RE: War of words..10 Mar 2026 17:27
Depends which side of the fence you are.
I am assuming he believes Iran because of their state sponsored terrorism of Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis etc and the possibility of Iran getting a nuclear bomb knowing their hostility to them he has to take the action he is taking to protect his country and people. I don't believe he wants war as he certainly doesn't want missiles raining down on Tel Aviv maybe he sees this as a chance to end it once and for all.
I have no idea whether it will work at the moment it looks unlikely so could have made things worse. It would appear negotiations were going nowhere.
However none of us are party to what negotiations they were what was on offer and whether the parties were negotiating in good faith. We do know the Iranian regime is bad. Pretty much all leaders condemn it so what does Netanyahu do? Can he afford to wait for Iran to get a nuclear weapon or until they get 20k ballistic missiles to saturate Israel air defence? Would you like to be in Netanyahu's shoes? I wouldn't having to make the decisions he has to. He is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.
It is alright other leaders calling for restraint and negotiations but they aren't in his shoes and it isn't their country which is being targeted by Iran and its proxies.
Now Iran may claim but we aren't building nuclear weapons and we don't sponsor terrorism (they would be lying about the second part) so how can they be believed about the first part? They don't let the IAEA in to monitor it and why would you enrich Uranium to 60% 400 tons of it.
It is a mess troublesome it is a shame Iran won't come to the table many Arab countries have accepted Israel. It would help if as Harley pointed out Israel would stop taking settlements and hand them back. I think Israel are making a mistake there. I don't know the answer but one of them is going to have to give up something or we will be back here again.