I'd say unbelievable but everything has become believable. By way of Oliver Willis, we find that Sarah Palin has doubtful loyalties:
Ms. Palin told [Israeli President Shimon] Peres, according to an aide to the president. "The only flag at my office is an Israeli flag," she was quoted as saying, "and I want you to know and I want Israelis to know that I am a friend."
So when are Alaska and Israel going to sign a mutual defense pact?
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George today:
"Our success in Iraq must not be measured by the enemy's ability to get a car bombing in the evening news," he said. "No matter how good the security, terrorists will always be able to explode a bomb on a crowded street."He suggested Israel as a model.
The article goes on to suggest that this idea might not be received well in Arab countries. Gee, do ya think?
Isn't there one person in this administration that isn't a complete idiot?
[Via Aravosis.]
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Joe "Jokeline" Klein confirms Steve Clemons' report that DeFib Dick and the AEI are conspiring with Israel to attack Iran and adds a bit more.
Given that it's Joe Klein you might want to take this with a grain of salt.
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Israel's high court upheld Thursday the military's right to assassinate members of groups the state defines as terrorist organizations, but cautioned that such operations should always be weighed first against the potential harm to civilian bystanders and the human rights of the target.
"Enemy Combatants," look out.
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For decades, military censors have struggled to defend Israel's worst-kept secret — that the country possesses atomic weapons.[...]
So why does it appear that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert finally spilled the beans?
In an interview on German television late Monday, the Israeli leader seemed to list Israel among the world's nuclear club, raising an outcry across the political spectrum here and questions about whether the long-standing policy had been abandoned.
Asked by the interviewer about Iran's calls for the destruction of Israel, Olmert replied that Israel had never threatened to annihilate anyone.
"Iran openly, explicitly and publicly threatens to wipe Israel off the map," Olmert said. "Can you say that this is the same level, when you are aspiring to have nuclear weapons, as America, France, Israel, Russia?"
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Since 1969, the United States has accepted Israel's status as a nuclear power and not pressed it to sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which subjects its adherents to inspections and sanctions aimed at stopping the spread of weapons.
The consensus in the U.S. intelligence community and among outside experts is that Israel has 100 to 200 sophisticated nuclear weapons, making it the region's sole nuclear power.
That Israel has nukes comes as a surprise to approximately no one. But its refusal to sign the NPT, and the US's refusal to press Israel on the issue, makes a mockery of the treaty and undermines the position of the US and Europe in stopping Iran and North Korea from acquiring nukes.
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