Israel Endorses McCain Campaign

The stunning display of air power by Israel in early June, unannounced but widely noticed by intelligence services worldwide, means that Israel has officially signed on to John McCain's presidential bid.

By sending more than a hundred F-15s and F-16s across Greece and the Mediterranean in a practice mission for a large-scale attack on Iran, the Israelis have upped the ante dramatically. The New York Times, which reported the action, quotes a Pentagon official who said that it was all about sending messages:

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But the most important message is to the American political system. McCain has made a point of his willigness, even eagerness, to escalate the crisis with Iran. And while Barack Obama has said repeatedly that he won't take the threat of military action off the table, he's challenged McCain over the Arizonan's refusal to talk to Iran.

So Israel is challenging Obama, too.

Most analysts do not believe that Israel has the capability to conduct an effective attack against Iran. It's too far away, its air defenses, while weak, aren't nil, and its facilities are too scattered and buried to be destroyed in the sort of attack that Israel might mount. So what does this mean?

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So it's most likely that Israel is hoping to push the post-Bush president of the United States into taking a more confrontational stance toward Iran. That's called blackmail. It's the "Samson complex": do what we want or we will bring the whole temple crashing down. For Obama, it's a bluff worth calling--because, ultimately, like Iran, Israel is not a suicide nation. And bombing Iran would be suicidal for Israel.

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The Dreyfuss Report: http://www.thenation.com:80/blogs/dreyfuss/331437/israel_endorses_mccain_campaign

:mad:

But let's face facts - they own our ass.

However I feel an attack on Iran (and the blowback afterwards) will finally break this hold. And unfortunately unleash a anti-semitic backlash that will see many folks blaming both Israel (which IMO they should), and jews in general (which IMO idiotic to the extreme) for the attack. But hey humans have been know for doing stupid things.,

And if Obama hadn't had my vote before, he certainly would now.

think the way you do. if anything, we own israel. remember back in '91 when iraq was bombing them and daddy bush told them not to retaliate -- they didn't. i remember seeing the sirens going and the people putting on their masks.

that is undeniable.

His point, like many here, is that ISRAEL owns the US. Read the response prior to his; it is not abou AIPAC. It is, as sweets said "bullshit."

we are in debt to a few nations. don't forget the saudi's. israel needs to get in the ownership line.

take your pick. Would be nice if we could declare independence from all of them.