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16 September 2010 By Jeff Gates Here’s a news flash for Tel Aviv: it’s not a sign
of respect when the bulk of humanity views you as
psychopathic. The concerns of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
are misplaced. The legitimacy of Israel is no longer
threatened. It’s already lost. Long gone. Kaput. Nation states are shared states of mind. The
mindset in Iceland differs from India. Israel is the
most unlike of all. Founded by extremists and
terrorists, it’s been downhill ever since. Psychopaths want to be loved. That’s why they’re so
charming, albeit only superficially. They’re also
pathological liars, egocentric, callous and
remorseless. Those qualities have long been familiar to Israel’s
neighbors, particularly the Palestinians. After WWII,
Harry Truman was charmed into treating this extremist
enclave as an ally. That decision may well go down in history as
America’s greatest mistake. Though we’ve served for 62 years as Israel’s
patron, pocketbook and apologist, respect and
affection has flowed in only one direction. Psychopathy should not be confused with
megalomania. The mental states are quite different.
Megalomaniacs seek to be feared, not loved. Control is
the common trait. That not-so-subtle distinction matters, at least
for those of us who are not dual citizens. For instance, it’s now known that Israel and its
advocates fixed the intelligence that took us to war
in Iraq. That fact is no longer in dispute. That fact alone confirms the split personality
evident in the shared state of mind we call Israel.
Those who share that state charmed us into committing
our blood and treasure for goals long sought by
Israel. That’s the psychopathic component. The megalomanial component felt they had a right to
make us fearful. As Chosen (by a god of their own
choosing), devotees of this shared mindset truly
believe it’s their right to deceive. Those complicit
see themselves as “of us but above us.” When we dispatched our military to pursue their
goals, Americans were killed and maimed as we
borrowed our way into a fiscal morass from which
there’s no clear route to recovery. Debt is always the
prize. Score another victory for the U.S.-Israel special
relationship. Why Don’t Americans Get It? Nothing about this “state” is legit. Never was. Its
founding traces to a multi-decade reign of terror
built on a phony historical foundation. Even the most
dull-witted now question how Israel came into being.
And why the U.S. ever deemed it special. Americans are learning to fear Israel—as they
should. A few of us remain charmed—despite the facts.
For the True Believer, facts are likely to remain
irrelevant. Those familiar with the facts know better. Thus the
fast-growing concern that troublesome behavior
patterns are emerging once again. Those most knowledgeable are deeply concerned about
recent events. On August 26th, a leaked memo from the
Central Intelligence Agency cited American Jews as
exporters of terrorism. Then came the news on August
30th from Sephardi chief Rabbi Ovadia Yosef
who urged that Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas
“vanish from our world” and that “God strike
(Palestinians) down with a plague.” Neither story gained traction in mainstream U.S.
media. Instead, news coverage was reserved for August
31st when four Israelis were shot dead in
the West Bank. The most lethal attack in four years—blamed on
Hamas—occurred just hours before Netanyahu’s scheduled
meeting with Hamas leaders and Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton. The timing revived memories of the many well-timed
“incidents” during the reign of Prime Minister Ariel
Sharon. No one dares suggest that Tel Aviv may be the
source of this latest incident. Yet consider just a
few of the many precedents: The Source of Terror What happens to Israel’s fast-fading legitimacy if
the fear of terrorism—all of it—traces back to those
long known for their expertise at waging war “by way
of deception.” That’s the founding credo of the Mossad,
Israel’s foreign operations directorate infamous for
its worldwide expertise as an agent provocateur. Would a state founded by terrorists resort to
terror to sustain a narrative essential to its
survival? Would Tel Aviv again deceive the U.S. to
pursue its expansionist goals? Zionist media mogul Haim Saban spoke candidly when,
in the May 10th issue of The New Yorker, he
boasted of “three ways to be influential in American
politics:” make donations to political parties,
establish think tanks and control media outlets. His
only omission: terror. Was this dual citizen conceding how the
U.S. was induced to war—for Israel? Was he describing how Zionists shape U.S.
policy—in plain sight? Was he describing how psychopaths wage war
on the U.S.—from within? Was he divulging how megalomaniacs influence U.S.
decision-making—with fear? Americans have long been charmed by this “special”
relationship. Now it’s time to be fearful. When a
mental state of this malevolent sort becomes
transparent and its operatives apparent, that’s when
“psycho-megalomania” becomes its most dangerous. Will we see another terrorist attack? You can bet
on it. The only question is: When? Special days are often chosen for special events.
Will the next mass murder be on Rosh Hashanah
(September 8)? How about the ninth anniversary of
September 11? Or Yom Kippur on September 17? Will the next incident be nuclear or conventional?
Will it be staged in the U.S. or the E.U.? And most important of all: will it be blamed on
Hezbollah or Hamas? Or will the “Pakistan Taliban” be
portrayed as the requisite Evil Doer responsible for
the next mass murder? Stay tuned. |