The Submissive USA and Israel
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http://www.paltelegraph.com/middle-east/77-middle-east/1474-the-submi...
USA, July 21, (Pal Telegraph) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told ABC television the US could not "dictate to another sovereign nation what they can and cannot do." On ABC's current affairs programme This Week, host George Stephanopoulos asked Mr Biden whether the Israeli position was the right approach.The vice-president replied, "Israel can determine for itself - it's a sovereign nation - what's in their interest and what they decide to do relative to Iran and anyone else." Perhaps to please Bibi Netanyahu, Biden added that this was the case, "whether we agree or not" with the Israeli view.
Making thoughtless statements like these utterly defies both logic and sensibility. Using the same logic, he could have said the same thing about Iran.
Why doesn't he say "Iran can determine for itself - it's a sovereign nation - what's in their interest and what they decide to do relative to Israel and anyone else?" With the same logic and lack of sensibility, Biden might have said, "Iran can develop nuclear weapons whether we agree or not with their view."
With this kind of senseless thinking, it's a wonder that Biden ever managed to hold the leading democratic position on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, except that he is a self-declared Zionist with a 36-year Senate record of pro-Israel leadership.
While in his non-interference state of mind, Biden recently questioned the legitimacy of Ahmadinejad's victory in Iran's presidential elections. He commented that officials "just don't know enough" about how they were conducted.
What if they were conducted like elections in other countries that have clearly been rigged but have gone unnoticed by Biden? This is a perfect demonstration of America's foreign policy hypocrisy.
There's also the insensibility of maintaining double standards about international issues. "The president will not allow Iran to go nuclear," says Biden.
About North Korea's tests of long-range missiles, Biden says, "If the country is proliferating nuclear weapons or missiles, then it is a serious danger and a threat to the world..."
With North Korea, who withdrew from the non-proliferation treaty, it's a question of how quickly the missiles and nuclear weapons are being developed. Iran, on the other hand, remains a signatory to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, which seeks to control the spread of nuclear weapons. Iran has made it clear that they want only to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
Meanwhile, as Israel and America focus on the potential of Iran to become a nuclear power, Israel carries on with its never-ending land grab on the West Bank and its terrorist slaughter and mayhem in Gaza.
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How to analyze statements by governments is an important task. In doing so, we should focus on context and not force-read extraneous ideas based on conceptions of their ideological orientation.
An example of how not to do this task is the Western media coverage of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's positions and the new Israeli peace plan. Assuming that Netanyahu is just a "hardliner" who "doesn't want" peace, there is a tendency to ignore what he actually says and does to the point of caricature..........
http://rubinreports.blogspot.com/2009/07/understanding-what-governments-say-two....
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funnicus [removed]
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Thanks for posting this revealing article. Now any reasonable person can see how hypocritical and stupid the USA is.
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funnicus [removed]
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freecrack
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this is how this works when an allie does things that are wrong we look the other way because it serves our national interest just like china refusing to give thier people civil liberties. do we get angry no because they are an allie and it serves us better to not push the issue.do we stop genocide in africa no because we need thier resources do we stop woman from being treated less than dogs in saudi arabia no cuz we need thier oil and isreal is in the club.
- 8 months ago
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freecrack
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vladbox
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Ahhh Ambivalence is KING in the US my friend.
Today the ambassador to Colombia William Brownsfield, said on an interview, that Colombia was a sovereign country and that if the people wanted to elect their president for life that was ok with the US. Not long ago he criticized the Return of Zelaya to Honduras and when he was ambassador to Venezuela (during the Bush admin) he was a very vocal opponent to the constitutional reforms that were being done there.
So What gives
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vladbox
