White House trolls Netanyahu over Iran deal with updated bomb graphic
In 2012, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a speech at the United Nations warning that Iran was roughly one year away from obtaining a nuclear bomb. And to prove his point, he held aloft a cartoon depiction of a bomb with a red line indicating Tehran's nuclear progress.
So what would that graphic look like should the U.S. and Iran finalize a nuclear agreement later this year that would sharply restrict Iran's ability to enrich uranium? Something like this, according to the White House:
For reference, here's Netanyahu's original image:
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The implication: Scuttling the nuclear negotiations would only hasten Netanyahu's nightmare scenario.
