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US agenda on Israel is not one of peace - author
Published: 21 May, 2011, 15:31
A supporter of Israel waves the Israeli flag outside the White House in Washington, DC, May 20, 2011 (AFP Photo / Saul Loeb)
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According to writer William Engdahl, the global community is now witnessing the most significant change in US-Israeli relations since the recognition of the Israeli state.
As tense talks took place at the White House, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Barack Obama's call for peace with the Palestinians based on the country’s 1967 borders. And the US president admitted there were differences between the views.
Obama stated overtly for the first time that the peace talks should be based on a future Palestinian state within the borders in place before the 1967 Middle East War. Netanyahu flatly rejected this proposal, saying Israel wanted "a peace that will be genuine".
“The US agenda is not the agenda that Barack Obama claims it to be, the one of peace. I think we are in the midst of the most profound shift in Israeli-Washington relations since 1948’s recognition of the Israeli state,” said William Engdahl, writer.
Engdahl believes the invariable confidence of US-Israeli relations has been shattered by the wave of revolutions that flared up in North Africa several months ago.
“The basis of trust relationships between Israel and Washington is being drastically challenged by the US support of these destabilizations from Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and the entire Middle East since the end of 2010. It has created a tremendous sense in Israel of insecurity. And the stability they thought they had suddenly looked very unstable. So the nice words that Obama said window-dressing the content is one of continued tensions between Israel and Washington under the guise of so-called peace,” Engdahl maintained.
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@ Nay Lin Maung, I will try to answer your question based on what little I know about the actions of my government.
In the past century we relied on puppet regimes to expand our empire, and we sabotaged governments that did not play along with our goals. Read "Confessions of an Economic Hitman" for how the CIA overthrew governments in Latin America.
We kept doing this even after the Cold War ended, but now the motive is not anti-communism - it is control of vital resources. Most of our oil is imported and our government is owned by the oil and defense and banking industries. Our civilization is based on petroleum and will collapse if it gets scarce. If we are to assure a steady supply of oil, we will spend WAY more than it is worth to subvert / conquer oil-producing countries and thus control their resources. We are willing to spend so much because it is good for the shareholders of the oil and defense and banking industries.
We may have interfered in North African countries and we certainly interfered in Syria, according to Wikileaks. The idea is to take advantage of a home-grown revolution and insert an American-friendly puppet who will run to the head of the mob and say, "follow me!" If he is charismatic enough, the mob will follow him and soon there will be another puppet regime sending America cheap oil.
God knows what is going to happen in Syria. I don't know if we are in Libya, but if Gaddafi gets "removed" then I am sure we will have agents there.
Hope I answered your question. Keep asking, because no single person knows the whole story and I am still learning, too.
Caveman You are totally correct in your assessment about Obama. However, I also do think that no the U.S also knows it cannot maintain its current status quo in the ME. At any case no Arab or Muslim country could possibly trust the United States as long it continue to occupy Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan. In reality, the Americans will face only increased resistance from the Arab and Muslim world and for that reason it is trying to transform and manipulate Arab and Muslim popular discontent.
Names and faces.
Remember every person in the media that lies to you.
Remember every person in the government that lies to you.