Iran's American Protector

by Caroline Glick - August 18th, 2008 - The Jerusalem Post

Today the US strategic posture lies in tatters in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of US ally Georgia. The fact that aside from issuing strong reprimands the administration has no policy for contending with Russia's aggression shows clearly that the move caught Washington completely by surprise.

That Russia was apparently able to invade Georgia without US foreknowledge is a stinging indictment of all US intelligence agencies. As was the case before the September 11, 2001 attacks, again US intelligence agencies have failed their country.

But America's intelligence agencies' failure to comprehend the significance of Russia's intentions was not theirs alone. It was shared as well by Gates and by his State Department counterpart Condoleezza Rice. Both senior cabinet secretaries simply failed to notice what Russia was doing, or how its actions would influence US interests.

This is of great concern right now. That Robert Gates seems to be following a set of policies that are protecting Iran is an interesting hypothesis from Caroline Glick, the writer of this article.

Musharraf is out in Pakistan. The rumor is that the Royal Family in Saudi Arabaia is "concerned". Russia is invading Georgia and despite repeated statements that they will stop, have not actually done so yet. Problems and fear continue to escalate in Estonia which could be invaded by Russia next. Our current leadership seems clueless in all these things. Even George Bush said he "trusted" Putin. Reagan was never so sloppy in his assessments of Gorbachev.

Who can we trust right now? This is a serious problem and I see no one that can keep things together until we get McCain in to office, assuming he actually wins. It is time for those who love America to start doing something. It would not be a bad idea to read this article. It will certainly shock you with a few facts more of us need to know about.