It was established years ago that the Jewish lobby in America would do things that defy logic in that
these things used to hurt Israel
rather than serve its causes. It was a puzzle that remained unsolved to this
day. But perhaps we may have been handed the key to solving that puzzle.
The luck came in the form of an article published in
National Review Online (NRO) under the title: “The Iran Deal: Persisting
Problems,” mentioning a report just issued in 16 pages by the American Foreign
Policy Council (AFPC) Task Force under the title: “A Nuclear Deal With Iran:
Managing the Consequences.”
The AFPC is a group of eight people who think of themselves
as forming a think tank on foreign policy, but only seven of them signed the
NRO article even though all eight names appear on the original report. They are
Ilan Berman, Jack David, Matthew Kroening, Samantha Ravich, Michael Rubin,
Jonathan Schanzer, and David Wurmser, with Michael Doran being the name that's
missing in the NRO article.
You may think of those Magnificent Seven as the Solomonic
Samurais who arm themselves with Gideon Swords, and prepare to go out and
protect the sombrero wearing elite peasants of the American Republic Iran
has not made the world safer.”
But right after that, they hit the reader with a lengthy
account which, nevertheless, fails to hide a contradiction that kills their
declaration. Here, in condensed form, is the account they give: “In coming
days, the Islamic Republic is obliged to begin implementing curbs on its
nuclear program. There is good reason to believe that it will do so.” Why then,
is the world not made safer?
They try to answer that question but only manage to mount an
argument that is so thin, it lacks any persuasive force. They begin it like this:
“the entry into force of the deal ushers in a new phase of American policy in
the Middle East ...” and they continue: “...it
has begun to empower a range of destructive behavior.” They go on to explain
what that behavior consists of. They say Iran
started talks to buy new weapons, and it has expanded its military footprint in
Syria .
Wow! Are you scared yet?
Because they know this is hardly a threatening posture on
the part of the Iranians, our Magnificent Seven have embellished their story by
adding to it two typically Jewish ingredients: they speculated, and they made a
prophetic prediction. First, they labeled those steps “adventurism,” and then
speculated that they will become more pronounced as time passes. That's it. It
is no more than that. It's what is supposed to scare you, and scare the
sombrero wearing elites of the American
Republic
This done, the Seven give the following counsel: “U.S.
policymakers need to begin thinking of steps they can take to mitigate the
vulnerabilities that are likely to result from the deal.” They tell what these
are, placing them in four broad categories: Compliance, Economic Warfare,
Defense and Iranian Democracy.
To expand on the points filling those categories, the seven
authors do nothing more than rehash the talking points that were bandied about
– over and over again – during at least the last two years. So the question we
must pose is this: Given that they are adding nothing new to the debate, and
that they are impressing no one in the process, why are they doing this?
Well, there can only be one possible answer to that
question. The Seven are not trying to contribute new insights or new
information to what is on the table; they are out to send a message to the
world. They are signaling to it that despite the apparent setbacks, the Jews
are still in charge of America 's
foreign policy, and will so remain for as far as the eye can see.
To you and me and everyone sane, this may look like it will
hurt Israel 's
interest, at least in the short term, but not to the eyes of the Jewish lobby.
That's because they know that Israel
cannot last a month without them. Thus, their priority in protecting Israel consists of protecting themselves to be
there when Israel
will need them.