georgephillip
Diamond Member
While I can't help wondering how many conservatives who currently oppose Obama's plans for more Syrian bloodletting would vote the same way if Dick Cheney was currently living in the White House, it's pretty obvious many partisans on both sides value Israeli interests in the Middle East over Syria's, Iraq's, or Iran's:
"President Barack Obama may have drawn his seemingly regretted 'red line' around Syrias chemical weapons, but it was neither he nor the international community that turned the spotlight on their use.
"That task fell to Israel.
"It was an Israeli general who claimed in April that Damascus had used chemical weapons, forcing Obama into an embarrassing demurral on his stated commitment to intervene should that happen.
"According to the Israeli media, it was also Israel that provided the intelligence that blamed the Syrian president, Bashar Al Assad, for the latest chemical weapons attack, near Damascus on August 21, triggering the clamour for a US military response.
"It is worth remembering that Obamas supposed 'dithering' on the question of military action has only been accentuated by Israels 'daring' strikes on Syria at least three since the start of the year.
"It looks as though Israel, while remaining largely mute about its interests in the civil war raging there, has been doing a great deal to pressure the White House into direct involvement in Syria."
Israel Still Angling for Attacks on Syria and Iran » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
"President Barack Obama may have drawn his seemingly regretted 'red line' around Syrias chemical weapons, but it was neither he nor the international community that turned the spotlight on their use.
"That task fell to Israel.
"It was an Israeli general who claimed in April that Damascus had used chemical weapons, forcing Obama into an embarrassing demurral on his stated commitment to intervene should that happen.
"According to the Israeli media, it was also Israel that provided the intelligence that blamed the Syrian president, Bashar Al Assad, for the latest chemical weapons attack, near Damascus on August 21, triggering the clamour for a US military response.
"It is worth remembering that Obamas supposed 'dithering' on the question of military action has only been accentuated by Israels 'daring' strikes on Syria at least three since the start of the year.
"It looks as though Israel, while remaining largely mute about its interests in the civil war raging there, has been doing a great deal to pressure the White House into direct involvement in Syria."
Israel Still Angling for Attacks on Syria and Iran » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
