As Obama regurgitates an Israel lobby script on Syria, America is sliding toward another Iraq
Maidhc Ó Cathail
The Passionate Attachment
July 5, 2013
At a Washington Institute policy forum luncheon debate on June 28 entitled “Arming the Rebels: Sliding Toward Iraq or Inching Toward Stability,” Andrew J. Tabler, a senior fellow in the institute’s program on Arab politics, hinted at the pro-Israel think tank’s influence over President Obama’s recent shift in Syria policy. Referring to his Foreign Affairs piece entitled “Syria’s Collapse: And How Washington Can Stop It,” Tabler said he would like to say that it “follows a lot” of President Obama’s responses in a major June 17 television interview. Whether out of modesty or a desire to downplay the Israel lobby’s role in deepening Washington’s involvement in the destabilization of Syria, a smiling Tabler added, “I’m sure that he didn’t read it and then just go and regurgitate it to Charlie Rose.”
WINEP’s executive director Robert Satloff was similarly coy in his introduction. Describing Tabler as a “very consulted” expert on Syria, Satloff said, “I won’t go into the details of the consultations” he has with senior government officials “but suffice to say that the arguments that we’ll be hearing today very much reflect the arguments that are on the table.”
Given the proven track record of such arguments made “in the national interest” by partisans of Israel, it would appear that its oblivious American proxy is rapidly sliding toward another Iraq.
Maidhc Ó Cathail is an investigative journalist and Middle East analyst. He is also the creator and editor of The Passionate Attachment blog, which focuses primarily on the U.S.-Israeli relationship. You can follow him on and Twitter @O_Cathail.
“…oblivious American proxy…”
Dang, that’s a good one. I’m sort of partial to hubristic stupidity but, that’s just me. Nothing says hubris and stupid all in the same breath as WINEP.
skulzstudios
July 5, 2013 at 4:46 pm
Worrying, very worrying. Wish people could see what is really going on. No chance, however, with the mainstream and so much of the ‘alternative’ media controlled.
anguslhall
July 6, 2013 at 4:28 am
OMG this guy Tabler is NUTS!
Canuck
July 13, 2013 at 2:56 am