| Author | Message | | Alpha | |  | | Alpha | | Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 6:51 am Post subject: |
| Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 21:27:49 -0800
From: "Jeff Blankfort" <jblankfort@earthlink.net>
Subject: USNews.com: Mortimer B. Zuckerman on Moscow's mad gamble to help Iran with its nuclear ambitions (1/30/06)
"Military action, such as bombing the Iranian plants with cruise missiles and strike aircraft, would be justified in the circumstances. But that is hugely difficult politically, and covert action is very difficult operationally.
"Still, the risks may have to be taken because the alternative is so awful. There may now be a window of opportunity for effective preventive action, but this window is more likely to be measured in months than years." MORTIMER ZUCKERMAN
Zuckerman, who also owns the NY Post and the Atlantic Monthly, was formerly the chair of the Conference on Presidents of the Major Jewish American Organizations. In the buildup to the Iraq war he was once of the first to call for the overthrow of Saddam in a war the the lobby fully supported. Now, having paid no price or even a mention for his role in that disaster, he is once again part of a Zionist full court press to push the US into another, potentially much more devastating war, an effort that is hardly a secret. Why is there NO discussion of this among the leading spokespersons of the left? Does the spurious charge of "anti-semitism" still have their tongues still tied in knots?
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/opinion/articles/060130/30edit.htm
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Military Strike against Iran Now Imminent:
http://www.warwithoutend.co.uk/wake-up-america-your-government-is-hijacked-by-zionism/2006/01/20/military-attack-against-iran-now-imminent.php
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Ex-Pentagon official gets 12 1/2 in AIPAC/Israel espionage..:
http://www.warwithoutend.co.uk/wake-up-america-your-government-is-hijacked-by-zionism/2006/01/20/ex-pentagon-man-gets-12-years-in-aipac-case.php
Neoconservatism as a Jewish Movement:
For more on JINSA (Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs) Zionist Michael Ledeen and other Israel first traitors to America like him, scroll down to the 'Neoconservatism as a Jewish Movement' essay (by professor Kevin MacDonald of California State University, Long Beach) which is linked at the following URL (be sure to read the 'Thinking about Neoconservatism' article which is linked there as well):
Neoconservatism as a Jewish Movement:
http://www.warwithoutend.co.uk/wake-up-america-your-government-is-hijacked-by-zionism/2005/04/06/neoconservatism-as-a-jewish-movement.php
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| | hateliars wrote: | The Jews have set it up for America to be destroyed the same way Germany was. Then we'll be another cash cow for endless reparations and guilt.
Same old game. Just a new patsy. Meanwhile, Americans shop and watch tv. |
I am not at all sure, on the contrary, that jewish cunning goes or went that far.
To me it is more short term thinking; jewish history maybe proves my point.
What sensible people would willingly cause persecutions for themselves during thousands of years ?
Already in 1300 in Spain the jewish writer R.Solomon ibn Verga wrote that 'all jewry's evils were caused by conceited and moronic leadership'.
Israel could have had peace in 1953; they refused.
Why, of course is specualation.
Ha'aretz wrote a few weeks or so ago that, after both asjkenazi jews Sharon and Peres left their parties (Peres because a sephardic jew became the leader of the Labor Party), 'this was the end of asjkenazi rule'.
Let us just hope it is true.
Sephardic jews lived nearly always in peace with their neighbours.
I suppose that warmonger Netanyahu also is an asjkenazi jew. | | | | Alpha | | Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:59 am Post subject: Letter to the Editor: Re Krauthammer Beating Drums for War |
| Letter to the Editor: Re Krauthammer Beating Drums for War:
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Article published - Jan 23, 2006
Letters to the Editor
Costly errors
EDITOR: Not even slightly apologetic for having beat the drums for the United States invasion of Iraq, perhaps the worst foreign policy disaster in our history, columnist Charles Krauthammer (Wednesday) now suggests we compound that costly error by launching a military strike against Iran, a country four times larger with a military considerably more powerful that what the United States faced in Iraq. What Krauthammer and other neocon chicken hawks seem unable to understand is that should the United States or Israel, with U.S. approval, attack Iran's nuclear facilities, there is little doubt that the new Iraqi army, composed mainly of pro-Iranian Shia, will turn their guns on the U.S. troops and what will happen then will make the current situation in Iraq seem like a garden party.
Moreover, it is likely that Iran will use its military and Navy to block the Persian Gulf and interrupt the vital flow of oil to Europe and to the West. If some of our fellow citizens don't care about the additional lives that will be lost in such an adventure, perhaps the thought of gas at $6 or $7 a gallon, if it is even available, might get their attention.
JEFF BLANKFORT
Ukiah | | | | foppe37 | | Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:15 pm Post subject: USA and human rights |
| The EU Commission on Human Rights right now reports on USA kidnapping and torturing, called 'rendition' by the USA.
Facts are, stated the chairman, that there have been or still are hundreds of unexplained USA flights, that use(d) European airfields.
Fact is that the Commission, despite being legally empowered to do so, was denied access to a USA prison in Kosovo on a USA base there.
Fact is that the USA condones rendition, a crime in any other country of the world.
The chairman spoke of allegations that the USA now outsources torture, so that CIA or other USA civil servants can maintain that they did not violate USA laws.
What makes the scandal even more scandalous is the statement that it is nearly impossible that the EU countries that have USA bases on their territories did not know about the kidnapping taking place.
Law obliges EU countries to investigate any overflight, and certainly any landing, over or in their countries.
It is not surprising that Muslims see democracy as just a western trick for subjugation and corruption. | | | | Alpha | | | | Alpha | | | | Alpha | | | | Alpha | | Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 5:39 am Post subject: Sentence In AIPAC Case Seen As Ominous |
| http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/newscontent.php3?artid=11977&print=yes#
(01/27/2006)
Sentence In AIPAC Case Seen As Ominous
Judge’s comments could reflect shift in judicial thinking on secrecy; ‘chill’ already on, say activists.
James D. Besser - Washington Correspondent
The stiff sentence meted out to former Pentagon analyst Larry Franklin for improperly passing on sensitive government information could bode ill for two former pro-Israel lobbyists implicated in the case, who will face the same judge in April.
Franklin was handed a 12 ½-year sentence, which could be reduced if he fully cooperates in the case against two former employees of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC): Steve Rosen, the groups’ former policy director, and Keith Weissman, an Iran specialist.
Some experts say the government’s arguments in the case and the judge’s comments at the sentencing reflect a shift in judicial thinking on government secrecy that could complicate the defense of the former AIPAC officials — and pose a big problem for lobbyists, journalists, academics and others who deal with government officials.
Neal Sher, a former Justice Department official and onetime AIPAC executive director, said the Franklin ruling could be ominous.
“What’s troubling about this entire saga is that the Espionage Act is being used in an unprecedented way against people like Weissman and Rosen, who were the recipients of information, and the judge seemed to accept that view of the law,” he said.
At last week’s sentencing, Judge T.S. Ellis of the Federal District Court in Alexandria, Va., said that “persons who have unauthorized possession, who come into unauthorized possession of classified information, must abide by the law,” according to a JTA report. “That applies to academics, lawyers, journalists, professors, whatever.”
Franklin was sentenced on counts of providing “national defense information to persons not entitled to receive it; conspiracy to communicate classified information to an agent of a foreign government; and the unlawful retention of national defense information,” according to government attorneys.
Ellis conceded that Franklin provided the information because he thought it would alert U.S. officials to the danger posed by Iran. The result was a sentence considerably lighter than the 25-year maximum.
But United States Attorney Paul J. McNulty said, “The defendant violated his pledge to protect classified information. In doing so, he compromised national security and the system that protects it.”
Sher said that it would be a mistake to read too much into Ellis’ words — but that his comments can’t be good news for the other defendants. And it could be bad news for a variety of Jewish and pro-Israel lobbyists who now have to wonder if their routine activities could land them in jail, too.
The ongoing government crackdown is “having a big impact” on a wide range of Jewish groups, said Abraham Foxman, national director for the Anti-Defamation League.
“All of us have to think twice now about what we do; the difficulty is, you don’t really know what the ground rules are,” Foxman said. “It’s already having a chilling impact.”
The twin cases leave some big, disturbing gray areas for all lobbyists and advocates who routinely meet with government officials and discuss a wide range of issues.
“A day doesn’t go by when some confidential report doesn’t end up on the front page of the Washington Post,” said Akiba Covitz, a law professor at the Phoenix International School of Law. “What they’re saying is that something that is confidential is really confidential; not only can’t you pass it on, you can’t talk about it. That’s not the way it’s traditionally worked in Washington.”
Last week’s court action and the upcoming Rosen-Weissman trial “are putting everybody on notice: Even if you didn’t actually get a document, you could be called to account,” he said. “That’s never been true before.”
A former government prosecutor said the “legal theory that Judge Ellis seemed to accept is very troubling. The government is lowering the standards that make one culpable for simply receiving information.”
In practical terms, he said, that will kill off the routine contacts that lobbyists, journalists and think-tank academics depend on to do their jobs.
“You don’t know what’s classified or not. If you’re an academic working for some Middle East think tank, you have to worry that just hearing something from a government official could land you in jail.”
On another front, Jewish leaders are watching anxiously as Congress tries to come up with a lobbying reform package it can pass before facing disgruntled voters in November. At the top of their anxiety list: proposals that would limit or ban outright congressional travel sponsored by interest groups.
The attack on congressional jet-setting was triggered by the extravagant trips lavished on top congressional leaders, mostly Republicans, by the disgraced Abramoff. The super-lobbyist recently pleaded guilty to conspiracy, fraud and tax evasion charges.
But the resulting legislation could also prohibit the all-work, no-play fact-finding trips to Israel sponsored by a number of Jewish groups.
In recent days the United Jewish Communities’ office here has sent e-mail alerts about Democratic and Republican proposals. A Democratic bill sponsored by Sens. Harry Reid of Nevada, Dick Durbin of Illinois and Debbie Stabenow of Michigan would prohibit trips sponsored by nonprofit affiliates of lobbying groups.
Hundreds of politicians are taken to Israel every year by nonprofit affiliates of groups like AIPAC and the American Jewish Committee — trips Jewish leaders say are a vital tool in pro-Israel lobbying.
Several GOP proposals are in the works; House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Illinois is proposing a complete ban on congressional travel.
William Daroff, the UJC Washington representative, said it’s not just Israel trips that are in jeopardy. Local Jewish federations and other organizations frequently bring lawmakers to their cities to provide a closer look at government-funded programs.
Daroff said Jewish groups would have no problem supporting tougher approval and disclosure requirements for congressional trips.
“We as a community welcome bright lights and full disclosure,” he said.
But barring trips, Daroff said, would be a disaster for Jewish advocacy groups on domestic and Israel-related issues.
“There are so many members of Congress who have been on genuine fact-finding trips — not just overseas, but throughout this country — who have really learned about the issues,” he said. “We don’t want to see that disappear.”
Museum Spat Revived
The old quarrel over just how involved the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum should be in current world affairs has re-emerged — but with some key actors reversing roles.
A group affiliated with Amcha: The Coalition for Jewish Concerns, the organization created by activist Rabbi Avi Weiss, is demanding that the museum attack today’s rising tide of anti-Semitism in the Arab and Islamic world and change its exhibits to document Arab support for the Nazis during World War II.
It was Rabbi Weiss who insisted that the museum should have no political role when the State Department in 1998 tried to get Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat invited to tour its permanent exhibition.
A group called Holocaust Museum Watch held a meeting in Washington last week and threw down the gauntlet.
“We are demanding that the museum call for a conference on Arab anti-Semitism,” said Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld, spiritual leader of a synagogue here and a longtime associate of Rabbi Weiss. “We want the museum to start exploring the role the Arab world played in the persecution and death of Jews between 1933 and 1945. We would like to see both done as soon as possible.”
Rabbi Herzfeld said a museum statement criticizing Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for calling for Israel’s destruction and denying the Holocaust was a result of his group’s pressure.
Not so, museum insiders say. They insist the statement on Iran had been in the works for weeks and had nothing to do with outside pressure.
In that statement, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council chair Fred Zeidman said that “President Ahmadinejad’s offensive remarks reflect an extremist mindset of the worst sort and should be cause for concern worldwide. A national leader promoting anti-Semitism, Holocaust denial, and genocide is simply unacceptable.”
Rabbi Herzfeld rejected charges that his group is hypocritical, supporting the museum’s involvement in current affairs only when it suits certain political objectives.
“The museum opened the door to this,” he said. “They are talking about persecutions in the Congo, in Darfur; they’ve universalized the Holocaust message. And they’ve taken on the role of talking about anti-Semitism in the world today, in America and in Europe. So you have to ask yourself, what is missing?”
What’s missing, he said, is talk about “the Arab countries that want to destroy Israel, who are taking the people killed by the Nazis and depicting them as Nazis themselves.”
The museum declined to comment, but a longtime supporter jumped right in.
Michael Berenbaum, a top Holocaust scholar and former member of the council, agreed that anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial are growing problems in the Muslim world, but said the museum should “reserve its moral platform for issues of mass murder and genocide. That was clearly the intention of its creators, including no less a figure than Elie Wiesel.”
Becoming involved in the current battle over anti-Israel, anti-Semitic sentiments in the Muslim world would be to “politicize the Holocaust and transform the museum into just another Jewish defense agency,” he said.
Berenbaum said that while Arab support for Hitler “deserves mention” in the museum, “it was not a major factor. They were unimportant allies, and it had little to no impact on the Final Solution. We have to remember that the museum is an exhibition, not an encyclopedia.”
More Robertson Woes
It’s apparently a really bad idea to say that a revered leader of Israel was struck down as divine punishment for his policies, a lesson the Rev. Pat Robertson is learning the hard way.
A long trail of controversial statements by the televangelist and former GOP presidential hopeful produced press coverage that ranged from the critical to the mocking. But it was Robertson’s claim that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s recent stroke may have been punishment for giving up Gaza that has produced some real headaches for the controversial preacher.
More leading Evangelical figures have denounced Robertson for his Sharon comments than for any of his previous verbal missteps. That includes such heavy hitters as the Rev. Ted Haggard, president of the National Association of Evangelicals, and Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention.
A bigger blow to Robertson was the cancellation this week of his upcoming speech to the National Religious Broadcasters convention apparently because officials of the group feared his presence would draw attention away from other issues. The group once regarded Robertson, a Christian radio pioneer, as a hero.
The Israeli government has accepted Robertson’s apology, but his future business dealings in the Jewish state remain a question mark.
Adding to Robertson’s woes, the National Jewish Democratic Council began a petition campaign this week demanding that the Bush administration “take immediate steps to ensure that not one more taxpayer dollar flows to Pat Robertson’s programs.”
The Democratic group also called on the Republican Party to “clearly condemn the disturbed rhetoric and divisive actions of longtime Republican leader Pat Robertson.”
NJDC cited news reports that funding for Robertson’s “Operation Blessing” program has skyrocketed under President Bush’s faith-based initiative to more than $14 million annually. n | | | | hateliars | | Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 6:05 am Post subject: |
| | foppe37 wrote: | | hateliars wrote: | The Jews have set it up for America to be destroyed the same way Germany was. Then we'll be another cash cow for endless reparations and guilt.
Same old game. Just a new patsy. Meanwhile, Americans shop and watch tv. |
I am not at all sure, on the contrary, that jewish cunning goes or went that far.
To me it is more short term thinking; jewish history maybe proves my point.
What sensible people would willingly cause persecutions for themselves during thousands of years ?
Already in 1300 in Spain the jewish writer R.Solomon ibn Verga wrote that 'all jewry's evils were caused by conceited and moronic leadership'.
Israel could have had peace in 1953; they refused.
Why, of course is specualation.
Ha'aretz wrote a few weeks or so ago that, after both asjkenazi jews Sharon and Peres left their parties (Peres because a sephardic jew became the leader of the Labor Party), 'this was the end of asjkenazi rule'.
Let us just hope it is true.
Sephardic jews lived nearly always in peace with their neighbours.
I suppose that warmonger Netanyahu also is an asjkenazi jew. |
But Jews aren't sensible. I've said it before and I'll say it again. They are a race of criminal psychopaths. The more Jewish someone is, the crazier they are. I'm not sure if it's because of inbreeding or the cultural conditioning that Jews have had. They are a race of fanatics who are always destroyed by their arrogance and narcissism. The worst in the lot make the rest of the tribe suffer. But Jews don't get it. If they did, they'd renounce Judism and get off the plantation. Instead they wallow in their supposed victimhood and superiority. | | | | | ©2002-2009 WarWithoutEnd.co.uk |
