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TechnoratiCalling Out Bush's War in Gaza
It may well be that in denouncing "Israel's" attack on Gaza one, in an important way, unwittingly does a disservice to the cause of holding the Bush Administration accountable for its crimes.
Is there any doubt that the Bush Administration approved this assault? Is there any doubt that it could not have taken place without the Bush Administration's approval?
Is there any doubt that it could not continue without the support of the Bush Administration and the protective umbrella of its veto at the UN Security Council? Is there any doubt that it will stop the very day that the Bush Administration says that it must?
If so, is it in the interest of humanity that we Americans engage in the charade that the Israeli government is an autonomous actor in this matter?
All these observations are true in general, but we have plenty of specific evidence in this case.
In August, Haaretz reported that the U.S. had "rejected an Israeli request for military equipment and support that would improve Israel's ability to attack Iran's nuclear facilities."
The Americans viewed the request, which was transmitted (and rejected) at the highest level, as a sign that Israel is in the advanced stages of preparations to attack Iran. They therefore warned Israel against attacking, saying such a strike would undermine American interests. They also demanded that Israel give them prior notice if it nevertheless decided to strike Iran.In early September, Haaretz reported that the request had included GBU-28 "bunker-buster" bombs.
In mid-September, the U.S. agreed instead to sell Israel 1000 GBU-39 "bunker buster" bombs which Israeli military experts said "could provide a powerful new weapon" in Gaza, AP reported.
These bombs have been used to bomb tunnels in Gaza in the current offensive, the Jerusalem Post reports. Israel claims that its goal in bombing tunnels is to stop the smuggling of weapons, but tunnels are also used to bring in goods, so blowing up tunnels has the effect of reinforcing the blockade on Gaza.
So: when Israel requested weapons that the U.S. expected would be used for bombing Iran, the U.S. said no, and added explicitly that it did not want to see an Israeli attack on Iran. And there was no Israeli attack on Iran.
Instead, the U.S. provided bombs that it had every reason to believe would be used for an attack on Gaza. And now there is an Israeli attack on Gaza, using those very bombs.
And therefore, there is no reason to doubt the active approval of the United States government for the current attack.
So, if one happens to be living in the United States, it seems clear that one's complaints ought to be addressed to U.S. officials. You can write to President Bush and your Congressional representatives here and to President-elect Obama here.
16 Comments so far
Show AllNo question, since1492, we are definitely Israel's client state. I sometimes wonder if maybe there isn't some deep dark secret concerning US past actions that Israel is holding over our heads. It had to have taken place before the USS Liberty was murderously attacked by Israel intentionallly to cover their conquest of the Golan Heights.
Our demonstrations against the unwavering US support of Israel need to change. We neeed to begin besieging our Congressional rep's offices in their home districts with on-going demonstrations against the US sabotage of ceasefire efforts and the illegal supplying of armaments in defiance of Congressional laws..
But I could be wrong !
Bush's wish to pass the problem on to Obama, is a confirmation that he knew about the attack......Have you noticed that the Mass Media has slid away from reporting on Gaza and that Checkoslovakia is supporting Israel in its response.
Checkoslovakia is supposed to get "The American Missle Shield" and probably got the call from the White House.
I go back to the the B52 Nuclear Weapon Movement, August 29, 2007. Allegedly the U.S. was going to nuke Iran while Israel was going to attack a nuclear site in Syria, Operation Orchard/Project Checkmate...Secretary of Defense Gates intervened...Israel went ahead with their attacks and some U.S. Air Force Officers were reassigned.........Israel and the United States have worked together for too long......Watch "Zeitgeist", the movie...
Whenever you see some article talking about something that "Israeli jets" are doing- the article is by definition inaccurate. Israel does not make military jets. The jets being used to bomb Gaza are made in the United States and they are paid for by US taxpayers.
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Contact the incoming administration and tell them what you think
Sorry to call bullshit on this article, but Mr Naiman's need to blame the US for Israel's homicidal tendencies is ridiculous.
Israel would have attacked Gaza with or without our "permission." The Israelis have spent the past forty years thumbing there collective noses at us. They are not about to start giving a fuck what we think now.
Yes, the US coddles them. Yes, we greenlight all their war crimes. Yes we block UN sanctions. But that has more to do with the power they maintain here than our politicians' agreement with their innate thuggery and amorality.
To steal a phrase from Ronald Reagan: we paid for the amorality and thuggery of Israel.
I guess we all saw and heard Obama condemn the Gaza attacks.
Israel may not be our 51st state but we sure are part of Israeli occupied territory. It matters not if we approve or disapprove of what Israel does.
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fisher, head's up:
The Bush government paid for this attack on Gaza with YOUR tax money.
It's a nice distraction while they are starting ANOTHER war in YOUR name--in Pakistan.
I think he also kidnapped the Lindburg baby, killed Sharon Tate, and sank the Lusitania. You know I come here to get another perspective, but some times the complete detachment from reality on here is more pathetic than amusing.
Well, let's see -- a 'nation' which has a smaller population than the city of New York, enjoying what former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleberger once called a relationship unique in world history, somehow acts autonomously from the country on which it is absolutely dependent militarily, politically, and financially?
The remaining defenders of Bush dancing and singing in nasal falsetto, "Weee represent the LolliPOP Guild! the LolliPOP Guild! the LolliPOP Guild!", and tapping their way back to Munchkinland. . . .
I'm not "defending" anybody. I'm just pointing out that the infantile need to blame everything in the world on Bush/US is about one ladder rung above smearing your feces on the walls. He's screwed plenty of things up, but he's not the root of all "evil". Sometimes Israel does what Israel wants to do. It does it with the knowledge that in most cases the US will not stand in it's way even if the US doesn't necessarily support the action, but that has much more to do with the broad support Israel has among the American PEOPLE than it does Bush.
You must have stumbled on the wrong website nwfisher. I think you were looking for The World Net Daily. They say wonderful things about your god-hero Bush.
I cannot stand Bush. I loathe the ground he walks on--but, is this site censored or something?
We are signed on to $34 bilion in military aid/arms to Israel, through 2010. Obama has no plans to change this.
If he listens to you, tell him that we cannot afford anything else, as long as we a a puppet of Israel.
No one's trying to censor anybody, so don't even go there. I just thought the fellow was on the wrong site that's all.
Broad support is right--and everything you support is wrong: Bush, Israel, the genocide in Colombia.
You would think that once in a while, just by accident, you'd get something right.
But no.
Hey, Saint-Just ...
Small mispronunciation in your post. The Bushies sing it "We represent the LobbyIST Guild! The LobbyIST Guild! The LobbyIST Guild!"
Oh, and the Yellow Goldbrick Road terminates on K Street.