By Paul Craig Roberts
October 28, 2009 “Information Clearing House” — -There’s no word in the Western press, but Al Jazeera reports that the US and Israel are conducting tests of the high altitude missile defense system that the US has provided to Israel.
The anti-missile system is useless against the short range rockets of Hamas and Hezbollah. Its purpose is to protect Israel from longer range Iranian missiles.
Everyone understands that Iran would not attack Israel except in retaliation. It is logical to conclude that the missile defense system signals an upcoming Israeli attack on Iran.
If the US were opposed to an Israeli attack on Iran, the US would not provide Israel with protection against retaliation and would not engage in war games with Israel to test the system. The best way to prevent an Israeli attack on Iran is to leave Israel open to retaliation.
This decision by the United States government is irresponsible in the extreme. It enables Israel to spread aggression in the Middle East. By signaling an attack, it would encourage a less cautious country than Iran to strike first before the Israeli missile defense system is operative.
The joint US-Israeli war games involving 2000 troops from the US European Command, the Israeli Army, and 17 US Navy ships is further indication to the world that no matter what crimes the Israelis commit, the US will protect Israel from being held accountable.
In the world today, the US and Israel are the two threats to peace.
See also:
- US-Israel war games start as deadline for Iran draws near
- Israel may attack Iran after December
- Iran wows to hit Israel’s nuclear sites if attacked
- Alert: Attack On Iran Appears Imminent
- Scenarios & Fallout: The Zionist Attack On Iran
- An Imperial Strategy for a New World Order: The Origins of World War III
- Escalation Scenarios: The Third World War and Its Aftermath
- Project 2012: Predictions Coming True? Nuclear War Begins Soon? Updated
- A NATO for the Middle East? Israel and Frontline Arab States Join Hands
- Iran vs Israel: What The Media Wants You To Forget
- US completing massive ‘bunker buster’ bomb – To be used against Iran?
- Trend Alert: Israel War To Ignite World War III
- Alert: Saudis Give Israel Fly Over Permission to Attack Iran
- On 9/11, Russia warns against Iran war as Israel preparing for the attack
- Escalation of the Afghan War: US-NATO Target Russia, China and Iran
- How Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal endangers Us All
this sounds crazy
USwill never attack irann, alone or with any other country, because it will end the fear of irann from arab world and thus will end the need of western world to arabss, it just a world game tactic, to keep sheiks in pressure, the real target of obamaa regime is only pakkistan’s nuuclear assets, thats y lots of killings happening in there by using the fakeTalibaans or privateContractorss.this all written in pak’s newspapers and media.
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