Sunday, August 19, 2012

Talking Reason To Israel

YNetnews, via nc links:

Once every few years Israel needs a slap in the face to remember where it stands in the world. On Tuesday it was US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey who assumed the role of the responsible adult and slapped Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak, the duo orchestrating the national hysteria surrounding the possibility of an attack in Iran.

Israel can "delay but not destroy Iran's nuclear capabilities," he said while sitting next to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, who visited Israel a few weeks ago to allay the concerns of the leadership in Jerusalem. Dempsey's comments should be taken seriously, as should the stern message conveyed by Panetta, the White House and the American security establishment: If we can't reason with you, the Israelis, we will have to get tough.
The general's remark was not a slip-of-the-tongue. It was a calculated statement from a general of Irish descent and character. His words constituted a slap in Israel's face, a punch in the face, and a kick to the most sensitive part of the body. To be more precise, the US slammed Israel's head against the wall and said: "Shut up. Stop babbling about Iran. Without us there is not much you can do, and don't assume for a second that we are dancing to your tune. You shouldn't do anything stupid, and stop driving the entire world crazy."
The furor over Iran is completely overblown.  While the regime is made up of religious fanatics, they are not irrational religious fanatics.  They are not going to attack Israel with nuclear bombs.  Israel is still by far the strongest nation in the Middle East, but their paranoia is extremely dangerous.  It has been completely irresponsible on the part of the Republican party to fan the paranoia and promise their support for anything that Israel does.  Republicans have time and again sided with a foreign country against the interests of their own country.  How do they wrap themselves in the American flag and declare themselves more patriotic than Democrats?  They are complete asshole morons.  At least somebody will tell Israel they need to act in their own best interests and chill out about Iran.

2 comments:

  1. Any nation who's leaders come out and publicly declare that Israel should be wiped off the map and then secretly research nuclear technology well beyond what is necessary for power should not be ignored. You are right in saying that Iranians in general are not religious fanatics. BUT, the leadership is quite the opposite. I should know I have many colleague's who have been there numerous times in recent years. Everyone comes back and says the same statement. Behind closed doors regular Iranians love to deal with the West. Admire the West. Want to be the West. They do not speak of it publicly though. The whole world has them under sanctions outside of Russia and China who are their largest trading partners. Can the whole world be wrong? Doubt it. Maybe you are just smarter than the entire population of the world outside of Russia and China? More than likely you are just just anti-semetic. God help racists like yourself.

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  2. I'm not anti-semitic at all. I don't even understand why people throughout history have been anti-semitic. I don't want Israel to be wiped off of the map, but I believe that dumbfuck Akmadipshit as much as I believed Saddam Hussein when he said the US would get the mother of all wars. These guys have to talk tough because they've got nothing. The whole world goes along with the United States because they have to. They figure if they join sanctions along with the US, maybe they can keep the US from charging headlong into war and further hurting the world economy.

    Also, is this the same anonymous who says racist things about blacks and then claims he isn't racist?

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