In an explosive WikiLeaks revelation, Maj. Gen. Amos Gilad, the head of the Political Military Bureau of Israel's Ministry of Defense, while discussing Israeli requests for U.S. military aid, "acknowledged the sometimes difficult position the U.S. finds itself in given its global interests, and conceded that Israel's security focus is so narrow that its QME [Qualitative Military Edge] concerns often clash with broader American security interests in the region," according to the State Department.
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It's about time!
ReplyDeleteAt State Department briefing, reporters accuse ass’t sec’y of ’speaking for Israel’
QUESTION: Well, you’re right. There’s absolutely no equivalence between some guy mouthing off and giving his opinion, whether you agree with it or not, and actual bricks and mortar going up in an area that’s disputed. I mean, the equivalent – you come out and denounce this statement, which is mere – simply words, and it took a question from a reporter to get you to say anything about the actual, physical, on-the-ground construction there. So I don’t understand the equivalence that you’re – your idea of equivalence here. One seems to be much more serious than another.
http://mondoweiss.net/2010/12/at-state-department-briefing-reporters-accuse-asst-secy-of-speaking-for-israel.html
Yes I've seen this on Mondo..Something definetely is changing..Will post it later.
ReplyDeleteMother of Pearl! A real newshound. the administration will probably take him into captivity as one of a threatened species.
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