All They Are Saying Is Give War A Chance
I awoke to the news that Israel has bombed Iran, focusing on nuclear enrichment facilities and military targets. For the U.S. and Israel, war always finds a way.
The U.S. is claiming that Israel alone is bombing Iran, but of course Israel is using U.S. weaponry, intelligence and logistical support, and political cover at the United Nations. The planes may be Israeli, but the U.S. government is complicit in the attacks, just as the U.S. government is complicit in genocide in Gaza.
At Eunomia, Daniel Larison has an informative article on the “insanity” of the Israeli/U.S. attack on Iran. A few points come to mind here:
+ Israel is allowed to have 90-200 nuclear bombs, but no other country in the region is allowed to have any. I guess that’s because Israel is so clearly peace-loving?
+ Iran is the latest target of Israel’s quest for regional dominance. As far back as 2003, if not earlier, Israel (and U.S. neocon “warriors”) always wanted to go to Tehran. Baghdad was supposed to be both a cakewalk and a stepping-stone. Two decades and several disasters later, these “real men” finally achieved their dream of war with Iran.
+ The success of Israel in getting the U.S. government and military to do its bidding is nothing short of phenomenal. Iraq? Greatly weakened. Syria? Greatly weakened. The same with Libya. And now it’s Iran’s turn to be “greatly weakened,” i.e. bludgeoned with bombs made in the USA.
+ Iran will likely strike back. U.S. media will frame these attacks as “unprovoked” and “anti-semitic.” See this grimly amusing article by Caitlin Johnstone about future headlines at the New York Times.
+ One thing is certain: Israel, like the U.S., has an irrational belief in the efficacy of bombing, an efficacy largely disproven by military history.
+ One might recall how the U.S. conspired with Britain in 1953 to overthrow Iran’s democratically-elected leader, replacing him with the Shah, leading to 25 years of a repressive police state until the Shah was finally overthrown. I wonder how Americans would feel if Iran conspired in 1953 to overthrow Dwight D. Eisenhower as U.S. president, replacing him with a petty dictator who ruled through secret police?
Here are a few responses by prominent U.S. politicians to Israel’s attacks on Iran. I just love the “game on” reference by Senator Lindsey Graham. Has there ever been a more abject and delusional chickenhawk than him?
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said, minutes after reports of the operation began, “Proud to stand with Israel.” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) soon followed, saying, “Game on. Pray for Israel.”
Cotton later added that “We back Israel to the hilt, all the way,” adding that if “the ayatollahs harm a single American, that will be the end of the ayatollahs.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), said “Israel IS right—and has a right—to defend itself!”
Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID), the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said, “We stand with Israel tonight and pray for the safety of its people and the success of this unilateral, defensive action.”
“I am also praying for the brave U.S. service members in the Middle East who keep America safe — Iran would be foolish to attack the United States,” Risch continued.
U.S. members of Congress seem to think they swore an oath to Israel, not the U.S. Constitution. And, given all the money they receive from AIPAC and similar pro-Israel lobbying groups, maybe they have sold their souls to Israel.
Once again, all they are saying is give war a chance.
Bracing Views 
Unlike all previous Israeli uses of violence, this attack on Iran will have consequences, but Netanyahu is so wild with power he must see his fever dream of total dominance over the middle east come true, regardless of risk.
How long will the US remain on the sidelines (though keeping the supply lines full)? Trump is in a real bind, his Zionist funding pressuring him and his stated desire to stay out of wars pushing back. He is a man of so little character bedazzled by money that I think he will take us to war.
A tiny country with a population 1/10th of that of Iran commandeers a country with 40 times Israel’s population. Netanyahu has said Israel must always live by the sword, though history has proven that impossible for any preceding power regardless of size. Like Nazi Germany, Israel is attempting to pre-empt all around, but unlike Germany, requires the US to make it possible.
The only good thing about this mess is that Israel is showing exactly what it is all about, the inculcation of hatred of the other for the purpose of ethnic supremacy.
Israel and the US are now full pariah partners. The future is grim, but collapse is inevitable, hastened by every country that Israel alienates through destructive outreach. Thinking of Netanyahu right now I can’t help but recall the triumphant Hitler posing with the Eiffel Tower behind him, with Paris his possession, his glorious dream come true…no hint of what was to come. The Achilles heel of all those who are power mad is the inability to restrain themselves.
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Yes, I agree! “The future is grim, but collapse is inevitable, hastened by every country that Israel alienates through destructive outreach”
There are 160 peace groups in Israel/Palestine. Despite the majority support for present policies in Israel, 18% of Israeli citizens are opposed to these right-wing policies and the militarism which, not only supports genocide & ethnic cleansing but also its bombing attacks on Lebanon and Iran. With the massive weapons provided by America it is emboldened to commit these ultimately suicidal attacks against its neighbors. As the former Israeli-born resident, Mike Peled, noted, “Israel is a racist society which continues to believe it is the perennial victim… It is led by a ‘genocidal maniac’. Who can possibly believe anything Netanyahu says?” In addition, the Israeli historian Yuval Hariri, recently stated: Israel is facing a spiritual catastrophe unlike anything that has ever been faced in the past”. There seems to be a coalescence of views that Israel and its supporters cannot sustain for much longer these destructive acts toward Gaza and toward Palestinians as well as toward its neighbors. Something’s got to give and as you say “collapse is inevitable”.
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Haaretz had an article yesterday with satpix of what was once Rafah, the city that Biden “warned” Netanyahu not to invade.
Not only is the city gone but Israeli D9 (the biggest Cat makes) bulldozers have leveled almost everything. The paper says it is likely beyond any destruction in history for the complete erasure of the place.
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Yes, I agree! “The future is grim, but collapse is inevitable, hastened by every country that Israel alienates through destructive outreach”
There are 160 peace groups in Israel/Palestine. Despite the majority support for present policies in Israel, 18% of Israeli citizens are opposed to these right-wing policies and the militarism which, not only supports genocide & ethnic cleansing but also its bombing attacks on Lebanon and Iran. With the massive weapons provided by America it is emboldened to commit these ultimately suicidal attacks against its neighbors. As the former Israeli-born resident, Mike Peled, noted, “Israel is a racist society which continues to believe it is the perennial victim… It is led by a ‘genocidal maniac’. Who can possibly believe anything Netanyahu says?” In addition, the Israeli historian Yuval Hariri, recently stated: Israel is facing a spiritual catastrophe unlike anything that has ever been faced in the past”. There seems to be a coalescence of views that Israel and its supporters cannot sustain for much longer these destructive acts toward Gaza and toward Palestinians as well as toward its neighbors. Something’s got to give and as you say “collapse is inevitable”.
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