Carl,
True, the US is giving Israel 4 billion dollars a year and supports Israel in
the UN. But Israel is a nuclear power and Israel does have tremendous influence
over just about every senator and congress person, as well as elected
politicians in the states, and university administrators. Israel is skilled at
what it calls, "Hispara", which is propaganda. It controls the message in our
mass media, particularly in the New York Times which is supposed to be our ,
"paper of record". It has also managed to strongly influence our fiction, and
most of our non fiction books. And you would be amazed at how many people have
lost their livelihoods as a result of going against the Israel mythology.
Miriam
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You might be right, Frank, but in my opinion, and we know how that is going
over these days, in my opinion it could be that it appears Israel is in the
driver's seat, just as long as the American Empire gets out of the relationship
what it wants.
Remember that little fellow in Iraq? He thought he could do just
about anything his greedy little heart desired. But he's not alone
in the American Empires march toward World Democracy.
Carl Jarvis
On 4/17/18, Frank Ventura <frank.ventura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Excellent Miriam, and as usual Israel is the puppetmaster and we are
the puppets.
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Vieni
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This is a truly bizarre article. Seth Galinsky must be living under a rock!
No mention that Saudi Arabia with US help is destroying Yemen, that
women in Saudi Arabia still have male guardians. You'd think that
driving a car provides freedom and equality. No mention that the
Saudis are funding all those extremist groups that they are supposedly
fighting. As a matter of fact, so are the US and Israel. The fact is
that Saudi Arabia and Israel see Iran as a threat to their national
interests and the US is going along with them. There's no mention of
the Saudis' practice of beheading dissidents or that important Saudi factions
were involved in the 9/11 attacks on the US.
No mention that the US is happily selling more arms to Saudi Arabia so
that it can continue on its murderous rampages. Oh no, we worry about
Assad in Syria who may be murdering Syrians, but who hasn't attacked other
countries.
The only other people he's killed, by accident, are the ones our CIA
sent to his secret sites for questioning. And we worry about Putin who
hasn't been involved in physical attacks here, at least not yet. But
if the US keeps verbally attacking him and increases sanctions on
Russia, and kills a few Russians in Syria, who knows what may happen next?
Miriam.
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http://themilitant.com/2018/8215/821506.html
The Militant (logo)
Vol. 82/No. 15 April 16, 2018
(front page)
Saudi crown prince tours US, promotes alliance against Tehran
BY SETH GALINSKY
As part of efforts by the capitalist rulers in Washington, Saudi
Arabia and Israel to cement a broader alliance against Tehran, Saudi
Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman began a three-week U.S. tour March
20.
He is also seeking more capitalist investment to diversify and
strengthen the Saudi economy and “modernize” social relations there.
At the same time, the presidents of Russia, Turkey and Iran — Vladimir
Putin, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hassan Rouhani — met April 4 in Ankara
to discuss further collaboration in Syria. Each of these capitalist
regimes is jockeying to strengthen their own interests, and have
worked together on some moves in Syria — mostly give each other space to
maneuver.
The Saudi monarchy recognizes that for it to become a serious force in
the region — politically, economically and militarily — requires
bringing the country into the 21st century.
In an interview with the Atlantic’s editor Jeffrey Goldberg, Prince
Mohammed said there are two warring camps in the Middle East today.
The first is what he called “the triangle of evil” — the Shiite
clerical regime in Iran, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Sunni terrorist
groups like Islamic State and al-Qaeda.
Along with Washington, he includes in his camp the governments of
Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
Without saying it in so many words, he sees the Israeli regime as a
crucial ally.
When asked by Goldberg if he believed the Jewish people have a right
to a nation-state, he replied, “I believe the Palestinians and the
Israelis have the right to have their own land. But we have to have a
peace agreement to assure the stability for everyone and to have normal
relations.”
The Saudi government, like its Arab government allies, does not have
formal diplomatic relations with the Israeli regime, but has growing
collaboration on intelligence matters and other connections.
“There are a lot of interests we share with Israel,” Prince Mohammed
said, “and if there is peace, there would be a lot of interest between
Israel and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries and countries like
Egypt and Jordan.”
Besides meeting with President Donald Trump, cabinet members and
Democratic and Republican Party politicians, the Saudi prince is
meeting with corporate executives in Boston, New York, California and
Texas. He is also meeting with movie producers and others in
Hollywood, as the Saudi regime prepares to reopen movie theaters for the
first time in decades.
Prince Mohammed has been in the forefront of efforts to limit the
power of the Wahhabi clerical police and open up social relations.
Women will be permitted to drive in June, and are now allowed to
attend sporting and other public events.
“We’re knocking the hell out of ISIS [Islamic State]. We’ll be coming
out of Syria, like very soon,” President Trump said in Ohio March 29,
while the Saudi ruler was still in the U.S. “Let other people take
care of it.” He has reportedly put on hold $200 million allocated for
reconstruction in Syria.
Much of the liberal press went ballistic. The Washington Post ran an
editorial March 31 headlined, “Trump Says We’re Leaving Syria ‘Like,
Very Soon.’ Bad Idea.” Politico charged Trump with abandoning “the
larger battle of influence underway among multiple nations, including Russia
and Iran.”
But the liberals, who view all politics through the prism of trying to
drive Trump from office, miss the point. Trump wants U.S. allies to
shoulder more of the cost. Reuters noted that at an April 3 press
conference Trump said the U.S. government won’t “rest until ISIS is
gone” and set no timetable for a troop withdrawal.
Trump noted that Saudi Arabia wants the 2,000 plus U.S. troops to
remain in Syria. “Well you know, you want us to stay,” Trump said.
“Maybe you’re going to have to pay.”
The president told national security officials, the Post reported
April 4, that “he expects other countries, especially wealthy Arab
states in the region, to pick up the task of paying for reconstruction
of stabilized areas [in Syria], including sending their own troops, if
necessary.”
Speaking at the misnamed U.S. Institute of Peace the same day, Gen.
Joseph Votel, head of the U.S. Central Command in the Mideast, said,
“A lot of good military progress has been made over the last couple of
years, but the hard part, I think, is in front of us.” As the war with
Islamic State winds down, he said, “the situation continues to become
more and more complex.” The task, he said, is to move forward “without
ceding power to Russia and Iran, and resolving U.S. difficulties with
neighboring Turkey.”
Turkish rulers threaten Manbij
The Turkish military has invaded Syria alongside Syrian forces under
its command in an offensive against Kurdish forces in the northwestern
Afrin canton.
In the last few weeks the Pentagon has sent some 300 additional troops
to Manbij, which Erdogan has threatened to attack next. The
Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces drove Islamic State out of Manbij
in 2016 and has been the main ground force Washington has relied on in
the battle against Islamic State.
U.S. forces have built emplacements and begun patrols both west and
north of Manbij, in areas where Turkish-led forces from either Afrin
or Turkey itself would mount an attack. Kurdish representatives met
with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris March 29, where he said
French troops would “bolster” U.S. efforts in Manbij.
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