The Dog Really DOES Wag the Tail!
By Simon Jones
From AxisofLogic.com
Posted by Bulatlat
Just when it
became patently obvious that the tail was in complete control of the dog
(i.e., Israel in control of US Middle East policy), the dog has decided to
try to reassert control over its nether appendage.
Since the days
of Reagan, the Jewish lobby in Washington (and every nook and cranny in
the US) has wielded more and more power, until with AIPAC, PNAC (Project
for a new American century), 911 and Iraq, it took complete control over
US foreign policy, getting Washington to wage open war against Israel's
greatest enemy - Islam.
US vs SU/Islam
The ghost of
Reagan is haunting us for another reason. His war against the Soviet Union
as 'Evil Empire' was successful beyond his wildest dreams, resulting in
its collapse. This shining hour (in fact a tragedy, but leave that aside
for now) has been the inspiration of hawks ever since, and is the template
for the neocon war against Islam and the 'Axis of Evil' today. The idea is
a massive arms build-up, active subversion, invasion where possible - all
this will bring about the collapse of the current enemy, in this case
Islam.
The SU and
Islam represent(ed) the same anti-imperialist challenge to US (now USreali)
imperialism which it was/ is not able to coopt, as it was in the case of
the 'Christian' 'West'. So it was/ is necessary to destroy these
obstacles. Reagan's strategy worked in the case of the SU, which was not
so resistant to US imperialism as its ideology made it out to be. It was
in decline, and was vulnerable to the seductive materialism of the West.
It only needed a naive leader and a push and a shove to fall into the US
embrace.
Fast forward to
Reagan's reincarnation. Israel now in complete control in Washington. The
idea behind Washington's 1998 blueprint for the future - PNAC - was much
the same as Reagan's - topple the remaining (Muslim) states resisting
USrael. Finish the job that Reagan started (and Bush sr refused to
complete). The idea was that the latest invasion of Iraq would go like
clockwork, creating another US puppet Muslim state friendly to Israel, put
paid to the Palestinian resistance, and allow USrael to wage further wars
against other 'Evil Axis' enemies of Israel, namely Iran and Syria.
Dog turns tail
(or rather 'Tail turns dog')
But things
didn't pan out so well - Iraq proved a harder nut to crack than the SU,
and the Palestinians elected a vigorous anti-Israel government, Hamas,
that USrael long has labelled a terrorist organization. Meanwhile, Iran
elected a fiery anti-zionist leader and has helped keep the political
playfield in Iraq - both government and resistance - solidly anti-zionist.
The
inexperienced Olmert, thinking he would do in Lebanon what the US was
unable to do in Iraq, ended up repeating the exact same mistakes as the US
in Iraq, not to mention in its own previous invasions of Lebanon. And as a
result that pesky Hezbollah has managed to do what no one else has been
able to do - put the fear of God back into the 'chosen people'. This is
indeed the turning point for the USreali vision, but not the one foreseen
in PNAC. The failure of Israel to tame Hezbollah, coming on the heels of
the failure of the US to tame Iraq, signals the death knell of PNAC and
the neocons. But it turns out the Washington ear is deaf to this sweet
music.
A normal US
administration would have noticed the egg on Israel's face, heard the
call, and helpfully sponsored a 'stiff' UN resolution ordering Israel out
after a week of devastation, which of course would allow another week for
Israel to delay, reluctantly pull out, and assuage the world community,
which in turn would be left to clean up the mess without so much as a
howdy-do from Israel.
But this is no
ordinary US administration. It actually believes the Christian-zionist
apocalyptic nonsense about WWIII and the end of the world, and far from
seeing the bits of egg as a call for help, has decided to egg Israel on,
so to speak, letting it continue to wreak havoc, carpet bomb civilians,
painting itself into a corner, as the US prepares to launch wars according
to the now dog-eared PNAC schedule: Syria and Iran.
A nice irony -
still flush with its success against the SU and inspied by loony Christian
zionists, the US regains control of Middle East policy by out-Izzying
Israel, by serving up a clumsy parody of Likud. What Izzy wanted deep-down
(and desperately needs) was a face-saving slap on the wrist. By being
given carte blanche to continue its blitzkreig and being respectfully
consulted on the UN resolution, it's just digging itself deeper and deeper
into its blood-soaked swamp.
We can now
witness a true miracle: Israel as the wise elder statesman (its inner
petulant child still intact, of course) in this dance of death, with the
US appearing to take control of the strings (the screams in Lebanon are
really just Condi's 'birthpangs') in order to complete the PNAC scenario
come hell or highwater. Whether or not this really proves the dog has
retaken control of its tail, I'll leave up to you. Whatever. This
multiplying of the USraeli quagmires still represents a truly
breath-taking moment in history, though unfortunately we may literally end
up never taking another breath.
Aug 20, 2006
Posted by
Bulatlat
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