As I surf the web, reading through different news agencies I’m often looking for anomalies — news stories that are covered by only one newspaper, yet completely ignored by the rest of the media especially articles which are very significant.
Last evening, Ha’aretz wrote a few short paragraphs which covered the IDF training for simultaneous missile attacks from Lebanon, Syria, and Iran. So as I was reading through the news today, I was completely shocked — this was the only story which covered the military exercise. I was expecting to read more details – yet there was complete silence of the IDF simulation. As I did a search on Google news for the story, I couldn’t find anything besides the Ha’aretz story. So I’m pondering — why the silence?
On another front, the Kuwati Daily Al-Siyassa, detailed a joint American-Israeli military scenario where Israel would wage war beginning with Hezbollah in Lebanon in the autumn, before striking Iran in the winter.
According to the sources, preparations for the attack were coordinated during recent frequent visits by senior Israeli officials to the U.S., and that Israeli Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi has gotten a green light from President Bush to carry out an extensive aerial and ground attack against Hizbullah. The sources added that this attack, which could be in late September or early October, would be a prelude to an expected attack on Iran in November or December. Source: MEMRI
If this story is legitimate, then it really makes sense in the scope of the November elections taking place in the U.S. If a relatively small scale war in Lebanon were to begin in September or October — then it places in the minds of voters in the U.S. the need for a strong commander in chief to sit in the White House which benefits the GOP. Another benefit by waging a limited campaign in Lebanon is reducing the possibility of skyrocketing oil prices before the U.S. election – especially when the U.S. economy is teetering on the brink of a serious recession which could seriously backlash against McCain. As I reported in an earlier piece, Israel doesn’t want to be responsible for the Republicans losing the election.
Once the election is decided, then Israel could tactically strike Iran setting back its nuclear program by a few years without a fear of serious reprisal from Hezbollah – although a military strike against Tehran will most certainly send oil prices through the roof! Nevertheless as the former IDF chief of staff, Shaul Mofaz stated, “The existence of the State of Israel is more important than gas prices.”
Until next time…
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August 29th, 2008 at 7:03 am
After looking on for years now as the poor and the elderly decide between their food or their medicine due to inflated prices of both here in the U.S., I really have to ask myself- will a purposefully destructive military strike on Iran that will most surely, as the article says, cause the price of fuel to go even higher than the high’s we’ve seen be a constructive thing?
The article ends with a single statement that suggests it’s either lower fuel prices or a military strike on Iran by suggesting that Iran’s nuclear capabilities would be used to destroy Israel… All of this being read by Christians who say day in and day out the it is God and God alone who caused the state to be reborn in the first place. Well? If it is God who brought this about, which man or which nation can stop it? Truly? If it was God, do we really think that a nation of Islamists bent on religious hatred can do a single thing about it?
Really, this all just sounds like another prompting to raise fuel prices once the election is over. By the way, for those who didn’t know, here in the U.S., those who struggled within themselves on whether to buy food or medicine aren’t doing that so much now because they can no longer afford fuel to get to their doctors for the prescriptions for the medicines anyway. The poor, the needy, the elderly and the disabled are once again being left on the side of the road to die… to pass out of the sight of the general public and therefore, out of mind as well.
Their blood is on our hands.