Israel Lobby

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Wednesday, March 22. 2006

Israel Lobby

After the avalanche of criticism of Harvard's anti-Israel diatribe, Harvard is now backing away somewhat from the "study." Here is one of the best examples, by Ruth Wisse:

-The thesis of Professors Stephen Walt of Harvard and John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago is that a loose association of special-interest groups has persuaded the country to sacrifice its interests to a foreign power.

-Organized as a prosecutorial indictment rather than an inquiry, their essay does not tell us why the "Israel Lobby" should have formed in the first place. The 21 countries of the Arab League with ties to 1.2 billion Muslims world-wide are nowhere present as active political agents.

-There is no mention of the Arab rejection of the UN's partition of Palestine in 1948; no 58-year Arab League boycott of Israel and companies trading with Israel; no Arab attacks of 1948, 1967, and 1973; no Arab-Soviet resolution at the UN defining Zionism as racism; no monetary and strategic support for Arab terrorism against Jews and Israel; and no Hamas dedication to destroying the Jewish state.

-The authors do not ask why Arab aggression and Muslim "rage against Israel" should have morphed into a war against the U.S. and the West. Israel's existence elicits Arab and Muslim hostility, hence in their view Israel is to blame for Arab and Muslim carnage.
When the authors imply that the bipartisan support of Israel in Congress is a result of Jewish influence, they function as classic conspiracy theorists who attribute decisions to nefarious alliances rather than to the choices of a democratic electorate. Their contempt for fellow citizens dictates their claims of a gullible and stupid America. Their insistence that American support for Israel is bought and paid for by the Lobby heaps scorn on American judgment and values.

-Americans don't support Israel because of the strength of any lobby; Israel earns American support the hard way.

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ARAB MUSLIM GOLIATH LOBBY vs "David" non Arab Muslims...

So It's not OK for a Chinese lobby, a Japanese lobby, a textile lobby, a tobacco lobby, (so many of them in Washington, apologies for those lobbies I left out...) or what have you, oh, last but not least, the ARAB MUSLIM LOBBY, Saudi, or other wise, (wait, How can we ignore the cute other Oil-y Arab Muslim "moderate" influencing powers) but God forbid the few Jews, oh no, we wouldn't be allowed to say: ARAB MUSLIM LOBBY is HIJACKING (not only Washington, but) the entire GLOBE!!!

The ISLAMO ARAB GOLIATH LOBBY http://lightonthings.blogspot.com/2006/02/islamo-arab-goliath-lobby.html

Start by : why the UN has the longest record on "denouncing" Israeli defenders from Arab baby murderers, Why do you think it is?

Start by: why the EU reluctance to include Israel (as oppose to corrupted no-democracy-model: Turkey,) that is --at least -- no worse than ANY western European country, it's free & open democracy, free press, free elections, etc., and yes advanced education and technology, Why do you think it is?

Start by why so many countries around the world are giving in to pressure to shun & not even include Israel in their "normal" activities, Why do you think it is?

Start by why so many countries have been blindly "automatically" voting against Israel in the UN, not even knowing what happened, never bothered to find out any background or minimal info on each single case, Why do you think it is?

Start by why so many countries are giving in to Arab Muslim pressure not to trade with Israel, in their vicious 50+ years against the only country that experiences this blatant racism, Why do you think it is?

Start by the very recent example of major media (even) in the US bowing to Arab Muslim pressure not to "offend" them with a little comic draw, while they are demonizing other religions full force, Why do you think it is? (or is western fear of Islamic violence "better" than reading an article by a "zionist"?)

Start by many more examples, but finish-conclude acknowledging the very fact: why no one even talks about Arab Muslim oil & violent-threats (the other more "humane" influence-tool) ?About the Arab Muslim Goliath?

[Because it's not just a matter of 'the Pot Calling The Kettle Black ...', that's a gross understatement.]

Ask yourself again, but not in the open, because, (you can say whatever you want on the "few Jews" I. E. "DAVID", but don't dare touch the "poor" Arab Muslim powers, restrain yourself back real tight, you CAN'T say anything, you better not,) that's right, well, they are the real Goliath!
So powerful that there isn't even a discussion on it.

This attempt of blowing up the victim to a "monster" is so classy, classy of the source these two professors' report on the 'lobby' is all rooted in, that's right, it's all out now in the open, as we all know by now, a dreadful neo-Nazi site, "tradtionally" pumping air into the victim that he looks "big and powerful", it suits the objective of demonization campaign very well.

http://www.jinsa.org/articles/articles.html/function/view/categoryid/650/documentid/3364/history/3,2359,650,3364 Israel as a Security Asset for the United States

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ideas_opinions/story/402910p-341257c.html There is no Israel 'Lobby'

http://www.nysun.com/article/29741 Harvard's Paper on Israel Drew From Neo-Nazi Sites

http://www.israpundit.com/2006/?p=555 Poisoned ivies

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=5342 Stehpen Walt's War with Israel

http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=21720 The Islamization of America?

http://powerlineblog.com/archives/013507.php Professor Mearsheimer's first sip

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/3/22/135819.shtml Attack on 'Pro-Israel Lobby' Has Flaws

http://www.dafka.org/NewsGen.asp?S=4&PageID=1107 HARVARD'S PROTOCOLS OF ZION

http://www.opinioneditorials.com/freedomwriters/jbiga_20060326.html Israel the Good Under dog

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