'Shut up, bitch.'

It's a matter of no debate now that politicians from both sides of the political pseudo-divide, if they want to survive, find it necessary to bend over backwards for the Israeli lobby, and convince them as breathlessly as possible that they have Israel's best interests at heart. There is no wondering where someone stands on Israel in US politics anymore, not even in the case of the democrats. It makes no difference which party you belong to, if you're not the Lobby's bitch you'll be going nowhere. If you use the medium of political support for Israel to measure US politicians' propensity for free thought and honesty, the result is frightening. None of them, by that standard, are honest, free thinkers. Counting on any given US politician to declare their undying, unconditional support for Israel is literally and exactly as sure a bet as the sun coming up in the morning, thanks to the efforts of the Israel lobby.

It's just one example of the countless conflicts of interest in modern American politics that we're expected to play along with as democracy slowly morphs into something we no longer recognise. There's officially a problem when a political lobby group becomes so powerful that taking a balanced, logical, moral position on an issue is made impossible for a government. The interests of Israel and the Israel lobby conflict with the interests of the US and it's democratic process, regardless of the efforts of those that would have us believe that those interests are one and the same. It's incumbent on each politician to back the policies that they believe best serve their country, but in the case of American politics and especially in the leadup to the presidential election, it's a matter of fact that whoever is to slack off on support for Israel will pay for their morality with failure, whether it be Clinton or Obama or anyone else, so we won't be seeing that happen anytime soon. That's an obstacle to the democratic process; that's Israel controlling America.

It's a conflict of interest as glaringly obvious and insane as Dick Cheney's involvement with Halliburton, a giant, corporate war profiteer, when he was responsible for making objective, unbiased decisions about whether or not to wage war on the same nations that are in his financial interest to bomb the hell out of. Clearly it's time to rethink the rules when this becomes the case. Are we just supposed to trust in his integrity as a human being and hope for the best? Are we just supposed to trust politicians in government to have our best interests at heart, when they have commitments and connections to huge corporations (and countries) while picking up the cheque we pay them to do what's best for our families and our country and our world? If there is confusion over the answer to that, or any hesitation or delay in choking over a resounding no, there's no other way to assess our mental health other than to declare it completely gone. It's one of the traits of us human beings that you can imagine super-intelligent alien lifeforms shaking their heads at from their orbit around Earth in their anti-gravitic, wormhole-surfing flying discs. Only a few are capable of objectifying enough to see the absurdity of it - and the absurdity of the fact that we're not going to do anything about it.

Barack Obama proclaimed at the last AIPAC war rally:

"Israel is our strongest ally in the region and its only established democracy... we must preserve our total commitment to our unique defense relationship with Israel by fully funding military assistance and continuing work on the Arrow and related missile defense programs [so as to help Israel] deter missile attacks from as far as Tehran and as close as Gaza."

Poor, defenseless Israel. If they're not careful, the Palestinians might wipe them off the map, and they won't be able to 'defense' Lebanon anymore.

"Last week, this event was described to me as a small gathering of friends. Looking at all of you here today; seeing so many of you who care about peace in this world; who care about a strong and lasting friendship between Israel and the United States, and who care about what's on the next page of our shared futures, I think 'a small gathering of friends' fits this crowd just right."

Friends who "care about peace". All AIPAC ever does is lobby for war.

He then went on to fondly recollect his Jan 2006 visit to the Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona that he said resembled an ordinary American suburb where he could imagine the sounds of Israeli children at "joyful play just like my own daughters." What a sycophant. Obama is AIPAC's bitch.

Hilary Clinton was similarly obsequious in her rhetoric, and the consensus seems to be that she's even "better for Israel". Haaretz.com has even ranked all the candidates by the measure of who would best serve the interests of Israel - "the Israel Factor". I don't know about other countries, but where I come from you'd never open a newspaper to see American presidential candidates ranked in order on "the Australia Factor" page.

There seems to be no real mainstream awareness of how surreally counter-democratic and insidious this is. Slowly, this kind of perversion of democracy is becoming the norm. When something is identified as an obstacle to such a fundamental principle as democracy, when is it acceptable to ignore it? The Israel lobby has taken over the government of the American Empire, and until we acknowledge and address the problem, America will remain Israel's imperial bitch.

Walt and Mearsheimer: The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy

Paul Findley: US, Israel and foreign policy, 3 mins.

"The Lobby", Dutch TV 2007.

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Submitted by Crimes of Zion on Sat, 2007-06-23 11:51.

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