The WikiLeaks GiFiles: Israel Blames Obama for Iranian Threat, Stratfor Says
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"WikiLeaks has partnered with the Hacktivist collective Anonymous and published internal e-mails from Stratfor, an American strategic intelligence company.
In one of the hacked emails, a Stratfor official discussed the impact of the Arab Spring on the Middle's East balance of power with 'an Israeli Defence Forces's agent.
"When I used the term "Arab Spring" early on in our conversation, I was reprimanded. "Don't call it the Arab Spring. We call it 'The Upheaval' where I work." When I tried to explain that we typically scoff at calling it the Arab Spring as well, I was cut off, so that I could hear another lecture about how horrible Arabs were", the email reads.
The released document confirms that despite diplomats downplaying a rift between Israel and the US, Israel blames the Iranian threat on Barak Obama's foreign policy.
"Source openly said that none of this shit would be happening right now had Obama not abandoned Mubarak like he did. When I later criticized Bush for shattering the balance of power in the PG [Persian Gulf], source shot back, "Well what about Obama?" I said that Obama had maintained the same FP [foreign policy] as Bush, a claim with which the source agreed. And yet the source loves Bush's policies and hates Obama's. Israelis are not a fan of Barack."
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