Israel Must Not Place Faith In Obama To Thwart Irans Nuclear Drive: Visiting US Congressman

Israel must not trust President Barack Obama to thwart Iran’s nuclear weapons drive, a Republican US Congressman said on a visit to Israel Wednesday, savaging Obama’s handling of the Iranian crisis in a stark departure from the American political tradition of not attacking the governing administration while on trips abroad.

Speaking in Jerusalem at a meeting of Christian Zionists, Trent Franks, a Republican from Arizona’s 2nd district, said that if Israel does not stop Iran, Obama will not prevent the Islamic Republic from gaining nuclear weapons but would merely try to contain the threat. Obama has said repeatedly that he will not allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons.

Franks predicted that Israel will “not trust other countries” in its bid to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, and encouraged Jerusalem to preemptively attack the regime’s nuclear facilities if it felt the need to do so.

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