Israel

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing


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Cross-posted from the Brock Log.

It's mad, mad world, friends and neighbors.

Vice President Cheney tried to get Israel to pick a fight with Iran. Why? So the U.S. could legitimately attack back.

Reuters.

I have read several articles about John Edwards recent trip to Israel. He seems as hooked as any of the right wingers on Israeli propaganda, and even took the opportunity to praise, of all people, Butcher Sharon("remember Shatilla"). Might well have sent a rightwing christocrat over there.

The problem is: Israel wags the US far too much and has for many years. In some respects we are engaged in the Middle East due to the pressures of the American Israeli lobby, which is powerful beyond belief. And, Edwards statements about Syria, Iran and others look like pages from Condisleeza Rice's playbook. This guy is moderate, progressive -- what about is he awake? He was stupid enough to vote for Iraq, that is the few times he was at duty in the Senate and not out campaigning. A number of us told him not to, but he told me he was privy to information I did not have -- I had access to information in my previous life Edwards could not even dream about -- besides in the Senate Select Committee the Administration fed them lies, absolute lies, and then they swore to it.