Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten has released a new WikiLeaks cable in which Israeli Army Chief Gabi Ashkenazi informed a US Congressional delegation that he was preparing for a “large scale war,” though he hadn’t picked a target yet.
The war would’ve been the second large scale war of the year, as Israel had just gotten done invading the Gaza Strip in January of 2009. The document was dated November 15, 2009, and believed it was an opportune time for another war.
Ashkenazi appeared to believe that either another invasion of Southern Lebanon or another invasion of the Gaza Strip was a good idea, and added in the cable that, despite complaints about large numbers of civilians killed in previous Israeli invasions, that next time he wouldn’t allow “any restrictions” on attacks in areas filled with civilians.
The cable’s coverage in most of the world media centered around Ashkenazi’s laments that Iran was able to hit Israel with missiles in the event of war, but there was no indication that Iran was ever on the verge of launching such an attack. Ashkenazi, by contrast, appears to have been all set to start a large scale war, and it was only his apparently difficulty in deciding on an opponent that stopped it.
Thanks Jason. Is there a link on the site where I can go to read and keep updated on all your articles? I know there is this "Last 5 posts by Jason Ditz" feature but that obviously only goes so far back.
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will show you the last 10. You can also see the 10 most recent on different topics with tags, like
http://news.antiwar.com/tag/afghanistan/
believed it was an opportune time for another war'
How many New York elected official cried for the Nation of Israel when they started dropping the bombs in Gaza in 2009 and how Israel must defend from the seldom rocket attacks. I wonder if any feel like prostitutes to learn that war for Irseal is just something that comes nature and it has a "good" time to start. I thought the attacking of Gaza was for protection. I guess it was just a good time to go in and murder 1400 arab woman and children. Last week a former president was convicted of Rape and what is amazing is he appears to be one of the better people in the Israel government. What kind of man is Israeli Army Chief Gabi Ashkenazi. He was the guy in charge of the slaughter on the Turkish ship.
Like Lieberman he sure does not represent what I believe an almighty God would have picked to represent the chosen people. HOw is it that we pay so much for such crazy people?
Besides what we give to Israel we have so much
Military hardware stocked in Israel and they have
To be used up to be replaced with new ones, that's
How the corporate makes money and that's why
Israel have to attack one of its neighbors every
Once in a while.
my local nyc Assembly member herman"denny" farrell has an israeli flag lapel on his campaign posters
and during the last elections i was handing out flyers about the gaza blockade outside a meet the candidate event and a woman who was with me went up to him and ask him how he can support israels war crimes.
he did not respond but walked right up to her and grabbed his collar and put the lapel like two inches from her face and then just walked away…
If you did anything in that situation you would be arrested and charged with a hate crime. He can be offensive and clearly out of control but you will be charged and ruin with legal bills for not accepting we are here to serve the AIPAC Star. We have not rights because God gave all our rights to them. I can live with that but for an Almighty being he could have at least left a note that he did it and not have to trust the memory of the people who benefit the most because of what is claimed. Also how close can the almighty be since he has to appeared once in the last 7,000 years for the chosen. One would think he would drop in once and while. HOw could the almighty allow what happened in Europe. The Irish suffered a great event and they grew and did not find the need to look back. I cannot remember the last Irishman I heard who cried about the millions who starved.
But the Irish don't get any political capital out of it.
Like to see him do that if your female friend had been a big physically imposing man.
"HOw is it that we pay so much for such crazy people?"—We are kidnapped, that is why. The sad thing is, we have to pay ransom until god knows when.
Sunday Times: "Attack Iran the day Iraq war ends, demands Israel" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/artic…
ISRAEL’S Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has called on the international community to target Iran as soon as the immin…ent conflict with Iraq is complete.
In an interview with The Times , Mr Sharon insisted that Tehran — one of the “axis of evil” powers identified by President Bush — should be put under pressure “the day after” action against Baghdad ends because of its role as a “centre of world terror”. He also issued his clearest warning yet that Israel would strike back if attacked by Iraqi chemical or biological weapons, no matter how much Washington sought to keep its controversial Middle Eastern ally out of any war in Iraq.See More
That is interesting. If I read it correctly they were pushing to attack Iran well before the Nuclear scare became part of the script. What a shock that there is gambling going on! BTW if anyone knows a terrorist it would be Ariel Sharon. He clearly is a man that God will not take and the devil does not want him. It is a shame he probably has been brain dead for a long time because he sure is a person who made thousands suffer. One lucky break was he could not get his tanks around the retreating Egyptian in time to have one of the great slaughters in the history of mankind in the 1967 war that was started by Israel to steal the west bank.
General Ask-a-Nazi merely repeats what the Zionist politicians are constantly spewing forth in public. It is a damning indictment of the US media that Israelis can constantly and openly threaten to unleash wars without provoking any sort of meaningful discussion in FedGovLand.
It is really shocking to learn about such irresponsible and criminal behaviour. Not since the Nazis have I read about the military planning to invade and destroy without caring about the consequences, especially human ones.
The Israelis apparently believe they won their 2006 war in Lebanon. In fact, they had to be rescued by an international occupation force to avoid being tied down forever. In 1982 they invaded Lebanon to kick out the PLO. That succeeded, but they found themselves in another quagmire and eventually withdrew completely after 18 years. And they want to do it again??
Why should Israel wait untill Iran has a bomb, Take them out first.
Last time I checked, attacking civilians was a war crime… but hey, since when did international law apply to Israel…
I'll bet BobP is an American. They are the ones you'd expect to make a comment like that (see above).
They, like the Israelis, think that the answer to all problems is a bomb or a missile. They also want to run the world using military force.
Perhaps they've interpreted 1984 as a strategy not as a warning!
Take America down before it gets 1984 up and running!
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