*One observer said Israel is "trying to provoke a war with Iran to get the U.S. directly involved."* by Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams, April 1, 2024 https://www.commondreams.org/news/iran-israel-war . . . Trita Parsi of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft said on social media that "this is the exact type of conduct that usually prompts the U.S. to label a country a pariah or rogue state."
"The U.S. accuses such states of seeking to destroy the 'rules-based order,'" Parsi noted. "But so far, Biden has acquiesced to Israel's conduct in this area as well as all other aspects of Israel's slaughter in Gaza." Parsi accused Israel of "seeking to either destroy these norms or create a new normal in which it—much like the U.S.—will be untouchable above these laws and norms." He also called the Damascus strike "the kind of war-abetting escalation Biden claimed he was preventing." The U.S. has also bombed Syria <https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-bombs-syria>—as well as Yemen <https://www.commondreams.org/news/u-s-bombing-yemen-2667052470>, Iraq <https://www.gettyimages.com/editorial-images>, and Somalia <https://www.stripes.com/theaters/africa/2024-01-23/airstrike-somalia-al-shabab-12767985.html>—since October 7. Palestinian Policy Network fellow Tariq Kenney-Shawa said: "What the Biden administration means by 'taking every measure to avoid regional escalation' is that they're making sure only Israel is allowed to escalate. Deploying aircraft carriers, airstrikes in Yemen/Syria/Iraq, all of that is to make sure Israel can provoke but no one can respond." . . . Israel “Risking a Two-Front War, Maybe a Three-Front War,” After Latest Strike Against Iran in Syria DemocracyNow!, April 2, 2024 https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/2/israel_iran_embassy -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29780): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/29780 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/105299166/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
