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

To: sea_urchin who wrote (12288)	8/15/2006 5:00:46 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22250

Re: But Pulitzer Prize-winning US journalist Seymour Hersh writes that President George W Bush and vice president Dick Cheney were convinced that a successful Israeli bombing campaign against Hezbollah could ease Israel's security concerns and also serve as a prelude to a potential US pre-emptive attack to destroy Iran's nuclear installations. Citing an unnamed Middle East expert with knowledge of the current thinking of the Israeli and US governments, Israel had devised a plan for attacking Hezbollah - and shared it with Bush administration officials - well before the July 12 kidnappings. The expert added that the White House had several reasons for supporting a bombing campaign, the report said. If there was to be a military option against Iran, it had to get rid of the weapons Hezbollah could use in a potential retaliation against Israel, Hersh writes. I beg to differ... How about this: But Pulitzer Prize-hopeful EU blogger Gustave Jaeger writes that President George W Bush and vice president Dick Cheney were convinced that an unsuccessful Israeli bombing campaign against Hezbollah could legitimate Israel's security concerns and also serve as a prelude to a potential US pre-emptive attack to destroy Iran's nuclear installations. Citing an unnamed Middle East expert with knowledge of the current thinking of the Israeli and US governments, Israel had devised a plan for attacking Hezbollah - and shared it with Bush administration officials - well before the July 12 kidnappings. The expert added that the White House had several reasons for supporting an aborted, bungled bombing campaign, the report said. If there was to be a military option against Iran, it had to brand the latter as the root cause of Middle East mayhem, the terrorist octopus' head of which Hezbollah is but a tentacle, Jaeger writes. Footnote: gam·bit NOUN: An opening in chess in which a minor piece, or pieces, usually a pawn, is offered in exchange for a favorable position. [...] education.yahoo.com