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Israeli general suggests to use Azerbaijan's airbases in strike against Iran
02 January 2007 [01:20] - Today.Az
In a stark statement published on Saturday Brigadier General Oded Tira
observed, "President Bush lacks the political power to attack Iran. As
an American strike in Iran is essential for our existence, we must
help him pave the way by lobbying the Democratic Party (which is
conducting itself foolishly) and US newspaper editors. We need to do
this in order to turn the Iranian issue to a bipartisan one and
unrelated to the Iraq failure."
Because of the dramatic loss of political power of the Bush-Cheney
administration, General Tira urges the Israel Lobby to, "turn to
Hillary Clinton and other potential presidential candidates in the
Democratic Party so that they support immediate action by Bush against
Iran."
In another move designed to strengthen Bush politically, General Tira
urges the Israel Lobby to exert its influence on European countries so
that, "Bush will not be isolated in the international arena again."
As if all of that Israel-lobbying in America and Europe were not
enough, General Tira proposes an even more aggressive political
tactic, "We must clandestinely cooperate with Saudi Arabia so that it
also persuades the US to strike Iran. For our part, we must prepare an
independent military strike by coordinating flights in Iraqi airspace
with the US. We should also coordinate with Azerbaijan the use of
airbases in its territory and also enlist the support of the Azeri
minority in Iran. In addition, we must immediately start preparing for
an Iranian response to an attack."
Based on the urgency of General Tira's extraordinary pleas, it is
immediately apparent that he has been shocked by the turn of political
events inside America. By this time, he has learned from official US
sources that the long-anticipated attack against Iran has been shelved
because of tectonic shifts in American politics.
Apparently, General Tira did not realize that President Bush has
become the most deeply unpopular president in American history and
that it was his subservience to the dictates of the Israel Lobby and
its demands for wars against Iraq and Iran that led him into the
political prison where he now finds himself isolated and impotent.
Neither does General Tira realize that the Republican Party is no
longer unified in its support of President Bush's deeply unpopular war
in Iraq or his plans for expanding the war by a sustained bombing
campaign against Iran.
Since General Tira did not publish any remarks about the Iraq Study
Group headed by former US Secretary of State, James Baker, he may be
oblivious to the political facts now in place in 2007 America.
Instead of the bipartisan commitment to broaden Bush's unpopular war
as General Tira proposes, there is now a broadening bipartisan
movement to reign in the US losses in Iraq. No major American
politician has voiced any enthusiasm for broadening Bush's war into
Iran as General Tira beseeches the US to do.
General Tira's outburst suggests that the official channels for news
and the analysis of public affairs in Israel are not working as
efficiently as they should in the 21st century. Perhaps, someone
should provide the General with a subscription to Ha'aretz and the
International Herald Tribune for starters.
By Michael Carmichael, Global Research
URL: http://www.today.az/news/politics/34565.html
02 January 2007 [01:20] - Today.Az
In a stark statement published on Saturday Brigadier General Oded Tira
observed, "President Bush lacks the political power to attack Iran. As
an American strike in Iran is essential for our existence, we must
help him pave the way by lobbying the Democratic Party (which is
conducting itself foolishly) and US newspaper editors. We need to do
this in order to turn the Iranian issue to a bipartisan one and
unrelated to the Iraq failure."
Because of the dramatic loss of political power of the Bush-Cheney
administration, General Tira urges the Israel Lobby to, "turn to
Hillary Clinton and other potential presidential candidates in the
Democratic Party so that they support immediate action by Bush against
Iran."
In another move designed to strengthen Bush politically, General Tira
urges the Israel Lobby to exert its influence on European countries so
that, "Bush will not be isolated in the international arena again."
As if all of that Israel-lobbying in America and Europe were not
enough, General Tira proposes an even more aggressive political
tactic, "We must clandestinely cooperate with Saudi Arabia so that it
also persuades the US to strike Iran. For our part, we must prepare an
independent military strike by coordinating flights in Iraqi airspace
with the US. We should also coordinate with Azerbaijan the use of
airbases in its territory and also enlist the support of the Azeri
minority in Iran. In addition, we must immediately start preparing for
an Iranian response to an attack."
Based on the urgency of General Tira's extraordinary pleas, it is
immediately apparent that he has been shocked by the turn of political
events inside America. By this time, he has learned from official US
sources that the long-anticipated attack against Iran has been shelved
because of tectonic shifts in American politics.
Apparently, General Tira did not realize that President Bush has
become the most deeply unpopular president in American history and
that it was his subservience to the dictates of the Israel Lobby and
its demands for wars against Iraq and Iran that led him into the
political prison where he now finds himself isolated and impotent.
Neither does General Tira realize that the Republican Party is no
longer unified in its support of President Bush's deeply unpopular war
in Iraq or his plans for expanding the war by a sustained bombing
campaign against Iran.
Since General Tira did not publish any remarks about the Iraq Study
Group headed by former US Secretary of State, James Baker, he may be
oblivious to the political facts now in place in 2007 America.
Instead of the bipartisan commitment to broaden Bush's unpopular war
as General Tira proposes, there is now a broadening bipartisan
movement to reign in the US losses in Iraq. No major American
politician has voiced any enthusiasm for broadening Bush's war into
Iran as General Tira beseeches the US to do.
General Tira's outburst suggests that the official channels for news
and the analysis of public affairs in Israel are not working as
efficiently as they should in the 21st century. Perhaps, someone
should provide the General with a subscription to Ha'aretz and the
International Herald Tribune for starters.
By Michael Carmichael, Global Research
URL: http://www.today.az/news/politics/34565.html