McCain Suggests Israel "Go Rogue," Blow Up Iran Negotiations By Starting War

[Report1212]

Source: Alternet

But this past week Senator John McCain (R-AZ) ratcheted up this sabotage to a new level. During a floor speech he gave on March 24th, the senator suggested that Israel “go rogue” and that if they don't they may not survive the next 22 months of the Obama presidency:

McCAIN: The Israelis will need to chart their own path of resistance. On the Iranian nuclear deal, they may have to go rogue. Let's hope their warnings have not been mere bluffs. Israel survived its first 19 years without meaningful U.S. patronage. For now, all it has to do is get through the next 22, admittedly long, months.


Read more: http://www.alternet.org/mccain-suggests-israel-go-rogue-blow-iran-negotiations-starting-war#.VRmKvrJ

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There's also video at the link

[villager]

1. None Dare Call It Treason

At least, not the people who should be calling it "treason."

[Baitball Blogger]

6. +1000

[SoapBox]

13. Absolutely.

[Man from Pickens]

28. Treason by law is strictly defined and this doesn't meet the conditions

but I'll be damned if this isn't the closest you could possibly get to it without going over

I'm no fan of the Logan Act either, but if they're not going to enforce it after that statement, they may as well take it off the books.

[Larry Engels]

45. For those who aren't familiar with the Logan Act:

The Logan Act (1 Stat. 613, 18 U.S.C. § 953, enacted January 30, 1799 (1799-01-30)) is a United States federal law that forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments having a dispute with the U.S.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Logan+Act

[DeSwiss]

46. Yep. Might as well lose this one too:

- It's was a great idea, ''in theory.''

[L0oniX]

2. Why doesn't he volunteer to go attend the front lines?

[Man from Pickens]

29. He was already there

How do you think all the trouble gets started in the first place? McCain visits, then all hell breaks loose 6-12 months later, like clockwork.

[Hoppy]

3. Way past time for Gramps to pack it in.

[brush]

4. It is way past time to bring old fool up on charges.

Not sure what the term is for what McGrumpy is calling for — treason, sedition. just plain sabotage of his own country's negotiations — but there certainly should be consequences for this.

I'm thinking he's approaching dementia because just a couple of weeks ago he admitted that the Cotton letter to Iran could have been handled differently now he's advocating Israel to "go rogue". Way beyond bizarre.

Does he remember from week to week what his previous positions were?

[gordianot]

5. Words like that should make one feel all Mavericky.

McCain really meant it for bomb bomb Iran.

[still_one]

7. Why isn't this a headline on every paper? McCain has been wrong on everyone of his bullshit

suggestions.

Yeah, the mccain/palin ticket were a perfect choice for the republicans. It represents the party of bat shit crazy

[Jefferson23]

8. Republicans can never get enough death. n/t

[Dems to Win]

9. If Israel needs a rogue, I'm happy to send em Sarah Palin

Really can't believe McCain used that phrase.

[zonkers]

10. After his "Bomb Bomb Iran", it is shameful for him to even pop off like this. To boot,

he uses a "Palinism" (rogue) to make his point. What a sad loser. Thank God he never became President. Damn, he came pretty close.

[Scairp]

35. Did he sing his little song too?

It makes him look nuts.

[zonkers]

37. He is nuts. I have been at DU for 15 years. I cannot believe I still have to read about him.

What a waste of my life. The good ones die in suspicious plane crashes. The psychotic pricks live forever. Life is a bitch.

[Scairp]

40. Lol

I feel your pain!

[Politicalboi]

11. Israel has nukes?

Shhhhhhh!!! Grandpa, Bibi doesn't want the world to know he has nukes. That way if he lobes one, he can say the US did it.

[jakeXT]

21. It’s Official: The Pentagon Finally Admitted That Israel Has Nuclear Weapons, Too

While the Washington press corps obsessed over Hillary Clinton’s e-mails at the State Department, reporters were missing a far more important story about government secrets. After five decades of pretending otherwise, the Pentagon has reluctantly confirmed that Israel does indeed possess nuclear bombs, as well as awesome weapons technology similar to America’s.

Early last month the Department of Defense released a secret report done in 1987 by the Pentagon-funded Institute for Defense Analysis that essentially confirms the existence of Israel’s nukes. DOD was responding to a Freedom of Information lawsuit filed by Grant Smith, an investigative reporter and author who heads the Institute for Research: Middle East Policy. Smith said he thinks this is the first time the US government has ever provided official recognition of the long-standing reality.

It’s not exactly news. Policy elites and every president from LBJ to Obama have known that Israel has the bomb. But American authorities have cooperated in the secrecy and prohibited federal employees from sharing the truth with the people. When the White House reporter Helen Thomas asked the question of Barack Obama back in 2009, the president ducked. “With respect to nuclear weapons, you know, I don’t want to speculate,” Obama said. That was an awkward fib. Obama certainly knows better, and so do nearly two-thirds of the American people, according to opinion polls.

In my previous blog, “What about Israel’s Nuclear Bomb?” I observed that the news media focused solely on Iran’s nuclear ambitions but generally failed to note that Israel already had nukes. That produced a tip about the Pentagon release in early February.

http://www.thenation.com/blog/202129/its-official-pentagon-finally-admitted-israel-has-nuclear-weapons-too#

http://irmep.org/cfp/DoD/071987_CTAIIANN.pdf

[Major Hogwash]

34. Israel has weapons of mass destruction.

Netanyahu is a weapon of mass destruction.

Hey, if the shoe fits, and all that.

[rladdi]

12. Remember John McCain during his Presidential run. BOMB, BOMB, BOMB.

The Republicans will not be happy until we are in a world war. That is what the Republicans are going for. We think ISIS is bad. It is the Republicans that are the serious threat to this nation and the world. They supported ex Pres G. Bush and his 2 wars. They are not happy that Pres Obama is trying to halt the fighting, but USA war against Iraq open up a wasp nest in the Mid East thanks to Bush and Cheney. It is not going to be resolve well.

[rladdi]

14. The scary issue is that if Republicans win the White Hose we will be in a war within a few weeks.

[Surya Gayatri]

15. Oh, jeeez, not him again...

[Jack Rabbit]

16. Can ExxonMobil market radioactive oil?

I'll bet they would, so let me rephrase that.

Would ExxonMobil market radioactive oil if it were an immediate menace to public health?

[jtuck004]

17. From the person who tried to sell us on only one "wacko bird". n/t

[Turbineguy]

18. Appeal to

the crazed.

[olddots]

19. how is it humanly possible

for this man to put his head so far up his wrinkly ass that he can't see day light ?????????????

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

32. Only 1 good answer: $$$$$$$$$$

[Schmice2]

20. He's at it again.

Where are the people in white suits with butterfly nets when you need them?

[jakeXT]

22. McCain: "I'm ashamed of my country" .... "Obama Didn’t Want to ‘Arm ISIS’"

[MoreGOPoop]

23. GFY, McWarPig!

You're not killing any more of my family & friends for your OilBucks.

[tridim]

24. Is it even possible to go rogue if someone tells you to go rogue?

Isn't that more like going along?

[KansDem]

25. "Go Rogue?" Is he channeling his running mate?

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

36. She's so proud of it she named her book after it!

From the Urban Dictionary:

Going rogue

A euphemism for unprotected anal sex.

[L0oniX]

41. All mavericky an shit ...on Iran.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

26. Who's he going to bomb next? Hollywood?

[valerief]

27. Ah, yes, so speaks the "moderate, reasonable" GOP. They're all fuckin'

warmongers.

[Cali_Democrat]

48. Yep....the media trots this guy out as a moderate

He wants to bomb the shit out of every country in the Middle East.

This guy is no moderate.

[olddad56]

30. for John, war is only okay if it is his idea.

This fucker had a low IQ in his 20s, it hasn't improved with age.

[MarianJack]

31. More Treason from Senator McSame.

He should be familiar with the concept of "going Rorgue"!

PEACE!

[asiliveandbreathe]

33. Because mccain said so??????

"Israel survived its first 19 years without meaningful U.S. patronage".

U.S. Financial Aid To Israel: Figures, Facts, and Impact

Summary

Benefits to Israel of U.S. Aid
Since 1949 (As of November 1, 1997)

Foreign Aid Grants and Loans
$74,157,600,000

Other U.S. Aid (12.2% of Foreign Aid)
$9,047,227,200

Interest to Israel from Advanced Payments
$1,650,000,000

Grand Total
$84,854,827,200

Total Benefits per Israeli
$14,630

Cost to U.S. Taxpayers of U.S.
Aid to Israel

Grand Total
$84,854,827,200

That is thru 1997 - approx. $3B each year if not more, for another 18 years....John - your time is up in the senate..move along.....

[penndragon69]

38. Treason, Sedition

and Israeli BALL licker .

[blkmusclmachine]

39. Retire already, old man.

[Geronimoe]

42. Does his expert foriegn affair adviser concur?

Has McCain cleared this with Joe the unlicensed plumber?

[laserhaas]

43. It should be okay to go "rogue" and shove a foot up McCain's arse

What a moroni......

Butthole....

[question everything]

44. How generous of him, and of others

to offer Israeli lives on the altar of their hatred of Obama.

[Marrah_G]

47. I really think he has fucking lost his mind.