HE WILL CONFIRM A COVENANT WITH MANY...The U.S.-Israel Strategic Alliance--Part II

DRIVING THE U.S.-ISRAEL "STRATEGIC				was and is the USA that is at the helm of such
DIALOGUE"				peace initiatives; specifically, it is the President of
"Strategic Dialogue" talks between the U.S. and				the United States America that is the prime
Israel-were commenced in earnest at the end of				factor, the pivotal figure in any and all such
November, 2005 (U.S. State Dept. Bulletin). These				negotiations.
"talks" are propelled to their inevitable conclusion				In solidarity with his Baptist roots, Jimmy Carter's
(i.e., the U.S.-ISRAEL DEFENSE PACT/TREATY)				support for Israel was unwavering:
by Iran's preposterous charges this past week: No				"(I) believed very deeply that the Jews who had
Jewish Holocaust under Hitler; Israel is a				survived the Holocaust deserved their own nation,
"Zionist-European Tumor" which, ipso facto, should				and that they had a right to live in peace among
be excised from the Middle East and transplanted				their neighbors. I considered this homeland for the
into Germany-Austria; and, "no, we're not making				Jews to be compatible with the teaching of the
a Weapon of Mass Destruction, even though				Bible, hence ordained by God. These moral and
'Israel must be wiped off the map!" (My				religious beliefs made my commitment to the
conjectures.)				security of Israel unshakable." (Carter's memoirs)
Historic revisionism is alive and well-therefore, do				Notwithstanding Carter's pro-Israel sentiments, he,
not conclude that this series on the "Strategic and				like virtually all of the U.S. Presidents, have
Eschatological Imperatives" embedded in the				expressed-beneath the veneer of solidarity with
U.S.-Israel Defense Pact (upcoming) is as				Israel-reservations to one degree or another,
naÃ¯ve as you may have surmised (i.e., pure				especially in response to the "Jewish lobby" (i.e.,
speculation and benignly obscure Christian				AIPAC) in meddling with the perceived national
fundamentalism gone amok). Israel's audacious				interests of the USA.
materiality-in spite of the Adolf Hitler-Grand Mufti,				"President Carter 'told me in late April that it was
Haj Mohammed Amin Al-Husseini original Axis of				striking the degree to which some senators are
Evil-mocks the secular outrage toward Zionism				afraid to stand up for the American national
and declares heretical the blather, and hyper				interest and will simply do the bidding of a
symbolism of Biblical liberalism! (Palestinefacts.org)				powerful lobby (i.e., AIPAC)" (Power and Principles
There are forces like those written hereunder				by Zbigniew Brzezinski, p. 248).
which make the heralding of Daniel the Prophet's				This "reservation" is deeply ingrained within U.S.
final week of Gentile World Power all the more				Presidents-there's ample reason for this
irreversible and prophetically intrusive, in spite of				consternation; and, it is this consternation which
the mockers-both secular and religious-who claim				Israel and the Jewish lobby know all too well. The
these prognostications are fantasy, or just plain				question abides: Could it turn on us? If so, when
fear-mongering among theological misfits who still				and who will be the President who might play the
claim the Bible has something to say about where				ultimate Jeckyll and Hyde?
this world's heading!				REAGAN & THE MOUs
"They've been wrong before-let them prattle				The climax of two revolutions: The Islamic-the
about their future Antichrist all they want . . . it's				birth of the first modern Islamic Republic
relatively harmless . . . besides, who's listening; who				(Iran)-and the Reagan Revolution (with the
cares . . .in any event, the Millerites, Mormons,				ascendency of the Christian Right, as well as the
Jehovah Witnesses and wacko-Christian				birth of the Neocon-Evangelical-Zionist alliance)
fundamentalists like Hal Lindsey et al, have always				placed Dr. Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations"
dabbled in the ethereal world of prophetical make				(Foreign Affairs, 1993) on a trajectory of
believe and we're still here, aren't we?"				prophetic fulfillment.
Friend . . . you'd better get a grip . . . things are				This stimulated the continuance of the strategic
changing, faster than you had any idea . . . and				cooperation formulated under
their "prophetical alignment" does not bode well				Carter-notwithstanding a brief rupture during the
for a world utterly unprepared for what's driving				blowup in 1981 of Reagan's sales of AWACS to
the personality behind: "HE SHALL CONFIRM A				Saudi Arabia. What was different about Reagan is
COVENANT (i.e., "Treaty") WITH THE				that he, for the first time, saw "Israel as a
MANYâ€¦" (Daniel 9:27).				potential contributor to the Cold War" (a direct
As Winston Churchill once said:				participant in communist containment) . . .
"We reject with scorn all these learned and				"Only by full appreciation of the critical role the
laboured myths that Moses was but a legendary				State of Israel plays in our strategic calculus can
figure. We believe that the most scientific view,				we build the foundation for thwarting Moscow's
the most up to date and rationalistic conception,				designs on territories and resources vital to our
will find its fullest satisfaction in taking the Bible				security and our nation well-being" (Mitchell Bard,
literally. We may be sure that all these things				Jewish Virtual Library).
happened as they are set out in Holy Writ. In the				Israel began to reap generous "strategic
words of a forgotten work of Mr. Gladstone, we				awards"-notwithstanding the Arab complaint that it
rest with assurance upon 'the impregnable rock of				was Zionism, not Communism, that was the
Holy Scripture...' Let the men of science and of				threat to their region. A "Memorandum of
learning expand their knowledge and probe with				Understanding" was signed between Israel and the
their researches every detail of the records which				USA on November 31, 1981. It was termed
have been preserved to us from these dim ages.				"Strategic Cooperation." Once again the U.S. State
All they do is to fortify the grand simplicity and				Department and "War Department" (i.e., the
essential accuracy of the recorded truths which				Pentagon) opposed the arrangment and had it
have lighted so far the pilgrimage of man."				watered down to wit: No joint exercises, no
THE PRINCE OF PERSIA				systematic means of cooperation between the
When I published my article "Behold, the Prince of				two.
Persia" (buzzle.com, June 2005), there were fears				Once Israel annexed the Golan Heights
that a "Nuclear Iran" would galvanize Radical Islam				(December 14, 1981), the U.S. suspended the
and stiffen the insurgency in Iraq, compel a				MOU-but the precedent was set: Israel was
"democratic takeover" of secular Middle East				formally recognized as a STRATEGIC ALLY.
nations like Egypt and Turkey, and drive Israel				By 1983 things had simmered down and a new
(and for that matter the U.S.) to the brink of a				"Joint Political-Military Group" (JPMG) was signed as
unilateral-preemptive strike at Iranian nuclear				a result of a new MOU. A Joint Security
facilities. Likewise, because of the Iranian-Syrian				Assistance Planning Group (JSAP) was
Defense Pact (early 2005), Syria and the				subsequently created, designed to counter Soviet
Palestinian Authority, would find themselves				threats in the region, but more so it concentrated
pouring into the "cup of trembling to all the nations				on bilateral concerns.
'round about" Israel.				The JSAP responded to Israel's economic woes in
Well, we stand on our "prophetic laurels" and				the mid-1980s to bolster military procurements
declare the rise of the "Prince of Persia" is all the				for the IDF.
more enraged through the election and regime of				At the conclusion of the Reagan Era, the U.S.
one, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (President				Congress crowned Israel as a "major non-NATO
of Iran since August 3, 2005) . . . consider this, as				ally"-giving Israeli industries the same competitive
the world continues to spin upon this precarious				edge that NATO nations held; furthermore, Israel
axis of inscrutible uncertainty . . .				commenced absorption of $3B in yearly grants
Gholamreza Aghazadeh, head of the Atomic				for both economic and military assistance. This
Energy Organization of Iran, Dec. 10, 2005, told				meant one thing: The PREPOSITIONING of U.S.
the newly-awarded Nobel Prize winner, Mohamed				military hardware on Israel proper, joint training
El-Baradei, that his comments to persuade Iran to				exercises, and the joint-development of the
stop its uranium enrichment program (because its				Arrow Anti-Tactical Ballistic Missile System.
heading toward a nuclear explosion in either				The culmination of the U.S.-Israel strategic
Jerusalem or Tel Aviv) the following				cooperation has resulted in Israel's role as the
not-so-ambiguous-mafia-sounding remarks: "He				prime ally in the Middle East-The USA was no
(El-Baradei) knows Iran has not diverted in its				longer intimidated by Arab states vis-Ã -vis its
nuclear program . . . it would be better for him not				lopsided and institutionalized military arrangements
to have many interviews." (Comcast Netnews)				with Israel. Moreover, as Mitchell Bard's article
The Iranians, with diplomatic hubris, simultaneously				blithely states:
suggested, through Foreign Ministry spokesman				"The strategic cooperation agreements . . . shifted
Hamid Reza Asefi that the U.S. participates in				at least part of the focus of relations with Israel
Iran's nuclear program to wit: "America can take				from Congress to the Executive Branch."
part in international bidding for the construction of				This alleged "shift from Congress to the
Iran's nuclear power plant if they observe the				Executive" was and is, in point of fact, not a shift
basic standards and quality."				at all: The Executive Branch of the United States
All this during the same week (December 3-10,				Government has always dominated the
2005) in which these not so subtle remarks were				relationship-notwithstanding Congressional
made by the ever-more-resembling the				pontifications (e.g., declaring Jerusalem as the
coordinator of the American Iranian Hostage				Eternal Capital of the Jewish State-(Winkepedia)).
Crisis, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad:				The aforementioned military cooperation between
"Some European Countries insist on saying that				Israel and the USA is intrinsically linked to one of
Hitler killed millions of innocent Jews in furnaces				the most unusual economic arrangements
and they insist on it to the extent that if anyone				between any two nations on the earth:
proves something contrary to that they condemn				"The dialogue with Israel that began at that time
that person and throw them in jail . . . although we				(1984 under Secreteary of State George Shultz),
(i.e., the Iranians) don't accept this claim (i.e., the				and continues to the present on issues such as
Holocaust-six million Jews perishing in Hitler's death				privatization, represents perhaps the only example
camps), if we suppose it (the Holocaust) is true,				of a country willingly cooperating with the United
our question for the Europeans is: Is the killing of				States on the development of its macroeconomic
innocent Jewish people by Hitler the reason for				policy.
their support to the occupiers of Jerusalem?" (Paul				"At the same time the United States was 'bailing
Hughes, Reuters, Dec. 8, 2005)				out' Israel's economy, Reagan decided to sign
Of course, all this was compounded by				America's first free trade agreement with Israel.
President-American-Hostage-Leader Ahmadinejad				This unprecedented treaty opened up the entire
suggesting that Israeli Jews be transplanted to				U.S. market to Israel and served as the model for
provinces in both Germany and Austria to salve				later agreements with Canada and Mexico-the
the conscience of their Nazi past. How fitting that				Senate vote on the agreement was unanimous"
all these remarks were made at the summit of				(ibid. Mitchell Bard)
the Organization of Islamic Conference held in the				The list is endless, when it comes to
Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia!				joint-economic cooperation and srategic
Naturally, the U.S.-Israeli reaction was vehement,				development:
especially after the October, 2005 "Israel must be				(1) The Binational Industrial Research and
wiped off the map" remarks of Mr. Ahmadinejad				Development Foundation (BIRD), established in
(The Tribulation Network):				1977-a multi-million dollar R&D endowment funding
"I hope that these outrageous remarks will be a				over 400 joint high-tech R&D projects. (2) The
wake-up call to people who have any illusions				Trilateral Industrial Development (TRIDE)-a
about the nature of the regime in Iran" (Israeli				U.S.-Jordan-Israel joint venture stimulating the
foreign ministry spokesman Mark Regev).				three nations' private sectors in cooperative
" . . . an outrageous gaffe, which I want to				ventures. (3) The U.S.-Israel Science &
repudiate in the sharpest manner" (President				Technology Commission (USISTC)-established in
George Bush).				1993 wherein the U.S. Food and Drug
Finally, the bottom line remarks of White House				Administration now recognizes some Israeli tests
spokesman Scott McClellan:				of Israeli-developed drugs and medical equipment.
"It just further underscores our concerns about				The acronyms are seemingly endless: BSF, BARD,
the regime in Iran. And it's all the more reason				IALC, etc. - no bother to their meaning-they're all
why it's so important that the regime not have				designed to cement the ever-bourgeoning
the ability to develop nuclear weapons."				relationship between the two nations. Yes, scores
Just how outrageous were Mr. Ahmadinejad's				of MOUs-which are nothing more than little pieces
remarks?				of paper symbolizing mutual interest in
"So, Germany and Austria, come and give one,				cooperation that is broader and deeper than the
two or any number of your privinces to the				United States has with any other nation. Even the
Zionist regime so they can create a country there				"Shared Values Initiatives" between the two
. . . and the problem will be solved at its root . . .				nations, undertaken through these various MOUs,
you oppressed them, so give a part of Europe to				helps to tangibly reinforce the values the two
the Zionist regime . . . why do they insist on				have on the environment-providing education and
imposing themselves (the Europeans) on other				promoting health.
powers and creating a tumour (Israel) so there is				Indeed, as the Jewish Virtual Library's reflections
always tension and conflict?"				confirm:
Now, Scott McClellan's "all the more reason why				"The gradual evolution of the relationship from
it's so important that the regime not have the				friendship to alliance could not have been achieved
ability to develop nuclear weapons" and the				without the support of the American public, the
innocuous subtrafuge of the U.S. State				majority of which consistently sympathized with
Department's remarks regarding the U.S.-Israel				Israel. Americans see much of themselves in the
Strategic Dialogue to wit, "The United States and				Zionist struggle. Like the early American pioneers,
Israel look forward to continuing this dialogue in				the Jews who originally settled the land had a
the Spring of 2006 in Israel"-demands further				commitment to manual labor to build the nation.
"strategic dialogue."				Like newcomers to America, immigrants to Israel
Trust me-unless you're in the market for a hot				have tried to make better lives for themselves
bridge deal-these U.S.-Israeli Strategic Dialogue				and their children. Americans' affinity for Israelis
discussions have not only commenced, they have				also stems from our shared Judeo-Christian
only intensified as a result of the bombastic				heritage." (Ibid. Bard)
absurdities of Iran, along with the rhetoric and				Living within the confines of MOUs, however,
actions of Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the				confirmed one saliant geo-political reality . . .
acceleration of the insurgency in Iraq against				"The United States Government will view with
Bush's War on Terror.				particular gravity threats to Israel's security or
The worst fighting in five years between				sovereignty by a world power" (MOU signed in
Hezbollah and the IDF took place at the end of				1975 between then Secretary of State Henry
November, 2005. This was preceded by a				Kissinger and Foreign Minister Yigal Allon-Dore
coordinated meeting between Iran's foreign				Gold, Jewish Weekly News, December 22, 1995).
minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, and leaders of				Yet, the ever-elusive DEFENSE PACT was ever
Hamas (Khaled Meshaal), a deputy leader of				on the minds of the Israelis, and some in the U.S.
Islamic Jihad, and Ahmed Jibril, the leader of the				Administration. As the same Jewish Week article
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Jibril's				contemplates the inevitable . . .
"organic remarks" tie Iran into the recent assaults				"In the past, Israel had no pretensions of being
in Northern Israel and the suicide bombing of a				able to defend itself against the Soviet Union; thus
shopping mall in Israel's Netanya where five Israeli				U.S.-Israeli ties complemented the Israel Defense
citizens were killed . . .				Force's independent military power. But in the
"We will confirmed that what is going on in				context of an Israeli-Syrian peace treaty, a new
occupied Palestine is organically connected to what				strategic relationship could evolve into a substitute
is going on in Iraq, Syria, Iran and Lebanon" (Jibril)				for Israel's self-defense capability, with enormous
(ICH 12/12/05)				implications beyond the peace process itself."
All this in light of Hamas' most recent victories at				President George Bush Sr.
the polls . . .				"Enormous implications" . . . think no further . . .
"NABLUS, West Bank - Hamas supporters on				these enormous implications would necessitate far
Friday celebrated a landslide election victory in				more than external assistance or joint military
major West Bank towns, the strongest sign yet				exercises.
of the Islamic militant group's growing political				The introduction of U.S. troops into the Middle
appeal ahead of Jan. 25 parliamentary elections.				East quagmire occurred in earnest in Reagan's
Israel responded with concern, saying a Palestinian				debacle at the Beruit International Airport
government dominated by Hamas-which calls for				(October 23, 1983) in which simultaneous suicide
Israel's destruction and has killed hundreds of				truck-bomb attacks killed 242 Americans and 58
Israelis in attacks- would not be a partner for				French troops-Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.
peace. Thousands of Hamas supporters joined				U.S. Marines were quickly pulled out of Lebanon.
victory marches after Friday prayers. In Jenin,				It was not until 1991 that massive U.S. military
where Hamas won a majority of local council				might landed in ancient Babylon under the pincer
seats, marchers chanted, 'To Jerusalem we				of President George Bush Sr. and stormin' General
march, martyrs by the millions!' and held up copies				Norman Schwartzkopf. Operations Desert Shield
of the Quran." (AP, Ali Daraghmeh, Associated				and Desert Storm were a masterful confirmation
Press Writer, Dec. 17, 2005).				of modern U.S. military technology-devastating the
UNIT 262, THE F-15I STRATEGIC 69				Iraqis and liberating the Kuwait from Saddam's
SQUADRON vs. TOR-M1				lethal grip.
As Lebanon, Syrian, Iran and the Palestinian				More importantly-in that Saddam was left "in
Authority ratchet up the "War on Israel" - Israel				place" in Iraq awaiting George Bush Jr.'s
has plans of their own . . .				preemptive, unilateral, war on terror (March,
Uzi Mahnaimi of Tel Aviv and Sarah Baxter of the				2003)-the U.S. justified a massive military build up
Times Newspapers Ltd. (London) quote a senior				throughout the Middle East, primarily throughout
White House source saying that the nuclear threat				the Persian Gulf Region which continues to this
from Iran was moving to the "top of the				day:
international agenda and the issue now was 'What				"The United States has over 700 bases in 130
next?'"				countries. As of April 2005, 146,000 U.S. troops
PM Ariel Sharon quipped: "Israel-and not only				were actively serving in Iraq, and thousands of
Israel-cannot accept a nuclear Iran." Sure sounds				special forces were fighting in the 'war on
like the U.S.-Israel Strategic Alliance on parade				terrorism' in Afghanistan, Pakistan, North Africa
here!				and other regions." (Global Policy Forum)
The IDF has placed its military readiness on "G"				Bush Sr. reluctantly pursued the U.S.-Israel
alert-the highest stage. Israel is now on the				"strategic alliance" which was formalized under
highest military alert to prepare for an attack				President Reagan (Ilan Berman, New Horizons for
against Iran!				the American-Israeli Partnership-NATIV Online);
Israel firmly asserts that by the end of March,				however, when Bush Sr. refused to sign $10B in
2006, things in Iran, and ipso facto Israel, will have				loan guarantees, the U.S.-Israeli lobby (AIPAC-The
reached the "POINT OF NO RETURN!" UNIAEA				American Israel Public Affairs Committee)
head, Mohamed El-Baradei, will present his next				descended upon Washington and secured not only
report on Iran's nuclear intentions in early March,				the $10B in guarantees, but it can be concluded
2006.				that Sr.'s obstructions collapsed his second term
A massive Israeli intelligence probe of Iran's				as President!
nuclear capabilities, launched from a site in				"Bush (Sr.'s) opposition to the loan guarantees was
northern Iraq (no doubt in cooperation with the				the last straw for the Israel lobby. When he made
USA) has already identified uranium enrichment				disparaging comments about Jewish settlements in
sites previously unknown to the IAEA-there could				East Jerusalem in March, 1990, AIPAC had begun
be up to 50 sites in Iran coordinating the uranium				the attack (briefly halted during the Gulf War).
enrichment program to produce a nuclear bomb				Dine (Tom Dine) (Executive Director of AIPAC)
capable of hitting Tel Aviv/Jerusalem.				wrote a critical op-ed in the New York Times and
Israel's top Special Forces Brigade, Unit 262, and				followed that with a vigorous speech to the
their F-15I strategic 69 Squadron, will ready				United Jewish Appeal's Young Leaders Conference.
themselves for a non-stop roundtrip to deliver				'Brothers and sisters,' he told them as they
both air and ground devastation to Iran's threats				prepared to go out and lobby Congress on the
to wipe Israel off the map.				issue, 'remember that Israel's friends in this city
This will be all the more difficult if Iran secures				reside on Capitol Hill.' Months later, the loan
delivery of a $1B anti-ballistic missile system (the				guarantees were approved, but by then Bush
Tor-M1) from the Russians. The system is				was dead meat" (Jeffrey Blankfort, The Israel
designed to destroy guided missiles and				Lobby and the Left: Uneasy Questions).
laser-guided bombs from aircraft-likewise, the				Notwithstanding these ups and downs between
system can be easily and quickly installed! (ICH 12				the U.S. Presidency and Israel's security-the
12/2005) Note also: Original Source: The Times of				"strategic imperative" has been decidedly upward
London, Dec. 11, 2005)				and onward! And, yes, that trend has been
"HE WILL CONFIRM THE TREATY"				greatly assisted by the ever-ascending influence
Let us turn aside, for a moment, shall we, to				of AIPAC to wit:
observe the unvarnished historicity of U.S.				"In 1998, Fortune Magazine rated the American
Presidential aspirations towards Israel . . . for in this				Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) as the
incredible glimpse into the ever-maturing "strategic				second most influential lobby, after AARP . . . The
relationship" between the U.S. and Israel, it has				pro-Israel establishment is, however, much larger
always been her Presidents who have led the				than AIPAC, it includes innumerable Jewish religious
way-it is the privilege of the American Executive				and non-religious organizations, and Jewish and
to orchestrate U.S. foreign policy, and more so,				non-Jewish politicians, academics, bureaucrats,
since two World Wars and the Cold War have				celebrities, journalists, corporate leaders, scientists,
given birth to the Imperial Presidency; make no				and students, and a particularly powerful
mistake to the contrary!				Washington think tank, the Washington Institute
It is this profound political significance between				for Near East Policy. The vast majority of
American Presidents and Israel that astounds the				American Jews, and many non-Jews, especially
world's diplomats and negotiators-especially,				among Evangelical Christians, are not activist, but
European and Moslem observers. Understanding				are uncritically supportive of Israel for religious,
the evolution of the American Imperium and its				historical, or cultural reasons" (Arthur L. Lowrie, An
unusual, yet clearly observable relationship,				Arabist View of the Pro-Israeli Establishment and
between its Chief Executive and Israel's security,				its Impact on American Middle East Policy, April
is most remarkable-to obfuscate this unparalleled				20, 2001-Media Monitors Network)
association (as some religious and secular				In summation, from the 1960s to the Clinton
observers are loathe to do)-damages the				Presidency . . .
academic and so-called spiritual credentials of				"From the mid-1960s through the early 1990s, the
those who deny this obvious arrangement!				military alliance relationship between Washington
President Harry S. Truman -				and Jerusalem evolved significantly. At the end of
President Truman, whose Baptist roots				this period, the alliance was characterized by three
predisposed him to Israel's rebirth as a nation				dimensions:
state for the Jews, commenced a long and				(1) Shared threat perceptions and common
ever-deepening relationship between the State of				security interests. (2) Institutionalization in the
Israel and the USA.				relationship, and the resulting ability to ride-out
Truman's predecessor, President Franklin D.				short term policy disagreements in some areas;
Roosevelt, appeared to be sympathetic to the				(3) Symmetry and burden sharing: Israeli
Jewish cause (i.e., the State of Israel in Palestine);				reciprocity and support for American objectives in
however, his assurances to the Arabs that the				the region (Gerald M. Steinberg, Israel and the
United States would not intervene without				United States: Can the Special Relationship Survive
consulting both parties caused public uncertainty				the New Strategic Environment, MERIA,
about his position.				November 1998)
President Harry S. Truman, on the other hand				President William Jefferson Clinton
after taking office, made it clear that his				In sum:
sympathies were with the Jews; hence, he				"Truman and Reagan felt gut-level, emotional
accepted the Balfour Declaration (made by the				sympathy toward Israel, which was translated
British as a quid pro quo for Jewish support for				into landmark decisions that established and
the Allied cause in World War I), explaining that it				strengthened the relationship. Bill Clinton falls into a
was in keeping with former President Woodrow				similar category, and is now considered by many
Wilson's principle of "self determination."				people the most pro-Israel President in history.
In point of fact, Daniel Pipes, in his review of				Nevertheless, he followed Bush's precedent of
Michael T. Benson's book Harry S. Truman and the				interfering in Israeli politics by trying to help the
Founding of Israel states:				reelection effort of Shimon Peres" (Ibid. Mitchell
"Benson proves that Truman's policies resulted				Bard)
not from nose-counting (the "Jewish vote" in				Clearly, Clinton's pro-Israel persona is not defined
America) but from deeply-held beliefs. His				so much by what he did for Israel but more by
pro-Israel outlook 'was based primarily on				what he did not do-publicly criticize Israel or take
humanitarian, moral, and sentimental grounds,				punitive measures against it.
many of which were an outgrowth of the				Clinton's eight-year legacy (1992-2000) spans
president's religious upbringing and his familiarity				three of Israel's Prime Ministers: Benjamin
with the Bible.' Extensive research into Truman's				Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, and Ariel Sharon. It was
biography and earlier career shows his impressive				during this time that the Presidency saw itself as
consistency. Benson, of the University of Utah,				a "facilitator" or, once again, as peace maker in
establishes Truman as a studious child and deeply				the Middle East-while steadfastly continuing the
religious young man who, when he unexpectedly				strategic relationship with Israel.
found himself in the Oval Office, lived faithfully by				The idea of a FORMAL PEACE TREATY, wherein
his precepts. In the case at hand, he expressed				the USA would underwrite Israel's security,
sympathy for Zionism as early as 1939 and				repeatedly surfaced during this era. In Clinton's
reiterated his views many times subsequently."				mindset, there was the overarching desire to
(Palestinefacts.org)				inspire a "comprehensive peace settlement"
Truman initiated several studies of the Palestine				amongst all parties-in particular, between the
situation that supported his belief that, as a result				Palestinians and Israelis; although Syria was not far
of the Holocaust, Jews were oppressed and also				behind in his thinking-let alone the entire region.
in need of a homeland. Notwithstanding Truman's				Clinton's quest for a comprehensive peace kept
support for the Jewish state, and throughout both				the concept on the front burner throughout his
the Roosevelt and Truman administrations, the				administration . . .
Departments of War and State, recognizing the				"The idea of a defense treaty arose again in the
possibility of a Soviet-Arab connection and the				1970s and in the 1980s. During the Cold War
potential Arab restriction on oil supplies to the				period, the U.S. viewed Israel as a 'strategic asset'
United States, advised against U.S. intervention on				and a stabilizing influence in the region (thus
behalf of the Jews.				emphasizing the 'hard' factors). Israel clung to this
Britain and the United States, in a joint effort to				perception in the hope that mutual strategic
examine the dilemma, established the				interests would serve as a foundation strong
"Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry." In April				enough to formalize defense relations between
1946, the committee submitted recommendations				the two countries, despite the absence of a
that Palestine not be dominated by either Arabs				solution to the problem of the territories occupied
or Jews. It concluded that attempts to establish				in 1967. The 1982 Lebanon War and the
nationhood or independence would result in civil				continuation of the regional conflict, however,
strife; that a trusteeship agreement aimed at				prevented such formalization, and it appeared that
bringing Jews and Arabs together should be				the U.S. would not be prepared to protect Israel's
established by the United Nations; that full Jewish				borders if those borders included the occupied
immigration be allowed into Palestine; and that two				territories. In the absence of a formal defense
autonomous states be established with a strong				treaty, Israel's status was defined, for the first
central government to control Jerusalem,				time, as a Non-NATO Ally in early 1987." (Yair
Bethlehem, and the Negev, the southernmost				Evron, An Israel-United States Defense Pact?,
section of Palestine. British, Arab, and Jewish				October 1998)
reactions to the recommendations were not				Israel initiated the idea of a "Defense Treaty"
favorable.				during the latter part of the Peres administration
In spite of his own Departments of War and				(April, 1996). Benjamin Netanyahu's victory,
State, and of the Brits subterfuge regarding the				however, in 1996, put the breaks on the Israeli
Jewish State, he immediately recognized the				quest for formal security arrangements. It was in
Jewish State upon their declaration of				the context of the Israel-Syria negotiations
independence-eleven minutes after Israel's				wherein the U.S. could be favorably predisposed
declaration of statehood (American Heritage).				toward signing such an accord with Israel that
This "Presidential Recognition" was, according to				America's designs for a comprehensive peace plan
Margaret Truman (daughter of President Truman),				were coupled with Israel's desire for a Defense
"the most difficult decision (he) ever faced as				Pact. Israeli leadership knew that Clinton was
president" (Christian Science Monitor). The				favorable toward a formal Defense Pact with
immediate involvement of the President of the				Israel; especially, if they would compromise with
United States-overruling his powerful Secretary of				the Syrians-resolving decades of war.
State George Marshall-set a precedence wherein				Such an agreement would stretch beyond the
the Presidency and Israel became synonymous in				Israeli-Syrian conundrum by including many nations
diplomatic parlance. In other words: The President				within its comprehensive scope. This would
of the United States-not the nation, per se (i.e.,				present the supreme opportunity to confirm and
Legislative or Judicial branches of government),				surpass all expectations embodied within the
nor its State Department-became the deciding				U.S.-Israel special relationship. Yes, it would
factor and the fulcrum of the relationship				necessitate the ultimate consignment of Israel's
between Israel and the USA.				security to its patron: The United States of
"Administrative tension" between the U.S. State				America.
Department and the President, especially in				"A U.S.-Israel defense pact would be likely to
regards to Israel vis-Ã -vis U.S. national interest				serve Israel politically, strategically, and militarily.
throughout the Middle East, and in particular the				First, it would amplify Israel's deterrent capability.
acquisition of cheap energy in maintenance of				Second, it would not only strengthen, but also
America's ever-expanding economy, is of no small				formally institutionalize, the strategic relationship
notoriety; yet, provides ample wiggle room when				between the two countries. This would be
the President wishes to register consternation if				particularly important if, at some point, the U.S.
the Executive perceives Israel "has gone too far."				commitment to Israel or involvement in the Middle
President Dwight Eisenhower				East were to weaken. Third, a defense treaty
With the decline of Britain as the self-appointed				would contribute to regional strategic stability if
protector of the Middle East, and the rise of the				nuclear capabilities in the region will proliferate.
Cold War, America's immediate, though periferal				Fourth, it would be apt to serve, under certain
role with Israel, was about to change-and change				circumstances, as an important component in a
significantly.				regional security system, should one be
Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser seized the Suez				established." (Ibid. Yair Evron).
Canal in October of 1956-whereupon Britain,				Yet, the formal declaration-sought by Israel and
France and Israel (as co-conspirators) launched a				the USA-eluded its parties once again.
surprise attack; but, Ike considered the bizarre				Nevertheless, these numerous quotes, primarily
adventure as a "mid-Victorian form of gunboat				from Israelis and members of the pro-Zionist
diplomacy."				American Jewish community, are significant in that
"I've just never seen great powers make such a				they repeatedly project the clarity, hopes, and
complete mess and botch of things" - October				ultimate aspirations-as well as
30, 1956 (President Eisenhower).				reservations-conferred by Jews upon such a
It was the President of the United States who				DEFENSE PACT between the United States of
torpedoed the tripartite effort against an Arab				America and Israel. Likewise, they succinctly
nation and won him, at the time, the praise of the				interpret the catalyst of such a conclusive
UN and as the defender of third-world nations				agreement in the context of the American
against Israel and the West.				Presidency-without equivocation, all concur the
The upshot of Suez, in so far as the U.S.-Israel				implementation of such a DEFENSE PACT must
"Strategic Relationship" is concerned-made the U.S.				find its final recourse domiciled in the office of the
the dominant player in the Middle East, and, ipso				President of the United States of America.
facto, intimately involved with Israel. Furthermore,				Our succeeding articles will amplify the final
it brought the Cold War smack dab into the midst				Presidency, George Walker Bush . . . for there is
of the Middle East.				no other Presidency who has so extended itself
"The affair (Suez) convinced Eisenhower that a				into the affairs of Israel, into the Middle East, into
move into the area by the Soviet Union would be				the land of ancient Babylon . . . on behalf of
disastrous to Europe and Nation, because of oil				"peace and justice" . . . for democracy and human
needs. He announced the Eisenhower Doctrine:				rights . . . against the enemies of freedom, against
The U.S. would send weapons and cash to any				the heretics of Islam, against terror and for the
Mideast nation threatened by communism"				triumph of good over evil. No, never has the
(Christian Science Monitor 10/26/2001).				Presidency of the United States been so
There's no doubt that the USA was supporting				absorbed in a quest to secure for itself and for
Israel from the get-go (not just Arab states				the world-the wealth and riches of ancient lands
opposed to communism) . . . but then came . . .				which fuel the engines of earth's most dominant
Presidents John F. Kennedy/Lyndon Johnson and				and dynamic civilization: The West.
Richard Nixon				No, never has there been such a time as this
Strategic cooperation accelerated with John				when the stakes have been so high-yet . . . no
Kennedy's 1962 sale of HAWK antiaircraft missiles				price too great to pay . . . for freedom's rewards
to Israel-again, over the objection of the "Arabist"				come not from terror's intimidations, nor from
State Department.				quislings who compromise before dictators and
After Israel's smashing military victory in 1967 and				zealots who deign to hold civilization hostage by
capture of the Siani, Golan Heights and West				fulfilling the nightmare of their religious distortions
Bank-as well as the old city of				and heretical creeds . . . to all Americans and to
Jerusalem-Presidents Johnson and Nixon became				the world he says:
convinced that the Arabs were not capable of				"We will never back down. We will never give in.
attacking Israel for many years.				And we will never accept anything less than
A policy of quantitative military equlibrium was in				complete victory." (President George Walker Bush,
place in the early '60s wherein Lyndon Johnson				U.S. Naval Academy, November 2005, the White
would provide Israel with tanks and aircraft, but				House).
would balance these sales by transference of the				Finally, for those of you who wish to connect the
same to Arab countries. This policy would inhibit				dots-to the will of him who seeks to do us
any one state from gaining the military advantage				harm-ponder the words spoken through Daniel the
over the other. This all changed in 1968 when				Prophet, Paul the Apostle, and John the Beloved . .
Johnson committed Phantom jets to Israel. In so				.
doing, he established the USA as the				"And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the
overwhelming arms supplier of Israel and moved				transgressors have reached their fullness, a king
the geopolitical equation from quantitative to				shall arise, having a fierce countenance, who
Israel's qualitative favor.				understands sinister schemes. His power shall be
Indeed, Johnson's Baptist upbringing affirmed his				mighty, but not by his own power; he shall
pro-Israel posture:				destroy extraordinarily and shall prosper and
"Most if not all of you (speaking to an American				thrive; he shall destroy the mighty, and also the
Jewish audience) have very deep ties with the				holy people. Through his cunning he shall cause
land and with the people of Israel, as I do, for my				deceit to prosper under his rule; and he shall exalt
Christian faith sprang from yours . . . the Bible				himself in his heart. He shall even rise against the
stories are woven into my childhood memories as				Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without
the gallant struggle of modern Jews to be free of				human hand" (Daniel 8:23-25).
persecution is also woven into our souls" (Jewish				" . . . the prince who is to come . . . he shall
Virtual Library).				confirm a covenant with the many for one week;
At this point Israel did not significantly contribute				but in the middle of the week he shall bring an
to "Western defenses" in the region because its				end to sacrifice and offering, and on the wing of
potential to contribute to a policy of containment				abominations shall be one who makes desolate,
was negligible. However, that perception changed				even until the consummation, which is determined
when the USA called upon Israel to buttress King				is poured out on the desolator" Daniel 9:27)
Hussein's government and oust the Syrians from				"And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who
their incursion into Jordan in 1970.				sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to
Nixon, continued the policies initiated by Johnson,				him, and he went out conquering and to conquer"
however, it is well known that his affection				(Revelation 6:2).
towards Israel was at best superficial and, for				"The coming of the lawless one is according to
that matter, his predisposition toward being				the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and
downright anti-Semitic in his private conversations				lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception
(William F. Buckley, Nixon and Anti-Semitism on				among those who perish, because they did not
the Right, Feb. 10, 1997, National Review)				receive the love of the truth, that they might be
ultimately led, as some surmise, to Israel's horrific				saved" (II Thessalonians 2:9-10)
losses during the 1973 Yom Kippur War in which				"Then the king shall do according to his own will:
Egypt and Syria sought to regain land lost in the				he shall exalt and magnify himself above every
'67 War.				god, shall speak blasphemies against the God of
Notwithstanding, Nixon came to Israel's rescue				gods, and shall prosper till the wrath has been
and played nuclear brinkmanship with the Soviets,				accomplished; for what has been determined shall
putting them on notice by declaring a worldwide				be done . . . . Thus he shall act against the
nuclear alert to prevent their intervention on the				strongest fortresses with a foreign god, which he
side of the Arab belligerents. From here the world				shall acknowledge, and advance its glory; and he
would witness, for the first time, a new USA				shall cause them to rule over many, and divide
involvement into the Middle East cauldron: The				the land for profit" (Daniel 9:27; 11:36, 39).
Peace Initiatives . . .				"He shall also enter the Glorious Land, and many
President Jimmy Carter				countries shall be overthrown . . . but news from
Under Carter (1974-1979) a time of de facto				the east and the north shall trouble him; therefore
strategic cooperation prevailed wherein Israel was				he shall go out with great fury to destroy and
allowed to sell military equipment to the U.S. and,				annihilate many. And he shall plant the tents of his
for the first time, joint military exercises were				palace between the seas and the glorious holy
held by the two.				mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and no
It is here that the "Man of Peace" enters into the				one will help him . . .
fray.				"Then I wished to know the truth about the
"Consider the Camp David accords-still the most				fourth beast, which was different from all the
important Middle East pact to which the U.S. has				others, exceeding dreadful, with its teeth of iron
served as midwife. President Jimmy Carter had				and its nails of bronze, which devoured, broke in
taken office promising a new look for U.S.				pieces, and trampled the residue with its feet; and
foreignpolicy. The hard realpolitik of the Nixon-Ford				the ten horns that were on its head, and the
era, when everything was seen through the lens				other horn which came up, before which three
of the cold war, would be modified. In its place				fell, namely, that horn which had eyes and a
would be an attempt to deal with regional				mouth which spoke pompous words, whose
problems on their own terms. In the Middle East,				appearance was greater than his fellows. I was
that meant a comprehensive approach to				watching; and the same horn was making war
Israeli-Arab differences, including some sort of				against the saints, and prevailing against them, until
solution for the problem of displaced Palestinians."				the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was
(CSMonitor)				made in favor of the saints of the Most High, and
The point to be made in all of Carter's				the time came for the saints to possess the
deliberations is the injection of the				kingdom" (Daniel 11:41a, 44-45; 7:19-22).
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