It would not be necessary for America to directly attack Iran to achieve the Cheney-Kristol-Beres goal. The United States has a mutual defense agreement with Israel that would presumptively commit us to backing an Israeli strike against Iran. Cheney has been rumored to support such a role for Israel, sucking us, unwittingly, into a setup of his own promotion.
Israel might think twice after their disastrous invasion of Lebanon--the much more brief equivalent of our Iraq experience.
Enter Louis Rene Beres, the 'dragon of Purdue University' and Chairman of a warmongering Israeli organization named Project Daniel, that reported directly to the then Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon. A quote or two from Beres would not be amiss;
“We must act very quickly on Iran. Many critics will argue that the expected consequences of any prompt preemptive strike would be overwhelming, including greatly expanded terror attacks against assorted Western targets, and perhaps regional or even global war. Although such dire prospects should not be dismissed, there is certainly no reason to believe that an American or Israeli preemption would make them more likely.”
No reason to believe, Louis? Let me advise you about something that you and Bill Kristol, both of you Jews and both of you deep into Israeli intrigues, may have failed to notice.
Non-Jewish America was not amused by the Lebanon gambit (nor, presumably, was Israel). They are bone-tired of Israelis and Palestinians sh*tting all over 25 years of American mediation, they are overwhelmingly unsupportive of the present Iraqi debacle and unlikely by even a trifling percentage to back a U.S. military adventure against Iran.
Against the denied background of those truths, the best you can muster is
“The "doomsday clock" continues its advance to "midnight." Existential atomic danger is most immediate to Israel. Iran poses the greatest problem.
“In the United Nations, both crime and folly remain the official order of the day . . . it is plain that the world of diplomacy and international statecraft is now a relentlessly preposterous world . . . as everywhere a dizzying unreason triumphs boldly over both rational thought and palpable compassion . . . should it face the prospect of a nuclear Iran, or even of any Arab state or movement with nuclear or even certain biological weapons, Israel would likely have no rational choice but to act preemptively.”
This, from a man who, like Bill Kristol, has the ear of the vice-president of the United States and the Prime Minister of Israel. A dispassionate intellectual, a morbidly focused Jew, a professor and think-tank dreamer of partisan dreams, Beres would have America bear any burden, pay any price to march against his perceived enemy.
The dizzying unreason that triumphs boldly over both rational thought and palpable compassion, comes directly from the vicious half-truths you and Kristol have extolled in The Jewish Press and The Weekly Standard. You each have blood on your hands and not a single personal asset at stake. Americans have already borne too many burdens and paid way too large a price for carrying your and Bill Kristol’s water.
Those who see the 21st century in terms of American dominance have entirely missed the point of what this country stands for. Rummy and his Star Wars, Wolfowitz and Kristol with their regime change, Cheney and the president with their pre-emptive war have been exposed as the voices of fools.
We are not yet a nation of fools. Nor will we be again led there by partisan intellectuals who deal away our strengths as a nation for their own warped perceptions.
I hope.
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