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Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had some choice words in response to news of a formal nuclear agreement between Iran and the U.S. early Tuesday morning.
On his personal Facebook page, Netanyahu called the deal a “historic mistake for the world,” a product of “far-reaching concessions” to a hostile nation:
“When you are willing to make an agreement at any cost, this is the result," he began.
"From the initial reports we can already conclude that this agreement is an historic mistake for the world."
“Far-reaching concessions have been made in all areas that were supposed to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons capability," Netanyahu explained. "In addition, Iran will receive hundreds of billions of dollars with which it can fuel its terror machine and its expansion and aggression throughout the Middle East and across the globe.
“One cannot prevent an agreement when the negotiators are willing to make more and more concessions to those who, even during the talks, keep chanting: 'Death to America.' We knew very well that the desire to sign an agreement was stronger than anything, and therefore we did not commit to preventing an agreement."
“We did commit to preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons," Netanyahu concluded, "and this commitment still stands."
In his early Tuesday morning statement, President Obama called the deal a huge success.
“Because of this deal," he declared, "the international community will be able to verify that the Islamic Republic of Iran will not develop a nuclear weapon.”
“Moreover, we give nothing up by testing that this problem can be solved peacefully," Obama said.
Netanyahu and members of Congress would beg to differ.