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Extraction Summary
7
People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Quotes
Document Information
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Book manuscript / memoir draft (page 123)
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2.33 MB
Summary
This document appears to be a page (123) from a memoir draft by Ehud Barak, contained within House Oversight Committee records. It details a tense June 2008 private meeting in Israel between Barak, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and US President George W. Bush, where Bush explicitly forbade Israel from launching a military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. The text recounts Barak's retort to Bush, using an artillery metaphor to criticize US foreign policy in Afghanistan and Iraq while missing the 'real target' of Iran.
People (7)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Ehud Barak | Narrator / Defense Minister (later) |
Author of the text ('I'), seeking US military aid for potential strike on Iran.
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| George W. Bush | US President |
Refusing to support Israeli strike on Iran; warning Olmert and Barak.
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| Ehud Olmert | Prime Minister of Israel |
Hosting Bush, present at the private meeting regarding Iran.
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| Bob Gates | US Defense Secretary |
Met with Barak regarding military aid.
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| Mike Hayden | CIA Director |
Met with Barak regarding military aid.
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| Steve Hadley | National Security Adviser |
Met with Barak regarding military aid.
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| Bibi (Benjamin Netanyahu) | Prime Minister of Israel (2009) |
Mentioned as forming government in May 2009.
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Organizations (3)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| CIA |
Agency lead by Mike Hayden
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| US Government |
Formal position stated by Bush
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| Al-Qaeda |
Referenced regarding Twin Towers attack
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Timeline (2 events)
June 2008
President Bush visits Israel; private dinner and meeting with Olmert and Barak regarding Iran.
Israel (Olmert's residence implied)
May 2009
Narrator (Barak) becomes Defense Minister in Bibi's government.
Israel
Ehud Barak
Benjamin Netanyahu
Locations (6)
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Location of the meeting in June 2008
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Target of potential military strike
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Location of reactor attack the previous year
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Referenced in artillery metaphor
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Referenced in artillery metaphor
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Referenced regarding Al-Qaeda attack
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Relationships (2)
Bush stated Barak 'scares the living shit out of me'; Barak criticized Bush's war strategy to his face.
Attended private meeting with Bush together.
Key Quotes (3)
"This guy scares the living shit out of me when he tells me what you want."Source
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Quote #1
"We are totally against any action by you to mount an attack on the nuclear plants."Source
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Quote #2
"But when the time came to hit the real target – Iran – it ended up you’d already spent two terms, and all your political capital."Source
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Quote #3
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