There is a fundamental weakness in this analysis — which surprises me given the people involved. The terror unleashed on Palestine - Gaza and West Bank - and on Yemen, Lebanon, Syria etc, is the work of the US empire. Israel is carrying out acts that fulfill the ambitions of empire. "If Israel didn't exist, we'd have to invent it" or wor…
There is a fundamental weakness in this analysis — which surprises me given the people involved. The terror unleashed on Palestine - Gaza and West Bank - and on Yemen, Lebanon, Syria etc, is the work of the US empire. Israel is carrying out acts that fulfill the ambitions of empire. "If Israel didn't exist, we'd have to invent it" or words that that effect. It is impossible to understand why Israel is doing what it does without seeing this as part of the US strategy for the region — ultimately to turn Iran into Iraq / Libya/ Somali etc. Israel provides the means for doing so and the ideological justification too. All that the US wants to make happen is being done by Israel, and they will continue to do so with the unprecedented level of support from the US. You can't look at how and why Israel is doing what it s without the context of US empire. To say that the US has not interest in the region is a complete fallacy. I am surprised at the naïvete demonstrated in this episode.
There is a fundamental weakness in this analysis — which surprises me given the people involved. The terror unleashed on Palestine - Gaza and West Bank - and on Yemen, Lebanon, Syria etc, is the work of the US empire. Israel is carrying out acts that fulfill the ambitions of empire. "If Israel didn't exist, we'd have to invent it" or words that that effect. It is impossible to understand why Israel is doing what it does without seeing this as part of the US strategy for the region — ultimately to turn Iran into Iraq / Libya/ Somali etc. Israel provides the means for doing so and the ideological justification too. All that the US wants to make happen is being done by Israel, and they will continue to do so with the unprecedented level of support from the US. You can't look at how and why Israel is doing what it s without the context of US empire. To say that the US has not interest in the region is a complete fallacy. I am surprised at the naïvete demonstrated in this episode.