Headlines for 08-20-08

Russia Threatens Military Response if U.S., Poland Follow Through With Missile Defense Deal


Iranian missile with dummy satellite failed: US defense official


How Foreign Policy Affects Gas Prices by Ron Paul Recently I and other members of Congress spoke out against H Con Res 362 and exposed this seemingly innocuous bill for what it really is ? a call for a blockade and a build up to war with Iran. Thankfully it has not come to the floor for a vote as I had fully expected it would. But to even propose legislation like this, and get an alarming 261 cosponsors, makes the oil markets jittery and encourages more capital flight from the dollar.


Feb. 2007: US Generals ?Will Quit? If Bush Orders Iran Attack


Political transitions in Israel, U.S. leave Iran question unanswered In June, U.S. National Intelligence director Mike McConnell and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Mike Mullen visited Israel and came out strongly against any Israeli attack. Both argued that Iran was still a long way from producing a nuclear weapon and that any Israeli attack would undermine U.S. interests. Israel and consequently its agents in America want to continue to make their problems OUR problems - to the detriment of AMERICA.


Big Three Block Iran Attack the Bush administration is hoisted with its own petard. Whatever the more hawkish denizens of Washington want to do to Iran, they are not going to get the international support necessary for their desired action.


Who started Cold War II? by Patrick J. Buchanan The swift and decisive action of Putin's army in running the Georgian forces out of South Ossetia in 24 hours after Saakashvili began his barrage and invasion suggests Putin knew exactly what Saakashvili was up to and dropped the hammer on him.


Iran says talks with IAEA "positive" Iran described talks with a top U.N. inspector over its nuclear program -- which the West fears is a cover to build atomic bombs -- as "positive," the official IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday.


Israel, Turkey, U.S to conduct joint naval exercise


Olmert: Israel will unleash all its force if Hezbollah siezes Lebanon


Why Bush Will Pardon AIPAC for Espionage By the time Fulbright's public Senate hearings ended in 1963, it had been established that the Jewish Agency laundered over $5 million (around $35 million today) into U.S. public relations and lobbying initiatives over a two-year period. The true scope of the campaign was never revealed, in spite of diligent attempts at law enforcement.


Ex-Mossad chief: Ahmadinejad is Israel's greatest gift "Ahmadinejad is our greatest gift," Halevy told the Arab language television network Al-Hurra on Tuesday. "We couldn't carry out a better operation at the Mossad than to put a guy like Ahmadinejad in power in Iran."


Israel, Russia hold talks on Georgia, Middle East Russian President Dmitry Medvedev discussed Middle East peace moves with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday, in advance of an expected visit by Syria's leader to Moscow, an Israeli official said.


Lieberman advocates stronger Georgia defense He more than likely does so because of Israel's ties to Georgia. Lieberman is after all one of Israel's top agents on Capitol Hill.


Christians United for Israel and Attacking Iran CUFI's unequivocal "support for Israel" means the United States should stand against Zion's "enemies" ? Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, and any serious Arab-Israeli peace agreement. This parallels policies advocated by prominent neoconservatives who have served in George W. Bush's administration, including Richard Perle, Paul Wolfowitz, David Wurmser, Douglas Feith, and Elliott Abrams.


Top Russian general: Israel armed, trained Georgia forces Israel supplied Georgian military forces with elite training and arms, a top Russian general was quoted as saying on Tuesday, as Russia and Georgian forces exchanged prisoners of war in a goodwill gesture.