How Iran uses wars to divert attention from nuclear program

How Iran uses wars to divert attention from nuclear program | csmonitor.com:

It appears Iran’s threat that Israel would be wiped off the map was not just rhetoric.

By Daniel Schorr

WASHINGTON – You don’t hear much any more about “road maps,” the “peace process,” or “land for peace.”

The struggle for the Middle East has apparently entered a new phase in which Iran hijacks the Palestinian cause in order to establish its own influence in the region.

In the year 2000, Israel exited from south Lebanon as a peaceful gesture. This past August, Israel left Gaza as a peaceful act. It appears now that these were taken by the jihadists not as gestures of peace, but of weakness. … [Click for more]

Technorati : IDF-Hezbollah, Iran, Israel-Hizbollah, Israel-Lebanon, Middle East

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