Intimidernos dirigeants dfaitistes
Par Caroline B.Glick
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Alorsque les directions politiques en Isral et aux USA perdent leur volont collectivede se mettre dĠaccord la ralit de la guerre, cĠest sur les paules dessimples citoyens quĠil choit de leur dire quĠils ont tort.
Dimanche dernier,le ministre des affaires trangres de lÓAutorit Palestinienne, Mahmoud Zahartait Thran pour rencontrer son patron, le prsident iranien MahmoudAhmadinejad.
Ahmadinejad auraitconsacr la runion rappeler Zahar que le jihad est la seule voie pour lesPalestiniens, et exiger que le Hamas redouble ses attaques contre Isral.
Le rapport nous endit peu que nous ne sachions djsur le Hamas et lĠIran.
Depuis lĠan pass,les chefs du Hamas Zahar et Khaled Mashaal ont voyag en Iran. pour rencontrerAhmadinejad et les commandants du renseignement iranien et des units de Gardesde la Rvolution un rythme mensuel, ou bimensuel, voire hebdomadaire.
Cette runion asimplement servi nous rappeler ce qui est clair depuis des mois, savoir quelĠIran aujourdĠhui est la tte de lĠaxe jihadiste mondial. Plus intressanteque cette runion, la manire dont les principaux ennemis de lĠIran et du Hamas– Les Etats Unis et Isral – ont rpondu la guerre que lĠaxejihadiste conduit par lĠIran mne contre eux.
Deux mots dcriventavec justesse les rponses de lĠadministration Bush et du gouvernement Olmert la guerre qui sĠintensifie. Ce sont respectivement la conciliation et lacapitulation.
La dcision delĠadministration Bush de ngocier directement avec lĠIran au sujet de la coursegnocidaire de la mollahcratie pour obtenir la force nuclaire reprsente laplus claire renonciation de la Maison blanche pour tout ce que le PrsidentBush a proclam se battre depuis les attaques du onze septembre.
Le rgime iranien,selon son intention ouvertement dclare dĠannihiler Isral, sa participationactive dans la guerre contre les forces diriges par les USA en Irak, sonsoutien et son parrainage dĠautres forces terroristes combattant les forcesamricaines en Irak et en Afghanistan, sa subversion active de rgimespro-occidentaux travers le Moyen-orient, son soutien aux rgimes et auxforces politiques anti-amricains travers le monde entier, et sa course pourlĠacquisition de missiles balistiques intercontinentaux capables dĠattaquerlĠAmrique du Nord, reprsente tout ce que Bush a promis de renverser lasuite des attaques sur les USA il y a cinq ans.
Il y a eu beaucoupde tentatives pour rationaliser, justifier et excuser le changement de cap.
Certains disent quecĠest la consquence dĠun dsarroi politique. Il est difficile de voir pourquoiBush penserait que tenter de se concilier le pire ennemi de lĠAmriquecalmerait la base de son support politique. Mais plus importants que lesraisons de son inversion dĠorientation politique, il y a le contenu et lesconsquences de sa nouvelle position.
En apportant uneouverture Thran, lĠadministration Bush a adopt la politique dĠintimidationque le prcdent prsident Jimmy Carter a mis sous la gorge de lĠadministrationClinton dans ses changes avec les staliniens Nord Corens en 1994. Il y adouze ans, Carter sĠest invit tout seul en Core du Nord, pour Ç dsamorcer Èla crise que les Nord Corens avaient fomente en dveloppant ouvertement desarmes nuclaires. Puisque le prsident dĠalors Bill Clinton nĠavait aucunepolitique pour traiter avec la Core du Nord, il autoris Carter ngocierlĠchange que Bush offre aujourdĠhui Thran.
Comme alors,aujourdĠhui, en change de la ÒpromesseÓ de stopper lĠenrichissement de lĠUranium,les USA veulent donner Thran du combustible nuclaire, des avions, despices de rechange, des racteurs eau lgre, la participation danslĠOrganisation Mondiale du Commerce, et lĠacceptation par les USA de la mollahcratiecomme un Etat lgitime.
Il nĠy a aucundoute que la ngociation Carter a effectivement conduit les USA faciliter ledveloppement dĠarmes nuclaires par la Core du Nord. Et maintenant, aprsavoir refus depuis cinq ans dĠadopter une politique iranienne, Bush a tconvaincu par les semblables de la Secrtaire dĠEtat Condoleezza Rice de suivrela conduite des Europens dans la conciliation avec les mollahs.
Depuis tout cela,Pyongyang dot de lĠarme nuclaire menace ses voisins. La Core du Nord estencore moins dangereuse que lĠIran. Contrairement Pyongyang, Thran seconsidre comme un prtendant pour la suprmatie mondiale. Elle a des cellulesterroristes rpandues sur la plante capables de frapper des ciblesoccidentales sur la notification du moment. En dehors de cela, lĠIran sĠestdj engage utiliser les bombes nuclaires quĠelle fabrique maintenant pourdtruire Isral et mettre lĠAmrique et lĠEurope genoux.
Aprs que Rice aitannonc lĠadoption par Washington de la politique de conciliation de lĠUE,lĠIran nĠa pas perdu de temps pour humilier de faon rpte lĠAmrique. Jeudidernier, Ahmadinejad sĠest vant que lĠoffre des USA dmontrait que lĠAmriqueavait t vaincue. LĠAIEA a rvl que depuis que les USA ont fait leur offre,lĠIran a intensifi ses oprations dĠenrichissement de lĠUranium. Le ÔSundayTelegraphĠa rapport que lĠIran avait dj un autre site nuclaire secret ddi lĠenrichissement de lĠUranium de qualit militaire.
A tout cela, lePrsident Bush a rpondu par davantage de conciliation. Il a dclar que lĠIrandispose de semaines pour se dcider accepter lĠoffre des USA.LĠadministration soutient le refus du Prsident du Comit des AffairesEtrangres du Snat, Richard Lugar, de soumettre au vote une loi de sanctionscontre lĠIran – dj adopte une immense majorit la Chambre desReprsentants, et parraine par 61 Snateurs [sur 100 au total aux USA, ndt] . Ainsi, plutt que ce combattrelĠIran, lĠadministration combat ses partisans les plus loyaux en faisantavancer la politique de ses plus ardents dtracteurs.
Le gouvernementOlmert Jrusalem refuse de la mme faon de reconnatre quĠune guerre estactivement mene contre isral. Le refus dĠOlmert dĠaccepter la ralit de laguerre est mme plus injustifiable que celui de lĠadministration Bush parceque, alors que les Amricains nĠont pas t attaqus l o ils vivent depuis leonze septembre, chaque jour des Israliens sont attaqus dans leurs foyers.
Sur la toile defond de lĠintensification des attaques de roquettes palestiniennes, le Maire deSderot, Eli Moyal a montr lĠabsurdit de lĠaveuglement volontaire dugouvernement quand il a prsent Olmert dimanche dernier avec le dernier choix sa disposition. Comme Moyal lĠa formul : Ç Olmert peut continuerdĠignorer la guerre, et donc transformer la ville bombarde de Sderot en uneville fantme, ou bien il peut mener la guerre, et transformer Beit Hanoun Gaza – dĠo les roquettes sont tires et pleuvent sur Sderot et lescommunauts environnantes – en une ville fantme. CĠest ainsi, cĠest euxou nous, aussi simple que cela È.
A cela, legouvernement a rpondu par la dngation et des dclarations de capitulation.
Olmert, et sonMinistre de la Dfense Amir Peretz, tout aussi inexpriment, pusillanime,idologiquement aveugle, et la Ministre des Affaires Etrangres Tzipi Livni ontclam quĠils adressaient au Hamas un signal clair en ne faisant rien. Et que signalent-ils ?Que si le Hamas nĠest pas la hauteur, Isral lui donnera la Jude et laSamarie et une partie de Jrusalem.
Comme pour lĠIran,selon un rapport paru le week-end dernier dans ÔThe ForwardĠ,
Dans le mme ordre,les diplomates israliens New York et Washington ont admis que leursactivits aujourdĠhui sont surtout consacres convaincre les dirigeants juifsamricains de soutenir le plan dĠOlmert dĠabandon de la Jude et de la Samarieau Hamas.
En 1943, quand lapreuve de lĠexistence de la destruction des communauts juives dĠEurope estdevenue indiscutable, quelques sionistes amricains vibrant de colre –parmi les plus connus Paul Bergson et Ben Hecht – ont lanc une campagnemassive pour essayer dĠobliger lĠadministration Roosevelt faire quelque chosepour sauver les Juifs dĠEurope. La direction juive organise, conduite parSteven Wise, a fait tout ce quĠelle a pu pour dlgitimer leurs efforts. Selonle compte-rendu copieusement document de ces vnements dans le livredĠhistoire de Rafael Medloff, Ç Sionisme militant en Amrique È,Wise, comme les dirigeants du Mouvement sioniste travailliste, ne voulait pasque la guerre soit perue comme un problme juif, et ne voulait pas sĠalinerla Maison Banche en criant trop fort pour les Juifs dĠEurope.
AujourdĠhui, alorsque lĠIran. sĠapprte commettre un second Holocauste, quoi lesorganisations juives amricaines passent-elles leur temps ? En dehors dusoutien lĠadministration et au gouvernement Olmert, les organisations juivesamricaines dirigeantes, y compris la Confrence des Prsidents des PrincipalesOrganisations Juives Amricaines, lĠAnti Defamation League, la fdration juivede New York, et le Joint Distribution Committee [organisme de secours et de bienfaisance, ndt
Il nĠy a pas dedoute que, alors que les directions politiques dĠIsral et des USA perdent leurvolont collective de se mettre dĠaccord sur la ralit de la guerre,
CommeMoyal lĠa dit, il est temps de faire face aux faits. Il nĠy a pas de voiemoyenne. Vous ne pouvez pas nuancer des ennemis gnocidaires tendus vers votredestruction et votre dfaite.
Jewish World Review June13, 2006 / 17 Sivan, 5766
Facing down our defeatist leaders
By Caroline B. Glick
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As the leadership of Israel and the US lose theircollective will to reconcile themselves to the reality of war, it falls on theshoulders of private citizens to tell them that they are wrong
Sunday Palestinian Hamas Authority Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar was inTeheran meeting with his boss, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Ahmadinejad reportedly devoted the meeting to reminding Zahar that jihadis the only path for the Palestinians, and demanding that Hamas redouble itsattacks against Israel.
This report tells us little we don't already know about Hamas and Iran.
Since last year, Hamas leaders Zahar and Khaled Mashaal have beentraveling to Iran to meet with Ahmadinejad and commanders of Iranianintelligence and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards units on a monthly,twice-monthly and even weekly basis.
This meeting merely served to remind us what has been clear for months,namely, that Iran today is the leader of the global jihadist axis. Moreinteresting than the meeting is how Iran and Hamas's chief enemies — theUnited States and Israel — have responded to the war the Iranian-ledjihadist axis is waging against them.
Two words aptly describe the Bush administration and the Olmertgovernment's responses to the escalating war. They are respectively:appeasement and capitulation.
The Bush administration's decision to negotiate directly with Iran overthe genocidal mullocracy's race to achieve nuclear capabilities represents theWhite House's clearest renunciation of everything that President George W. Bushclaims to have been fighting against since the September 11 attacks.
The Iranian regime, with its openly stated intention to annihilateIsrael; its active participation in the war against US-led forces in Iraq; itssupport and sponsorship of other terror forces fighting US forces in Iraq andAfghanistan; its active subversion of pro-Western regimes throughout the MiddleEast; its support for anti-US regimes and political forces throughout theworld; and its race to acquire intercontinental ballistic missiles capable ofattacking the continental US, represents everything that Bush pledged to bringdown in the aftermath of the attacks on the US five years ago.
THERE HAVE been many attempts to rationalize, justify and excuse themove.
Some say it is a result of political distress. It is hard to see whyBush would think that attempting to appease America's worst enemy will placatehis political support base. But more important than the reasons for his policyreversal are the content and consequences of his new position.
In providing an opening to Teheran, the Bush administration has adoptedthe policy that former president Jimmy Carter forced down the throat of theClinton administration in its dealings with the North Korean Stalinists in1994. Twelve years ago, Carter invited himself to North Korea to"defuse" the crisis the North Koreans had fomented by openlydeveloping nuclear weapons. Since then-president Bill Clinton had no policy fordealing with North Korea, he allowed Carter to negotiate the deal that Bush isnow offering Teheran.
As then, today in exchange for a "pledge" to stop enrichinguranium, the US is willing to give Teheran nuclear fuel, airplanes, spareparts, light water reactors, World Trade Organization membership and USacceptance of the mullocracy as a legitimate regime.
There can be no doubt that Carter's deal effectively caused the US tofacilitate North Korea's development of nuclear weapons. And now, afterrefusing for five years to adopt an Iran policy, Bush has been convinced by thelikes of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to follow the Europeans' lead inappeasing the mullahs.
For all that the nuclearized Pyongyang threatens its neighbors, NorthKorea is still less dangerous than Iran. Unlike Pyongyang, Teheran sees itselfas a contender for global supremacy. It has terror cells all over the globecapable of striking Western targets at a moment's notice. Aside from that, Iranhas already committed itself to using the nuclear bombs it is now building todestroy Israel and bring America and Europe to their knees.
AFTER RICE announced Washington's adoption of the EU's appeasementpolicy, Iran wasted no time repeatedly humiliating America. Last ThursdayAhmadinejad bragged that the US offer showed America had been defeated. TheIAEA revealed that since the US made the offer, Iran intensified its uraniumenrichment operation. The Sunday Telegraph reported that Iran has yet anothersecret nuclear site which is dedicated to military grade uranium enrichment.
To all this President Bush has responded with more appeasement. He saysthat Iran has weeks to decide whether to accept the US offer. Theadministration is backing Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman RichardLugar's refusal to bring an Iran sanctions bill - already passed overwhelminglyin the House of Representatives and sponsored by 61 senators - to a vote. Sorather than fighting Iran, the administration is fighting its most loyalsupporters while advancing the policy of its most ardent detractors.
THE OLMERT government in Jerusalem similarly refuses to recognize that awar is being actively waged against Israel. Olmert's refusal to accept thereality of war is even more unjustifiable than the Bush administration'sbecause while Americans haven't been attacked where they live since September11, every day Israelis are attacked in their homes.
Against the backdrop of the intensification of the Palestinian rocketattacks on southern Israel, Sderot's Mayor Eli Moyal showed the absurdity ofthe government's willful blindness when Sunday he presented Olmert with theonly choice he has. As Moyal put it, Olmert can continue to ignore the war andso turn the bombarded town of Sderot into a ghost town, or he can fight the warand turn Beit Hanoun in Gaza — from which the rockets raining down onSderot and surrounding communities are being launched — into a ghosttown. That is, it is us or them, as simple as that.
To this the government responded with denial and surrender declarations.
Olmert and his equally inexperienced, weak-kneed, ideologically blindedDefense Minister Amir Peretz and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni claim that theyare sending Hamas a clear signal by doing nothing. And what are they signaling?That if Hamas doesn't shape up, Israel will give it Judea and Samaria and partsof Jerusalem.
AS TO Iran, according to a report over the weekend in The Forward, inhis recent meetings with the American Jewish leadership, Olmert urged them tolower their profile on Iran because his government doesn't want the issue to beperceived as an Israeli issue. And so, most Jewish groups, including AIPAC,have not publicly criticized the administration's adoption of Europe'sappeasement policy. As Jess Hordes, the Anti-Defamation Leagues Washingtonaffairs director, told the Forward, "Looking down the abyss at thechoices, which, in their starkest terms, are either accepting Iran as a nuclearpower or attacking militarily, I think people are looking to see whether or nota third way can be found to achieve the same purpose."
By the same token, Israeli diplomats in New York and Washington haveadmitted that their activities today are largely dedicated to convincingAmerican Jewish leaders to support the Olmert plan to surrender Judea andSamaria to Hamas.
In 1943 when the evidence of the destruction of European Jewry becameincontrovertible, some strident Zionists in the US — most notably PeterBergson and Ben Hecht — launched a massive campaign to try to force theRoosevelt administration to do something to save the Jews of Europe. Theorganized Jewish leadership, led by Steven Wise, did everything it could todelegitimize their efforts. According to the copiously documented account ofthese events in Rafael Medoff's history, Militant Zionism in America, Wise,like the leaders of the Labor Zionist movement, didn't want the war to be seenas a Jewish issue and didn't want to alienate the White House by crying out tooloudly for European Jews.
Today, as Iran moves closer to committing a second Holocaust, how areAmerican Jewish organizations spending their time? Aside from supporting theadministration and the Olmert government, leading American Jewish organizationsincluding the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations,the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish Federation of New York and the JointDistribution Committee have joined forces with the far-left New Israel Fund andannounced their intention to fund Israeli Arab organizations.
There is no doubt that as the leadership of Israel and the US lose theircollective will to reconcile themselves to the reality of war, it falls on theshoulders of private citizens to tell them that they are wrong. Iran has beenat war with the US and Israel since 1979 and today it has a leadershipcommitted to advancing this war by destroying Israel and bringing America toits knees. In light of this danger, and in view of the clear lessons of theHolocaust, it is an act of cowardice and immorality for those who recognize thedangers to take a back seat to leaders who refuse to stand up for theircountries.
As Moyal said, it is time to face the facts. There is no middle way. Youcannot nuance genocidal foes bent on your destruction and defeat.