Netanyahu U.N. Speech - 'Clear Red Line' For Iran

"By citing a time frame in an address to the U.N. General Assembly, Netanyahu - who has clashed with President Barack Obama over the urgency of military action against Iran - appeared to suggest no Israeli attack was imminent before the November 6 U.S. presidential election. Holding up a cartoon-like drawing of a bomb with a fuse, Netanyahu literally drew a red line just below a label reading "final stage" to a bomb, in which Iran was 90 percent along the path of having sufficient weapons-grade material. Experts put that at the point that Iran has amassed enough uranium, purified to a level of 20 percent, that could quickly be enriched further and be used to produce an atomic bomb. Netanyahu told the United Nations he believes that faced with a clear red line, Iran will back down in a crisis that has sent jitters across the region and in financial markets...".* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

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[thehaytch]

thanks for ur reporting on this and other subjects. We did not get this coverage in Australian news

[Nemophilist]

In the 1930's a line was drawn. Britain and France told Germany that if she attacked Poland then war would be declared.

Germany attacked Poland and war was declared.

[romanmir]

"It is not we non-interventionists who are isolationsists. The real isolationists are those who impose sanctions and embargoes on countries and peoples across the globe because they disagree with the internal and foreign policies of their leaders. The real isolationists are those who choose to use force overseas to promote democracy, rather than seek change through diplomacy, engagement, and by setting a positive example."

Ron Paul

[Randomlumberjack]

what he takes out of this speech is ridiculous.

[blackent]

this is the funniest and most serious video in a long time.

[thebattlereport]

Spot on Cenk, why does the Palestinian State need to be demilitarized? As a state one of your responsibilities is to protect your citizens, how do you do that with no military? Japan doesn't count, they are protected in many ways. Their economic importance is one of the things which protects them. And the only thing preventing them from starting an army is a treaty and the cost of maintaining one is better left with America.

[BrianDgreat]

Actually Cenk, I'm a liberal and much as I disagree with Netanyahu, Noam Chomsky did say he thought Iran having nuclear weapons would bring more stability to the region...

[vistarox]

5:29 Have to agree with the Prime Minister on this one. If the West declared war on Germany a few months earlier WW2 would have never happened. But instead we were too afraid to fight.

[UncaTuck]

"And it shall come to pass in that day, that I (The LORD) will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem." - Zechariah 12:9

[Maffuman]

In the 1930's there was a red line on Hitler not to invade Poland. I'm glad he listened.

[BottleConcreteBlond]

It is unfortunate that the silly visual for Netanyahu's speach distracted the media from what he said.

[justTheMadLib]

It's repulsive that Netanyahu would use Jewish suffering under the Nazi regime to justify current military intervention.
No respect for his own people's history.

[curryking]

Famous international relations scholar Kenneth Waltz recently wrote an article in Foreign Affairs arguing that a nuclear armed Iran would bring stability to the Middle East. I assume that is the kind of thing Netanyahu was refering to when he claimed some people though a nuclear Iran would be a positive occurance.

[rezabeza]

The UN drew a red line on the 1948 borders between Israel and Palestine: 60 years later, how did that work out?

[YouTodayKing]

Cenk doesn't understand here. The Palestinians accept Israel as a Jewish homeland, but not a Jewish state. If it's a Jewish state, it's a theocracy.

[midnightmarshmallow]

"I do not agree with them on a boat, I do not agree with them with a goat." That was great. XD

[starcatcher]

"1967 borders"? there was no legal international border where the 1949 Armistice line was. "Occupied territories"? No legal sovereign is "occupied" the term "Occupied territories is legally meaningless.

[HeAdRUSHTM]

I'm beginning to like to The Young Turks news, seems to be more realistic than CNN et al. keep up the good work.

[starcatcher]

Iran has a treaty obligation not to develop Nuclear weapons.

[BlitzNor]

And do you remember how well it worked in the 1. World War when Russia said they drew a red line that if Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia they would declare war on the. While Germany drew a line for Russia that if they declare war on Austria-Hungary then Germany would declare war on Russia. And France drew a line for Germany that if they declare war on Russia then France would declare war on Germany.

Yeah those red linse shure hinder wars