Saturday, July 18, 2015

Interests of the unmentionable Israel

Realizing that to mention the word 'Israel' has become the toxic expression that would kill a serious discussion about war and peace in the Middle East, Michael Makovsky who is Israel's unofficial attorney in America, has pleaded his client's case without mentioning its name. And he did a job that's as poor as he would have, had he mentioned the dreaded word.

That doomed exercise came in the form of an 1100-word article written under the title: “On the Consequences of the Deal,” published on July 17, 2015 in the Weekly Standard. The gist of it is so typically Jewish; it is as toxic as to write the word 'Israel' 1100 times back to back on a sheet, and nothing else. The following is basically what Makovsky is saying: The consequences of the deal are that Iran will be able to “support terrorist groups and proxies in the region. It will trigger nuclear proliferation, which will increase the risk of nuclear conflict that could draw in the United States.”

But don't pass any judgment yet because that's not the end of it. Of course, that passage in Makovsky's article is meant to scare the reader. Now look what comes in the next paragraph: “the deal not only fails to address Iran's attempts to develop missiles with which it will eventually be able to fire nuclear weapons at the United States, it lifts the embargo that prevents it from buying those weapons, and other systems from Russia and China.”

Now that you are really scared, look how Makovsky – the quintessential Jew that's dripping his Jewishness like puss oozing from a festering wound – begins the next paragraph of the article. He writes: “Rather than defend the deal on its merits, Obama attempted to scare the American people with misleading 'alternatives.'” Did he say scare the American people? What could be scarier than to say Iran will fire nuclear weapons at the United States? How toxic is the puss that Makovsky is oozing? How much more of it he holds back?

Are you ready for an answer? Here is what he says about President Obama scaring people. He quotes him as having said: “Consider what happens in a world without this deal.” And this is how Makovsky comments on what Obama has said: “He would have us believe that there is no possibility of getting a better deal.”

And you, my dear friend, are supposed to be more scared by what Obama said than Makovsky saying: The consequences of the deal is that Iran will support terrorist groups and proxies ... will trigger nuclear proliferation, which will increase the risk of nuclear conflict that could draw in the United States … The deal fails to address Iran's attempts to develop missiles ... to fire nuclear weapons at the United States [and] lifts the embargo that prevents it from buying those weapons and other systems from Russia and China.

That's a basketful of terror. However, to be fair, it must also be said that Obama mentioned what the alternative to the deal would be. Makovsky describes it as a nuclear program run amok. The words of the President being these: “No deal means no lasting constrains on Iran's nuclear program.”

And given how the debate has developed over the past few years – much of it done on the pages and website of the Weekly Standard, and responded to on this website by yours truly – the President had no alternative but to mention: “Without a diplomatic resolution, I or a future U.S. president would face a decision about whether or not to allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon or whether to use our military to stop it. Put simply, no deal means a greater chance of more war in the Middle East.”

Makovsky says that to have mentioned that reality was shameful even though it was the choice which people of his ilk have been highlighting for years. The problem has always been the non-stop war-mongering these people have been doing – as indeed, he is doing in his current article – and will continue to do if the deal is rejected. But instead of ending his war-mongering, and calling on his comrades to do likewise, Makovsky says that to mention the war-mongering is to do fear-mongering. Go figure. Well, it takes a Jew to put on a show like this.

He goes on: “[in] Obama's narrative, the consequences of accepting this deal will be peace rather than war.” Makovsky rebuts that assertion with this counterpoint: “But our allies made clear they see this deal as making more likely the conflicts Obama is trying to prevent.” Who are these allies? Are they the Arabs? No; he mentions the Arabs right after that. It must, therefore, be the Israelis he finds too toxic to mention by name.

As to the Arabs, he says this: “...our traditional Arab allies will develop nuclear programs or acquire nuclear weapons.” Well, this was the worry before the deal. But now that the deal with Iran has been concluded, the worry has evaporated. The Arabs have welcomed the deal, and said they look forward to calmer times ahead.

Having pulled a stunt of the reversing kind, Makovsky now gives it a distinct Jewish look. He does it by turning reality on its head. He achieves this feat by accusing President Obama of not having “an honest discussion about all this” when, in fact, he was the dishonest character from start to finish. And that's why he calls on the Congress to “stand up to the president … and vote to disapprove the deal.”

All that to serve the interests of the unmentionable Israel.