Obama: AIPAC's President

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/1 ... 73645.html

[Cawar]

"Freeman is stuck in the latest instance of the deadly power game long played here on what level of support for controversial Israeli government policies is a 'requirement' for US public office...

Can get any clearer than this I guess.

[Hoowle]

muslims and their penchant for conspiracies never stops amazing me. Israel is a puppet of the American Empire. Israel serves the US not the other way around. why is this so difficult to accept?

[Cawar]

muslims and their penchant for conspiracies never stops amazing me. Israel is a puppet of the American Empire. Israel serves the US not the other way around. why is this so difficult to accept?

I have seen many of the things that America has done for the state of Isreal .. I have yet to see anything Israel did in return of that great favor..

In fact Israel would not exist as its today, had it not been for the American unilateral foreign policy, skewed towards them.

Maybe you lack critical thinking and ..heck thats very obvious.. you lack basic reasoning .and turn a blind eye to what 70% of the entire population of this world see..

[Hoowle]

Israel is America's paw in the ever strategic Middle-East. its existence and prosperity will keep arabs in check; actually keep arabs servile and powerless. Israel is the dependent agent, it depends on american military and economic assistance. how on earth can it boss around the US?



Israel = America's satrap

the tail, I'm afraid, doesn't wag the dog in this case

[Cawar]

Read as it might open your eyes hoowle.. it might just do that.


Below is Chas Freeman's full statement following his decision not to serve as National Intelligence Council chairman.


The libels on me and their easily traceable email trails show conclusively that there is a powerful lobby determined to prevent any view other than its own from being aired, still less to factor in American understanding of trends and events in the Middle East. The tactics of the Israel Lobby plumb the depths of dishonor and indecency and include character assassination, selective misquotation, the willful distortion of the record, the fabrication of falsehoods, and an utter disregard for the truth. The aim of this Lobby is control of the policy process through the exercise of a veto over the appointment of people who dispute the wisdom of its views, the substitution of political correctness for analysis, and the exclusion of any and all options for decision by Americans and our government other than those that it favors.

There is a special irony in having been accused of improper regard for the opinions of foreign governments and societies by a group so clearly intent on enforcing adherence to the policies of a foreign government - in this case, the government of Israel. I believe that the inability of the American public to discuss, or the government to consider, any option for US policies in the Middle East opposed by the ruling faction in Israeli politics has allowed that faction to adopt and sustain policies that ultimately threaten the existence of the state of Israel. It is not permitted for anyone in the United States to say so. This is not just a tragedy for Israelis and their neighbors in the Middle East; it is doing widening damage to the national security of the United States.

The outrageous agitation that followed the leak of my pending appointment will be seen by many to raise serious questions about whether the Obama administration will be able to make its own decisions about the Middle East and related issues. I regret that my willingness to serve the new administration has ended by casting doubt on its ability to consider, let alone decide what policies might best serve the interests of the United States rather than those of a Lobby intent on enforcing the will and interests of a foreign government.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/1 ... 73740.html