To the question, "Doesn't military superiority as a blunt instrument lead to eternal enmity, not security?" Brzezinski responded:
"These neocon prescriptions, of which Israel has its equivalents, are fatal for America and ultimately for Israel. They will totally turn the overwhelming majority of the Middle East's population against the United States. The lessons of Iraq speak for themselves. Eventually, if neo-con policies continue to be pursued, the United States will be expelled from the region and that will be the beginning of the end for Israel as well".Photo credit: Zbigniew Brzezinski (Wikipedia)
When asked: "'Don't the deaths of so many innocent civilians in Qana in the south of Lebanon -- like the massacre in Haditha, Iraq, by American troops -- send a message to Arabs and Iranians that the 'new Middle East' coming from the U.S. and Israel will amount to occupation, carnage and bloodshed?' Brzezinski replies: 'This is precisely why neocon policies are recklessly dangerous both to America and Israel'. He then continues to explain that 'today it is becoming increasingly difficult to separate the Israeli-Palestinian problem, the Iraq problem and Iran from each other. Neither the United States nor Israel has the capacity to impose a unilateral solution in the Middle East. There may be people who deceive themselves into believing that'."
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