As I write, the world is attempting to digest Israel’s “preemptive” attack on Iran, why it happened, and more importantly, how it might escalate from here.
Hours after the attack, U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, announced that this was a “unilateral action” on the part of Israel, a declaration that appears difficult to reconcile with an earlier statement issued by his boss, and even more out of sync with statements that were later made by Trump.
Numerous commentators on social media aren’t buying Rubio’s denial of direct U.S. involvement. Many are insisting that it is the height of naïveté to imagine that Israel – which everyone knows needs ongoing American financial and military support – acted without the United States’ assistance, foreknowledge, and approval.
The reality is much darker.
One of two things is true: Either Israel attacked Iran without U.S. collaboration (perhaps even against Trump’s stated wishes, as some are suggesting), or the United States was fully complicit. Take your pick.
No matter how you slice it, the only conclusion that one can reasonably draw is that the U.S. serves Israel and its interests, not the other way around. They are the dog; America is the tail. They bark, and all three branches of the federal government, along with the intelligence community and the military, jump.
And make no mistake about it, those Israeli interests are evil. (more...)
What makes the ‘adversaries to all men’ tick?
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