Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing backlash after invoking a historical analogy that appears to suggest that brute force, not morality, ultimately determines the fate of nations.
Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu broke his silence regarding unfounded allegations after former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent, who quit on Wednesday, stated in his resignation letter that Iran posed no imminent threat to America and asserted we started the war because of “pressure from Israel” and its “powerful American lobby.”
NETANYAHU: “I would like to close these opening remarks with one other (piece of) fake news. And that is that Israel somehow dragged the US into a conflict with Iran.
Does anyone really think someone can tell President Trump what to do? Come on.
President Trump always makes his decisions on what he thinks is good for America and what is also good for future generations.”
In the same speech, Netanyahu delivered a message about the nature of global conflict, warning that moral clarity alone is not enough to survive in today’s world.
“You know, if people want to be naive, then they don’t see the kind of world we’re living in. In this world, it’s not enough to be moral. It’s not enough to be just. It’s not enough to be right,” he said.
Netanyahu referenced The Lessons of History, the well-known 1968 work by historian Will Durant (and Ariel Durant), claiming the book proves a grim reality.
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