As a hawkish government emerges from Israel’s fractious elections, and the Obama administration’s regional priorities diverge from its predecessors, a confrontation looms between the longtime strategic bedfellows. Washington’s plans to enlist Iranian help for coalition efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan – the US’s new fronts in the “war on terror” – are likely to strike a particularly sour note in Jerusalem. – Jim Lobe (Feb 20,’09)
As a hawkish government emerges from Israel’s fractious elections, and the Obama administration’s regional priorities diverge from its predecessors, a confrontation looms between the longtime strategic bedfellows. Washington’s plans to enlist Iranian help for coalition efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan – the US’s new fronts in the “war on terror” – are likely to strike a particularly sour note in Jerusalem. – Jim Lobe (Feb 20,’09)
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Now THAT is a war I will be able to back.