Israel is sending a major high-level delegation to Washington DC this week, with a careful eye on ongoing talks in Vienna, and the possibility that the P5+1 nuclear deal could be salvaged by the US returning to the deal.
Israeli opposition to diplomatic progress with Iran is very well known, and the delegation’s visit is just the latest effort to sabotage any sort of nuclear deal before it happens. The White House seems well aware of this, saying that Israel’s delegation will not be able to change the US position on Iran.
Press Secretary Jen Psaki says the US considers Israel “a key partner of these discussions” and will keep them informed on the process. Israel’s historically broad sway on US Middle East policy seems to leave them believing that they can influence, if not dictate, the decisions made.
Either way, Israel is gunning for ending the talks. The Vienna meeting started the same day Israel sabotaged Natanz. The US warned that was clearly not helping, but Israel has always been determined to get what it want by hook or by crook, and White House warnings that they can’t order them around on the deal is likely only to fuel more covert actions.
While it wasn’t so long ago Israel could’ve expected a lot of influence here, politics have changed things. With Trump determined to sell himself as the most pro-Israel president ever, and Netanyahu portraying Obama as somehow unacceptable to Israel, mostly because of Iran, Israel is less bipartisan than it had been in the past.
Probably just a propaganda dance, -US core demand is Iranian circumcision.
If the WH statement is straightforward, BB will threaten to ally with Vlad “the killer” Putin.
“US core demand is Iranian circumcision”
Classic.
They don’t need to demand…! All Iranian men are circumcised…!
Poetry is truer than fact.
Circumcision, a vestigial form of emasculation, was the core primitive cult ritual signifying submission to the tribal leader in his right to all the fertile females. Washington is now that leader with its similarly outrageous demand.
The main reason Russia is target is Israeli lobby, in US, UK, France, and lately even Germany. And if Greens get to power, the lobby in Germany will rule supreme.
The dance between the two is based on the old one — keep your friends close, and enemies even closer.
“The main reason”
I would agree the neocons have glommed onto the global hegemony arch policy, but how do you argue they’re the “main” source?
Here is why. There are dog whistles everywhere. We just do not recognize all of them. Neocons have their own one, and their very unique sound is incorporated into variety of same-minded interests, without those interests even realizing that they have incorporated the particular sounds of neocon dog whistle.
Identify their particular interests and obsessions, and ask yourself: how come that other non-neocon groups equally interested in global primacy and domination — do not have THEIR peculiar foibles built into neocon version of reality? It is always one way. And really, by now we must know that this has NOTHING to do with political party.
They are likely coming to arrange the gifts and support for the Quid pro Quo involving Israel and Washington.
Israel allows Washington to negotiate with Iran and Washington pays accordingly/
Seriously. It CREATED the new policy. Now that max pressure turned into max embarrassment, time to turn to trusted co-opt Iran. Old, super old, will not work. But good for now.
It has not escaped the shallow intelligentsia that Israel has only three countries in its corner. UAE that has no resources except high flying financial moguls, poor Cyprus— that is given a little gas rights to cover for Israel’s exploration of Leviathan gas field in its EEZ and debtor Greece that will be the terminus point for Israeli pipeline to Europe. You know the pipeline Turkey is fighting.
But now that Saudis and Iran are talking, Turkey in their corner and huge gas field between Qatar and Iran are poised to plan alternatives across Iraq and Syria, then in to Turkey.
Funny thing — US complains about EEZ as “excessive” claims, but not when Israel claims it — and the joke is, Israel not signatory!
Israel needs to be told to f-ck off.