Jeffrey Goldberg: Obama interview remarks tantamount to a threat
Here's an interview that Charlie Rose did with Jeffrey Goldberg earlier this week in which Goldberg discusses his interview with President Obama on the 'peace process' last week. Goldberg says that Obama's remarks in the interview are tantamount to a threat.
Let's go to the videotape. Unfortunately, I could only embed the entire show, but the interview with Goldberg starts at the 35:00 mark.
Pretty harsh stuff. Anyone think Goldberg is wrong?
Charlie Rose interview with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak
This Charlie Rose interview with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has raised a lot of eyebrows because Barak says that if he were an Iranian, he would probably also seek nuclear weapons. But what's more significant about this interview is that Barak says flat out that sanctions are not going to happen. And he refuses to say whether Iran's nuclear program can be destroyed militarily.
I am an Orthodox Jew - some would even call me 'ultra-Orthodox.' Born in Boston, I was a corporate and securities attorney in New York City for seven years before making aliya to Israel in 1991 (I don't look it but I really am that old :-). I have been happily married to the same woman for thirty-five years, and we have eight children (bli ayin hara) ranging in age from 13 to 33 years and nine grandchildren. Four of our children are married! Before I started blogging I was a heavy contributor on a number of email lists and ran an email list called the Matzav from 2000-2004. You can contact me at: IsraelMatzav at gmail dot com