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‘Kissinger believes Israelis are in panic and will attack Iran’ (2010)

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More on those rational Israelis. Wikileaks is leaking internal memos from the global strategy/intelligence group Stratfor, led by George Friedman. Friedman relates this insight from a February 2010 meeting that apparently included Henry Kissinger and Paul Volcker:

Insight–for internal use only–On pain of agony

Some nuggets from meeting:

Kissinger believes that the Israelis are in a panic and will
attack Iran.

Kamran Bokhari of Stratfor then asks, “What is your own assessment of the view that the Israelis will attack?” Friedman:

I believe th us will premempt. But there is no clear time line.

Thanks to Michael Ratner.

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Israel would have been so much better off losing the 1967 war and sorting out the Palestinian issue then and there. The last 45 years of occupation have corroded Israeli politics and society to the point where now the only logical thing to do is attack Iran. It is all very sad. Militarism does not work long term. The soldiers should have been put back in their box a la Turkey .

“Panic” for what? Have they believed their own BS? Do they truly believe that Iran will fire a nuclear missile at an Israel so small that it’d kill Palestinians?

P.S. That is a frighteningly large photo of Kissinger! (Stephen Colbert asked him for advice on how to talk to someone who is responsible for the murder of millions. Kissinger’s face fell.)

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/02/26

“[Y]ou have to take control of him. Control means financial, sexual or psychological control… This is intended to start our conversation on your next phase” – CEO George Friedman to Stratfor analyst Reva Bhalla on 6 December 2011, on how to exploit an Israeli intelligence informant providing information on the medical condition of the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez.

Another interesting e-mail concerning Dubai murder

6/14/2010

I have VERY good information this was a contract job. The mission was
contracted by the MOSSAD. In essence, subbed out under contract. The
last few hits have been subbed out. I also have VERY good information
that the Iranian physicist hit was also a subbed out job. More in
person at the T meeting Tuesday, can’t put anything in writing.

Panic attack treatment is available for Israel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fONEii-Icho