tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4399996114293362843.post4523055031044059158..comments2024-01-29T02:50:01.795-04:00Comments on The Grendel Report: US to media: Israel struck Latakia arsenal last week. Will Putin and Assad make good on threats of reprisal?TheBeowulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10040385291032059208noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4399996114293362843.post-46470348212309517822013-07-13T19:36:25.871-03:002013-07-13T19:36:25.871-03:00Why would Obama finger and betray staunch ally Isr...Why would Obama finger and betray staunch ally Israel to Putin and Assad to retaliate???<br /><br />Mark Langfan wrote that the only anti-Assad action Obama actually took was to have "three unnamed U.S. officials" (not one, but three officials) specifically name Israel as the guilty party that destroyed the Russian-made Yakhont anti-ship missiles at Latakia last Thursday.<br /><br />So, not only does Obama prevaricate to the Saudis, he also exposes the possible covert Israeli anti-Assad military blows. Why is Obama dissembling to and harming America's only two remaining Middle East allies? Is Obama publicly goading Assad to launch a retaliatory strike at Israel by embarrassing him with Israel's Latakia strike?<br /><br />It's simple. Obama doesn't see a Middle East with either Israel or Saudi Arabia. Is this a radical statement? In the most under-reported news story of the Middle East, on Obama's post-election March 2013 trip to Israel, Obama privately laid out his vision of a Saudi Arabia-less Middle East to Netanyahu's inner circle. It was reported in the World Tribune that:<br /><br />"Diplomatic sources said President Barack Obama has proposed an alliance by [as of then Muslim Brotherhood] Egypt, Iran and Turkey."<br /><br />“Obama was telling [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu that these countries would stabilize the region and should be supported,” a source said.<br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06869634092827176237noreply@blogger.com