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February 12, 2007 at 14:56:31

Are Bush and Cheney the Biggest Threats to Israel's Survival?

by Ray McGovern     Page 1 of 3 page(s)

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President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney are unwittingly playing Dr. Jack Kevorkian in helping the state of Israel commit suicide.

For this is the inevitable consequence of the planned air and missile attack on Iran. The pockmarked, littered landscape in Iraq, Lebanon, and Afghanistan and the endless applicant queues at al-Qaeda and other terrorist recruiting stations testify eloquently to the unintended consequences of myopic policymakers in Washington and Tel Aviv.




Mesmerized. Sadly, this is the best word to describe those of us awake to the inexorable march of folly to war with Iran and the growing danger to Israel's security, especially over the medium and long term.


An American and/or Israeli attack on Iran will let slip the dogs of war. Those dogs never went to obedience school. They will not be denied their chance to bite, and Israel's arsenal of nuclear weapons will be powerless to muzzle them.

In my view, not since 1948 has the very existence of Israel hung so much in the balance. Can Bush/Cheney and the Israeli leaders not see it?


Pity that no one seems to have read our first President's warning on the noxious effects of entangling alliances. The supreme irony is that in their fervor to help, as well as use, Israel, Bush and Cheney seem blissfully unaware that they are leading it down a garden path and off a cliff.

Provoke and Pre-empt

Whether it is putting the kibosh on direct talks with Iran or between Israel and Syria, the influence and motives of the Vice President are more transparent than those of Bush.


Sure, Cheney told CNN's Wolf Blitzer recently that the administration's Iraq policy would be "an enormous success story," but do not believe those who dismiss Cheney as "delusional." He and his "neo-conservative" friends are crazy like a fox. They have been pushing for confrontation with Iran for many years, and saw the invasion of Iraq in that context.

Alluding to recent U.S. military moves, author Robert Dreyfuss rightly describes the neo-cons as "crossing their fingers in the hope that Iran will respond provocatively, making what is now a low-grade cold war inexorably heat up."

But what about the President? How to explain his fixation with fixing Iran's wagon? Cheney's influence over Bush has been shown to be considerable ever since the one-man search committee for the 2000 vice presidential candidate picked Cheney.


The Vice President can play Bush like a violin. But what strings is he using here? Where is the resonance?


Experience has shown the President to be an impressionable sort with a roulette penchant for putting great premium on initial impressions and latching onto people believed to be kindred souls�"be it Russian President Vladimir Putin (trust at first sight), hale-fellow-well-met CIA director George Tenet, or oozing-testosterone-from-every-pore former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.


Of particular concern was his relationship with Sharon. Retired Gen. Brent Scowcroft, a master of discretion with the media, saw fit to tell London's Financial Times two and a half years ago that Sharon had Bush "mesmerized" and "wrapped around his little finger."


As chair of the prestigious President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board under George W. Bush and national security adviser to his father, Scowcroft was uniquely positioned to know�"and to draw comparisons. He was summarily fired after making the comments about Sharon and is now persona non grata at the White House.

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Ray McGovern works with Tell the Word, the publishing arm of the ecumenical Church of the Saviour in Washington, DC. During his 27-years as a CIA analyst, he chaired NIEs: he is now on the Steering Group of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS).

 

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I've been arguing this since December of 2002

The best way to help Israel is to promote peace and stability which is exactly the opposite of what we have been seeing since this administration took office.

by Steven Leser (187 articles, 34 quicklinks, 31 diaries, 1251 comments) on Monday, February 12, 2007 at 6:28:48 PM
 

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Mark SashineA writer is a rogue goose. All other gees fly in a flock formation; every goose knows his place and time for honking. The rogue goose is undisciplined. He leaves the formation indiscriminately to have a look at it from aside. He roams back and forth, takes a peep at the leader, honks a little bit from behind, distracts everyone and writes on what he sees. Time passes and as he wants to return back to his place he discovers someone else there. Thus he either has to wait until they land for rest...

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A perfect thing

Nice to read a real professional opinion. I always said that 'slimy lovers' would bring all the Jews to death.

by Mark Sashine (42 articles, 19 quicklinks, 227 diaries, 3219 comments) on Monday, February 12, 2007 at 7:09:29 PM
 

I'm active in bull dozing down the axis of evil called the Bush Regime, Hi Bushler :)
ex-merchant marine with a degree in IEEE.
Bad habits: not proof reading things that I write.
Folks get your tickets early, its going to be a sell out for sure ( Bush swinging from the hangmans gallo).
Fred FI'm active in bull dozing down the axis of evil called the Bush Regime, Hi Bushler :)
ex-merchant marine with a degree in IEEE.
Bad habits: not proof reading things that I write.
Folks get your tickets early, its going to be a sell out for sure ( Bush swinging from the hangmans gallo).

$$$

Not to mention helping religious nut to start Armageddon. I also mentioned that Bush will finish what Hitler could not accomplish. Finishing the extermination of all Jews, I'd say his methods are even more evil then Hitler ever dreamed up.

by Fred F (1 articles, 1 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 363 comments) on Monday, February 12, 2007 at 7:54:09 PM
 

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jpsmith123Ex Government Worker

Bush is only a puppet.

Bush is not the architect of the bloody PNAC agenda; he is merely the puppet attempting to carry it out.

The tragedy unfolding in front of our eyes is the product of rabid, delusional Zionists. They are the biggest threat to Israel's survival.

by jpsmith123 (3 articles, 1 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 287 comments) on Monday, February 12, 2007 at 8:30:55 PM
 

Don'pigeon hole me or sterotype me
pratliff94Don'pigeon hole me or sterotype me

Only Three Things

Israel needs to do three things:
1. Get all Israelis out of Gaza and the West Bank and stay out.
2. Make east Jerusalem an open city under UN auspices.
3. Get Likud permanently out of power.

If they do that, they will be all right. Every time a suicide bomber comes over from Palestine, bomb the Hamas offices. Every time a rocket comes over from Lebanon bomb the Hezbollah offices in Damascus. Keep doing it until they quit and Palestine and Syria force Lebanon to control their borders.

Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure it out. It just takes determination and a will to act on all sides and quit playing cruel games.

If Israel has any of the State of Palestine financial assets, she needs to turn them over to the UN and let the UN decide if Fatah or Hamas or whomever gets them. All commerce and all ties between Israel and Palestine needs to be broken for one year. No Israeli goes into Palestine and no Palestinian goes into Israel for any reason for a year. Let the Israelis take care of the Israelis and the Arabs take care of the Arabs.

by pratliff94 (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 940 comments) on Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at 6:18:12 PM
 

 

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