White House press release calls for Israel to hit Syria (Meet the Press)

[katinmn]

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/39374/

On Meet the Press, Tim Russert points out a stunning press release from the White House Communications Office. The release, titled Setting The Record Straight, calls for Israel to attack Syria:

"It's time to let the Israelis take off the gloves…. Israel needs to hit the Assas regime. Hard."

Yes, the White Communications Office is officially endorsing an Israeli attack on Syria!


MEANWHILE:
Saudis urge Bush: Tell Israel to stop
President firm: Cease-fire not answer
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006607240362

So, who are the terrorists?

[bryant69]

1. That's a little crazy

Not entirely unexpected - some NeoCons seem to have come to the conclusion that since the US can't fulfill their dreams of reshaping the middle east, maybe Israel can.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[leftchick]

2. or perhaps

the US and Israel together?

[katinmn]

3. We give the military aid making the onslaught possible.

The US government is intricately entwined -- and the whole world knows it. Can the EU, China, Russia put pressure on the US to stop?

[Jim__]

4. That's unbelievably asinine!

These people haven't learned anything from their failure in Iraq.

[charlie]

5. Comm Office link

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/07/20060721-5.html

They only excerpted a single line, leaving themselves a weaselly "out."

Conservatives Stand Behind The President's Policies

On Wednesday, Max Boot Wrote: "Our Best Response Is Exactly What Bush Has Done So Far – Reject Premature Calls For A Cease-Fire And Let Israel Finish The Job." (Max Boot, "It's Time To Let The Israelis Take Off The Gloves," Los Angeles Times, 7/19/06)

[katinmn]

8. If they are so tough, why not go whole hog and put it on the

WH home page? I hate these sneaking sniveling bastards, putting millions of lives at risk.

[Solly Mack]

9. exactly

"...sneaking sniveling bastards, putting millions of lives at risk."

that's exactly what they are doing

[Binka]

23. Max Boot Is A Fucking Fascist Twerp

This same asshole was drooling for the war in Iraq and claimed in one of his more asinine columns that it would last less than three weeks. Now the unctuous little shitdustbag is creaming his diaper for ANOTHER INSANE CONFLICT?

This fucktard needs an ass kicking really bad.

[DemonFighterLives]

26. Yeah I always look up to him for good talking points

:rofl:
When they trot him out, we know we are doomed.
:silly:

[Binka]

29. Ever Seen His Assholey Mug? Turd Of The First Order! Jerk!

[lumberjack_jeff]

37. What the hell kind of a press release is that?

It was 80% pundit quotes. The press prints what the administration says, while the administration issues press releases derived from what the press prints.

Where does this shit come from in the first place?

[katinmn]

39. Tony Snow. Russert showed the release, attributing it to Snow.

Issued by the WH communications Office. (Maybe Snow thought Russert was on board.)

The White House does not have the release posted. I don't think Russert would make it up. He's been a friend of the White House.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/07/20060721-5.html

[sandnsea]

45. Talking points against David Gregory

It has absolutely nothing to do with White House policy and certainly doesn't "call for" anything at all. It's just a list of rebuttals against David Gregory's reporting, nothing more.

I swear to god I don't know if people don't care what they read and distort it on purpose, or whether they really are incapable of objective reading comprehension.

[Solly Mack]

6. Bush sickens me

to use the death and destruction of others to advance his aims

[niceypoo]

7. The rapture cultists believe that humanity must be destroyed

and that they will magically reappear afterwards. Its utter madness.

[mom cat]

10. K&R ...It is a pleasure to be #5 on this excellent thread. Thanks for

getting the information out there!

[Hubert Flottz]

11. Cha-Ching!

Ring up another 3423556789 bunker busters ASAP and ship them out pronto, directly to armageddon depot! THAT IS ALL!!!!!!

[Skidmore]

12. Where the eff is Congress?

Oh, yeah, I forgot--lining up to get their checks from AIPAC.

[katinmn]

13. I hope all the Bush cheerleaders are lining up at the Hague in 5-10 years

It may take that long, but the war-mongering Congress and Senate members have blood on their hands as well.

[rodeodance]

19. they did their job--passed resolutions saying it is OK.

[Benbow]

14. Whatever good name the White House had just went down the drain n/t

[Karenca]

15. That good name has been gone for 6 six years now. nt

[Toots]

16. Doesn't the US have a rule or policy that any weapons sold to Israel MUST

not be used in any offensive manner. Only for Defense so I guess that is why they are proclaiming so boldly that Israel is only defending itself. I find it almost impossible to believe any right thinking person could say with a straight face that the kidnapping of two people was an all out attack on any country. Why oh why is America so retarded in this day and age. We used to be an enlightened country with a higher education the whole world envied. Now apparently we have a third grade level approach to the world.

[w4rma]

17. Big media run by an Australian conservative. A puppet as "president".

A very evil evil and conniving man as "vice president". Greedy ultra-wealthy who probably no longer consider America their homeland as they flit around between nations and get their puppet to use America's military to protect their property from others.

[Peace Patriot]

18. Help America Bust the Machines--Vote Absentee!

Could work, if enough people do it (and many are). Anybody got any better ideas for November?

[DemonFighterLives]

20. We all knew something was up dubby's sleeve

All his smirking and holding Condi back.

PNAC is bound and determined to keep on their agenda.
:argh:

[katinmn]

21. and kill millions. Maybe even some of us.

[DemonFighterLives]

24. Makes you just want to go hide in a bunker

:hide:

What kind of logic are they using that tells them to smash and grab and tomorrow will be a brighter day?

Lawless bastards!

[MadHound]

22. Of course they're endorsing an Israeli attack on Syria.

In fact I'm surprised that they didn't call for an Israeli attack on Iran too. Because if that goes down, then Bushco can cook up a viable excuse to jump into the fray, invade Syria and Iran, and thus fulfill all of the PNAC dreams of ME hegemony.

This is also why Bushco has drug its feet on negotiating a cease fire, and has been cheerleading Israel on and providing expedited aid to the Israelis.

[Supersedeas]

42. wonder who is that office is a "Left Behind" fan...one or two maybe?

[Triana]

25. Probably part of the PNAC plan....

...and if the bit about Israel's attack on Lebanon being preplanned is true, then it is definitely part of the PNAC plan.

[katinmn]

38. Foreign media reported that July 12 was not a cross-border kidnapping

but that the Israeli soldiers had crossed into Lebandon where they were taken hostage.
Not sure if it's true. Just sharing what is being reported.

http://english.bna.bh/?ID=47348

Hezbollah arrests two Israeli soldiers
date: 12 07, 2006
Beirut, July. 12 (BNA) The Lebanese Hezbollah movement announced Wednesday the arrest of two Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon.
Lebanese police said that the two soldiers were arrested as they entered the town of Aitaa al-Chaab inside the Lebanese border. Israeli aircraft were active in the air over southern Lebanon, police said, with jets bombing roads leading to the market town of Nabatiyeh, 60 kilometers south of Beirut.

http://fr.news.yahoo.com/12072006/202/liban-le-hezbollah-capture-deux-soldats-israeliens-sept-autres-tues.html
mercredi 12 juillet 2006, 20h22
Liban: le Hezbollah capture deux soldats israéliens, sept autres tués
Par Jihad SAQLAWI


AITA AL-CHAAB (AFP) - Le Hezbollah libanais a capturé mercredi deux soldats israéliens et sept autres ont été tués à la suite d'une opération destinée selon son chef à obtenir la libération de détenus libanais en Israël, qui a riposté par une série de raids contre le sud du Liban.

Le chef du Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, a annoncé que les deux soldats, capturés à la frontière, ne seraient libérés que par le biais de "négociations indirectes, dans le cadre d'un échange" de prisonniers, alors que le Premier ministre israélien Ehud Olmert a accusé le gouvernement libanais et rejeté toute négociation pour leur libération.

"C'est l'unique moyen en notre possession" pour obtenir la libération des prisonniers libanais détenus en Israël et "attirer l'attention de l'opinion internationale sur les 10.000 détenus palestiniens" dans les geôles israéliennes, a dit Hassan Nasrallah.
more and translation:

TRANSLATION: According to the Lebanese police force, the two soldiers were captured in Lebanese territory, in the area of Aïta Al-Chaab close to the border, whereas Israeli television indicated that they had been captured in Israeli territory.

Selon la police libanaise, les deux soldats ont été capturés en territoire libanais, dans la région de Aïta al-Chaab près de la frontière, alors que la télévision israélienne a indiqué qu'ils avaient été capturés en territoire israélien. (fr.news.yahoo 7/12/06)

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HG15Ak02.html
Middle East
Jul 15, 2006
It's war by any other name
By Sami Moubayed

DAMASCUS - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert described what is happening in Lebanon as saying. "This is an act of war." Olmert is correct. This is war. It has been war, non-stop, since 1948. What is happening in Lebanon today is yet another chapter of bloody Middle East events that will last for generations to come, because it is impossible, after so many years of conflict, for the Israelis and Arabs to forgive and forget.
snip
It all started on July 12 when Israel troops were ambushed on Lebanon's side of the border with Israel. Hezbollah, which commands the Lebanese south, immediately seized on their crossing. They arrested two Israeli soldiers, killed eight Israelis and wounded over 20 in attacks inside Israeli territory.

This unleashed hell in Israel, and Olmert immediately responded by mounting a war on Lebanon. A sea, air and ground blockade was enforced on Lebanon, and a systematic destruction of Lebanon's infrastructure was began.


http://www.voltairenet.org/article142056.html
TRANSLATION: In a deliberated way, Tsahal sent a commando in the Lebanese back-country to Aïta Al Chaab. It was attacked by Hezbollah, making two prisoners.

De manière délibérée, Tsahal a envoyé un commando dans l’arrière-pays libanais à Aïta al Chaab. Il a été attaqué par le Hezbollah, faisant deux prisonniers. (voltairenet.org 7/18/06)
http://www.voltairenet.org/article142056.html

[DistressedAmerican]

27. Unfortunately I'm Certain The Right Hand DOES Know What The Left Is Up To.

Hell, probably put the left hand up to it.

K&R.

Good snag. May have blown right on by!

[FreeStateDemocrat]

28. This will put US troops in Iraq at even greater risk, so much for support

the troops" by being careful of what you say, print or broadcast. If true, this is completely irresponisble in too many ways.

[The Cleaner]

30. I wonder...

with the U.S. siding with Israel and colluding with Israel on these matters, wouldn't the other nations such as China, Russia, Iran, etc. all be getting a tad frustrated at us? And wouldn't they possibly try to preempt the United States by attacking us?

Thanks to Bush foreign policy all of us are at risk.

[debbierlus]

31. Thank you for a very informative post

I have been bloggin all week trying to point out the key issue is what the Bush adminstration will do with this situation. People tend to forget (lord nows how!) that the US is under the control of a bunch of fanatical wack jobs who are chomping at the bit for a war with both Syria and Iran.

People logically point out that it is an incredibly stupid idea to attack Iran or Syria, and that we do not have the resources. But, they are forgetting that reality holds no water with this adminstration, and they do what they want unconstrained by facts, logic, and objective reasoning.

I personally find it terrifying that they are in control. People are still underestimating their capacity for depraved actions.

You think after almost six years, we would have learned.

Thanks again.

[katinmn]

32. Thanks. I am convinced we have been hijacked.

We no longer have a democracy. Leaders ignore the fact that a majority of Americans don't want to be in Iraq. Now Syria and Iran? Supporting (funding/encouraging) Israel's latest war on Gaza and Lebanon?

It's crazy.

[progressoid]

33. WTF? Is that what Cindasleezy is going there to push?

[bigtree]

34. right hand: "left hand . . .?"

"what the hell?"

[lumberjack_jeff]

35. Fuck!

Can anyone remember another time where a president dared and bankrolled our allies to go invade someone? Anyone?

This is what you get when you tolerate a crazy, fundy, sociopath to usurp your leadership.

[katinmn]

36. My sentiment exactly. Now we know what is going on behind the scenes.

It ain't pretty.

[rman]

40. Reminds me of the Cuban missile crisis

The same elements within the US government who wanted to play hard ball with the Russians back then, are now in control of the US government. Same/similar elements who were behind the Bay of Pigs invasion, and who came up with Operation Northwoods. They really like to play hard ball. And now they call the shots.


An Iranian Missile Crisis? (WP)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/11/AR2006041101078.html

<snip>

"Kennedy's genius was to reject the Cuba options proposed by his advisers, hawk and dove alike, and choose his own peculiar outside-the-box strategy."

<more>

[katinmn]

41. I like Ignatius' allusion to watching it go down in slow motion.

The signs have been there but we've already been taken over. All we can do is watch it play out.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

44. When will the people rise up?

Spoke to a union guy yesterday Kat at a CodePink fundraiser
on USLAW- and the possible planned Iraqi Oil Workers Strike.

Also some folks in WMa CP are asking to be removed from
the CP mail list if they continue to pursue peace by supporting
peace for Lebanon. Geez- do you belong to a peace group
or not for crisake. Off to work more later.

[warrens]

43. You shoulda seen Josh Bolten dancing around that one

On Face the Nation or one of those. He said it was just "part of the thinking of the conservatives" and as such had nothing to do with U.S. policy. Move along, nothing to see here.