When it comes to matters of national security and survival,
every country has its priorities. History, geography, culture and current
circumstances determine what these priorities are, how to live by them, and how
to defend them if and when it becomes necessary to do so.
Israel's number one priority, for example, is to find a host
whose blood it can suck like a rapacious parasite till there is no more blood
to suck, at which point Israel shifts to another host and starts the cycle all
over again. This is known as taking advantage of the host that showers pity on
the parasite, and carries it till it runs out of blood, or gets so fed up, it
kicks the thing out of its system.
A recent sad example is that of Israel
which got a 38 billion-dollar gift from foolish America , and went looking for
another sucker to take advantage of in case this one dries up, as it will
sooner or later. What is not considered taking advantage of America – or of
someone else for that matter – but is accepted as the sovereign right of every
nation, is the set of priorities that nations set for themselves. Among the
ones that continually update their priorities, and do it legitimately are Russia , China ,
Iran and North Korea .
The definitions given here for the expressions “taking
advantage of” and “sovereign right” match what you'll find in a dictionary. But
you'll be surprised to know that Benny Avni has something else in mind. Instead
of describing what the four nations do as exercise their sovereign right; he
accuses them of taking advantage of America . In addition, he ignores Israel 's activities, even though it is the blood
sucking parasite that's feasting on America like a leech with an
infinite appetite.
Avni lays out a rationale to explain his contorted logic in
an article he wrote under the title: “Hostile nations are taking advantage of
Obama's final days,” published on October 23, 2016 in the New York Post. Here
is how he says each of those nations is taking advantage of America :
It is obvious that the American military does not consider
the sayings or doings of those nations provocative enough to merit a response
that might lead to further escalation and possible war. But when an American
warship that was sailing nowhere near those countries, came under rocket fire, America
responded by destroying the radar installations that made it possible for the
rockets to be fired.
So then, what does Benny Avni think of that? Well, he
complains that Washington
officials described the American response as “measured” and “limited.” He calls
this attitude a manifestation of “eight years of retreat” that the Obama
administration has been displaying. And this is why, he goes on to say, the
Yemeni proxies of Iran
launched the rockets, thus picking a fight with America .
To him, measured and limited responses are not good enough because
when you couple that with the fact that America
has been advising its allies to take their case against China to international arbitration, America and its
allies appear to offer “not much resistance.” The result, says John Hannah, a
former adviser to Dick Cheney (quoted by Avni) is that America 's
deterrence will begin to wear down … and that is dangerous.
As to what should be done, he suggests that “the next
president must demonstrate that there's a new sheriff in town, starting by
significantly upping military budgets”.
He also quotes James Jeffrey, a former Ambassador to Iraq , who said: “Washington
should warn Iran that the
response to such provocations will not be a strike against proxies but against Iran 's own
Revolutionary guards”.
What's wrong with all that? Well, it must be said that America got
itself involved in many wars since WW II. It went to war when victimized such
as the day that Pearl Harbor was attacked, and
the day that 9/11 happened. America
also went to war because it thought of itself as policeman of the world, such
as the time when it got involved in Vietnam
and in Iraq .
What America
never did was confuse those two conditions because a policeman never plays the
role of victim. Thus, America
has always been one or the other but never both simultaneously. And yet, this
is what Avni and those like him want America to be.
They want to empower anyone that wishes to start a war
between America and Iran to do so
by shooting at an American warship. The result they want to see is a Washington that feels so victimized, it will not respond
in a measured or limited fashion but respond massively against Iran … and damn
the consequences.
In fact, this is how Israel
has lived because it knew that when things turn bad, America will come to the rescue.
But who will come to the rescue when things turn bad for America ?
The Jews wish to remake America
in the image of Israel , but
there is no host that's big enough to feed a parasite the size of America ?