SCOTT RITTER: Netanyahu's Act of Desperation

Consortium News: Netanyahu last week on Sunday gave an interview to 60 minutes. He said the war with Iran is not over, but that's not surprising. What might have been surprising was that he would like within ten years, for Israel to no longer to be dependent on any money from the United States for its military, that the 3.8 billion they get, they will have to get it from somewhere else. Has he seen the writing on the wall that a new generation of Americans are totally against Israel, that they've lost the Americans, finally, and that they're going to have to get money from elsewhere? And I have an idea where he may be trying to get that money, but what did you make of that, Scott? Scott Ritter: I think it's a statement of political reality. First of all, in ten years Benjamin Netanyahu won't be here. I don't think he'll be here in two years. I hope he's not here in a year and I pray he's not here in six months. But what we're seeing is a statement of reality.