Iran Attack Pimp Alert...
July 7, 2009
"Any Sovereign Nation is Allowed to Bomb Another"
Biden, Israel and Iran
By GARY LEUPP
Vice President Joe Biden, apparently speaking on behalf of the Obama administration, has just given Israel the green light to bomb Iran.
“Israel can determine for itself — it’s a sovereign nation — what’s in their interest and what they decide to do relative to Iran and anyone else,” he told ABC’s “This Week” in an interview broadcast Sunday. “Whether we agree or not, they’re entitled to do that. Any sovereign nation is entitled to do that. But there is no pressure from any nation that’s going to alter our behavior as to how to proceed. If the Netanyahu government decides to take a course of action different than the one being pursued now, that is their sovereign right to do that. That is not our choice,” he declared.
The statement is presented in logically abstract terms. Any sovereign nation is entitled to do what’s in its interest regardless of what “we” think, surely. How very reasonable---magnanimous, even, coming from the mouth of the vice-president of the superpower that’s in the last eight years brutally imposed its will on two sizable Southwest Asian countries.
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what a bummer
I think a war with Iran is so unpopular in the US that Obama is forced to cut with Israeli policy so Israel can proceed independent of official (public) US support. This is dangerous for the region and makes war more likely, but it leaves Israel exposed as a rogue nation if it attacks Iran. I am sure behind the scenes the US Gov is supporting the attack anyway but perhaps is afraid to be open about it to the US population. With Rahm E as chief of staff there is no question the administration is yet again a lapdog of Israel, but they may be scared the public is near the end of its tolerance for another US military misadventure.
Oh yeah, I think one way or another, a scenario will be developed that would justify US entry into an Israeli attack, so while ownership of the attack will go to Israel (coz US public is against it), US firepower will be required for success since Iran is not exactly a pushover. I am sure US planes and pilots will fly into Iran when Israel decides to pull the trigger. Some Gulf of Tonkin or Pearl Harbour incident will once again grease US public and military opinion to join the fray in support of the US most important ally in the world, er region.