Israel and the US

BBC News: Reports on a meeting between President Obama and the Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Well if Mr Netanyahu gets a picture and a press conference that will be a major step up from the last meeting between the two men, Israel has somewhat mellowed its stand over Gaza, while the US has been positive about such developments. The main topic from the Israeli side will be Iran, what is Obama going to do to prevent a nuclear armed Iran, on the US side they have two points, prevent Israel from attacking Iran and getting the Middle East Peace Process moving. It can be argued that the Middle East peace process will be around long after the Obama Administration is memory, the real problem is Iran, Israel can only give the Obama Administration so much time, sooner or later it will have to cut bait when it comes to President Obama and attack Iran. At the end of the day Obama likes the echo of his own voice, he wants to be loved by the left thus he will not take action, Israel should hit Iran just before the Mid Term Congressional Elections, make Obama take a stand, either support Israel or Iran. Of course if the Republicans win Congress then the Israeli lobby has a VETO over Obama when it comes to Israel.

Torture Allegations

The UK Prime Minister David Cameron has set up an investigation in to torture allegations against the UK Intelligence Services. In the Statement the PM stated the following, “ I believe we have the finest intelligence services in the world…..The intelligence services also keen publicly to establish their principles and integrity…..” The PM stated the following on the nature of the Independent Inquiry, “ It will look at whether Britain was implicated in the improper treatment of detainees held by other countries that may have occurred in the aftermath of 9/11. And if we were, what went wrong, and what do we need to do to learn the lessons…” The Inquiry would note the circumstances post 9/11 the PM stated the following, “... we should not be naïve or starry-eyed about the circumstances our security services were working under in the immediate aftermath of 9/11. There was a real danger that terrorist could get their hands on a dirty bomb, chemical and biological weapons – or even worse. Threat levels had been transformed. The urgency with which we needed to protect our citizens was pressing. But let me state clearly, we need to know the answers. If things went wrong, why? And what we must do to uphold the standards that people expect. ” The PM makes it clear that due to the nature of the investigation that most of it will be behind closed door, the PM stated the following, “ Let’s be frank, it is not possible to have a full public inquiry into something that is meant to be secret. So any intelligence material provided to the Inquiry panel will not be made public and nor will intelligence officers be asked to give evidence in public. ” There will be those that argue that this is a cover up, they want the 1970s US Congressional type open meetings, that was a disaster for the CIA, it took years to recover, some have argued that in never really recovered thus Iran - Contra. But when it comes to a ticking dirty bomb or other weapons of mass destruction the State has to take action that the left will always hate, but its by taking these dirty actions that people are allowed the freedoms to protest.
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　
　

HIS WAR!, Obama and Afghanistan

The War in Afghanistan is Obama’s War; as with LBJ after 1964 it become his war after President Johnson sent in the Marines to protect the airfields; Obama got his War when he sent in his first surge to Afghanistan, the second surge sealed the deal of the fate of the Obama Presidency, Obama could have take the advice of VP Biden to scale back US footprints and do more Special Forces operations and drones, but the Obama ego and it seems the Presidents scant CV when it comes to military matters helped the Military Chiefs; my dog lucky has seen more of war and that’s with cats; thus the military had their way and now we have over a hundred thousand NATO forces in Afghanistan. The President has stated the following to his Civilian and Military Officials in Afghanistan, “ Earlier this afternoon, the President held a conference call with Ambassador Karl Eikenberry and General David Petraeus. He congratulated General Petraeus on the change in command, underscored that his thoughts are with them and their teams on this holiday weekend, expressed his appreciation for their sacrifice, and reiterated the importance of our vital mission in Afghanistan. ”. In many respects General Petraeus is more powerful than Obama, the hero of Iraq has the clout to force Obama to stay in Iraq well after 2011, also Obama does not want Petraeus to be the Republican nominee for President in 2012, thus he has to keep him happy, also if the Congress goes Republican the Republicans will keep the Obama feet close to the political heat when it comes to Afghanistan, they wont allow Obama to withdraw troops based on any left wing timeline, this is why Afghanistan is Obama’s War and why he is the next LJB, and lets recall LBJ didn’t run in 1968.
　

Death in the UK - Afghanistan

MOD: Reports that a British Soldier died Yesterday in the UK due to wounds that he suffered while on active service in Afghanistan, the Soldier was from the “ 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment ”. Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 312 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total it has lost 274 in combat operations and 38 due to illness, accidents or other incidents.