[Peace-discuss] Diplomatic revolution, to some extent

[C. G. Estabrook]

"...it's going to be up to the Obama administration whether [Obama's] meeting 
with Netanyahu takes place in the context of 2009, where US and Israeli 
interests may be diverging, or in the context of 1939, where Israeli fears are 
paramount..."

http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2009/05/will-the-netanyahuobama-meeting-take-place-in-2009-or-1939.html


C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> [As usual with stories of this sort, the interesting question is why the 
> sources choose to release them now.  Roughly, these two seem to 
> illustrate how the USG war plans for the Middle East include a 
> rapprochement with Iran -- regardless of of Israel's rage at its 
> regional rival -- so that the war in AfPak can be more vigorously 
> prosecuted, and Iran's acceptance of that role. Iran seems to accept the 
> US view that a "strong Pakistan" = one that follows US orders and is not 
> a source of opposition to effective US occupation of the region. --CGE]
> 
> 
>     Obama to Israel: Don't surprise US with Iran war
>     Thu, 14 May 2009 00:25:01 GMT
> 
> US President Barack Obama has sent a message to the Israeli prime 
> minister to warn him against 'surprising' the US by launching a military 
> attack on Iran.
> 
> A senior US official has met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel 
> to convey Obama's message, Haaretz reported on Thursday...