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| Israel worried by US loss of power, says UK security analyst |
| 2011-03-01 |
| London, Feb 28, IRNA – While the Arab uprisings are provoking serious concern among state and security elites across the West, “Israel’s stance is the most self-defeating of all,” according to one of Britain’s leading security analysts. Professor Paul Rogers said that Israel’s “most immediate fear is that a reformed government in Cairo will respond to public pressure and end the embargo of Gaza.” “Substantial change would likely require Israel’s army to reoccupy the southern part of Gaza and isolate the Philadelphi corridor (between Gaza and Egypt), in turn making clear that Israel alone was treating Gaza as an open prison.” Rogers said. “But Israel's concerns go far wider,” he warned, referring to the recent Herzliya security conference in Israel, which was attended by such figures as Nato secretary-general Anders Fogh Rasmussen, UK Defence Secretary Liam Fox, and the former head of the US national-security council General James Jones. “Israel’s dominant perspective is that the United States is losing its potency across the region, in great part through its readiness to abandon presumed guarantors of stability such as Hosni Mubarak,” Rogers said in his latest column for OpenDemocracy. “More broadly, Washington seems willing to countenance unpredictable political change that (in the Israeli view) carries the risk of ‘the street carrying the day’ and of protesters unrepresentative of the majority being propelled to power,” he said. The professor of peace studies from Bradford University said that Israel's conclusion from the decline in Washington's power and regional uncertainty could be to seek to strengthen its links with other states, such as China, Russia, India, South Africa, Brazil and even Azerbaijan. “There is little if any sign that Israel will upgrade its efforts to seek a just peace with the Palestinians it still has a chance to do so,” he said. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #13 D *** NG IT, why in the World should Israel fear "Jasmine" changes ... To wit, * FARSI NEWS > [Iran] MP:POPULAR UPRISINGS IN REGION SPREADING BEYONG US IMAGINATION [ + Control]. US lacks a SPECIFIC = COMMON STRATEGY on how to effec counter or respond, etc. to the various Regional mass protests, hence may not be able to control any of the State-specific final outcomes. * TOPIX > THE EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST + THE COMING GLOBAL TSUNAMI. Angry ME Youth + "Lost Futures" > symbolic of Worldwide recognition in both Muslim + Non-Muslim Countries of the decline in normal living standards + expectations wrought by alleged selfish, corrupt Ruling Elites + "Globalism". * CHINESE MIL FORUM > AHMADINEJAD STRESSES IRAN, CHINA ROLE IN ESTABLISHING NEW WORLD ORDER. * FARSI NEWS > [IRGC Politburo Chief Gen. Yadollah Javani]IRGC OFFICER TERMS IRAN AS "AXIS OF NEW MIDDLE EAST". ARTIC > GEN. JAVANI > "JASMINE' REGIONAL PROTESTS HAVE INDUCED A UNIVERSAL "ISLAMIC AWAKENING" + IS A "GREAT VICTORY" FOR THE IRANIAN NATION. * PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM > [WSJ.com]ECONOMIST: CHINA AS WORLD NO. ONE IN 2027 SEEMS "A CERTAINTY" * IIRC CHINA DAILY FORUM [old]> WILL "CHINDIA" {China-India] RULE THE WORLD [Econ, NWO?] IN 2050??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-03-02 00:18 |
| #12 Israel has never built jet fighter engines. Didn't write they made engines. It's about technology dealing with metallurgy, bonding, and the allied fields. Anyway, some about capitalist, rope, selling, and hang. Except the Chinese are becoming far more capitalist than the US which is sliding into state-cronyism business (aka national socialism). |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-03-01 20:53 |
| #11 Grom, And Upper Volta. Is'n' it called now something like Fassy Burkini?? |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2011-03-01 20:11 |
| #10 #3 is correct - the 2011-2020/2025 time period will "MAKE-OR-BREAK" PRO-US-VS-ANTI-US OWG-NWO,+ OWG-NWO IN GENERAL, to include COMMIE-SOC WORLD ORDER [CWO-SWO]. Lest we fergit, IIRC DAVE ROSS = "THE STATUS QUO IN THE US IS UNSUSTAINABLE" [+ around the World]. and * 1990's NET > CHINA + RUSSIA = Collectively, opine that "WAR AGZ THE US IS NOT ONLY POSSIBLE BUT DESIRED", generally circa Year 2018. IIRC, as early as 2011 = this year, or 2014 for RISNG CHINA; to NLT 2022 for RUSSIA. * OSAMA BIN LADEN [paraph] = the DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION OF THE US ECONOMY ASAP AMAP ALAP ATAP IS A DESIRED OBJECTIVE = METHOD IN SUPPORT OF JIHAD. IOW, ISLAMIST THREAT [2012 = Nukulaar?] + CHINA + RUSSIA, ...@ETC. = AMERICAN GEOPOL POWER + INFLUENCE WILL BE SERIOUSLY CHALLENGED 2011-2020/2025, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MILITARY. And NOT just via Radical Islam. [ROSWELL SPACE ALIENS = D *** NGED TOURISTS here]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-03-01 19:55 |
| #9 seek to strengthen its links with other states, such as China, Russia, India, South Africa, Brazil and even Azerbaijan. And Upper Volta. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-03-01 12:38 |
| #8 Anyway, some about capitalist, rope, selling, and hang. |
| Posted by: Pearl Gleaper1127 2011-03-01 10:57 |
| #7 Israel has never built jet fighter engines. The Chinese are now flying WS-10 engines in their SU-27 clones and J-10s (Israeli Lavi derivative). The WS-10 core is copied from the CFM-56 engine sold to them to power Boeing 737s, along with Russian AL-31F tech. They are now working on F-22 class engines. The CFM-56 engine is derived from the B-1's F101 engine and also used to build the F-15 and F-16's GE F110 engines. |
| Posted by: Pearl Gleaper1127 2011-03-01 10:55 |
| #6 The Chinese are having significant technology issues with building advance jet engines. Israel has a bargaining chip in play. Not that the idiots in the Beltway care. Every nation looks out for its own interests. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-03-01 09:36 |
| #5 The professor of peace studies from Bradford University said that Israel's conclusion from the decline in Washington's power and regional uncertainty could be to seek to strengthen its links with other states, such as China, Russia, India, South Africa, Brazil and even Azerbaijan. They won't find the same love from those countries, but it's a good thing to diversify your allies, instead of being presumed to be defended by only the US, which is mostly true. |
| Posted by: Clairt Phomp6215 2011-03-01 09:28 |
| #4 Well the Israelis ought to be worried, but what about the millions of Egyptians who have suffered under the hands of Mubarak for years. Giving him carte blanche to persecute the population while sifting a fortune from the dollars he received from the good old us of a. |
| Posted by: Ebbavise Clunk9095 2011-03-01 08:53 |
| #3 I am hopeful that the majority of people realize by 2012 that a weakened country does not lead to a more stable world but to a far more dangerous world. We are seeing a 2011 technological world but a late 1930s political and economic world. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-03-01 08:51 |
| #2 I think it would be more prudent to just sit and wait for Bambi to step down and try to fix the damages he's caused to the US/ME with a smarter republican POTUS in office. |
| Posted by: Elder of Zion 2011-03-01 08:10 |
| #1 could be to seek to strengthen its links with other states, such as China, Russia, India, South Africa, Brazil and even Azerbaijan. Linking Israel to totalitarian regimes, now there's an interesting twist. One must wonder how many times the esteemed Professor Rogers will have to highlight that insane linkage before anyone believes it? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-03-01 03:14 |