Obama and Israel

Published in Veja
(Brazil) on 22 August 2012
by Ciao Blinder (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Jane Dorwart. Edited by Janie Boschma.
People, don't think I am being lazy about working, but, as I was in transit, it was more practical for me this past week to hitchhike with my guru, Jeffrey Goldberg, on the subject of the Iranian nuclear crisis who, again, picked up a ride with Amos Yadlin, ex-head of the Israeli military intelligence and one of the pilots who attacked the Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981.

The deal is as follows: There are these "war games," with feverish speculations as to whether Israel will attack the Iranian nuclear installations in the imminent future. We do not know if this sense of urgency now is more "urgent," or if it is a bluff of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense minister Ehud Barak. We know Obama and many people, but many people, up to the President of Israel Shimon Peres, do not want action in the short term, during the unfolding of the American elections or as an isolated launch. The official American line is that Netanyahu and Barak need to have faith in Obama and his guarantees that Iran will not be able to cross a "red line" and make a bomb. But the power of persuasion of the great presidential orator is increasingly failing.

Up to now, Obama has not convinced the Israelis and the conservative Arab regimes who fear that the Shiite Iranian regime will adopt preventive military measures. And here comes Yadlin's proposal; Obama needs to travel to express his firm disposition in a speech to the Israeli Parliament, leaving it clear that stopping an Iranian bomb is vital for U.S. national security.

Obama is busy with the re-election campaign. It would be still better for him. It would be a good use of his time, combining what is useful with what is necessary — a bold gesture during the campaign. Obama would be able to extend his visit to other vital U.S. allies in the region, such as Jordan and Saudi Arabia. There is nothing more presidential than preparing for war, but at the same time preventing it from happening when it is not convenient or on terms that interest Obama.


Obama & Israel
Pessoal, não se trata de preguiça para trabalhar, mas, como estou em trânsito, era mais prático para mim, como na semana passada, pegar carona com meu guru para a crise nuclear iraniana Jeffrey Goldberg, que, por sua, vez, pegou carona com Amos Yadlin, ex-chefe da inteligência militar israelense e um dos pilotos do ataque israelense ao reator nuclear iraquiano em 1981.
O negócio é o seguinte: existem estes “jogos de guerra”", com as especulações febris se Israel vai ou não atacar as instalações nucleares iranianas em termos iminentes. Não sabemos se é um senso de urgência ainda mais “urgente” ou se é blefe do primeiro ministro Benjamin Netanyahu e seu ministro da Defesa Ehud Barak.
Sabemos que Obama e muita gente, mas muita gente, até o presidente israelense Shimon Peres, não querem esta ação em termos imediatos, enquanto transcorre a temporada eleitoral americana ou lançada isoladamente.  A linha oficialesca americana é a de que Netanyahu e Barak deveriam ter fé em Obama e suas garantias de que o Irã não poderá cruzar uma “linha vermelha” e fabricar a bomba. Mas o poder de persuasão do grande orador presidencial está cada vez mais falho.
Até agora, Obama não convenceu isralenses e regimes árabes conservadores que temem o regime xiita iraniano de que adotará medidas militares preventivas. E aqui vem a proposta de Yadlin. Obama deveria viajar e expressar sua firme disposição em discurso no Parlamento israelense, deixando claro que impedir a bomba iraniana é vital para a segurança nacional dos EUA.
Obama está ocupado em campanha de reeleição. Melhor ainda para ele. Será uma boa ocupação. Combina o útil ao necessário: um gesto ousado durante a campanha. Obama poderia estender a visita a outros aliados vitais dos EUA na região, como Jordânia e Arábia Saudita. Nada mais presidenciável do que se preparar para a guerra, mas impedindo que ela aconteça quando ainda não é conveniente ou nos termos que interesse para Obama.
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