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Of course #Israel didn't tell the US in advance about its attack on the Natanz nuclear facility in #Iran.
Here's a quick lesson for those who haven't paid attention. 1/x https://twitter.com/GregPriddy1/status/1381795878541918215
Here's a quick lesson for those who haven't paid attention. 1/x https://twitter.com/GregPriddy1/status/1381795878541918215
6/1/12: @NYTimes exposed #Israel's involvement in deploying the Stuxnet virus in the Natanz facility. The story directly quoted one of Obama’s daily briefers who was in the room with the president and told him: 2/x
“We think there was a modification done by the Israelis...Obama, according to officials in the room, asked a series of questions... The answers came back in hedged terms. Biden fumed, ‘It’s got to be the Israelis,’ he said. ‘They went too far." http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/01/world/middleeast/obama-ordered-wave-of-cyberattacks-against-iran.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 3/x
A few weeks later, another leak to the Washington Post disclosed Israel’s involvement in developing the “Flame” virus to spy on Iran’s nuclear program. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-israel-developed-computer-virus-to-slow-iranian-nuclear-efforts-officials-say/2012/06/19/gJQA6xBPoV_print.html 4/x
As tensions were rising between Obama and Netanyahu in 2013, the Department of Defense declassified an intelligence report revealing details about #Israel’s secret nuclear program. Israel maintains a policy of strategic ambiguity regarding its nuclear program. 5/x
A few months later an Obama official disclosed that Israel had carried out a strike on a Syrian military base. At that point, #Israel was not taking credit for such strikes to provide Assad & his Iranian patrons an offramp from further escalation. http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-furious-with-white-house-for-leak-on-syria-strike/ 6/x
In 2012 Obama exposed a secret deal btwn #Israel & Azerbaijan & described how “4 senior diplomats & military intelligence officers say that the US has concluded Israel has recently been granted access to airbases on Iran’s northern border” http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/03/28/israel_s_secret_staging_ground 7/x
The US & #Israel used to be on the same team regarding #Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons, it was no longer the case under Obama who sought strategic realignment where a nuke deal would lock in that shift. Biden is Obama 3.0. The world shld support Israel even if Biden won't 8/8
. @OptimisticCon contends it’s quite likely #Israel is already incorporating the idea that Team Biden will leak & acting accordingly. 2021 isn’t 2012-15. Israel may now be broadcasting messages along with its actions that it used to keep secret. https://libertyunyielding.com/2021/04/11/engaged-at-warp-factor-one-when-submarines-dont-mind-being-seen/
