Ex-Mossad chief calls for World War in Jerusalem Post [View All]

[Frederik]

The Jerusalem Post is owned by Lord Conrad Black, Canadian-British neo-con operative whose Hollinger International also owns the London Telegraph and the Chicago Sun-Times. Richard Perle, that most eminent representative of the Rand Corporation/US Military-Industrial complex, is one of Hollinger's directors.

I hope former Mossad chief Efraim Halevi's reaction to the London attacks is not representative for the views of influential people such as Conrad Black and Richard Perle, but then again I know it is. It's about time we have us some of that thermo-nyook-ular warfare! Those missiles have been rusting in their silos for way too long, and all the Rand Corporation nuclear strategists are getting bored with the same old scenarios and dry practice.

"It cannot be said that seven years after this war broke out in east Africa, we can see its conclusion. We are in for the long haul and we must brace ourselves for more that will follow. The 'Great Wars' of the 20th century lasted less than this war has already lasted, and the end is nowhere in sight.

There will be supreme tests of leadership in this unique situation and people will have to trust the wisdom and good judgment of those chosen to govern them. The executives must be empowered to act resolutely and to take every measure necessary to protect the citizens of their country and to carry the combat into whatever territory the perpetrators and their temporal and spiritual leaders are inhabiting.

The rules of combat must be rapidly adjusted to cater to the necessities of this new and unprecedented situation, and international law must be rewritten in such a way as to permit civilization to defend itself. Anything short of this invites disaster and must not be allowed to happen."

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"...the only way to ensure our safety and security will be to obtain the destruction, the complete destruction, of the enemy. (...) Profound cultural changes will have to come about and the democratic way of life will be hard-pressed to produce solutions that will enable the executive branch to perform its duties and, at the same time, to preserve the basic tenets of our democratic way of life. It will not be easy, but it will be essential not to lose sight of every one of these necessities."

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