One of the top officials in the Israeli cabinet, Vice Premier Moshe Yaalon has condemned President Obama today, saying that he is not being nearly hostile enough toward the Iranian government and needs to impose harsher sanctions.
Yaalon, who also holds the position of Strategic Affairs Minister (a cabinet position created explicitly for moving against Iran), insisted that Obama was trying to avoid an embargo on Iran’s oil exports “for fear of oil prices rising this year, out of election-year considerations.”
Israeli officials say that Yaalon’s position “reflects the thinking of some within the country’s national security establishment.” Other Israeli officials are said to be demanding serious moves from the US in “the next few weeks.”
The comments come as Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey is scheduled to arrive in Israel soon, set to discuss growing concern among US military leaders that Israel is planning to start a war with Iran over US objections and without informing the US beforehand.
A)- why is Dempsey venturing off to Tel Aviv? Golly if that doesn't seem all manner of lickspittle.
B)- why is Mushy Yaalon shooting off his big mouth? None your business fool. "Not being nearly hostile enough…?" Really? Piss off Mushy and mind your own apartheid.
I think it a good bet that we can expect the Ultra-rightwingers in Congress to now venture forth with gusto demanding that Obama resign for not being supportive of our dear friend Israel. I find it also curious that Netanyahoo sent this messenger boy to deliver the shiv. I still can't understand how those in power in Israel so flippantly disregard the consequences of attacking Iran (by themselves or the US). Surely their own experts have told them that it would be catastrophic for the Israeli population. Fools.
Thier own Experts have told them, they are just such fools who believe their own press that Israel can take Iran without a Problem, (only because other fools in the US Congress keep on telling them we will bail you out no matter What!)
The US doesn't need another war. Israel butt out of American politics. Obama is doing just fine!!
If you could control another country that was very powerful and shake them down for 3 billion a year, why would you butt out?
I see this as one of the elements in a complex deception operation, along with the Jundullah story, the rumours of Obama's fear of a unilateral attack on Iran, and the postponement of the Austere 12 exercise. The purpose of the deception, in my view, is to distract attention from the real plan, which is for an imminent US/NATO attack on Syria.
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Whatever comes from the mouth of these two stinks and is an outright lie.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. We never ever do what israel wants us to do. What's wrong with us? How dare we consider the price of oil when discussing war with Iran. Of course, the israelis don't have to worry about oil since the traitors in Congress voted that the US is going to guarantee them oil no matter what. They've been manipulating Congress and getting the laws passed that they need for this war for years.
It's actually a good thing that mosh yaaaaalon and his ilk keep opening their mouths and talking crap. Perhaps that will help clarify to the geniuses in the USG and Americans in general just whose side israel is on, since that seems to be a complete riddle to so many.
I say let Israel attack, and suffer the consequences WITHOUT any American help. Furthermore if Israel is ever stupid enough to use a nuke they can expect a nuke right back at them..GUARANTEED!! This pariah state needs to be taught a lesson which is unfortunate for the Israeli populace who will suffer the most.
It was WRONG to establilsh a Zionist state in the Middle East. It was contrary to our Constitution which prohibits our government from supporting ANY religion, including the religion of the "money changers" who have driven our economy to the brink of oblivion as a result of our crazy "foreign policy" as a result of which we act as the defenders of these radical religious crazies. As a US citizen, I demand that my government cease supporting ANY and ALL religions. Individuals have the right to practice religions, but the government is not to participate nor subsidize any religion. Let the Israelis practice their religion and defend it for themselves. As for the dual citizens, including the one recently appointed (Lew) to assist him in inducing his Zionist friends to open their pocketbooks, they should go home to their own country and free us of their hatred and manipulation of our government. I AM antisemitic so long as the Zionist Jews are manipulating my government and confiscating my money for their supports. I want nothing to do with them or their propaganda, bigotry, sexism, greed, corruption, etc.
Truman wanted to win the 1948 election and was willing to do anything to get it.
Clearly the US doesn't "need" another war, but really that's irrelevant, because the right-wing Israeli leadership is not the least bit concerned with what the US needs or wants. That's as it should be of course. Israeli leadership **should** be concerned with Israeli interests, not US interests. It is up to the US leadership — not the Israelis — to discern and pursue US interests. That's where AIPAC comes in, to subvert US governance by bribing or threatening to withhold the bribes from the US legislative and executive leadership.
I've been doing a bit of thinking about the likelihood that this feverish talk of war with Iran will soon break out into actual war, and I'm not at all pleased with my conclusions.
From the article:
"Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey is scheduled to arrive in Israel soon, set to discuss growing concern among US military leaders that Israel is planning to start a war with Iran over US objections and without informing the US beforehand."
Look at it closely:
"…concern… that Israel is planning to start a war with Iran ***over US objections*** and ***without informing the US beforehand***
Obama is facing reelection. The Israelis calculate, as do I, that if they attack Iran and Obama doesn't jump in to help — particularly when — or is it "if"? — Iran strikes back — that he will lose the election,… but that if he does join in with a full commitment, he will be virtually guaranteed reelection.
This is such a simple straightforward calculation that it virtually guarantees an Israeli strike. What's a bit iffy is the part about Iran striking back. Americans, being in general arrogant and war-mongering, will expect the Iranians to respond in kind. But the Americans — pols and people, thinking like Americans — may miscalculate. They may expect the Iranians to do something along the lines of what they — the Americans — would do. But the Iranians, patient and smart, and thinking not like Americans, but like Iranians, may do something different, like hold back from immediate retaliation, precisely to avoid an immediate, politically compulsory, full-on US military commitment. (Or maybe not. But I'm inclined to think that Iranians won't think like, and won't respond like Americans would.)
Here's where this scenario gets interesting. The Israelis and Iranians both know that Obama, as well as most Americans don't want another war. So what can the Israelis do to overcome this reluctance? Simultaneous with the attack on Iran, the Israelis could conduct a false-flag attack against American naval forces in the Persian Gulf,… problem solved. By the time anyone figures out what happened, there will be no turning back, and the US will be neck deep in a war with Iran.
Anyone see a flaw in this reasoning?
I've had the bias that they only get one big false flag on the US per generation or two. Brings up memories of the first time I suggested an Israeli False Flag (in 2001); response was (LOL!): wide eyed, shakes head "oh, we would kick their @!!." That naivete is possible when they're (relatively)small or infrequent, and they know that. This wouldn't exclude the possibility, just makes it harder for me to imagine what it'd look like with this much overt effort already put into the PR.
-er- -I mean- No.
That little Crap house in the desert sure has a lot of demands .Why don't they fight their own wars? They always make it look like Iran is a threat to the whole world! This is why they are good lawyers. THEY KNOW HOW TO TWIST THE TRUTH! Here in America you would think this presidential election is for Israel.. If Ron Paul supported Israel he would have no problem winning. You would see how quick the news media would support him.
Why would you fight your own war if you could get some dumb, stupid chump to do it for you? It worked with Iraq.
Israel foments a proxy war, using the US military as it's personal brownshirts to do their dirty work. Not one Israeli soldier is sent to fight.
Israel manages to start said war, and Iran- knowing exactly who is to blame for the war- comes down on Israel like a sledgehammer even as US bombs rain on Tehran. Casualties in Israel number in the thousands.
Israel claims 'victim status' for another generation of Israelis.
And so the cycle begins anew.
The Israelis haven't had the pleasure of seeing the blood of innocent people flowing in the streets in quite a while now. They're getting very irritated and impatient.
What the hell kind of ally is this anyway?
They care not one bit for how their policies effect us or the world.
Screw em!