okay, good. so let s get your question. i only have to put two together. adam roe of chicago, illinois. i wanted to know, mr. aaron david miller, why you would say netanyahu would call obama a con man? if i took it out of context the other way around. obama would call netanyahu a con man? right. if you could provide examples? that s my own view and i ve written it at least three or four times. i have no evidence i have not a shred of empirical evidence to believe that s how the president actually thinks of the prime minister. but having worked for four or five presidents, half a dozen of secretaries of state, knowing what he has been told about the prime minister in his first incarnation from many people, some who are in his administration still, some who are not, i am absolutely persuaded that the president believes that netanyahu is insincere at a minimum. he has no interest whatsoever in pursuing a serious negotiation with the palestinians. and if the pre
need nuclear weapons. and under those circumstances, if you could even justify those risks, if in fact you could, a, justify the risks of failure, that is to say not succeeding, and the risks of reaping the world, including higher gas prices, royal financial markets, more attacks on americans in afghanistan. so as far as i m concerned, this is less they can say what they want. david is right this is a political decision. but in my judgment, neither ebat to do this. they want to maximize the prospectses that we will do this.his. they want to maximize the prospectses that we will do this. will this very been brilliant in orchestrating will campaign. ? is part of a plan to force the american president to do exact willy wh ly what he s doing which is to shift from contain tomt prevention.ly what he s doing which is to shift from contain tomt prevention.exactly what he s dos to shift from contain tomt prevention. not even george w. bush on whose watch the iranians laid the basis