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Iran Planning 'Massive' War Games
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Exercises start this weekend
- Duration 1:47
- Date Nov 8, 2012
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Whether it's hard to tell whether the Iranians are doing this to drum up support within their own country or try to scare a lot of the folks here around the regions about the possibility of an Israeli strike -- -- typically from these war games we don't see any kind of new military hardware.
Being shown off -- this what does -- involve at least 8000.
A rainy and troops here in the other thing that this does.
Not only does it raise fears it also raises the price at the negotiating table the Iranians feel they can show off more and more military might.
They have a better chance that they sit down with the Americans or other western allies around the negotiating table.
They may get more for giving up their nuclear program it -- harder.
To take out militarily because of drills like this.
Martha and -- so this was -- -- just hours after.
The election here at home the reelection for President Obama was -- feeling on all of that and Israel Alon.
No there was a lot of vocal downright hostile reaction from Israeli politicians to the re election here there's a lot of fear that a second term President Obama is gonna be much tougher with Israel on the Palestinians and also of course on the Iranian issue it's no secret there's an icy relationship.
Between President Obama.
And the prime minister here the prime minister did all but endorsed governor Romney in the election there's a lot of anger among a number of Israelis -- the prime minister for making Israel a partisan issue in fact.
People are downright scared about what might happen next someone -- intimate knowledge of the US Israeli relationship described it to me as that come January when.
President Obama is re inaugurated he is going to eat grilled the BB.
Referring to the prime minister's nickname for lunch at the inauguration.
A lot of people thinking this relationship here with the Israelis in the United States is gonna change drastically actually.
