Rivers of Exile

The plot thickens August 4, 2006

Posted by Delilah in : General, US, Lebanon , trackback

Apparently, not only did these guys know what Israel was up to, they put it up to it. They figured that, if they were going to bomb Iran, they should prevent Iran’s retaliation via Hezbollah so they directed Israel to prevent-strike Lebanon. And they’ve been posturing ever since. wow.
That’s the allegation anyway, according to the Daily Mail and The New Stateman

Says the Daily Mail:

Dr Pike said he believed there was an agreement between Israel and the U.S. that Iranian nuclear plants would eventually - probably next year - have to be bombed to stop the development of a nuclear weapon. Once that bombing takes place, Iran will order Hezbollah to attack Israel. Thus, Dr Pike claimed, the U.S. and Israel agreed in secret that at some point before the attack on the Iranian nuclear sites, Hezbollah had to be disarmed and that as soon as a pretext became available, Israel should use force.

And The New Statesman:

Now, as Blair hides behind banalities about “good and evil” and the familiar, crude definitions of “terrorism”, his ministers look on helplessly. They talk openly to journalists - in the “you can print it, but just don’t name me” deal that is the coward’s life at Westminster - of Blair’s “Bush problem”. Shortly before MPs left for their summer break, one senior member of the cabinet accosted me in the corridors of the Commons, and asked: “How much further up their arses do you think we can go?” I suggested that this was more up to him than to me.

What an embarrassment.