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Iran threatens no one. Washington, Israel, its neighbors, and Times editors know it. They lied about Tehran's nonexistent threat and peaceful nuclear program. It complies fully with Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) provisions. Washington long ago abandoned them. Nuclear armed and dangerous Israel ignores them.
Stopping short of urging war, Times editors legitimized Israel waging one unless Tehran proves a negative impossible for any nation. A decade ago, Saddam couldn't show nonexistent WMDs didn't exist. War followed.
Judith Miller played the lead role. Her daily feature front page Pentagon handouts smoothed the way for destroying the cradle of civilization. Are Syria and Iran next?
America's "newspaper of record" bears major responsibility for millions of post-9/11 lives lost. No matter, it urges more. It says neither Israel or Tehran should doubt Obama's resolve "to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon" it has no intention to develop.
Netanyahu: A Regional Menace
Haaretz took note several times, including in a March 9 editorial headlined, "Israel must not bind itself to Netanyahu's vulgar rhetoric on Iran," saying:
"Anyone who cares about Israel's future could not help but feel a chill upon hearing Benjamin Netanyahu's recent speech at the AIPAC conference - if not because of the gravity of the existential threat it described, then because of its sheer vulgarity and bad taste."
In fact, Israel faces no threat, existential or otherwise. Moreover, invoking the Holocaust and rhetorical gimmicks long ago wore thin. They don't wash but get repeated ad nauseam because media scoundrels regurgitate them.
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