{"id":55956,"date":"2012-09-08T13:11:20","date_gmt":"2012-09-08T13:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=55956"},"modified":"2012-09-30T21:56:45","modified_gmt":"2012-09-30T21:56:45","slug":"a-warning-to-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=55956","title":{"rendered":"A Warning to Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Commentary \u2013 September 8, 2012<\/h1>\n

A shorter edited version of this<\/span><\/a> article by Justin Raimondo, with extensive additional commentary by Lasha Darkmoon on the Israel-Iran situation\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n

ISRAEL, STOP RIGHT THERE!<\/h3>\n

\u201cThis is the first time since the days of Bush Senior that a major player has reminded that \u2018shitty little country\u2019 of its littleness. For months, the Israelis have been going around acting like they are the superpower.\u201d\u00a0 \u2014\u00a0 Justin Raimondo<\/h5>\n
The President of the United States may not have the cojones to stand up to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but the chairman of the Joint Chiefs does<\/span><\/a> <\/span>\u2014 and he\u2019s doing it!<\/h5>\n
When Gen. Martin Dempsey <\/span>told<\/span><\/a> British reporters he did not want the US to be \u201ccomplicit\u201d in an Israeli attack on Iran, the boys in Tel Aviv were crushed.<\/h5>\n
For weeks Netanyahu & Co. had been telling anyone who would listen that the US would have no choice<\/span><\/a> but to be sucked into a devastating regional war in the event of an Israeli first strike on Tehran: their tone was almost gleeful. In the absence of a direct response from the White House, it looked like the Israelis had us over a barrel: the American giant, it seemed, was helpless in the face of the Israeli pygmy\u2019s deft manipulations.<\/h5>\n
Then came Dempsey<\/span><\/a>, whose comments put the kibosh on Israel\u2019s blackmail threats \u2014 and threw Netanyahu\u2019s government into a panic.<\/h5>\n
Said Giora Eiland, national security advisor from 2003 to 2006:<\/h5>\n
Dempsey\u2019s announcement changed something. His stark comments made clear to the world that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was isolated. And that if he opted for war, he would jeopardize all-important ties with the Jewish state\u2019s closest ally.<\/em><\/h5>\n
\u00a0\u201cDempsey\u2019s announcement changed something.\u201d<\/em> That\u2019s the understatement of the year, perhaps the decade. This is the first time since the days of <\/span>George Herbert Walker Bush<\/span><\/a> that a major player has reminded that \u201cshitty little country<\/span><\/a>\u201d of its littleness. For months, the Israelis have been going around acting like they are the superpower, and we are a minuscule dependency relying entirely on our patron\u2019s generosity \u2014 and endless forbearance.<\/h5>\n

\"\u201cWithout<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the days of Jabotinski and Ben Gurion, it has always been the ambition of Zionist fanatics to gain possession of a country stretching from the Nile to the Euphrates, known as \u201cGreater Israel\u201d, and to rule the roost here over 100 million Arab slaves. Greater Israel would then have full control over the Suez Canal and the Persian Gulf, in effect holding the entire world \u2014 including the United States \u2014 to ransom. As it exists right now, roughly the size of New Jersey, Israel can be wiped off the map in five minutes with a single hydrogen bomb from Russia. Israel must therefore be careful not to goad the Russian bear into a fit of wrath \u2014 a fit of wrath which the six million Jews left over in America will have reason to regret.\u201d \u2014 Lasha Darkmoon<\/h5>\n
The Israelis don\u2019t like<\/span><\/a> Dempsey much, and after this they\u2019ll like him much less: in their eyes he\u2019s just a tool of the Obama administration.<\/h5>\n
Even if this is true, and if Gen. Dempsey is speaking out at the behest of the White House, haven\u2019t we come to a sorry pass when the President of the United States cannot speak in his own name and on his own authority about an issue vital to our national security?<\/h5>\n
What a testament to the power of the Israel Lobby!<\/h5>\n
Not bad for a pressure group that supposedly doesn\u2019t even exist<\/span><\/a>.<\/h5>\n
The real problem is that Dempsey is in all probability speaking for himself, and didn\u2019t require any prompting from the White House. Nor is this the first time<\/span><\/a> <\/span>that the US military has signaled its opposition<\/span><\/a> to striking Iran.<\/h5>\n
With US military assets in the region vulnerable to an Iranian counterattack, I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if those alleged secret contacts between Washington and Tehran (via European intermediaries) were made at the military\u2019s insistence<\/em>: the first instinct of a commander, after all, is to protect his troops.<\/h5>\n
In effect, the Israelis, by constantly threatening a first strike at Tehran, are holding the tens of thousands<\/span><\/a> of US military personnel<\/span><\/a> in the region hostage \u2014 because they are likely to be targets of an Iranian counterattack.<\/h5>\n
With the White House maintaining radio silence on this issue, Dempsey and the generals had no choice but to go public in order to protect American lives.<\/h5>\n
\"\"<\/a>

These impressive Nimitz-class aircraft carriers each come with a full complement of 7\u20138 supporting ships, 70 or more assorted aircraft, and up to 6000 marines on board. In a 2004 article, military specialist Mark Gaffney, author of Dimona: The Third Temple? (1989), opines: \u201cThe US Navy\u2019s largest ships, the massive carriers, have now become floating death traps\u2026.In the Gulf\u2019s shallow and confined waters evasive maneuvers will be difficult, at best, and escape impossible\u2026.The Gulf will run red with American blood.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n

US AIRCRAFT CARRIER . . . VULNURABLE TO ATTACK<\/h3>\n

With back to back deployments<\/span><\/a>, and two wars without a victory \u2014 Iraq and Afghanistan \u2014 why would the Pentagon want a third war on its hands?<\/h5>\n
Little wonder they\u2019re beginning to make their opposition known.<\/h5>\n
Dempsey can\u2019t be the only soldier who resents taking marching orders from Netanyahu.<\/h5>\n
He can\u2019t be the only soldier to dread a new war started by a belligerent Israel. This has got to be a restraining factor on the Obama administration. It prevents them from capitulating completely to outrageous Israeli demands.<\/h5>\n
Obama and the Democrats raised the white flag of surrender to the War Party long ago. Well, let\u2019s hope the peaceniks in the Pentagon can hold the fort.<\/h5>\n
Here<\/span><\/a> is the most recent edition of the Democratic party platform on the question of war with Iran:<\/h5>\n
\u201cThe President is committed to using all instruments of national power to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons\u2026. President Obama believes that a diplomatic outcome remains the best and most enduring solution. At the same time, he has also made clear that the window for diplomacy will not remain open indefinitely and that all options \u2014 including military force \u2014 remain on the table. But we have an obligation to use the time and space that exists now to put increasing pressure on the Iranian regime to live up to its obligations and rejoin the community of nations, or face the consequences.\u201d<\/em><\/h5>\n
While the document admits that \u201cthe Iranians have yet to build a nuclear weapon\u201d, it goes on to assert that they \u201ccannot demonstrate with any credibility that their program is peaceful.\u201d<\/h5>\n
Iran, it would seem, is guilty until proven innocent.<\/h5>\n
How can Iran prove it\u2019s NOT going to nuke Israel with the nuclear weapons it MIGHT have in the future IF it decides to get them? (LD)<\/em><\/h5>\n
The standard of proof is impossible.<\/h5>\n
The Israelis have set a new standard when it comes to Iran. They insist the red line must be the \u201cbreakout\u201d capability, as estimated by Tel Aviv\u2019s strategists, of course: that is, the moment when Tehran can theoretically throw together a nuclear weapon of some sort on very short notice.<\/h5>\n
The catch is that this point exists in theory only: there is no solid evidence the Iranians are pursuing nuclear weapons, and indeed the official US assessment<\/a> is that they gave up all such attempts in 2003. There have been all sorts of rumors that a new intelligence assessment was in the works. So far it hasn\u2019t surfaced.<\/h5>\n
The clear implication is that key elements of the intelligence community are refusing to drink the Israeli Kool-Aid: Dempsey\u2019s dissent is the first clear and unequivocal voice raised against the prospect of fighting an unnecessary war for Israel\u2019s sake.<\/h5>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a mystery why Israelis put Netanyahu in public office instead of in an insane asylum<\/span><\/a>.\u201d \u2014 Paul Craig Roberts<\/h5>\n

Darkmoon\u2019s summary of the Israel-Iran situation<\/h2>\n

Netanyahu has recently made the following silly comment, so absurd one can only roll one\u2019s eyes in wonder: \u201cIran is the greatest threat<\/span><\/a> not just to Israel and the Middle East, but to civilization. You just don\u2019t know how they will behave.\u201d Compare this bizarre statement with Israeli General Moshe Dayan\u2019s equally wacky view of what Israel ought to be like: \u201cIsrael must be like a mad dog<\/span><\/a>, too dangerous to bother.\u201d<\/h5>\n
So, which country\u00a0 is \u201cthe greatest threat to civilization\u201d:\u00a0 Iran, which hasn\u2019t started a single war for the last 300 years, or Israel, the Mad Dog of the Middle East, a country built on stolen land and guilty of countless war crimes<\/span><\/a>?<\/h5>\n
Israeli vice prime minister, Moshe Yaalon, talking recently to FM radio, complained that Hezbollah had 60,000 rockets and missiles aimed at Israel. \u201cIf they fire rockets and missiles at us,\u201d he warned, \u201cHezbollah will pay a heavy price \u2014 and Lebanon will pay a heavy price.\u201d<\/h5>\n
Meanwhile in Lebanon, Hezbollah Secretary-General Nasrallah, told a local television station: \u201cA decision has been taken to respond \u2014 and the response will be great.\u201d (See here<\/span><\/a>). He was referring to American shipping in the Gulf and the 21 US bases<\/span><\/a> crouched round Iran \u2026\u00a0 like a pack of crazed wolves waiting to move in for the kill.<\/h5>\n
As for the Israelis, most of them dread an unprovoked attack on Iran because they know it means trouble for them: \u201cwidespread destruction, radiation contamination, and large numbers killed or injured.\u201d And the general consensus in Israel is that their three leading warmongers \u2014 Benjamin Netanyahu, Ehud Barak and Avigdor Lieberman \u2014 are psychopaths who belong in a lunatic asylum. (See here<\/span><\/a> and here<\/span><\/a>).<\/h5>\n
The answer is clear: if the US doesn\u2019t wish to see its antiquated aircraft carriers sunk in the waters of the Persian Gulf, with the tragic loss of thousands of American soldiers, and if Israel doesn\u2019t wish to see its high-rise cities and illegal settlements reduced to rubble, let them keep their hands off Iran.<\/h5>\n
And if these two aggressors are incapable of self-restraint, let them then take the consequences of their folly: a catastrophic world war in which a nuclear-armed Russia and China will be free to inflict on New York and Washington, on Tel Aviv and Haifa, the same cruelties they plan to inflict on the helpless citizens of Iran; and have already inflicted on the helpless citizens of Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, not to mention the false flag terrorist attacks inflicted on the American homeland on 9\/11 \u2014 an attack in which both America and Israel were almost certainly complicit.<\/h5>\n
Maybe it\u2019s time the bullies on the block were given a taste of their own medicine. Yes, maybe it\u2019s time for blowback.<\/h5>\n
Karma is cool \u2014 and karma will surely come.<\/h5>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Karma is cool \u2014 and karma will surely come. Lasha Darkmoon and Justin Raimondo on General Martin Dempsey’s recent visit to Israel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,51,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Commentary","category-Iran","category-Israel_Anti-Semitism_Zionism_and_US-UK_allies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55956"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57496,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55956\/revisions\/57496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}