Tuesday, April 7, 2015

He says bomb Iran because we're all stupid

Every one of those who called for the bombing of Iran had a reason why they wanted to see this done. Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal is no exception but for the fact that the reasons he cites are the most unusual of all. He explains his position in the column he wrote under the title: “Obama and the 'Inevitable Critics,'” also under the subtitle: “We are dealing with a case of Mutually Assured Obfuscation.” It was published on April 7, 2015 in the Journal.

The column is the Stephens response to President Obama's open question: “Do you think that this verifiable deal, if fully implemented, backed by the world's major powers, is a worse option than the risk of another war in the Middle East?” Ignoring for now the caveat: “if fully implemented,” the columnist answers with a “yes,” and accuses the major powers that when the time comes, they will fail to do the necessary due diligence to prevent Iran from cheating. It is worth noting at this point, that Stephens and those of his ilk were the people that called for the bombing of Iran even before the framework was negotiated, much as they are doing now.

And right now, Stephens says that the deal fails the test of verification because of two reasons: (1) lack of clarity as to what is in the deal; and (2) the deal cannot be verified even if it is clarified.

Having these two conditions back to back reinforces the image of the Jew as judging something negatively because he does not understand it … and predicting that he will continue to see it negatively even if he is made to understand it. In fact, this image was first projected to the world long ago … at a time when America was free of the Jewish bondage that now keeps the mouth of its politicians shut.

Americans used to speak freely in the old days. But then, they began to be slapped with Jewish demands for “clarification.” This prompted the floating of a saying to the effect that you cannot keep clarifying to someone why two plus two make four. And this proved to be what the Jews were waiting for. They accused innocent Americans of being antisemitic, causing them to shut up and let the Jews have it their way. Well, the fact that Stephens is reviving this trick, says these people are getting desperate.

For example, even when ironclad agreements are made between nations, disputes arise as to what some of the provisions in them mean. This is why international tribunals are set up to interpret such provisions. And here, you have a case that is described by both sides as being only a framework (not yet an ironclad agreement), and you see the Jews jump on the different interpretations given by America and Iran to ask: Who is lying? These Jews are truly desperate.

As it always happens with Jews when they begin to sense they are losing the argument, Bret Stephens pulls the wild card from his sleeve at this point in the discussion. He accuses the Iranians of all sorts of bad things, which automatically paints them as the bad guys while painting “our side” as the good guys. This relieves him from having to explain the unexplainable; and so he says anything he needs to, justifying his stance by the fact that we are good and they are bad.

In fact, Stephens does not even bother painting the Iranians as the bad guys; he quotes a card carrying clown from the comical troop Foundation for Defense of Democracies, to make the point. As to our side, he adds that in addition to being good, we are also stupid. He does not use this word, but uses a long explanation to make the point. This is how he put it: The deal is beholden to the world's major powers which include the Europeans, the Chinese and the Russians, all of whom are eager to re-enter the Iranian market, having invested much in that country already. Worse, the deal subordinates the U.S. to the U.N. – a move he calls fatal flaw.

In case this is not enough to convince his readers, Stephens pulls another Jewish trick from his sleeve. He attacks Barack Obama and John Kerry; accusing the first of hypocrisy, and the second of incompetence. Well, slandering people is as Jewish as matzoh bread … what did you expect?

All of that leads Stephens to foresee: “a grim future of a nuclear Iran, threatening its neighbors, and a proliferated Middle East, threatening the world.” This is why he suggests – in a very subtle way – bombing Iran now even if this means creating a situation that is infinitely worse than Iraq, Syria and Libya combined.