"The American-Israeli New Middle East" (chilling,concise & worth a read)

[zonkers]

Collective Suicide
The American-Israeli New Middle East.....http://www.swans.com/library/art12/ga213.html

by Gilles d'Aymery

(Swans - July 31, 2006) The American project of a new Middle East is leading the world toward a global conflagration that will extend far beyond the old Middle East. It is based on the conflation of the most reactionary interests in the world, corporate and ideological alike. Following the destruction of Afghanistan, then Iraq, and now Lebanon, the logic of violence will run through Syria and Iran. At some point it may provoke a reaction from other powerful states such as Russia or China and regional actors such as Venezuela. Politicians and pundits refer to the war against so-called Islamic extremism as World War III. That reference may well turn out to be self-fulfilling.

US allies -- client states -- in the region are governed by anti-democratic, authoritarian regimes -- Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the Emirates, which are portrayed as "moderate" Arab states. As the United States has increasingly moved toward a rabid right-wing ideology, Israel, beginning with Begin, has espoused the same ideology. Israeli elites have welcomed the support from Christian Zionists, a disparate group of some 70 million Christian Evangelicals who in one way or another strive to bring the End Times and the Second Coming to fruition, which portends the destruction of two-thirds of the Jewish people and the conversion of the remaining few to Christianity.

The Israeli military apparatus is for all matter of purposes fully integrated within the US military-industrial complex. The current devastation of Lebanon was fully coordinated with the Bush administration, a part of the master plan to reshape the Middle East within the parameters of the Project for a New American Century with the ultimate objective of full spectrum dominance over the world. To reach this objective, the United States will have to first bring Iran and Syria into the fold. Once Eurasia and the Middle East are fully dominated and controlled, the U.S. will turn its attention toward a more formidable competitor, China.

This reality is happening right in front of our eyes, like a slow motion horror film. The temptation for many liberal and moderate Americans it to wishfully think that if the Democrats come back to power in Washington D.C. this reckless strategy will be abandoned; that Mr. Bush and the neocons are the progenitors of these policies. Nothing could be farther from the facts on the ground. These are bipartisan policies equally conceived and fully supported by the Democratic leadership and the corporate interests they represent in the US Congress.

This violent messianic exceptionalism on the part of the U.S. and its Israeli proxy is endangering the whole planet. It is far from clear whether any state or coalition of states can derail this process. That the display of such awesome raw power comes from a country that is financially and morally bankrupt would almost be laughable in an ironic sense, were it not so deadly.

Expect further madness ahead.
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SHIT, THIS SCENARIO SCARES ME.

[Ms. Clio]

1. that sounds about right, unfortunately

thanks for posting.

[izzie]

2. I would say he is right. Right now look at Middle East Map

We are all over the 'stans' either buying our way in or fighting and setting up bases. Turkey is more of less Western. Saudi, Jordan, Kuwait, Emirates will not fight. Saudi has the two countries below them where any one wants them. Israel is doing its job in the two countries north of them. We are paying Egypt to shut up. It leaves Iran. We are pushing UN to get them in a place so some one can take them over. They will have to be bombed before they get Nukes. The only trouble is we have the gov. but not the people. It is like Vietnam. Since before I was born the West has been trying to take over, did at times. and try to keep this part of the world I would say our grandchildren will be still fighting there long after I die. And us tax payers will pay for it and to keep the oil safe. Bush seems to have larger plans than just being US President. Will it work? Well what great power still owns all those countries they took over? The map of the world I grew up with does not look like the one we see to day.

[enough]

3. k&r

[malaise]

4. On target

good read.

[niallmac]

5. Where are the millions of fanatics who believe in sanity?

It's like the weirder you are the more solid your tribe.
I'd like to stand and fight but where's my peeps?

Look at all the religions and churches.

Someone from Mars would think they would
squash this madness of inhumanity in a day.
Nope.

Corporate Body Snatchers have our Congress.

I think it's time for organized resistance on an international level.
We have the tools. Get rid of the nationalism planet earth because separately
we hang.

[Hoping4Change]

6. Ding, ding, ding. You win the prize.

Have you got it right or what when you ask: "Where are the millions of fanatics who believe in sanity?".

Another great line: "It's like the weirder you are the more solid your tribe."




:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Hoping4Change]

7. Excellent read. Particularly chilling is the point that

"The Israeli military apparatus is for all matter of purposes fully integrated within the US military-industrial complex." On the surface Israel is a homeland for Jews, in reality it is simply an aspect of a joint military and industrial complex.

:kick:

[Nikki Stone 1]

8. Yikes!

:kick:

[bvar22]

9. Absolutely, and there is THIS:

"The temptation for many liberal and moderate Americans it to wishfully think that if the Democrats come back to power in Washington D.C. this reckless strategy will be abandoned... Nothing could be farther from the facts on the ground. These are bipartisan policies equally conceived and fully supported by the Democratic leadership and the corporate interests they represent in the US Congress."

Witness the vote supporting anything the Israelis do as long as they call it self-defense.

Unanimous in the Senate.
8 NO votes in the House with several more Democrats abstaining. :scared:

There is a handful of Democrats in the House, one Republican (Ron Paul), and one Independent (Bernie Sanders) who are not on the payroll. The rest are a lost cause.
We (the World Middle Class, The World Working Class, and the World Poor) are well and truly fucked.

I can only find hope in those countries to our South who have managed to overthrow their Corporate rulers.
Viva Chavez
Viva Obrador

[QuestionAll...]

11. there will be no democrats riding in on white horses

to save us.
It's been shown to us too many times.

Please don't expect something great to happen in November, it just ain't gonna happen.

[Duppers]

12. and here I thought no one could be more cynical

Btw, have you ever read about "Operation Northwoods" during Kennedy's administration?

Bloody scary.

>>
Operation Northwoods, or Northwoods, was a 1962 plan to generate U.S. public support for military action against the Cuban government of Fidel Castro as part of the U.S. government's Operation Mongoose anti-Castro initiative. The plan, which was not implemented, called for various false flag actions, including simulated or real state sponsored terrorism (such as hijacked planes) on U.S. and Cuban soil. The plan was proposed by senior U.S. Department of Defense leaders, including the highest ranking member of the U.S. military, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Lyman Louis Lemnitzer.

..
In response to a request for pretexts for military intervention by the Chief of Operations, Cuba Project (Col. Edward Lansdale), the document lists methods (with, in some cases, outline plans) the author believed would garner public and international support for US military intervention in Cuba. These are staged attacks purporting to be of Cuban origin, with a number of them having **REAL** casualties. Central to the plan was the use of "friendly Cubans"—Cuban exiles seeking to oust Fidel Castro.
>>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods


**emphasis mine



On edit: We MUST look a the lesser of the two evils, no? The all dems may not have white hats, but damn it, they're the best we've got and I support them 100%!

[Hoping4Change]

10. Kick

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