Republicans seek Israel dominance in Mideast: Analyst
Republican lawmakers in Congress are determined on a conflict with Iran in an attempt to prevent Tehran from becoming a regional power and maintaining US and Israeli dominance in the Middle East, says a strategy consultant and data analyst.
The Republican strategy is to “have the United States and perhaps US proxies like Israel to dominate the region,” David J. Myers said from Portland, Oregon.
“Republican attempts to scuttle the [nuclear] talks at normalizing relations between the United States and Iran…is part of that agenda, to keep perceived enemies like Iran off-balance,” Myers told Press TV on Saturday.
Iran and the P5+1 – the US, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany – are currently negotiating to reach a comprehensive agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program as a deadline slated for July 1 draws closer.
However, Republican lawmakers in the US Congress are pushing to cut all US funding for activities related to the ongoing nuclear talks, according to multiple sources.
This would eliminate all US funds available to Obama administration officials for travel overseas, hotel stays, and any other activities related to the nuclear talks.
The US mainstream media is constantly spreading propaganda to embroil the country in another war in the Middle East, Myers noted.
“We have such an intense media propaganda system here, an indoctrination system if you will, that’s very, very clever and it keeps most of us tuned in to ‘reality shows’ or all sorts of other nonsense to keep us distracted and we can easily be led astray.”
Earlier this month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of the US Congress, where he ranted for nearly 40 minutes against the Iran nuclear talks, warning Washington that it was negotiating a “bad deal” with the Islamic Republic.
The GOP invitation to Netanyahu was extended without consultation with the White House, drawing angry reaction from the Obama administration, which called it a breach of protocol.
On Thursday, US President Barack Obama told Netanyahu on phone that Washington will "reassess" its ties with Tel Aviv after the Israeli premier rejected the idea of a Palestinian state during his election campaign.
The White House has also raised the prospect of removing critical US diplomatic cover for Israel at the United Nations, following Netanyahu's divisive victory in Tuesday’s elections.
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