u.s. scales back joint military exercise with israel

[bud]

pressure from both within israel and the u.s. are mounting on natanyahu. this latest incident is after u.s. general, martin dempsey said an israeli attack would only delay the nuclear program.

Time Magazine reports number of American troops in mid-October exercise to be cut by two-thirds, in what a senior Israeli official says is a message of mistrust conveyed by Washington.

According to the report in Time, however, the crews operating the Patriot missiles will not arrive in Israel as planned, and instead of the two Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense warships scheduled to arrive, only one might possible be dispatched.

"Basically what the Americans are saying is, ‘We don’t trust you,’” a senior Israeli military official told the magazine.

On Thursday, the Guardian reported that U.S. General Martin Dempsey said that an Israeli attack on Iran would delay but not stop its nuclear program.

"I don't want to be complicit if they [israel] choose to do it," Dempsey said.

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Edited September 2, 2012 by bud

[jbg]

Do you have any other activities than posting anti-Israel screeds?

[bud]

Do you have any other activities than posting anti-Israel screeds?

of the many atrocities that are happening around the world, the reason why the israel/palestine conflict is the most important to me, is because our western governments support and even try to justify a government who has been violating the rights of a group of people for decades.

on this forum, i find that i best serve justice by dedicating my time to an issue that i find to be one of the most important issues today.

so why do you spend an overwhelming majority of time bashing muslims and apologizing for israel's actions? people like you are another reason why i feel that i need to speak out for justice.