Israel Criticizes U.S. “Weakness” on Ukraine, Syria
Kurt Nimmo
Infowars.com
March 19, 2014
Israel’s defense minister, Moshe Ya’alon,
used the State Department orchestrated unraveling of Ukraine and the
failure of the United States to confront Russia militarily to criticize
the “weakness” of the Obama administration. He said because the U.S. has
not pursued the role of world policeman more aggressively it is
inviting terrorism.
Israel’s
defense minister, Moshe Ya’alon: “Nobody will replace the United States
as global policeman. I hope the United States comes to its senses.”
“If you sit and wait at home, the
terrorism will come again,” Ya’alon said during a speech at Tel Aviv
University. “This is a war of civilizations. If your image is
feebleness, it doesn’t pay in the world. Nobody will replace the United
States as global policeman. I hope the United States comes to its
senses. If it doesn’t, it will challenge the world order, and the United
States is the one that will suffer.”
“We were shocked by Moshe Ya’alon’s
comments, which seriously call into question his commitment to Israel’s
relationship with the United States,” an unnamed U.S. official told the
Israeli newspaper, Haaretz. “This is part of a disturbing pattern in
which the defense minister disparages the US administration, and insults
its most senior officials. Given the unprecedented commitment that this
administration has made to Israel’s security, we are mystified why the
defense minister seems intent on undermining the relationship.”
According to polls, Americans are uniformly opposed to the United States assuming the role of global policeman
and reacting militarily to international crises such as the civil war
in Syria or the coup in Ukraine. Majorities believe it is not
appropriate for the United States “to punish governments” when they
allegedly use chemicals weapons and kill civilians. A plurality of
Americans “say that the United States has no responsibility to get
involved in Ukraine even under extreme circumstances” and “has no
responsibility to protect Ukraine in the case of a Russian invasion,” according to a survey conducted earlier this month.
A Pew Research
poll conducted on March 11 revealed nearly three quarters of poll
participants rejected involvement in the situation with Ukraine and
Russia.
Despite the widespread belief by the
American people that military intervention abroad is inappropriate, the
Obama administration and members of Congress have called for confronting
Russia over its reaction to the coup orchestrated by the U.S. State
Department in Ukraine and the decision by the people of Crimea to secede
from the country.
While the Obama administration has called for sanctions imposed on Russia, a move some consider an act of war, others in Congress have called for arming the Ukrainian junta and providing non-lethal assistance.
On Tuesday Eric Cantor,
the Republican House Majority Leader, called for “House Committees to
examine additional steps that can be taken to impose greater costs on
Russia,” including an assessment of “what military support we can
provide Ukraine.” Cantor’s statement follows a demand by Arizona
Republican Senator John McCain
to arm the junta in Kyiv, “including some small arms and ammunition, as
well as significant non-lethal assistance, such as protective
equipment, spare parts, fuel, and sharing of intelligence.”
Other Republicans, including tea party
favorites Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, have come out in support of
confronting Russia over its role in Ukraine.
“America has receded in leadership across
the world and into that vacuum has stepped nations like Russia and Iran
and China and made the world a much more dangerous place,” Cruz said on Wednesday. He also said the U.S. needs to install ballistic missile batteries on Russia’s border.
Paul has also taken a confrontational
stand on Russia, although not a military one. “It is important that
Russia become economically isolated until all its forces are removed
from Crimea and Putin pledges to act in accordance with the
international standards of behavior that respect the rights of free
people everywhere,” he wrote in an op-ed
posted on the Time magazine website on March 9. Paul echoed Cruz on the
installation of missiles on Russia’ western border. However, in
accordance with his libertarian views, Paul suggested the Europeans pay
for it.
Prior to launching his Senate campaign in 2009, Paul argued against Georgia becoming part of NATO.
“Georgia sits right on the border of Russia,” he told the College
Republicans group at Western Kentucky University. “Do you think that
might be provocative to put them in NATO? NATO’s treaty actually says
that if they’re attacked, we will defend them. So, if the treaty means
something, that means all of a sudden we’re at war with Russia. If
Georgia would had become, Bush wanted Georgia to become part of NATO,
had they been part of NATO, we’d be at war with Russia right now. That’s
kinda a scary thing. We have to decide whether putting missiles in
Poland is gonna provoke the Russians. Maybe not to war, but whether it’s
worth provoking them, or whether we have the money to do it.”
Republicans are not alone in calling for
aggressive action against Russia. “Ukraine faces a menacing threat that
challenges its very existence. We need to stand with the Ukrainian
people to choose their own destiny without Russian interference,” said
Senator Robert Menendez,
a New Jersey Democrat, after the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
approved loans and aid for Ukraine along with sanctions against Russia.
The Obama administration and Congress are
seriously out of step with the American people. Increasingly, Americans
are adopting the philosophy of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and
the founders who argued the United States should not get involved in
foreign entanglements and should acquire friendships abroad based on
mutual benefit through trade.
The reaction of the Obama administration
to the remarks of a foreign defense minister, Moshe Ya’alon, reveal the
complexity of the relationships between the U.S., its
military-industrial complex, and foreign governments, most notably
Israel, a small country that receives the largest amount of U.S. foreign
aid.
This article was posted: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at 11:17 am
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