Netanyahu Pushes “Libya Model” For War With Iran! (The Jimmy Dore Show)

President Donald Trump made a surprise announcement on Monday that the United States and Iran were poised to begin “direct talks” on Tehran’s nuclear program, but Iran’s foreign minister said the discussions in Oman would be “indirect”.

Israel’s shadow looms large over the talks. An Iranian official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said over the weekend there was possibly a window of around two months to reach a deal, citing worries that Iran’s longtime foe Israel might launch its own attack if talks took longer.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, who has shown little support for US negotiations with Iran, said if diplomacy could prevent Tehran from ever getting nuclear weapons “in a full way, the way it was done in Libya, I think that would be a good thing.”

Jimmy and guest host Aaron Maté discuss why Iran might want to avoid the fate that befell Libya after Gaddafi dismantled his country’s nuclear weapons program.



Mate points out that he doesn't want to see Iran with a nuclear weapon, and is against nuclear proliferation, and doesn't want to see people massacred in any future attack on that country. The lack of trust between countries, and interventionism, has caused a lot of problems. The solution is to make sure people have viable places to live without being threatened by their neighbours. If the people of the Middle East had been left to themselves they'd likely be less radicalised than we see today. The problem is that extremist Zionist types from Europe moved into their neighbourhood. As things stand the only way peace is likely to break out is if one side expels, or eradicates, the other.  

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, April 12, 2025.]