Bibi Netanyahu, the former Israeli Prime Minister, held a bloggers conference call yesterday in which I participated. The call is comprehensively described (as is always the case) by Rick Richman Netanyahu is keenly focused on preventing Iran from completing its nuclear program. During the call, he indicated that his current activities were focused on strengthening the economic pressure against Iran (he believes the recent UN approved sanctions are very weak), and in particular, the need for divestment by large institutional funds of companies that do business with Iran.  Netanyahu clearly believes that if non-military measures are unsuccessful in forcing Iran to give up its program (or do not lead to a regime change, an even less likely outcome ), then the military option remains available, with all its incumbent risks.  Netanyahu is not willing to accept the risk that Iran would be a rational actor if it obtained nuclear weapons, given the apocalyptic rhetoric and vision...(Read Full Post)