For some, the Gaza war is a PR disaster for Israel's image on the world stage.
For Palestinians it is yet more proof of Israel's genocidal intentions.
But as this story from Haaretz makes clear, the darker the clouds, the brighter the silver lining! For the lucky devils at government-owned Israel Military Industries, the latest Gaza war has been a gift from the heavens!
Operation Over the Cliff has been a godsend. Those "highly sophisticated" Hatzav and Kalanit tank shells have been a great success, as evidenced by those many images of telegenic dead babies circulating on the internet.
IMI has moved beyond "smart bombs" to next generation "super-smart bombs", which have proven themselves so smart over the past month that already there is a massive back-order to the tune of billions of shekels.
Gaza is neither the worlds largest prison nor an independent Palestinian state, but rather a "classroom" that gives IMI and other war profiteers a "marketing advantage"!
And what a timely stroke of luck that this fantastic boost to the bottom line comes just as the government is tidying up the books to privatize IMI.
See, every bad-news story has its good side; you just have to know where to look.
Showing posts with label war on Gaza. Show all posts
Showing posts with label war on Gaza. Show all posts
Monday, August 11, 2014
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Fukuyama was wrong; history is just getting started
Anybody who reads the news on a regular basis can see the evidence all over the place.
If this is about "a clash of civilizations" it should be obvious that we're losing.
There's no doubt that there's enough Western firepower left to retake the Kabul airport, but what about the next attack, or the one after that, or the one after that?...
There's no doubt Israel will prevail in the current Gaza conflict, and probably the next one, but who knows about the one after that or the one after that one?...
Islam is on the rise.
If we were smart, we would make peace with that.
Unfortunately, foreign policy in the West is too often left in the hands of the warmongers and their fellow-travelers in the military-industrial complex, who see conflict as a profit opportunity.
So I suppose it's gonna be salad days for the warmongers and the worst of days for the rest of us.
If this is about "a clash of civilizations" it should be obvious that we're losing.
There's no doubt that there's enough Western firepower left to retake the Kabul airport, but what about the next attack, or the one after that, or the one after that?...
There's no doubt Israel will prevail in the current Gaza conflict, and probably the next one, but who knows about the one after that or the one after that one?...
Islam is on the rise.
If we were smart, we would make peace with that.
Unfortunately, foreign policy in the West is too often left in the hands of the warmongers and their fellow-travelers in the military-industrial complex, who see conflict as a profit opportunity.
So I suppose it's gonna be salad days for the warmongers and the worst of days for the rest of us.
Netanyahu's options on Gaza
The first and best option would of course be making peace with the neighbours.
But anyone who has followed Netanyahu's blood-soaked career knows that's not in the cards.
Having got yet another "war" that was cynically and obviously provoked by him alone, he seems unsure what to do now.
Faced with a Hamas leadership every bit as cynical and opportunistic as he is, if not more, he is being goaded by his own right wing to a ground invasion.
Netanyahu knows that's a bad idea, but at the same time, quitting the war he started while Hamas can still fire one single rocket anywhere will look like failure for him and victory for Hamas.
So that means a ground invasion, which is exactly what the Hamas are waiting for.
Iron Dome has been surprisingly effective in deflecting Gaza rockets.
Iron Dome won't save those Israeli tank crews once they are running rough-shod over Gaza City.
Hamas has already surprised Israel with the exponential improvement in its rocket inventory since Pillar of Defense. Gaza rockets hitting Haifa has been unheard of in any previous conflict.
Those rockets came through the Gaza tunnels.
What else has come through the Gaza tunnels?
The IDF and everybody in Netanyahu's government knows what else has come through those tunnels, which is why they're all hoping "international pressure" will provide a convenient excuse to abort a ground mission.
It will let them pose as the humanitarians who stopped a ground invasion or reoccupation of Gaza because they were concerned about the loss of life etc..
The reality is that a ground invasion means Israeli casualties, and plenty of them.
It will be the Hamas dream come true. Sure, lots more Gaza civilians will die, but there's lots more where they came from.
Even while Israel gets token support abroad from Israel-firsters like Canada's foreign minister John Baird, the reality is that this "Protective Edge" (and who comes up with these really stupid monikers?) has already done grave damage to Israel's reputation.
Netanyahu is up a stump, and no matter which way he jumps, it's only gonna get worse... for both the Palestinians and Israelis.
Then again, you could always give that up and make peace with the neighbours.
But anyone who has followed Netanyahu's blood-soaked career knows that's not in the cards.
Having got yet another "war" that was cynically and obviously provoked by him alone, he seems unsure what to do now.
Faced with a Hamas leadership every bit as cynical and opportunistic as he is, if not more, he is being goaded by his own right wing to a ground invasion.
Netanyahu knows that's a bad idea, but at the same time, quitting the war he started while Hamas can still fire one single rocket anywhere will look like failure for him and victory for Hamas.
So that means a ground invasion, which is exactly what the Hamas are waiting for.
Iron Dome has been surprisingly effective in deflecting Gaza rockets.
Iron Dome won't save those Israeli tank crews once they are running rough-shod over Gaza City.
Hamas has already surprised Israel with the exponential improvement in its rocket inventory since Pillar of Defense. Gaza rockets hitting Haifa has been unheard of in any previous conflict.
Those rockets came through the Gaza tunnels.
What else has come through the Gaza tunnels?
The IDF and everybody in Netanyahu's government knows what else has come through those tunnels, which is why they're all hoping "international pressure" will provide a convenient excuse to abort a ground mission.
It will let them pose as the humanitarians who stopped a ground invasion or reoccupation of Gaza because they were concerned about the loss of life etc..
The reality is that a ground invasion means Israeli casualties, and plenty of them.
It will be the Hamas dream come true. Sure, lots more Gaza civilians will die, but there's lots more where they came from.
Even while Israel gets token support abroad from Israel-firsters like Canada's foreign minister John Baird, the reality is that this "Protective Edge" (and who comes up with these really stupid monikers?) has already done grave damage to Israel's reputation.
Netanyahu is up a stump, and no matter which way he jumps, it's only gonna get worse... for both the Palestinians and Israelis.
Then again, you could always give that up and make peace with the neighbours.
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Democracy is dead
This is nowhere more obvious than in the greatest democracy of all time, that city on the hill on the banks of the Potomac.
Americans have for several generations now freely elected politicians who consistently do NOT work in their interests.
How is such a thing possible?
Those who framed the constitution could not have foreseen how technologies two hundred years hence would distort their intentions. As communication technology has become ever more pervasive, and as the "public" has become ever more informed, a curious thing has happened.
In the dog-eat-dog world of winner-take-all capitalism, the winners have taken over the means of communication.
Just as the authors of the second amendment could not have imagined .50 caliber sniper rifles and 600 rounds-per-minute assault rifles, the men who dreamed America into realization couldn't have seen radio and TV and the internet on a horizon two centuries distant.
But here we are.
During the many years Hitler flunky Albert Speer enjoyed in Spandau Prison to reflect on the error of his ways, he once opined that if the Nazi's had television they'd be ruling the world.
He wasn't kidding. The power of technology to shape public opinion is a modern phenomenon.
In the US, technology has allowed the ruling class to control the dominant societal narratives for several generations now, and the results are not pretty. Unions are virtually non-existent, elite initiatives like the Citizens United case have legitimized corporate activism, and the greatest democracy in history has become the play-thing of moneyed interest groups.
The US has become a cartoon democracy.
Here in Canada we have a buffoon democracy.
The Harper gang won their 2011 majority on the strength of about a quarter of eligible voters, but that quarter has enabled an anti-democratic reign of error that will impact Canada for many years.
Nowhere in history has a Canadian government had such a gulf between the public image it pursues and the reality of its policies.
This is the most jingoistic government in memory, forever celebrating Canadian military prowess while cutting back funding to the military.
It has the most aggressive pro-Israel policy while closing embassies that could provide vital communication channels for making positive things happen in the neighborhood.
It shamelessly reshapes foreign policy to favor Israel and Ukraine in regional conflicts to entice a few votes from right-wing Jewish Canadians and right-wing Ukrainian Canadians.
It re-defines foreign aid as aiding Canadian mining companies operating in foreign lands.
None of this would be possible without the benefits of the internet and television advertising.
The "only democracy in the Middle East" could not survive without the never-ending stream of technology-enabled propaganda that has for years succeeded in presenting the bully as the victim.
We saw it again today. The casualty count in the latest Gaza adventure stands at 200-1, and nobody needs to ask who is at 200, or who is at 1.
But our media are saturated with stories blaming the victims, our political elite make more news blaming the victims, because after all, we have an obligation to support the only democracy in the Middle East.
Democracy is dead.
Americans have for several generations now freely elected politicians who consistently do NOT work in their interests.
How is such a thing possible?
Those who framed the constitution could not have foreseen how technologies two hundred years hence would distort their intentions. As communication technology has become ever more pervasive, and as the "public" has become ever more informed, a curious thing has happened.
In the dog-eat-dog world of winner-take-all capitalism, the winners have taken over the means of communication.
Just as the authors of the second amendment could not have imagined .50 caliber sniper rifles and 600 rounds-per-minute assault rifles, the men who dreamed America into realization couldn't have seen radio and TV and the internet on a horizon two centuries distant.
But here we are.
During the many years Hitler flunky Albert Speer enjoyed in Spandau Prison to reflect on the error of his ways, he once opined that if the Nazi's had television they'd be ruling the world.
He wasn't kidding. The power of technology to shape public opinion is a modern phenomenon.
In the US, technology has allowed the ruling class to control the dominant societal narratives for several generations now, and the results are not pretty. Unions are virtually non-existent, elite initiatives like the Citizens United case have legitimized corporate activism, and the greatest democracy in history has become the play-thing of moneyed interest groups.
The US has become a cartoon democracy.
Here in Canada we have a buffoon democracy.
The Harper gang won their 2011 majority on the strength of about a quarter of eligible voters, but that quarter has enabled an anti-democratic reign of error that will impact Canada for many years.
Nowhere in history has a Canadian government had such a gulf between the public image it pursues and the reality of its policies.
This is the most jingoistic government in memory, forever celebrating Canadian military prowess while cutting back funding to the military.
It has the most aggressive pro-Israel policy while closing embassies that could provide vital communication channels for making positive things happen in the neighborhood.
It shamelessly reshapes foreign policy to favor Israel and Ukraine in regional conflicts to entice a few votes from right-wing Jewish Canadians and right-wing Ukrainian Canadians.
It re-defines foreign aid as aiding Canadian mining companies operating in foreign lands.
None of this would be possible without the benefits of the internet and television advertising.
The "only democracy in the Middle East" could not survive without the never-ending stream of technology-enabled propaganda that has for years succeeded in presenting the bully as the victim.
We saw it again today. The casualty count in the latest Gaza adventure stands at 200-1, and nobody needs to ask who is at 200, or who is at 1.
But our media are saturated with stories blaming the victims, our political elite make more news blaming the victims, because after all, we have an obligation to support the only democracy in the Middle East.
Democracy is dead.
Top Israeli security insider admits Israel "has been negotiating with Hamas for years"
Of course they have!
Efraim Halevy has unimpeachable credentials as an Israeli patriot. The former Mossad boss admitted today to the long history of negotiating with those who the political elite always claim cannot be talked to.
The 2012 Israeli assault on Gaza was launched with the assassination of Hamas boss Ahmed Jabari, who had been a frequent negotiating partner of elements in the Israeli security apparatus.
This is of course not the public image that Israel's political elite want to project. It is essential for them to maintain the "we don't talk to terrorists" narrative, especially for foreign consumption. The standard "no partner for peace" line has been a godsend over the years as international law and international opprobrium are ignored and the settlements relentlessly expand.
Common sense dictates that your enemies are the most important people to talk to, and while the politicians and their communication consultants deny it ever happens, behind the scenes it happens every day.
Efraim Halevy has unimpeachable credentials as an Israeli patriot. The former Mossad boss admitted today to the long history of negotiating with those who the political elite always claim cannot be talked to.
The 2012 Israeli assault on Gaza was launched with the assassination of Hamas boss Ahmed Jabari, who had been a frequent negotiating partner of elements in the Israeli security apparatus.
This is of course not the public image that Israel's political elite want to project. It is essential for them to maintain the "we don't talk to terrorists" narrative, especially for foreign consumption. The standard "no partner for peace" line has been a godsend over the years as international law and international opprobrium are ignored and the settlements relentlessly expand.
Common sense dictates that your enemies are the most important people to talk to, and while the politicians and their communication consultants deny it ever happens, behind the scenes it happens every day.
Sunday, July 13, 2014
As Gaza burns, Israeli politicians angle for strategic advantage
As the disaster in Gaza unfolds, it's not surprising that Israeli politicians are jockeying for position to maximize their personal benefits from the latest outbreak of hostilities.
Modern Israel bears little resemblance to the country that the idealists of my generation flocked to back in the sixties and seventies.
We now see a nation consumed with race hate, wherein the "democratic process" is given over to those who can promise the most vile retribution to that intransigent rump of Palestinians who insist on their own freedom and human rights and sovereignty.
But Israel's blind collaborators in the West insist on trumpeting the case for "the only democracy in the Middle East..."
Modern Israel bears little resemblance to the country that the idealists of my generation flocked to back in the sixties and seventies.
We now see a nation consumed with race hate, wherein the "democratic process" is given over to those who can promise the most vile retribution to that intransigent rump of Palestinians who insist on their own freedom and human rights and sovereignty.
But Israel's blind collaborators in the West insist on trumpeting the case for "the only democracy in the Middle East..."
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Lieberman incommunicado in bomb shelter, Canada Foreign Minister Baird now speaking for Israel
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay issued a press release yesterday scolding both Israel and Hamas for violating international law and pleading with them to "abide by their obligations under international law".
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, being run off his feet running back and forth to the bomb shelter, was unable to respond to Ms. Pillay and therefore asked his good friend John Baird, Foreign Minister of Canada, to stand in for him.
Here is Mr. Baird's riposte to Ms. Pillay;
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, being run off his feet running back and forth to the bomb shelter, was unable to respond to Ms. Pillay and therefore asked his good friend John Baird, Foreign Minister of Canada, to stand in for him.
Here is Mr. Baird's riposte to Ms. Pillay;
Canada Rejects UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ Criticism of Israel’s Response to Rocket Attacks from Gaza
July 12, 2014 - Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird today issued the following statement:
“Canada rejects UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay’s uncalled-for criticism of Israel’s response to rocket attacks from Gaza. Focusing her comments on Israel is neither helpful nor reflective of the reality of this crisis.
“There must be no moral equivalence between Hamas, a listed terrorist organization, and its blatant disregard for human life, and the liberal democratic State of Israel’s duty and obligation to defend its people from cowardly and indiscriminate attacks.
“Canada mourns the death and suffering of innocent civilians in Gaza. Responsibility rests solely with Hamas and its allies, who launched and continue to feed this crisis.
“The Israel Defense Forces have taken extraordinary steps to reduce civilian casualties in very difficult and trying conditions. Israel should be commended—not criticized—for these efforts in the face of an enemy clearly determined to put civilians, from both sides, in mortal danger to suit its own purposes.
“Canada calls on Hamas and other militant groups to end the rocket attacks on Israel and bring an end to the ongoing violence that threatens the lives of innocent Israelis and Palestinians. The path chosen by Hamas and its allies does not lead to peace.”
By God, this guy can out-Lieberman Lieberman! Sign him up!
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Israeli sources predict imminent ground attack on Gaza
That's from the very well connected folks at Debkafile.
While they tend to the paranoid end of the spectrum, this might well be a time where paranoia is justifiable.
Frankly, a look at the map in that article should give you pause for thought. Not that anybody gives a shit about your thoughts, but it should give Bibi and the Big Dogs pause for thought.
We know that no matter how much al-Sisi may love Israel, his control of the Sinai is tenuous at best. Who knows what's out there and what it can hit?
We know there are ISIS sympathizers throughout Jordan, including many embedded in the military. How long will they remain silent, and what can they get their hands on when they decide not to be silent any more?
And along the Syria and Lebanon borders, it is virtually impossible to know who has what and what they intend to do with it. Suffice it to say their arsenals are vastly greater than what the Hamas rump in Gaza has available.
Netanyahu is on the threshold of widening a war that only Uncle Obama can get him out of if things go out of control.
And that's a really dicey bet.
While they tend to the paranoid end of the spectrum, this might well be a time where paranoia is justifiable.
Frankly, a look at the map in that article should give you pause for thought. Not that anybody gives a shit about your thoughts, but it should give Bibi and the Big Dogs pause for thought.
We know that no matter how much al-Sisi may love Israel, his control of the Sinai is tenuous at best. Who knows what's out there and what it can hit?
We know there are ISIS sympathizers throughout Jordan, including many embedded in the military. How long will they remain silent, and what can they get their hands on when they decide not to be silent any more?
And along the Syria and Lebanon borders, it is virtually impossible to know who has what and what they intend to do with it. Suffice it to say their arsenals are vastly greater than what the Hamas rump in Gaza has available.
Netanyahu is on the threshold of widening a war that only Uncle Obama can get him out of if things go out of control.
And that's a really dicey bet.
Friday, November 23, 2012
Here's to the news that disappears...
I'm a hard-core news junkie. When a story disappears I notice. I miss it. I want to know where it went.
One story that I really miss is the Bandar bin Sultan story. Bandar got a promotion in the hierarchy of the Kingdom last summer. Head of Saudi intelligence. Top spook.
Cynics would say that promotion just formalized the de facto role he's played for the last thirty years.
Which could well be true.
But within days of the official announcement Bandar disappeared from the global news radar. I noticed.
The disappearance coincided with a story well out on the fringe of the blogosphere that Bandar had been assassinated, allegedly by a Syrian hit squad. That story disappeared just as fast as Bandar disappeared.
But Bandar has been missing ever since. I've e-mailed a number of government agencies in the Kingdom looking for confirmation that Bandar is alive and well. Nothing.
I've e-mailed a number of top-drawer journos who would have access to the latest insider rumors. Nothing.
Wither Bandar?
Even more troubling, the country of Jordan has disappeared. The disappearance of Jordan is an important development. Jordan is an integral part of the Syria war narrative, the Gaza war narrative, and the Arab Spring narrative. That's three high profile narratives that suddenly see one of their main actors go missing.
Wither Jordan?
And wither all that hardware that was going through the Gaza tunnels ever since the collapse of Libya? We saw little or none of it in the imbroglio of the last ten days. Mind you, there was a conspicuous absence of attack helicopters in the air. Was that a silent acknowledgement that the Stingers are in Gaza?
These are all news nuggets that a hard-core news junkie misses when they're not around. I miss those stories. I worry about them. I want to know what became of them.
I raise a glass to the stories that disappear...
One story that I really miss is the Bandar bin Sultan story. Bandar got a promotion in the hierarchy of the Kingdom last summer. Head of Saudi intelligence. Top spook.
Cynics would say that promotion just formalized the de facto role he's played for the last thirty years.
Which could well be true.
But within days of the official announcement Bandar disappeared from the global news radar. I noticed.
The disappearance coincided with a story well out on the fringe of the blogosphere that Bandar had been assassinated, allegedly by a Syrian hit squad. That story disappeared just as fast as Bandar disappeared.
But Bandar has been missing ever since. I've e-mailed a number of government agencies in the Kingdom looking for confirmation that Bandar is alive and well. Nothing.
I've e-mailed a number of top-drawer journos who would have access to the latest insider rumors. Nothing.
Wither Bandar?
Even more troubling, the country of Jordan has disappeared. The disappearance of Jordan is an important development. Jordan is an integral part of the Syria war narrative, the Gaza war narrative, and the Arab Spring narrative. That's three high profile narratives that suddenly see one of their main actors go missing.
Wither Jordan?
And wither all that hardware that was going through the Gaza tunnels ever since the collapse of Libya? We saw little or none of it in the imbroglio of the last ten days. Mind you, there was a conspicuous absence of attack helicopters in the air. Was that a silent acknowledgement that the Stingers are in Gaza?
These are all news nuggets that a hard-core news junkie misses when they're not around. I miss those stories. I worry about them. I want to know what became of them.
I raise a glass to the stories that disappear...
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Hamas demands end of Gaza blockade as condition of ceasefire
While this is bound to elicit gales of laughter from the Likud gang, there is at least one prominent Israeli who agrees.
Maj. General Giora Eiland was the architect of Sharon's Gaza withdrawal. Unlike the Netanyahu acolytes who seem incapable of seeing beyond the next election, Eiland has a vision for long-term peace.
And that is fundamentally incompatible with the blockade. The main achievements of the blockade are to solidify Hamas' power base, keep a million and a half Gazans perpetually pissed off, and make Israel look bad in the eyes of the world. None of these effects are in the long term interests of Israel.
Alas, the reign of buffoons and imbeciles seems destined to last a little longer. Let's hope there's still something worth saving when people of goodwill and reason finally pilot the ship of state.
Maj. General Giora Eiland was the architect of Sharon's Gaza withdrawal. Unlike the Netanyahu acolytes who seem incapable of seeing beyond the next election, Eiland has a vision for long-term peace.
And that is fundamentally incompatible with the blockade. The main achievements of the blockade are to solidify Hamas' power base, keep a million and a half Gazans perpetually pissed off, and make Israel look bad in the eyes of the world. None of these effects are in the long term interests of Israel.
Alas, the reign of buffoons and imbeciles seems destined to last a little longer. Let's hope there's still something worth saving when people of goodwill and reason finally pilot the ship of state.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Opening the gates of hell
You have to hand it to the Palestinian leadership. Whether the PA or their brothers in Gaza, it's not hard to argue that they haven't delivered a whole lot for their people over these last thirty or forty years.
Except in one area. When it comes to blood-curdling rhetoric, the Palestinian leadership is second to none. Thus, after the dispatching of Hamas military chief Ahmed Jabari by an IDF missile on Wednesday, Hamas spokesmen were quick to proclaim that the Israeli's had "opened the gates of hell".
Alas, opening the gates of hell is a little more difficult than opening one's mouth to announce it, and that is where the Hamas leadership is playing directly into Netanyahu's election campaign. There is utterly no objective reason whatsoever for the recent escalation other than Netanyahu's obsession with being perceived as the strongman who will stand up to terror when the voters head to the polling stations in January.
How much more fruitful it would have been for Hamas to rein in the rocketeers in the run-up to this election. Keep their mouths shut and their powder dry even in the face of the inevitable provocations that Netanyahu was assured to send their way. Maybe even take the initiative in reaching out to peace-minded Israelis.
But no, they did the predictable thing that Netanyahu was counting on. And now he has a chance to strut about as the heroic savior of the Holy Land, just in time for the election.
Except in one area. When it comes to blood-curdling rhetoric, the Palestinian leadership is second to none. Thus, after the dispatching of Hamas military chief Ahmed Jabari by an IDF missile on Wednesday, Hamas spokesmen were quick to proclaim that the Israeli's had "opened the gates of hell".
Alas, opening the gates of hell is a little more difficult than opening one's mouth to announce it, and that is where the Hamas leadership is playing directly into Netanyahu's election campaign. There is utterly no objective reason whatsoever for the recent escalation other than Netanyahu's obsession with being perceived as the strongman who will stand up to terror when the voters head to the polling stations in January.
How much more fruitful it would have been for Hamas to rein in the rocketeers in the run-up to this election. Keep their mouths shut and their powder dry even in the face of the inevitable provocations that Netanyahu was assured to send their way. Maybe even take the initiative in reaching out to peace-minded Israelis.
But no, they did the predictable thing that Netanyahu was counting on. And now he has a chance to strut about as the heroic savior of the Holy Land, just in time for the election.
Netanyahu gets serious about re-election campaign with assassination of Hamas military chief
Netanyahus poll numbers will be going through the roof as Hellfire missiles are going through roofs across Gaza tonight.
"Operation Pillar of Defense" was launced with the assasination of Hamas military chief Ahmed Jabari. At the same time Army Radio reports that at least twenty underground missile bunkers were destroyed.
While some would argue that Netanyahu is playing with fire by choosing this time to unleash another Gaza war, he has limited options for goosing his popularity before the upcoming election.
Besides, the American's are preoccupied with the antics of General Pantsoff and General Boner this week, and as long as the attack on Gaza doesn't end up hitting Tehran they probably won't care.
"Operation Pillar of Defense" was launced with the assasination of Hamas military chief Ahmed Jabari. At the same time Army Radio reports that at least twenty underground missile bunkers were destroyed.
While some would argue that Netanyahu is playing with fire by choosing this time to unleash another Gaza war, he has limited options for goosing his popularity before the upcoming election.
Besides, the American's are preoccupied with the antics of General Pantsoff and General Boner this week, and as long as the attack on Gaza doesn't end up hitting Tehran they probably won't care.
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