources to throw at this than he does. Having virtually unlimited power for so long has given them essentially the minds of young petulant spoiled children. In contrast, Trump has guile. Does guile beat unlimited resources combined with stupidity?
Time will tell I suppose. If they are successful, I suspect what is essentially a coup against a duly elected president will have long lasting negative repercussions. I suspected when HRC started with the nonsense of Russian interference they were going crazy. At the time, I had assumed they would grow up. So far they have not.
As the editor shows elsewhere, already one person has been destroyed in this nonsense all because someone lost an election. How many more will they destroy? The hunters have more resources at their disposal. The prey is far smarter than they are. I'm not sure if DJT is used to being in the position of prey. The hunters have been the hunters for so long without prey that can fight back that they have grown stupid and arrogant. Were this not so serious, it might actually be an entertaining fight to watch.
B.Poster,
ReplyDeleteI enjoy your commentary. You're doing just fine.
JH
YH,
ReplyDeleteThank you.
Fazman,
When you wrote "correct," for now I am assuming you directed this at me. While we do have some disagreements, there are areas of disagreement and I think you would probably agree with what I wrote. If not, kindly point out where you believe the flaws are in my assertions.:-)