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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says North Korea's recent nuclear test shows that 'sanctions alone will not stop' Iran's program
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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu issues a warning he warns North Korea's latest nuclear test is a wake up call.
A wake up call about Iran.
Senator Susan -- will not start.
The nuclear program and -- one.
You have to be coupled with the -- -- Credible military threat.
If they're not there's no chance to stop it.
Korean investor John Bolton joins us good -- -- I'm prime minister Netanyahu also says that Iran could top the agenda when he meets -- president Bob -- president Bob makes his first trip as president to Israel next month but I'm curious down.
Do sanctions that have they worked any time.
Well not in the case of something like game would be nuclear proliferate -- I think North Korea's.
A good example the prime minister Netanyahu used you know it's one of the poorest countries on earth.
It's the most heavily sanctioned country on earth.
It's people are perennially near starvation and yet they've just exploded their third nuclear device.
That in December put a payload into earth orbit so you're sitting in Tehran you concede that if you have determination.
Guy you're gonna get through and get nuclear weapons and that's why the Israelis.
Are so worried about the failure of diplomacy in the failure sanctions to slow Iran down.
Well I was just I would think sanctions would only work if everybody were on board so there weren't so these penetrations of the market so this -- could get -- And I find at -- almost I -- it.
Almost a point of insanity that we expect and it.
This -- to work in -- -- -- -- we give extensions -- we -- exceptions to the sanctions the -- we have twenty countries right now that have exceptions from our Treasury Department to do business with Iran and the big companies -- Germany France Japan and China India.
-- Republic of Korea South Africa.
Spain Poland and others.
All these countries are allowed to do business with Iran for try the starter Ryan would -- so that they get rid of their nuclear weapons that borders on -- Yeah -- and that that's -- -- these countries are doing legally let alone what they're all doing illegally I mean that there is a theoretical case for sanctions.
That are massively.
Applied.
Very quickly and forced by military.
Forced.
That's essentially the opposite of the sanctions program that we've imposed on Iran it's been done incrementally.
We've not had full cooperation from all countries.
And -- -- is evading it both the financial side in the oil side quite regularly it is -- the sanctions are having an economic effect on Iran that's true.
But largely against Iran's middle class which of course is the group of people most opposed to the rule of the Ayatollah as -- -- that it has had no discernible effect on Iran's nuclear weapons program and that's what it's supposed to affect.
-- well we give waivers are complicit with breaking in the the sanctions ability of the sanctions and do what they're intended do and -- -- and so we're we're basically complicit then of course we do this because we don't want.
All these countries to -- an -- other places and running up the prices here at home.
Well I think that's right I think it also ties in with the Obama administration's -- theological.
That determination.
To find a way to negotiate with Iran they they really believe -- maybe the president really believes he can chitchat Iran out of its nuclear weapons objective that is not.
Going to happen and that's why.
The spotlight is on Israel and on this trip by the president about whether Israel will use military force and it directly affects.
The response of the United States if Israel for the third time in its history decided to take on a -- style states nuclear weapons program.
And a -- -- fly on the wall and put on prime minister Netanyahu.
Has a conversation President Obama on his own soil and that's very dangerous region -- thank you -- Thank you.
