Report: Obama Fears ’’Israel’s’’ Dangerous Game with Iran
Under the title, "Obama's Dangerous Game with Iran," the "Newsweek" magazine raised US disastrous consequences of the possibility of attacking Tehran.
Exploring the conflict within the American administration as well as with "Israel" regarding the so-called Iranian threat, the magazine quoted Pentagon sources rejecting the "Israeli" view.
"US prefers to look the other way when it come to "Israel's" covert operations against Iran, especially when it comes to the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists," Pentagon sources confirmed.
"The mistrust between Washington and Tel Aviv regarding Iran dates to well before Obama moved into the White House," the report said,citing an "Israeli" source as saying:
""Jerusalem" was - and to some degree still is - concerned about the fact that Obama views Iran in the context of a broader non-proliferation policy... the "Israeli" factor did not play prominently."
"Washington has made its reservations clear - The White House doesn't want Israel to start a war - not yet, anyway," a senior administration official told Newsweek.
Unveiling that Mossad chief Tamir Pardo's made a secret visit to Washington earlier this month, the report added that the visit "was meant to gauge how Obama's administration would react to an "Israeli" strike against Iran's nuclear program."
According to US officials cited in the report, Pardo asked top American officials questions such as: "What is our posture on Iran? Are we ready to bomb? Would we do so later? What does it mean if "Israel" does it anyway?"
Newsweek compared Obama's situation to three-dimensional chess, saying that "he must find a way to keep Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, prevent the oil-based global economy from plunging into chaos and manage the wild card that is "Israel"."
The magazine further mentioned that Obama fears that the "United States may get drawn into a war that could set the Middle East further aflame and send global markets into a terrified frenzy."
Source: Newsweek magazine, Edited by moqawama.org
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