The Israeli Palestinian Conflict U S Geo-Strategy and the

The Israeli/Palestinian Conflict, U. S. Geo-Strategy and the Global context

U. S. Geo- Strategy

U. S. Geo- Strategy

U. S. Geo- Strategy

The ETHNIC CLEANSING PALESTINE by ‘ILAN PAPPE $14. 95 of

THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE by EDWARD W. SAID $15. 95

Edward Said Zionism from the standpoint of its VICTIMS.

Zionist Land Grab

PALESTINIAN LOSS OF LAND: 1946 -2000 ---------------------------------

GAZA STRIP The Political Economy of Development by SARA ROY $27. 95

BEYOND ALLIANCE Israel and U. S. Foreign Policy by CAMILLE MANSOUR $37. 5

Is Israel a strategic asset or liability?

The Israeli Occupation of South Lebanon ------------------- March 14. 1978

The Egyptian. Israeli Camp David Peace Negotiations --------------------- September 5 -17. 1978

The Egyptian. Israeli Peace Agreement -------------------- March 26. 1979

The Iran-Iraq War ------------------------ 1980 -1988

The Israeli Invasion of Lebanon ------------ June 6. 1982

The First Intifada --------------- December 1987 -1993

Desert Shield August 1990

Desert Storm January 1991

The Madrid Conference ------------------ October 30. 1991

The Oslo Accords ------------------- september 13. 1993

The Implementation of the Oslo Accords

Gaza-Jericho August. 1. 1994

The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) ---------------------- August 1. 1994

The apartheid wall

The Palestinian. Israeli Camp David Negotiations (Clinton Presidency) ----------- 2000

ISRAEL/PALESTINE HOW TO END THE WAR OF 1948 by TANYA REINHART $15. 95

September 11. 2001 & The War on Terror

The U. S. -led Invasion of Afghanistan ---------------------- October 7. 2001

Iraq [The Shock and Awe Campaign] ---------------------------- March 3. 2003

Israel’s Invasion & Destruction of Lebanon ------------------- July 12. 2006 “The birth pangs of a new Middle East? ” ---Condolezza Rice

Israel’s invasion of Gaza ---------------------- December 27. 2008 -- January 12. 2009

GAZA STRIP

U. S. MILITARY STRATEGY FULL SPECTRUM DOMINANCE in SUPPORT of U. S. IMPERIAL DOMINATION

FULL SPECTRUM DOMINANCE U. S. Power in Iraq and Beyond by RAHUL MAHAJAN $9. 95

FULL SPECTRUM DOMINANCE U. S. Power in Iraq and Beyond by RAHUL MAHAJAN American political domination must be based on overwhelming military superiority, reinforced periodically by small “theater wars” fought against foes that are helpless to resist, to be followed potentially by American military occupation and installation of regimes that will military occupation and obey American dictates. – 55 T he grand ideological visions of the neoconservatives dovetail perfectly with the requirements of the powersthat-be in the global economy, the fruits of U. S. policies in the region, and the designs of Western, especially American, oil companies. -180

POWER TRIP U. S. Unilateralism and Global Strategy After September 11 Edited by JOHN FEFFER $14. 95

POWER TRIP U. S. Unilateralism and Global Strategy After September 11 Edited by JOHN FEFFER A s high U. S. officials explain, the United States is intent on pursuing policies that prevent the rise of a “peer competitor. ” Tom Barry, page 28. U. S . warlordism doesn’t tolerate rivals, validates first strike warfare, and spurns conflict –prevention strategies and negotiating frameworks. The new warlordism keeps counsel not with diplomats but with arms merchants. Tom Barry, page 35. I n the initial weeks after September 11, the United States ad its European allies quickly signed treaties with Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan to lease military bases and use of their air space for the military campaign in Afghanistan. This is the first time that the Unites States has placed its military forces in such close proximity to the borders of Russia and China, both of which consider Central Asia as part of their sphere of influence. Ahmed Rashid, page 119.

Control over Resources The administration’s first major priority, the acquisition of additional petroleum supplies from foreign sources, was spelled out in the report of the National Energy Policy Development Group, released on May 17, 2001. - 51 According to the Cheney Report U. S. reliance on imported petroleum will rise from 52 percent of total consumption in 2001 to an estimated 66 percent in 2020. 63 … U. S. oil imports will have to rise from their current rate of 10. 4 million barrels per day to an estimated 16. 7 million barrels per day in 2020. 64 The only way to accomplish this is to persuade foreign suppliers to increase their production of oil and to sell more of their output to the United States. -52

The Lebanese Parliamentary Elections ---------------------- June 7. 2009

The Iranian Presidential Elections --------------------- June 12. 2009

The United States A Power in Decline?

Inability to Dominate the Globe in the Old Way

Where does the U. S. Go from here? With a debt of over $11 Trillion dollars… With a declining industrial base… With expanding the Afghanistan War into Pakistan… With Obama lecturing Muslims in the East on behalf of the west…