PETRAEUS IS SPINNING AND SPUTTERING BUT HIS MIND SET IS WRONG….SEE NOTE
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=173116
THE GENERAL DOES NOT GET IT…..IT IS NOT ABOUT HIS WANTING ISRAEL IN CENTCOM…HIS WORDS, THE USUAL HOMAGE TO ISRAEL NOTWITHSTANDING, STAND….HE HAS STATED THAT THE PALARAB/PALJEW WAR THREATENS AMERICAN INTERESTS IF IT IS NOT SETTLED…AND SETTLED MEANS ON ARAB TERMS….AND THIS IS THE VERY DANGEROUS MIND-SET OF THE ZBIG/SCOWCROFT CREW…..RSK
Petraeus: Israel vital strategic ally
By JPOST.COM STAFF
14/04/2010
US general reiterates “insignificant progress” in ME peace process.
US Gen. David Petraeus reiterated Tuesday that “Israel is – has been, is and will be a –
an important strategic ally of the United States.”
In an address to Washington based think tank the “Woodrow Wilson Center,” Petraeus,
commander of the US
military’s Central Command, said reports claiming that he was seeking to relocate
both Israel and
Palestinian Territories from the European Command to his Central Command were
“not correct”.
Petraeus caused a stir in Israel last month when he charged that
the Arab-Israeli conflict hurts America’s ability
to advance its interests in the Middle East, fomenting anti-American sentiment and
limiting America’s strategic
partnerships with Arab governments.
He also telephoned IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi to
reassure Israel that comments
attributed to him regarding supposed Israeli intransigence were spun out of context.
Petraeus referred to the above episodes in his address Wednesday, saying, “I think rightly, seized on was
the inclusion of the comment about insignificant progress or insufficient progress toward a comprehensive
Mideast peace process”.
“It did not say anything about settlements, didn’t say anything about putting our soldiers at
risk or something like
that,” he stressed.
Petraeus highlighted various contributions to Middle East instability, including
“militant Islamist movements;
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; ungoverned, poorly governed and
alternatively
governed spaces; insufficient progress toward a comprehensive Mideast peace process;
significant
sources of terrorist financing and facilitation; piracy; ethnic, tribal and sectarian rivalries;
criminal activities,
such as weapons, narcotics and human trafficking; uneven economic development and
lack of employment opportunities; and lack of regional and global economic integration.”
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