Comments on: Obama — still a slave of the Israel lobby

By: Roger Lafontaine

Roger Lafontaine — Sun, 23 May 2010 00:38:12 +0000

‘Meanwhile Israel prepares for the ‘unthinkable’: living with a nuclear Iran’. There is no unthinkable and Israel knows it. Iran does not have nor does it intend to acquire nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons in Iran are a bogeyman to justify the coming Israeli destruction of the country and people of Iran. Once again Israel is playing with fire because it cannot stay long away from the flames. This is the ‘thrill of destruction’ that the Nazis were prone to and that ultimately led to their own destruction. This is why they crush people who dare to rekindle the Jewish conscience under bulldozers.

By: delia ruhe

delia ruhe — Thu, 20 May 2010 22:08:25 +0000

PS Phyllis Bennis seems to have nailed it:

“So the harsh U.S. response — condemning the agreement as “just words,” demanding that Iran make even more concessions, implying that only a complete and utter Iranian surrender would suffice — makes it clear that U.S. policy towards Iran isn’t about an actual nuclear weapons threat, but about power politics. There’s no question the United States is really mad: Reports are circulating around the UN that Washington is up to its old habits of issuing implicit threats against the two upstart diplomatic powers. Brazil has been angling for a permanent Security Council seat and Turkey has long been trying to join the European Union. No dice on either one, U.S. diplomats seem to be hinting. ”

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/05/20-5

By: delia ruhe

delia ruhe — Thu, 20 May 2010 20:34:00 +0000

There’s something I’m not getting here. Erdogan and Lula have just called Washington’s bluff. China and Russia have a vested interest in seeing that Washington’s power and influence in the Middle East remains limited — i.e., that the I-P conflict and the issue of Iran’s nuclear program remain in play and continue to preoccupy Washington indefinitely. That “the Palestinians have turned into a negligible entity” is not exactly news anymore. What am I missing? Howcum I’m not understanding this?

By: omop

omop — Thu, 20 May 2010 18:49:49 +0000

For all intents and purposes the Israeli plan proposed in, “A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm (commonly known as the “Clean Break” report) is a policy document that was prepared in 1996 by a study group led by Richard Perle for Benjamin Netanyahu, the then Prime Minister of Israel.[1] The report explained a new approach to solving Israel’s security problems in the Middle East with an emphasis on “Western values”.

US [in]actions to date in the ME have followed the general outlines dictated by the Israeli strategy of Mr. Netanyahu. Israeli agents in Iraq are creating problems with the Kurdish popualtion and inciting rioting and bombings within Iraq as a means of forestalling any US troop withdrawals. It seems at Israel’s insistance the US has created resentment with Saudi Arabia with the ingoings in Yemen.

If Isrearl policies and demands supercede the US’s natitonal interest then the Obama administration is violating the US Constitution and may well be accused of dereliction of duties as America’s CinC..

Either the US policies and actions in that part of the world reflect “true blue” approaches or the eventual result will mean either a negligable or impotent actor in that part of the world and elsewhere. To borrow from the title of this commentary. The fate of America and speaking as a veteran and citizen is more important to me, my children, grandchildren and I would think to my community and country than any other state or nation.