Israel, US and Iran: who is threatening who?
March 27th, 2010 § 2 Comments
A draft resolution proposing US support of an Israeli military attack on Iran written by Texan Republican Louie Gohmert began its initial rounds in US congress last week. The resolution reiterates the usual fear mongering claims made by those who view the Islamic Republic’s continued resistance to sacrificing its independence in the region as a threat, and expresses support for:
…the State of Israel’s right to defend Israeli sovereignty, to protect the lives and safety of the Israeli people, and to use all means necessary to confront and eliminate nuclear threats posed by the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the use of military force if no other peaceful solution can be found within reasonable time to protect against such an immediate and existential threat to the State of Israel.
There is no specification as to what a “reasonable time” entails.
The resolution also states that:
…the United States does not want or seek war with Iran, but it will continue to keep all options open to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons
Aptly timed with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington, DC, the resolution refers to the US’s “special” relationship with Israel a number of times.
While it contends that
…the United States does not want or seek war with Iran
even that statement is finished with the following:
but it will continue to keep all options open to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
Keeping “all options open” is a line that continues to be used by US congressmen and women while they simultaneously insist that they prefer not to go to war with the country. US Senator Lindsey Graham recently used it during his speech at AIPAC’s annual dinner on Monday night when he assured a cheering audience that the US “congress has your back.” He was of course referring to his perceived “best friend in the world,” Israel.
I haven’t seen all the speeches made by US representatives at AIPAC this year, but if there was an award handed out for best bootlicker, Graham is likely the number one contender. See for yourself:
While the US continues to claim that they are extending a hand to the “Iranian people,” or rather the pro-Western elements of the Iranian population (see this year’s Nowruz message here), it also works on imposing “crippling sanctions“ upon the country. Certainly warmongering in favor of attacking Iran is nothing new in the context of a significantly pro-Israel US congress, but recent events clearly illustrate that the Obama administration is two-faced in its dealings with the country, something which the Iranian leadership is certainly aware of.
Ignoring for a moment the potential cost to human life and the negative environmental impacts (depending on the type of weapons used), a war with Iran (regardless of whether it was initiated by the US or Israel) would also ignite further chaos in the region.
Read about Iran in the Western news and you are practically guaranteed to see it referred to as a “threat.” But considering the reality of the events on the ground and the expedited rate at which they seem to be moving, who is really threatening who?
I just can’t believe how normal people should see the Iranian republic as a threat to the world.
This
cite “will be wiped off the map” mentioned in every
newspaper was translated as if it was a threat against Israel and not a prophecy .
Meanwhile Israeli politicians and army representatives
may talk about their wishes “to pulverize whole countries” , and nobody cares ???
I think Bertolt Brecht was right when he stated :
There must by madness all around so you won’t see it anymore .
;-)
Graham the best bootlicker? Yeah, you have not seen enough of those speeches ;)
The absurdity is overwhelming, since key strategists of Israel like Asher Susser openly admit to their American partners that the threat of Iran “is not the conventional threat of Israel being invaded and destroyed as we once feared” (clearly admitting Israelis themselves know well Iran is not an ‘existential’ threat), “it is the threat of non conventional warfare… a difficult predicament for Israel”. For sure, because it is a non conventional warfare that searches for a DEMOCRATIC REFERENDUM and THAT is what Israel sees as the biggest existential threat, not Iranian nukes.