The Inevitable War With Iran
by
Philip Giraldi, December 15, 2011
One might regard the pledges made to Israel and its friends in the United States by aspiring presidential candidates as pro forma and vaguely amusing, but that would be a mistake. Policy commitments, even if they are lightly entered into, are a serious matter with real-world consequences. At the moment, the obligation to Israel goes far beyond the willingness to give Tel Aviv billions of dollars in aid and unlimited political cover each year. Every Republican candidate but one has
affirmedthat Jerusalem is the undivided capital of a“Jewish state,” the precise formula demanded by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and each has affirmed his or her eagerness to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, which would end forever any chance of actual peace talks with the Palestinians and would also invite a violent reaction against Americans in many parts of the Muslim world. Michele Bachmann has even found a private “donor” willing to pay for the move. Newt Gingrich, who would shift the embassy to Jerusalem within his first two hours as president and who has also promised to name John Bolton as his secretary of state, has meanwhile
discovered that the Palestinian people do not actually exist, which certainly solves the problem of the two-state solution or any solution at all. They were invented by hostile Arabs and are out to destroy Israel.
The Inevitable War With Iran by Philip Giraldi -- Antiwar.com
This has to be the most convoluted pathological relationship on the planet. And it makes for the biggest threat to world peace. The consideration of Bolton in another key role is concerning too. Perhaps the evolving role of the empire and its subjects is to be feared. It's constant threats to one place or peoples cannot be viewed as cooperation on a sophisticated political level. What happens when people are afraid. (collectively or singularly)?? They get angry, anxious, tense which builds into resentment which in turn can be acted out in many ways.....starting with empire flag burning and moving up from there.
House Passes Yet More Iran Sanctions
Fear of Oil-Price Spike if Senate Also Passes Them
by Jason Ditz, December 14, 2011
In a
vote of 410-11, the House of Representatives today passed the Iran Threat Reduction Act, another round of massive sanctions against Iran which Congressmen say will do something related to the constant, evidence-free accusations that Iran is developing a nuclear weapon
House Passes Yet More Iran Sanctions -- News from Antiwar.com
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Overhauling U.S. Policy on Iran
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