Peres Shoots Down Netanyahu & Barak - For Now

Back to the Israel vs. Iran scenario that I've been posting about. See my previous post here. I'm concerned that the right-wing govt. in Israel, supported by US Jewish billionaire Sheldon Adelson and the American Israeli Political Action Committee (AIPAC), is attempting to pressure the US and Obama into a war with Iran. Now, Israeli elder-statesman and president Shim'on Peres has shot down the belligerent Prime Minister, Bibi Netanyahu. This quote translated from a column in Yedi'ot Aharonot, a respected Israeli daily newspaper, appeared in Juan Cole's "Informed Comment" blog. 

“Netanyahu and Baraq managed to make Peres lose his cool. Their conduct, the briefings they gave to the media on a possible strike in Iran, and particularly the belligerent attitude toward US President Barack Obama, upset him. Peres believes that Netanyahu and Baraq are liable to lead the country to a horrific reality on the day after a strike, which in any case — even in their view — will only postpone the moment at which Iran will acquire nuclear weapons by a year or 18 months. For this reason, he decided to make a presidential statement yesterday, and warn against the possibility of an Israeli strike without coordination and understandings with the United States. It seemed as if he were trying to hint that such course of action was too serious and crucial to be decided by these two fellows, Netanyahu and Baraq. The president’s stance, along with the stance of the top security and intelligence officials, was apparently the final chord, the tiebreaker if you will, in the debate between the supporters and opponents of an Israeli strike. Netanyahu, who declared that he and only he would decide whether to attack and when, will now have to reconsider his firm stance.”