Ehud Barak on Charlie Rose Tuesday night
Check out the video of Israel Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Charlie Rose Tuesday night. At 20:00 or so, he says that he has ordered a missile attack on Gaza because of an attack on Israel:
“Today a few hours ago, there was some Hamas… probably a crazy guy, he’s a Hamas guy… he shot at Israel [perhaps this attack] and we now, probably when we are talking, I ordered some attacks on some installations of Hamas.”
As he mentions his orders, Barak checks his watch. It looks like a steel and gold Rolex. Countless human rights reports have suggested that Barak is a war criminal for leading the attack on Gaza in 2008-2009. Isn’t this an unseemly performance for American television?
And considering how many times in the past the IDF’s operations against *terrorist* infrastructure have resulted in civilian casualties (like the injuries to the French consul and his family in Gaza last Sunday), maybe Barak should have postponed his appearance on Rose to monitor those attacks. Or not. Perhaps his nonchalance about mentioning them extends to his feelings about their consequences.
What are you more upset about, that the attack happened, or that he said that there was something in the works (that he was actually informed about)?
And, no comment on the firing of missiles FROM Gaza?
Innocent?
Who else might be callous in this discussion?
Good account of Israeli Atrocity Number 36,557. Complete with the nonchalant Rolex glance by Barak.
I think we are now sufficiently informed to launch a nationwide campus boycott of all Israeli products:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbnT1hmdD-w
How many Israeli atrocities does it require, to demand a simple boycott resolution against Israel at your student government?
Sorry, but this is comical. Barak is a war criminal and Hamas are saints?
Proportion, gents, proportion.
From WSJ
Panetta Warns Israel on Iran Strike (again, what is this, the 4th time?)
By ADAM ENTOUS
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia—Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday he was cautioning Israel against taking military action against Iran, urging more time for diplomacy “at this point.”
He warned that a strike could have potentially severe security and economic consequences across the region and globe.
“We share a common concern with regards to Iran and their effort to develop a nuclear capability,” Mr. Panetta said ahead of talks on Friday in Halifax with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak.
“But I think the United States feels strongly that the way to deal with that is to work with our allies, to work with the international community to develop the sanctions and the diplomatic efforts that would further isolate Iran in the international community,” Mr. Panetta said. “That is the most effective way to try to confront them at this point.”
Mr. Panetta said he has made these “points” before in closed-door meetings with Israeli leaders and that he intended to do so again on Friday when he meets with Mr. Barak on the sidelines of a security conference here.
Mr. Panetta cited U.S. concerns about the “unintended consequences” of any military action against Iran.
Mr. Panetta said a strike would raise “serious concerns for us” because of the potential danger to the tens of thousands of U.S. troops in the region should a broader conflict break out.
Mr. Panetta also cited the potential economic consequences of a strike against Iran, which is a major oil producer, “not just on our economy but the world economy.”
Moreover, the former Central Intelligence Agency director said, a military strike would likely only delay Iran’s development efforts by “maybe one or two years at most.”
If this goes as usual, Israel will pretend they giving up their golden opportunity to strike Iran and doing it for the sake of the US—-then there will be a huge billion some pay off of US tax dollars to Israel once again—given to Israel for their great sacrifice. I can’t count the times we have paid off Israel on one pretext or another.
I think you have the timeline incorrect. Charlie Rose interviews are taped, they are not live broadcasts. The Israeli attack would therefore have happened PRIOR to Tuesday night, on whatever day the program was taped(probably a day or two ahead of the broadcast).
The only recent Israeli raid that matches Barak’s description was on Sunday night/early Monday morning when an IDF airstrike flattened a Gaza police compound, which the IDF referred to as a “terror activity center”, and killed a policeman. This was the VERY SAME attack in which the French consul and his family were injured, not a “similar one”.