The U.S. is vowing to defend the state of Israel from all security threats “from Iran and its proxies.” But what’s it’s really doing is committing to help Israel attack other countries.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office on July 25. (C-span still)
By Caitlin Johnstone
CaitlinJohnstone.com.au
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U.S. President Joe Biden — if you feel like pretending Biden is still serving as president and still making the decisions in the White House — has pledged to support Israel against any retaliations for its recent assassination spree in Iran and Lebanon which killed high-profile officials from Hamas and Hezbollah.
A White House statement asserts that Biden spoke with Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday and “reaffirmed his commitment to Israel’s security against all threats from Iran, including its proxy terrorist groups Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis,” and “discussed efforts to support Israel’s defense against threats, including against ballistic missiles and drones, to include new defensive U.S. military deployments.”
Hilariously, the statement also claims that
“the President stressed the importance of ongoing efforts to de-escalate broader tensions in the region.”
Yep, nothing emphasizes the importance of de-escalating broader tensions in the region like pledging unconditional military support for the region’s single most belligerent actor no matter how reckless and insane its aggressions become.
Biden promises Netanyahu the U.S. will defend Israel from any reprisal attacks pic.twitter.com/9meq2hTBmq
— Dave DeCamp (@DecampDave) August 1, 2024
This statement from the White House echoes comments from Secretary of “Defense” Lloyd Austin a day earlier, who said “We certainly will help defend Israel” should a wider war break out as a result of Israel’s assassination strikes.
All this babbling about “defending” the state of Israel is intended to convey the false impression that Israel has just been sitting there minding its own business, and is about to suffer unprovoked attacks from hostile aggressors for some unfathomable reason. As though detonating military explosives in the capital cities of two nations to conduct political assassinations would not be seen as an extreme act of war in need of a violent response by literally all governments on this planet.
In reality, the U.S, isn’t vowing to defend the state of Israel, the U.S, is vowing to help Israel attack other countries. If you’re pledging unconditional support to an extremely belligerent aggressor while it commits the most demented acts of aggression imaginable, all you’re doing is condoning those acts of aggression and making sure it will suffer no consequences when it conducts more of them.
A kevlar vest stops being a tool of defense when you wear one to prevent yourself from being stopped by police while conducting a mass shooting.
Washington’s position is made even more absurd after all the hysterical shrieking and garment-rending from the Washington establishment following the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
Israel murdered the leader of the Hamas political bureau, not a military commander, and he was the primary negotiator in the mediated ceasefire talks with Israel. This was a political assassination just like a successful attempt on Trump’s life would have been, but probably a lot more consequential. And yet the only response from Washington has been to announce that it will help Israel continue its incendiary brinkmanship throughout the middle east.
Washington swamp monsters talk all the time about their desire to promote “peace and stability in the middle east,” while simultaneously pledging loyalty and support for a middle eastern nation whose actions pose a greater obstacle to peace and stability in the region than any other. These contradictions are becoming more and more glaring and apparent before the entire world.
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So when do Americans remove the Zionist, Israeli, Jewish fifth column from their country, Government and political system.
The Asses of Evil = UK/US and newest member USrael…
Can you picture how all the spokesman mokes & their TV hosts are like spokes in a wheel … round & round they go?
And how they’ll hit the fan of public airwaves like the shite they are when foreign rockets send Israeli military installations up in smoke?
How about US installations staked-out in nearby countries where those forces are not welcome but refuse to leave? Hew & cry like you won’t believe.
They also are capable not only of inverting the truth, but also of inverting their blatant lie about protecting Israel’s sanctuary of so-called self-defense so that it does eventually ring true, by escalating far enough that their bespoke enemies have to respond seriously.
In this episode of Calling Atticus: How far do you think a rabid dog ought to be allowed to go? Really? As far as to rule 2 belligerent, nuclear- armed, stitched-at-the-hip govern-mental authorities with superiority complexes, huh? Well, that might work. In a dog-eat-dog or end-of-the-world kind of way.
“Old man, look at my life/I’m a lot like you were.” In that 2:07 minute video, Biden showed how he is losing it as he ages. And Netanyahu was laughing his ass off inside as the fools shouted. Two killers unite.
“Israel murdered the leader of the Hamas political bureau, not a military commander, and he was the primary negotiator in the mediated ceasefire talks with Israel”. This reminds one of the old saying, don’t kill the messenger.
This daily slaughter of children is beyond comprehension, when one considers it is fully-supported by the self-described Indispensable Nation. I can’t express the disgust I feel for this country, well into the 21st century, acting like utter barbarians. Its hard to imagine that the clowns in Congress, the ones who jumped up and down while the Neo-Nazi gave his speech, have any concept of humanity. What does it take to wake up this country, and to say no to these genocidal monsters?
What it takes to wake up and change the country is a free and fair media reporting in that way. Until then the American public are living in a bubble of unreality. Does America have a free and fair democracy? The answer is of course not. It has theatre which is sometimes theatre of the absurd as Trump takes to the stage. No matter who wins the elections the same show goes on.
Thank you GCW919. I fully agree with you . Tony Kevin