Netanyahu and Neo-Cons Are Seeking Regime Change in Iran

Although Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Natanyahu claims that he is opposed to the nuclear agreement that the P5+1 nations (Britain, China, France, Russia, the United States and Germany) are seeking with Iran, in essence, what he and the American neo-cons are indeed seeking is a regime change in Iran, Middle East Online said today. That also became evident when Netanyahu told the U.S. lawmakers in a joint session of the U.S. Congress today: “Today the Jewish people face another attempt by yet another Persian potentate to destroy us. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei spews the oldest hatred, the oldest hatred of anti-Semitism with the newest technology.”

In its coverage, “Neo-Cons Want Regime Change in Iran,” Middle East Online pointed out that Netanyahu and his followers in Congress were not looking for a better deal, they were seeking a better regime in Tehran. The article cited Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a leading neo-conservative think tank funded by billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, who wrote in 2012:

“If we are going to pursue tougher international sanctions against Iran and the goal should be regime change in Iran, not stopping proliferation.”

And the article also pointed to a recent column by John Hannah, a senior fellow at Adelson’s foundation and a former national security advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, who titled it, “It’s Time To Pursue Regime Change in Iran” which appeared in Foreign Policy.

The article said the neo-cons have also a few members in the Congress who openly admit this intent. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark) was refreshingly candid at the Heritage Foundation’s Conservative Action Summit in January, when he called “for crippling new sanctions against Iran: First, the goal of our policy must be clear: regime change in Iran,” the article noted.