Interview with Benjamin Netanyahu
Powerline participated in an interview with the once and future (hopefully) Prime Minister of Israel. Clearly he “gets” how far his country has sunk and the difficult task that now remains for Israel to do.
The proper division of labor for dealing with the threat is as follows: Israel should dismantle Hezbollah and the U.S. should disarm Iran. As to the latter, President Bush has emphasized his commitment to preventing a nuclear Iran, and Netanyahu believes that Bush is truly committed to that imperative. As to Hezbollah, the recent war was only the first round in a protracted battle that Israel will win. Netanyahu was reluctant to criticize the Israeli government while troops are still in Lebanon. He said he has substantial concerns about its handling of the war, but that expressing them should wait for later. When asked why the government didn’t act more aggressively during the war, he answered “I don’t know.”