I am glad, finally a
Republican had the common sense and the guts to speak out, most of the
Republicans know that the aggressive stance of a few among us is wrong, but simply
do not have courage to say, what is wrong is wrong.
Those few like, Romney,
Gingrich, Santorum, Perry, Cain, Bachman, Huckabee and others even surprise Israelis
for the pro-Israeli mouthing they do. Neither moderate majority of Israelis,
nor the Jewry around the world is in favor of endangering Israel through Netanyahu’s’
bully pulpit. Loot at the way the American Jews dumped these men and women in
the primaries and nearly 70% of Jews are with Obama, the sane man on the Middle
East Policy. Netanyahu’s policies will render Israel insecure for generations
to come; he has pushed Israel into isolation. I seriously doubt if he represents
the view of a majority of Israelis and Jews around the world.
Gates is right, and I
have been talking about the same in numerous write ups as well as speaking out
on Hannity Show at Fox News. I predict the timid ones will find a shepherd in
Gates.
War is wrong, it will
destroy Israel, Iran, others and US. The
common man gets screwed, while Cheney, Bush and others have their own safe
heavens, they will never have to worry about losing the job, putting their
hungry kids to bed or getting their home foreclosed.
Secretary Gates, you are
a true American hero and a supporter of Israel and the peace.
Mike Ghouse is a
speaker, thinker and a writer committed to build cohesive societies.
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Former US defense secretary lashes out at
Israel, warns against military strike on Iran
Israel ‘does not have a blank check to harm
American interests,’ says Robert Gates — who last year called the Jewish state
an ungrateful ally
The United States needs
to tell Israel that it does not “have a blank check to take action that could do
grave harm to American vital interests,” according to former US defense
secretary Robert Gates.
Gates, who served under
Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama from 2006 through 2011, was
quoted by the Virginian-Pilot as warning against a military strike on
Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities, saying it could “prove catastrophic.”
Neither the United
States nor Israel is capable of totally destroying Iran’s nuclear program,
Gates said, and any strike would ultimately backfire.
“Such an attack would
make a nuclear-armed Iran inevitable,” he said. “They would just bury the
program deeper and make it more covert.”
Speaking at a forum
in Norfolk, Virginia on Wednesday, Gates added, ”The results of an
American or Israeli military strike on Iran could, in my view, prove
catastrophic, haunting us for generations in that part of the world.”
Gates, who served in the
Central Intelligence Agency for 26 years before becoming secretary of defense,
suggested letting the United Nations attempt to persuade Iran to abandon its
nuclear program.
Last week, Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu argued at the United Nations General Assembly in
New York for the international community — and especially the United States —
to warn Iran against passing a “red line” in nuclear enrichment beyond which
military measures would be taken. The Obama administration has firmly rejected
the idea of red lines, but has said it will stop Iran attaining nuclear
weapons.
Last year, shortly
before he stepped down as secretary of defense, Gates harshly criticized
Netanyahu’s government and called Israel an ungrateful ally of the United
States.
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