Congress: New Knesset for Zionists?
Friday, January 26, 2007 - Recent events leave me wondering which is the real Jewish state—Israel or the USA?
The Bush administration already took us to war to make the Mideast safer for Israel, and now it’s gearing up for war with Iran—sending anti-missile missiles, an aircraft carrier, and cruise missile-firing ships to the Gulf—for the same reason.
If the midterm election was supposed to be a referendum against U.S. policy in the Mideast, it failed royally. In fact, the midterm election left things even rosier for Zionists and gloomier for those wanting an escape from the Jewish lobby’s ruinous foreign policy.
Don’t take my word for it; that’s analysis from the JTA, Global News Service of the Jewish People (“Division of congressional posts seems to favor Jewish issues,” Jan. 9, 2007). JTA’s Ron Kampeas notes that in the new Congress there are “more Jews in powerful positions than the [Jewish] community has seen in more than a decade—it also features more friendly faces across the board, Jewish leaders say.”
Although Jews comprise only 2 percent of the U.S. population, there are now 30 Jews in the House, an increase of 4 from the last Congress, and “a record 13 Jews in the Senate…20 percent of the Democratic presence.” (JTA) Significantly, JTA says, both House and Senate have Jews in the top political position of caucus chair. Rep. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) chairs the Senate and Rep. Rahm Emanual (D-Ill) chairs the House.
Who now controls the International Relations Committee with jurisdiction over US foreign relations, border disputes, foreign loans, diplomacy, measures related to international commerce and economic policy, and over the American Red Cross and UN organizations? That would be Rep. Tom Lantos (D-California) who is “the sole Holocaust survivor in Congress and one of Israel’s staunchest defenders in the House of Representatives” (JTA).
Lantos’ deputy at the committee is Rep. Howard Berman, also a Democrat from California and also Jewish. JTA’s piece notes that “four of the committee’s seven subcommittee chairmen are likely to be Jewish.” These Jewish politicians are set up to chair the Mideast subcommittee, the International Terrorism and Nonproliferation subcommittee, the Western Hemisphere subcommittee, and the committee on Europe and Emerging Threats.
JTA lists several other Jews assuming prominent positions and notes that the biggest gain for Israel is Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) as majority leader. Hoyer “is on a first-name basis with much of the board of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and has been to Israel multiple times…”
Jewish ADL lobbyist Stacy Burdett “noted the ascension of Sen. Ted Kennedy and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) to the chairmanships of their respective houses’ immigration subcommittees.” Burdett was pleased that their increased power would help defeat pressure from conservatives to tighten US immigration policy.
Some people say there’s no Jewish elite with a powerful political agenda and that to say so is anti-Semitic. But the power of American Zionists is confirmed by Jewish sources themselves, like JTA. It is these Jewish organizations themselves which insist that there are unified Jewish interests (the foremost being unconditional support of Israel) and that all Jews should rejoice if more of their Zionist brethren are in government. Jewish Americans like Norman Finkelstein who think independently and resist the herding of organized Jewry are a minority.
All of this is pretty bad news for Americans—Jewish and gentile—who are concerned about the geopolitical consequences of our reckless, dangerous and imbalanced support of Israel. If Americans are fed up with the Bush administration’s military actions in Iraq, they’re going to have to wise up to the hands that are really pulling the strings.
Our foreign policy in the Mideast will grow only more destructive unless the Zionist lobby and Zionist politicians are recognized as primarily loyal to a foreign power, Israel – not to American interests and our troops, dying for Israel in Iraq.
Unfortunately, it's been this way for some time now.
The only thing that's new is the growing awareness of it - which I pray will continue apace, until this beast is shaken from on top of US.
Anyone who thinks the Democrats do not want war is sorely mistaken.
Two groups hold power in the USA. Both want war.
(1) Upper class Gentiles, which control mega-corporations such as oil companies, pharmaceutical companies, weapons makers, Halliburton, Bechtel, and so on. These are represented in Congress by Republicans.
(2) The Jewish Lobby. These are represented in Congress by Democrats, all of which are employees of AIPAC. No exceptions. None. Zero. If any Democrat resists AIPAC, his opponents get extra money. If that fails, ADL digs up dirt on the offending Democrat, and broadcasts that dirt on the front pages of newspapers. If that fails, AIPAC redraws the offender’s Congressional district so the victim loses his primary constituent base, and does not get re-elected. This has been done many times, most recently to Cynthia McKinney (D-Georgia) who opposed AIPAC openly. She was heavily favored to win on November 7, 2006, but in a “surprise” development, she lost to Henry Johnson, who agreed to obey AIPAC.
The war in Iraq will go on indefinitely because both power bases want it. Upper class Gentiles profit from it, and the Lobby benefits from it, since Americans die for Israel, and kill lots of Muslims as a bonus. Since the Jewish Lobby is pushing for an attack on Iran, Democrats will cheer loudest when Bush does it. Don’t condemn Democrats. They have no choice. They only way they can get money to run for office is from AIPAC and the Zionist-controlled DNC.
There are a few Democratic organizations that are not employees of AIPAC, such as moveon.org, but these have no representatives in Congress, and ADL regards them as “anti-Semitic.”
Don’t be depressed. Understand how the game is played, and know that regardless of what you see and hear, the entire Zionist project is beginning to unravel. The American public is awakening, and Israel is hemorrhaging from internal corruption. Israel is now in the most peril it has ever been in. Consider the phenomenal success of Jimmy Carter’s book. Dershowitz and other ultra-Zionists now concede that they may soon have to find a new host.
When the Lobby's power is finally broken, the American people will be able to attack the Gentile upper class directly, and end this nightmarrish war. It's coming.
QRS will second this, I’m sure.
Very good comment, A.Z., the relationship between Group 1 and Group 2 might seem like a kind of (criminal) business arrangement. But the idea that the so-called 'Israel-Lobby' controls the Democrats only is superseded, John Beaty's time (1951) situation (when the Lobby was called 'the communists' and totally controlled the Democratic Party).
Now that the Soviet Union is passe', the Lobby controls BOTH parties in the US. So the task of 'cleaning the augean stables' (John Beaty) has become much harder. However, it must be done.
...although since I don't have a crystal ball to predict the consequences after the totally unwarranted attack on Iran, one can never be sure.
However, I had read the first volume of American comic trade paperback called "DMZ". It concerns the intriguing albeit violent and profane plot on NYC under siege in the surreal realm. This scenario may be fantasy but it's possible.
The Congress is already sold to the highest bidders and influence peddlers -- AIPAC, JINSA and multi-national corporate swines.
Recall what Mark Twain has to say:
It is the foreign element that commits our crimes. There is no native criminal class except Congress.
Also, many early US presidents have warned against corrupting influence of a foreign power. General/President George Washington was proven correct in his incredible prophecy [down to 33rd paragraph].
Link to 1999 article & another (may be biased due to intentional [or plain ignorance in self-denial] omission of Israel-Zionist-Jewish influence)
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My blog Last Throes of US Empire
Kiss good bye the country
the bernays bubble made it possible for NEW ZION to be born
bye bye religion bye bye constitution
the barbarians have already entered the gates
while the people gnash their teeth And all the new jews in congress sing in unison with Isreal
war war war
America's youth will be sent to spill their blood on a foriegn land fighting wall streets enemies
while the rest of us grope in the bernays bubble as best we can
the alternative is 3 cents on the usd as the euros for oil deadline is march 27
when Bush said it was the war of the century he wasn't kidding
As there will be no place on earth left that doesnt look like the moon
The Zionist would all rather be dead than poor