MK Avigdor Lieberman, head of the Yisrael Beytenu party, issued a stark warning on Tuesday in response to President Donald Trump’s announcement of a diplomatic initiative aimed at ending hostilities with Iran. Lieberman expressed deep concern that this approach could backfire, posing significant dangers not only to Israel but to the wider region as well.
In a post shared across his social media platforms, Lieberman praised the accomplishments of Israel’s military and intelligence agencies during the conflict, calling them “extraordinary military achievements.” However, he criticized how the war is winding down. “The final chord is particularly bitter and jarring,” he wrote, voicing his disappointment with what he described as a retreat into diplomacy instead of forcing Iran into a full surrender.
Lieberman argued that shifting to talks with Tehran is a strategic miscalculation. “Instead of unconditional surrender, the world is entering into a difficult and exhausting negotiation process,” he said, asserting that Iran has made no serious moves to abandon its nuclear program, its production of long-range missiles, or its financial and operational backing of terror organizations.
Reflecting on his earlier warnings, Lieberman reiterated that he had cautioned against allowing the Iranian regime to survive the war in a weakened state. “There is nothing more dangerous than leaving a wounded lion,” he wrote, emphasizing the threat of a still-defiant but injured Iran.
He concluded his remarks by warning that halting the war without securing a clear and definitive outcome could lead to devastating consequences. “It will certainly lead us to another war within two or three years, and under much worse conditions,” he cautioned, underlining his belief that a temporary truce without resolution would only delay the inevitable.
{Matzav.com}
He is correct
Here are the critical issues (IMO):
1) Will Iran agree to allow IAEA inspections throughout the entire country, with no area declared “off limits”? Unless the answer is “Yes”, we’ll be right back to where we were two weeks ago, sooner or later.
2) Was Fordow somewhat damaged, badly damaged, destroyed, or something else? This is important, and right now there’s lots of speculation, but we simply don’t know.
3) Did Iran ship enriched uranium to unknown sites before Israel and the U.S. attacked? If so, even if much of their equipment is destroyed, they’re still pretty far along and they may not have been set back much.
4) Will Iran be curtailed at all from developing another Fordow that’s buried even deeper? If so, how?
5) Will Iran continue to develop missiles and supply arms, money and training to terror groups throughout the Middle East? What can stop them from doing so?
Make no mistake, I think Israel’s attack was the right move and BH it seems to have accomplished many objectives, but Lieberman’s concern about the job being unfinished don’t seem off-base.
Oh, shut up.
Agree
But when Lieberman was in the government of Bennet/Lapid, what did he do to stop Iran? Nothing!
Iran and the muslim world have time to just wait out this current administration