To All Lovers of Despots,
Back in the 50's a very popular book was entitled, "The Ugly American". It is perhaps even more relevant today. We average Americans have been sitting by for years while our corporate First Class Citizens have been sowing the seeds of hatred of America, throughout the world.
But our Ruling Class can't seem to step up to the plate and take credit for their actions. No, it has to be the bad dictators, many of whom we supported in the past, who have turned on us. But so long as we have sons and daughters to spare, the Ruling Class will march onward, carrying the Cross of Jesus, onward to the next oil well.
Curious Carl
----- Original Message -----From: Bob HacheyTo: acb-chat@acb.orgSent: Friday, May 18, 2012 7:05 AMSubject: Re: [acb-chat] FW: [Native_American_Christians] IRANIAN PAPERSBOASTS OF END TO U.S.-ISRAEL ALLIANCEHi Eric,
I must say that I am flattered that you believe that I can, with certainty,
state whether or not this piece is true.
Without further research, I'm not sure. I do think it is a bit alarmist.
One thing I do know is that there are many complexities in the Middle East
and that we Americans ahave too often acted in a short-sighted manner toward
that region seeking either to obtain oil as inexpensively as possible or
fighting a so-called war on terror. WE have supported horrible governments
in the name of national interest.
IN summary, if you want to learn how not to make friends and influence
people, take a good look at American foreign policy regarding the Middle
East for the last 50 or so years.
Bob Hachey
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Calhoun" <eric@pmpmail.com>
To: <acb-chat@acb.org>
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 3:51 AM
Subject: [acb-chat] FW: [Native_American_Christians] IRANIAN PAPERS BOASTS
OF END TO U.S.-ISRAEL ALLIANCE
> From another list. Mr. Hachey, is this factual?
>
>
> Original Message:
> From: "revjoe2701@comcast.net" <revjoe2701@comcast.net>
> To: "-???...Rev. Joe Diaz...-???" <revjoe2701@comcast.net>
> Subject: [Native_American_Christians] IRANIAN PAPERS BOASTS OF END TO
> U.S.-ISRAEL ALLIANCE
> Date:
> Thu, 17 May 2012 19:08:05 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
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> Shared by Mary Ann Trott
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> Wednesday, May 16, 2012
>
> Iranian Paper Boasts of End to U.S.-Israel Alliance, Predicts Destruction
> of
> Israel After Fall of Saudi Royal Family
>
> By Ryan Mauro
>
> WorldThreats.com
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>
>
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>
>
> An Iranian newspaper tied to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei recently boasted
> that the U.S. has ?rejected? Israel over the past three months. This
> belief
> could have disastrous consequences. The author writes that the only
> ?obstacle? remaining is the Saudi Royal Family and once it falls, Israel
> can
> be destroyed.
>
> ?It can be said that within the last 60 years, this is the first time
> that
> the Zionist regime, since its illegal inception, has had to endure
> rejection
> by the West over its vision and interest in the region,? wrote Sadollah
> Zarei, according to a translation by Reza Kahlili.
>
> It?s easy to see why Iran has picked up on this fact, which Democrats
> have
> desperately tried to deny throughout Obama?s tenure. Headline after
> headline
> is about the U.S. trying to hold Israel back. In March, an anonymous
> administration official told the Washington Post, ?We?re trying to make
> the
> decision to attack as hard as possible for Israel.?
>
> There?s been a steady stream of leaks from administration officials
> potentially damaging Israel. On March 28, Foreign Policy reported on the
> alleged existence of a secret agreement between Israel and Azerbaijan
> making
> the latter?s airbases available for a potential strike on Iran. The
> results
> of a classified war game simulating a conflict between Israel and Iran
> that
> showed hundreds of U.S. casualties made its way into the press. Another
> report claimed that Israel is using members of the MEK Iranian opposition
> group to target Iran?s nuclear scientists.
>
> The author attributes the change in U.S. policy to recognition of Iranian
> strength because of the Arab Spring, which he refers to as the ?Islamic
> Awakening.? He specifically mentions the removal of Egyptian President
> Hosni
> Mubarak and the subsequent takeover of the country by Islamist forces.
> Zarei
> also claims that the U.S. is ?on the verge of accepting the Iranian
> nuclear
> program? and points to statements by Israeli officials that Iran is
> ?rational? as proof that the Israeli government is weakening.
>
> The Coming Is upon Us
>
> Don?t let the fact that Iran is Shiite and the Muslim Brotherhood and
> Salafists are Sunni fool you. The two forces may be battling in Syria, but
> the Iranian regime still believes that its rise is a fulfillment of
> Islamic
> End Times prophecy. Last year, Ahmadinejad?s office produced a
> documentary
> titled The Coming Is upon Us. It outlined how it views its role in
> Islamic
> prophecy and plainly states that the Muslim Brotherhood?s ascendance is
> ?in
> accordance with the Hadith.?
>
> In February, Khamenei declared, ?From now on, in any place, if any nation
> or
> any group confronts the Zionist regime, we will endorse and we will
> help.?
> This should be seen as an overture to the Muslim Brotherhood. The film
> states that the destruction of Israel is preceded by the creation of an
> anti-Western Arab coalition.
>
> Arguably the most important line in Zarei?s column is this: ?With
> diminishing support for Israel and with the (upcoming) collapse of the
> monarchy in Saudi Arabia, there won?t be any obstacles left facing Iran
> with
> its policy of annihilation of Israel.?
>
> This statement echoes what the apocalyptic documentary said. In The
> Coming
> Is upon Us, the regime teaches that the death of Saudi King Abdullah will
> be
> a fulfillment of prophecy and one of the last precursors to Israel?s
> destruction. Saudi Arabia will be consumed with internal turmoil until the
> Mahdi appears to vanquish Islam?s enemies. King Abdullah is at least 87
> years old.
>
> In August, a Hezbollah MP in Lebanon, retired Brigadier-General Walid
> Sakariya, stated that two other things must happen before the final war to
> destroy Israel can begin: U.S. forces must leave Iraq and the Assad regime
> in Syria must be secure. The first objective has been completed.
>
> President Ahmadinejad recently stated the war is not necessary to destroy
> Israel if the Arab world unites against it. However, the voices describing
> such a war in detail are getting louder.
>
> In February, the deputy-commander of the Iranian military announced a
> change
> in policy. ?Our strategy now is that if we feel our enemies want to
> endanger
> Iran?s national interests, and want to decide to do that, we will act
> without waiting for their actions,? he said.
>
> Around the same time, the director of the parliament?s research
> institute,
> Ahmed Tavakoli, said Iran should attack Israel by the end of the year,
> urging the regime to take advantage of the political climate in the U.S.
> Tavakoli said that Iranian missiles could pummel the coastal area to the
> south of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in order to degrade Israel?s retaliatory
> capacity. He said that the Dimona nuclear reactor and a smaller reactor
> south of Tel Aviv must also be destroyed.
>
> That same month, the former governor of Kish Province and pro-Khamenei
> strategist, Alireza Forghani, went even further and outlined a strategy of
> genocide against the Jewish population of Israel. His analysis was
> reposted
> at several other regime websites, most notably the Fars News Agency
> operated
> by the Revolutionary Guards.
>
> Forghani said that Shahab-3 missiles could destroy Tel Aviv, Jerusalem
> and
> Haifa, eliminating 60% of the Jews in Israel. Nuclear reactors, air force
> bases and airbases should be targeted in the first wave by Sejil missiles.
> Secondary targets would include power plants, communication sites,
> transportation sites and sewage treatment facilities. Altogether, he said,
> it would take about nine minutes. He strongly recommended that the attack
> happen before 2014. That is when Ahmadinejad?s term ends.
>
> This genocidal madness was endorsed by Ayatollah Mesbah-Yazdi, an
> influential hardline cleric. Reza Kahlili reports that he recently ruled
> that all Israelis who did not oppose the country?s ?vicious crimes? are
> legitimate targets. Mesbah-Yazdi has written in support of Iran acquiring
> nuclear weapons and one of his disciples issued a fatwa in 2006 justifying
> their use.
>
> Policymakers need to recognize that public tensions between the U.S. and
> Israel and displays of American weakness reinforce the regime?s beliefs.
> In
> The Coming Is upon Us, the regime uses quotes from U.S. officials stating
> that there is no viable military option against Iran as proof that
> prophecy
> is being fulfilled.
>
> No good comes from making Iran believe that the U.S. isn?t interested in
> defending Israel.
>
>
>
> Related Links
>
>
> Iran drills first large-scale paratroop drops for offensive action ?
> DEBKAfile
>
> Growing tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia over Bahrain ? Al-Bawaba
>
> Khameini told me Iran will win ?inevitable? conflict with Israel and US,
> says Spain?s ex-PM ? Times of Israel
>
> Iran Boasts of End to US-Israel Alliance ? Arutz Sheva
>
> Iran installing more centrifuges before Baghdad talks ? Jerusalem Post
>
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