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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (10090)	2/14/2006 9:26:36 PM
From: sea_urchin	Respond to of 22250

Crimson > Addressing the Knesset, he asked forgiveness for evils committed by Poles against Jews in the past, and assured Israelis that modern Poland is a friend they can trust. Sure, just so long as the Jews remain in Israel and come to Poland only on holiday. Furthermore, Poland knows that to be sweet to Israel is to be sweet to the US. In turn, Poland hopes the US will be sweet to it and that's what Poland wants more than anything because Poland's greatest fear is Russia. Everyone has their own agenda and acts in their own self-interest.

To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (10090)	2/15/2006 5:19:58 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 22250

TOLD YOU SO....() Special report: America's Long War* US introduces radical new strategy Simon Tisdall, Ewen MacAskill and Richard Norton-Taylor Wednesday February 15, 2006 The Guardian Concern is growing in Europe about US plans to involve governments in an expanded, all-out campaign against Islamist extremism from north Africa to south-east Asia, using beefed-up special forces, hi-tech weaponry and more intrusive surveillance and intelligence gathering. The Pentagon plan, designed to fight what it describes as "The Long War", envisages "long-duration, complex operations involving the US military and international partners, waged simultaneously in multiple countries round the world". The post-Iraq rethink, known as the Quadrennial Defence Review, was published last week, and calls on existing allies such as Nato and "moderate" governments in the Muslim world "to share the risks and responsibilities of today's complex challenges". Measures proposed, to be funded through $513bn (£295.6bn) in US defence spending for 2007, include boosting the number of special operations forces and unmanned drones used for surveillance and targeted assassinations, the creation of special teams trained to detect and render safe nuclear weapons anywhere in the world, and a long-range bomber force. Donald Rumsfeld, the US defence secretary, in north Africa this week, said the US was increasing cooperation with Algeria and others, including through possible arms sales, to help create "an environment inhospitable to terrorism". Echoing the US thinking, Jack Straw, said while on visit to Nigeria yesterday: "The terrorist threat to and from Africa is likely to grow in the next 10 years. "The biggest risk is not of a generation of homegrown African terrorists. It is the ability of external terrorists to use Africa as a base from which to launch attacks on African and western interests in Africa and beyond." European governments are still digesting the contents of the US report and are expected to give full responses in the next few weeks. But initial reaction appears to be one of caution. [...] guardian.co.uk (*) Message 19475925