Israel's Netanyahu seeks early election in 4 months‎

[azxd]

Israel's Netanyahu seeks early election in 4 months (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=netanyahu&source=newssearch&cd=4&ved=0CEMQqQIwAw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chicagotribune.com%2Fsns-rt-israel-election-urgentl5e8g666d-20120506%2C0%2C673703.story&ei=yAunT_ffDqfD2QXX29ymAg&usg=AFQjCNEfDVePOEPBQJJKP8V4ITpgQO_Oew)‎

Fox news just laid out a very convincing reason why Obama, and thus this nation, should be concenred over this turn of events.

If he get's his early election, he'll have 2 months to strike Iran, and it will look very bad (globally, I assume) for the current POTUS to not support Israel in their actions.

Come on FAUX war :rolleyes:
Bring us more fear ... It does the ill-informed and twisted mind, good.

[bolil]

mmmmm I likey the fear.

[azxd]

mmmmm I likey the fear.Question is ... Does it control you ?

[Zippyjuan]

In a Parlimentarian form of government you may want to call early elections if you are particularly popular and have high confidence of winning. Netanyahu has sky high ratings while the opposition is rated low and divided. They speculate that Likud could win twice as many seats as their closest competition- the Labor Party. It would be politically a good move on his part. You can be forced into calling early elections if you face and lose a no-confidence vote too.

[azxd]

I see that others have picked up on this aspect.


Israeli leaders have insisted the election campaign would have no impact on their decision-making with regard to Iran (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/places/iran), which includes the possibility of launching an Israeli strike against its nuclear installations.

A Netanyahu victory two months before the U.S. election could give him leverage over Barack Obama on the Iranian and Palestinian issues while the president is still engaged in his own campaign and wary of alienating pro-Israel U.S. voters.

While the cabinet met, the governing coalition submitted a motion of dissolution to parliament. Once parliament votes to dissolve, the current administration will remain in office until a new elected government is sworn in.


SNIP

Netanyahu and Obama have had a thorny relationship and the Israeli leader has come under pressure from Washington not to take unilateral military action against Iranian facilities suspected of being part of a project to produce atomic weapons.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/07/us-israel-election-idUSBRE84507L20120507

[Occam's Banana]

If he get's his early election, he'll have 2 months to strike Iran, and it will look very bad (globally, I assume) for the current POTUS to not support Israel in their actions.


In a Parlimentarian form of government you may want to call early elections if you are particularly popular and have high confidence of winning.

These aren't mutually exclusive possibilities - there's no reason both of these can't apply. Two birds, one stone.

[azxd]

These aren't mutually exclusive possibilities - there's no reason both of these can't apply. Two birds, one stone.I agree.