March 19, 2014
Back in 2013 it was Syria where the world was gearing for imminent
military action after a relentless series of false flag provocations by
the United States (intent on securing a Qatar gas pipeline to Europe)
which in the last minute was deftly diffused by Vladimir Putin. In 2014,
it was the Ukraine’s turn, and after a prolonged campaign orchestrated by Victoria Nuland and
the US State Department (again) which succeeded in the now traditional
violent coup (see Egypt and Libya), once again saw Putin victorious,
after yesterday’s annexation of the all important Crimean peninsula,
achieved without the firing of one shot. So now that Putin has succeeded
in trouncing the US twice in a row, it is time to poke some old,
well-known geopolitical wounds, such as Iran. And who better to do it
than Israel, where as Haaretz reports, “Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon have
ordered the army to continue preparing for a possible military strike on
Iran’s nuclear facilities at a cost of at least 10 billion shekels
($2.89 billion) this year, despite the talks between Iran and the West, according to recent statements by senior military officers.”To be sure there is a tangible benefit for all those involved: more war means more military spending means more “broken windows” means more “GDP.”
Three Knesset members who were present at Knesset joint committee hearings on Israel Defense Forces plans that were held in January and February say they learned during the hearings that 10 billion shekels to 12 billion shekels of the defense budget would be allocated this year for preparations for a strike on Iran, approximately the same amount that was allocated in 2013.Yet unlike the US where warmongering has become an art, if not a science, in Israel these things are taken far more seriously:
The IDF representatives said the army had received a clear directive from government officials from the political echelon – meaning Netanyahu and Ya’alon – to continue readying for a possible independent strike by Israel on the Iranian nuclear sites, regardless of the talks now happening between Iran and the West, the three MKs said.Read More
