A War Israel is Just Begging for an Excuse to Start
by Gilad Atzmon
Saturday, July 21st, 2012
By Gilad Atzmon
Just hours after the attack on Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defence Minister Ehud Barak were quick to announce that Iran and the Hezbollah were behind the attack. In fact, it didn’t take the Israeli PM more than two hours to blame another country for committing an act of war on Israeli citizens in a third country’s territory. Of course, Netanyahu didn’t provide any evidence to support his thesis. In fact, even today, three days after the attack, no clear leads suggesting any Iranian or Hezbollah’s connection are available.
What was it then that made Netanyahu so determined? Is it because he himself was privy to the knowledge that Israeli agents have been murdering Iranian scientists for years? Did Netanyahu react the way he did because he thought to himself that considering Mossad’s assassinations in Tehran, Israel may well have brought on itself an Iranian retaliation? Was Bibi projecting?
I obviously do not have access to Netanyahu or Barak’s minds, but Israel has certainly by now made it clear that its desperation to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, even if such an attack would escalate into a global nuclear conflict. In order to grasp such morbidity we have to bear in mind that collective self-annihilation is inherent to Israeli culture. As it happens, the story of Masada and Samson, both heroic suicidal narratives, are cherished in Israel. Yet, as much as Netanyahu and Barak are keen to launch a world war, it is far from being clear whether the Israeli masses are quite as keen to sacrifice themselves on the Jewish national altar.
I guess that both Barak and Netanyahu’s rush to blame Iran must be seen as an indication of their clear eagerness to attack the country. By now, the two Israeli leaders have managed to rid themselves of any significant voices against such an attack. The former head of Mossad Meir Dagan and IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Askenazi, both of whom opposed military action against Iran, are now excluded from any decision-making process. Veteran Major-General Shaul Mofaz, the leader of the Kadima party, who also opposed an attack on Iran, left Netanyahu’s coalition last week. It seems as if no one within the Israeli cabinet is there to stop Barak and Netanyahu’s genocidal enthusiasms.
Furthermore, from an Israeli military perspective the current chaos in Syria is interpreted as a ‘window of opportunity’. Israeli generals assume that Assad’s regime, fighting for its survival, would refrain from joining any attack on Iran. Also Israelis believe that without Syria’s backing, Hezbollah also would stay out of it. In Israeli military terms, this means that the north of Israel is in no imminent danger of Hezbollah’s medium and short range missiles – at least for the time being.
The Israelis are, as usual, deluded. For some peculiar reason, they fail to grasp the possible devastating consequences of such a conflict. Barak, for instance, commented ‘optimistically’ last week that a clash with Iran may ‘cost the lives of up to 500 Israelis.’ First, it is interesting to learn about the ease in which an Israeli Defence Minister is happy to sacrifice 500 of his people. Second, it is far from being clear on what Barak’s estimate is based. Considering the common assumptions that Iran would retaliate immediately launching a first wave of more than 1500 missiles in the direction of Tel Aviv, Barak must believe that each Iranian rocket is capable of destroying no more than one third of an Israeli. Barak is indeed an optimist.
It is also far from being clear whether Israel possesses the military capacity to hit Iran and imperil its nuclear project. Earlier this year, American analysts suggested that the Israeli Air Force doesn’t posses the necessary might to attack Iran. For example, it lacks the airborne re-fuelling capacity needed to dismantle the Iranian nuclear project. It is also far from being clear whether Israel would attack Iran without an American green light and it is widely accepted that it is more than unlikely that Obama would provide such an approval ahead of the American election.
I guess the meaning of it all is pretty simple: whether Israel attacks Iran is obviously an open question. However, we have a clear indication that the Israeli leadership is more than keen to do so. Barak and Netanyahu are begging for a pretext to launch a global conflict. The meaning of it is totally is clear – the Jewish state and its pro-war lobbies are the ultimate threat to world peace. This threat must be taken care of immediately.
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Ariadna Theokopoulos
July 21, 2012 at 5:26 pm
Great article.
Terrible news.
The price of Jewish lives has gone down tremendously on the human trafficking network of JP.
Each is now worth less than a dead cow in Palestine used to fetch in the 1940s, despite considerable intervening inflation.
Barak did not say verbatim: “500 dead cows in Iran are worth more than 500 live Jews in Israel”– but close. As Gilad quotes in the article, Barak “commented ‘optimistically’ last week that a clash with Iran may ‘cost the lives of up to 500 Israelis.’ ” Not more. A bargain.
That bargain is conditioned heavily and exclusively on Americans doing the heavy lifting, as they have in the wars of the past decade or so.
When Gilad says “This threat must be taken care of immediately” I can only imagine this happening if the US refuses to start a war on Iran and that in turn only if the American people rise up and force the zionist-infested Congress and the bekippa’ed Obama to back off.
The American people are, however, seemingly in deep slumber. They only worry about dependence on “foreign oil” and “terrorists” who fumigate their underwear and try to set their shoelaces on fire. That is, when they don’t worry about Mexicans getting in illegally to take their jobs bussing tables away from them.
Terrible news.
Gilad Atzmon
July 21, 2012 at 6:47 pm
Hello my dear, I guess that our politicians are not going to take care of israel, they are taken care by Israel and its lobby… It is us, humanity that should expose this threat, all we have to do is to talk about it openly in spite of the Zios and AZZs pressure…
Ariadna Theokopoulos
July 21, 2012 at 8:35 pm
“our politicians are not going to take care of Israel, they are taken care by Israel and its lobby”
You are SO right again!…
What I think happened is that the Lobby no longer exists. I mean that.
It was like this:
Lobby meets Congress. Lobby covers* Congress. Congress is fertile and willing, Lobby is randy. The union is consummated. The foul foal born is the Lobgress is the Conby, whatever, it is IT. And IT takes care of Itself.
Eric Cantor is the fixer who makes IT happy so IT can serve Israel and ITself.
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* In the animal husbandry sense of the term
Details in the link below:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/07/20/cnn-cantors-office-wrote-loophole-into-insider-trading-bill/
Blake
July 21, 2012 at 9:07 pm
Criticism of ‘Israel’ has been taboo for over 60 years even though it has been in breach of international law for most of that time. Israel was a state born out of a merciless campaign of terrorism that did not discriminate between UN officials, soldiers and civilians when it came to mass murder
Gilad Atzmon
July 22, 2012 at 9:50 am
This is what we call Jewish power,
bilal
July 24, 2012 at 1:33 am
But what is the purpose of Jewish power , it is wrong to describe it as Samson suicide ideation. Of course there is the psychological impulse to wreck , terrorize, the obstacle to self worship; but what is the medium/short term materaialistic purpose?
1. Continue the gravy train of Homeland security. weapons, comm intell contracts to Israeli and american Jewish owned firms (eg. Chertoffian )
2. Invite Shia and Palistinian response from Lebanon and inside the occupied territories—> The need for self defense against a hostile minority, eg. Japanese internment centers WW2. A very crafty Madison avenue solition to selling ethnic cleansing: The Final Solution of the Palistinian Problem in Greater Israel.
Alex
July 21, 2012 at 10:08 pm
Despite all odds, the Jewish state is gaining
Ariadna Theokopoulos
July 21, 2012 at 10:18 pm
Think of the positive side of that:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1006_051006_pythoneatsgator.html
walker percy
July 21, 2012 at 11:54 pm
Gilad
your article today is a precise articulation of the present moment, and it is shocking to me that you are the only voice who apparently is brave enough to say these necessart truths. The demonstrated intent of zionist jews to provoke a world war would be fascinating if was not so terrifying, and yet nobody openly says this. We are witnessing another episode of Jewish mis-behavior that appears to be a manifestation of their especially toxic socio-pathology. The big diffference this time is that we are all witnesses to the fact that Jews have brought this on themselves entirely, and this kind of makes it harder to accept the version of history where the world is infected with a virus that has the odd side-effect of causing irrational hatred for jews. I think that people’s brains have somehow been cauterized by fear of jewish retaliation that they have now internalized these lies: we all have been conditioned to an israel-shaped occlusion in our fields of vision that prevents unpleasant realizations.
In your last sentence you say “the israeli threat must be dealt with immediately”. I think that after O’s is safely re-elected, the US will be ready to take necessary action to remove their power to injure others. But until then, we are all sitting on a powder-keg with a big jewish star painted on the side, and to save our species we must prevent our brethren from pressing their little button.
who_me
July 22, 2012 at 12:17 am
“In your last sentence you say “the israeli threat must be dealt with immediately”. I think that after O’s is safely re-elected, the US will be ready to take necessary action to remove their power to injure others. But until then, we are all sitting on a powder-keg with a big jewish star painted on the side, and to save our species we must prevent our brethren from pressing their little button.”
ah yes the “change you can believe in” people again. [s]election time in america. it’s a clever approach to get people who are opposed to zionazism thinking israel’s/jp’s “lesser evil” will “save us” from jp.
Laura Stuart
July 22, 2012 at 12:19 am
I have read a lot of stuff by pro Israel Jews in the USA saying they have a lot of anxiety about second term presidents who usually become less sympathetic to Israel.
who_me
July 22, 2012 at 12:34 am
that’s mostly silliness given them by zionist propagandists to keep them living in fear of the evil goyim. divide and conquer…
who_me
July 22, 2012 at 12:36 am
or in the case of american jews, divide and hoodwink, is the zionist way.
walker percy
July 22, 2012 at 4:42 am
you are correct. Obama is shrewd, and he realizes that it is not possible to state his intentions openly. He understands what is at stake and is our best hope of withstanding the fallout from the latest jewish mass-psychosis.
who_me
July 22, 2012 at 9:10 am
i hear obama is offering this great deal on the brooklyn bridge…
Gilad Atzmon
July 22, 2012 at 9:54 am
Jewish politics and identity politics are indeed lethally dangerous, and we better beware of the possible consequences of these cultural, spiritual and cultural settings.
However, you may be aware of the fact that i actually differentiate between Js (the people) and their politics.
walker percy
July 22, 2012 at 4:19 pm
Actually, the distinction Gilad always makes between jews and jewish politics is a fig leaf that is starting to wear thin….gilad knows that he has to make this disclaimer to avoid being accused of religious intolerance. Apparently, we all have to respect everyone’s right to espouse any bullshit as long as they claim it is their religion. But, at some point we have to accept that there IS a causal link between jewish religious practice and resulting (mis)behavior. This is a religion that inculcates feelings of genetic superiority from the earliest age. Four-year-olds are trained to scream “kill the persian” every time the name of Haman is mentioned in annual Purim dramatizations. It is not surprising that these children grow up to be haters (with special hatred reserved for their bibical “enemies”: arabs, persians, turks, germans, christians, muslims, etc.). Jewish religion is a pyramid scheme of us against them, where escalation of hostility to outsiders increases inevitably until a crisis occurs that usually leaves millions of jews (and of course, lots of other people around them) dead. Of course, the atomization into opposing factions promoted by Jewish belief also leads practitioners eventually to turn on one another, which is what we are now seeing in Israel. Gilad, I understand your reluctance to explore these matters, but I am hoping you will reconsider this choice.
Laura Stuart
July 22, 2012 at 9:33 am
Mark Regev makes his views of Al Jazeera clear at 4.00 when he blames them for the B.B.B. (Bulgarian Bus Bombing)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zlVSgfN6eOg#!
He finished by expressing his concern for the people of Syria – what a hypocrite
who_me
July 22, 2012 at 10:54 pm
for some odd reason, i felt a sense of deja vu reading this article:
http://dissidentvoice.org/2012/07/a-war-israel-is-just-begging-for-an-excuse-to-start/
who_me
July 25, 2012 at 5:41 am
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/air-force-confident-22-raptor-fighter-problem-solved/story?id=16845990
“The military believes it has found the source of the potentially deadly oxygen problem that has plagued America’s most expensive fighter jet, the F-22 Raptor, for years, Pentagon spokesperson George Little said today.”
and just in time for an attack on iran for jp/fascist interests. if one looks at the “small print” in the article, the problem has not been solved yet, and still remains at least a partial mystery. but the “problem” is one of those intermittent things which in a war would be buried under the combat failures and really would not matter much (in zionazi/fascist military planning risk appraisals – which are much like those corporations use to determine if a hazardous product is worth going ahead with if the profits forecast would drown out the potential lawsuits).
bottom line is the usa needs the f-22 operational if it is to attack iran, it’s slated to lead the air assault, and a few extra aircraft lost to defects is not a concern in that requirement. they are certifying the aircraft to fly because they need it now, and cant wait for the problem to be completely fixed.
this is another piece of evidence these zionazi quislings could be planning to attack iran soon.
who_me
July 25, 2012 at 6:02 am
i neglected to mention that f-22 deployments are one of the indicators of american attack plans. if f-22s are being deployed near a potential target country, this is something that would strongly indicate the usa is planning a surprise attack on that country. i recently read (i forgot where, now) that f-22s were to be deployed to a couple of u.s. bases near iran.
the f-22 would play the role of initial attacker because of the stealth myth incorporated in the design. these are intended to sneak in with the initial cruise missile waves and neutralise opponent aircraft and important air defenses. then the rest of of the older aircraft, who are quite vulnerable to both, can move in and blast everything in sight in relative “safety”. the f-22 is a first strike, sneak attack weapon. think japan and pearl harbor, 1941.