iOS app Android app More  David Bromwich   Romney, Netanyahu,
and George Washington's Warning  Posted: 08/01/2012 8:55 am
Judged in the light of that purpose, Romney's visit must be
counted a success. And it was a success in one other respect.
The billionaires and the prime minister wanted Romney to bring
the United States closer to supporting a war with Iran. Romney
obliged, and we are now closer to war. He recognized, he said,
the "right" of Israel to defend itself. Who ever denied that
right? He meant: the righteousness of a preventive attack on
Iran. This left open the question, Does Iran have the right to
defend itself? A question that Americans and Israelis, as
effectively propagandized as we have been, can be trusted not
even to ask. So Romney's intervention in Jerusalem amounted to
approval of war -- and a war before November if Netanyahu
happens to find that desirable. As a candidate in an election
season, Romney gave the green light to a power whose engagement
in war would involve the United State