Zionism, Militarism, and the Decline of US Power

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From 9/11 to the present, the pro-Israel power configuration in the United States has broadened its definition of 'the areas of interest to Israel', and thus the issues on which it will intervene. During the 1940s to 1950s, the main focus of the Lobby was to secure US diplomatic support for Israel's ethnic cleansing of Palestine. The Lobby's areas of interest to Israel extended to Israel's wars with Egypt and Syria in the 1960s and 1970s; to Lebanon and Iraq during the 1980s and 1990s; and to Iraq and Iran during the current decade. By defining the limits of action that the US President and Congress can take on issues relating to Israel, the Zionist Power Configuration now influences US policies toward the entire Middle East.

Zionism and Us Militarism
How Zionist Power in the US Promotes US Wars in the Middle East	p. 15
The True Cause of the War on Iraq: From Pretexts to Cover-ups	p. 15
The War for Oil Argument	p. 16
The National Security Argument	p. 19
From Iraq War Cover-up to Iran War Propaganda	p. 20
Israel, the ZPC and the Run-up to the Invasion of Iraq	p. 22
War with Iran: The Highest Priority for the ZPC (and Israel)	p. 25
Zionist Power in the United States	p. 27
'Jewish Vote', 'Israel Lobby' or 'Zionist Power Configuration'?	p. 29
War for Oil or for Israel: What the Public Record Reveals	p. 31
Zionist Warmongering: Fear and Venom	p. 34
From a Scratch to Gangrene: The Transition from Zionism to Zion-Fascism	p. 35
Deflecting Peace Initiatives	p. 37
The ZPC and Armenian Holocaust Denial: At the Service of Israel	p. 39
Anti-Iraq War Democratic Presidential Candidates Pro-War on Iran	p. 40
The Impact of Zionist Authoritarianism on American Democracy	p. 42
War on Iran: The American Military versus the Israel Firsters	p. 55
Introduction	p. 55
Recent History of the Civilian Militarists versus Anti-War Movements	p. 56
American Military Fights the ZPC over Middle East Wars	p. 56
Israel-Firsters Win Round One	p. 57
Round Two: American Military Resists War on Iran	p. 58
Making the IAEA Report Safe for American Public Consumption	p. 63
Fundamental Issues in Dispute by the US Military and Israel-Firsters	p. 64
Military/Zion-Con: Punch and Counterpunch	p. 68
Conclusion	p. 69
Burying the National Intelligence Estimate	p. 73
Introduction	p. 73
Israel Rejects "the Intelligence Report from the Other Side of the Earth"	p. 77
The "International Community" Climbs on Board	p. 78
The Drumbeat Goes On	p. 80
Provocations as Pretexts for Imperial War: From Pearl Harbor to 9/11	p. 85
Provocation as Pretext for the US War Against Japan	p. 86
Provocation as Pretext for the US War Against Korea	p. 87
The US Indochina War: Johnson's Tonkin Pretext	p. 89
Provocation as Pretext: 9/11 and the Afghan/Iraq Invasions	p. 91
The Politics of Military Provocations	p. 94
Military-Driven Empire Building: The Zionist Connection	p. 96
The Terror Bombing: White House and Zionist Complicity	p. 98
Provocations and Pretexts: The Israeli/US War Against Iran	p. 99
Zion-Con Zelikow, the 2002 National Security Strategy and 9/11	p. 102
Embracing the Israeli Modus Operandi of Endless War
The Palestinian Sewage Disaster: The Political Ecology of US/Israeli Responsibility in Microcosm	p. 107
General Petraeus: From Surge to Purge to Dirge	p. 111
Introduction	p. 111
Petraeus' Phony Success in Northern Iraq	p. 112
An Armchair Strategist	p. 113
Madness in His Method: The Petraeus Manual	p. 114
Petraeus' Double Discourse	p. 118
Petraeus' Political Ambitions	p. 119
Petraeus Panders to Israel's Fifth Column: "The Iran Threat"	p. 120
Conclusion	p. 121
Militarism and the Decline of Us Power
Military-Driven over Market-Driven Empire Building: 1950-2008	p. 125
Introduction	p. 125
Immediate Post-WWII: The Combination of Market and Military Roads to Empire	p. 126
Divergence in the World Economy: US-Europe-Japan	p. 127
Market Versus Military Empire Building in the 1990s	p. 128
Historic Comparison of Market- and Military-Driven Imperialism	p. 131
From the Gulf, to the Gulf and Back to the Gulf: 1990-2008 (and beyond)	p. 132
Military-Driven Empire Building and Zionism	p. 132
Imperial Wars, Social Revolutions and Capitalist Restorations	p. 134
Was 'Socialism a Detour to Capitalism'?	p. 135
Were 'Imperial Wars Necessary for Capitalist Expansion'?	p. 136
Military-Driven Imperialism Today and the Newly Emerging Imperial Powers	p. 138
Market-Driven Versus Militarist Alliances	p. 138
Conclusion	p. 141
US Militarism and the Expanding Israeli Agenda	p. 145
Introduction	p. 125
New Directions for US Policy: A Moderate Arab Agenda?	p. 146
'New Facts' and the New Middle East Realities	p. 147
The Iraq War: A Success for Israel	p. 1149
Democrats Capitulate to the Pro-Israel Lobby on Bush War Powers	p. 151
Israel-AIPAC-US Middle East Wars	p. 152
Democratic House Majority Leader Serves as Israel's Messenger	p. 154
Buying Israeli Permission for Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia	p. 155
Democratic Party Presidential Candidates Truckle to the Lobby	p. 156
The Lobby Versus Federal Prosecutors: The AIPAC Spy Trial	p. 157
AIPAC Trial Inadvertently "Outs" Israel's Strategic Informant in the White House	p. 158
Israel Pushes Islamo-Fascism Rhetoric	p. 159
Re-arming Clients: The Washington/ZPC War Machine Rolls On	p. 159
In Lebanon	p. 160
In the Occupied Territories	p. 160
In Iraq	p. 161
In Somalia	p. 162
Judeo-Centrism: From Ghetto Defense to Imperial Ambitions	p. 163
Challenging the Lobby
American Jews on War and Peace: What the Polls Do and Don't Tell Us	p. 169
Introduction	p. 169
The Poll: A Re-Analysis	p. 170
The Failure of Jewish Anti-Zionist Resistance	p. 171
Israeli Anti-Arab/Muslim Racism	p. 172
The Role of American Jews in the Peace Movement	p. 173
Why Condemning Israel and the Zionist Lobby Is So Important	p. 175
Introduction	p. 175
ZPC Deniers: Phony Arguments for Fake Claims	p. 175
The Careful Crafting of Critiques of Israel /the ZPC	p. 177
The ZPC Lobbies For War	p. 178
"Democratic" Israel Diminishes Democracy in the United States	p. 179
Israeli Interests Trump US Interests	p. 180
Social Opposition and Political Impotence	p. 182
What Happened to the Peace Movement?	p. 183
No Naming and Shaming for the Israel War Lobby	p. 184
Why Confronting the Lobby Matters	p. 185
Index	p. 188
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