| Author | Message | | Jefferson Davis | | Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 7:32 pm Post subject: Open Letter to Congressperson Nancy Pelosi |
| Open Letter to Congressperson Nancy Pelosi
April 4, 2008 at 15:36:06
by Anton Grambihler
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Dear Representative Pelosi: On your recent trip to India, you made a statement to the effect that we will lose all moral authority to speak on behalf of human rights anywhere in the world if we do not speak out against China's oppression in Tibet. I regret to inform you that the United States has no Moral Authority or Credibility.
The only way for the United States to achieve some moral authority and credibility is to treat all people and nation-states of the world the same under international law. Saying that we are "a nation of laws" is being a hypocrite when the laws are not enforced the same on all people and nation-states. As a leader of the House you need to start restoring our credibility and moral authority by requiring that Israel abide by ALL international laws and United Nations resolutions.
In addition, all people in the United States government whether elected, appointed, hired, or part of a study group or think tank which affects or attempts to affect United States Policy must be 100% citizens of the United States, are not political refuges or the children of political refuges. Anyone who has a dual citizenship, are political immigrates, or the children of political immigrates are unlikely to always represent the best interests of the United States. Who were the advisors to the President that pushed for the invasion of Iraq? Who were the advisors to the Senators who did not read the reports about Iraq, but relied on their trusted advisors?
Donald Rumsfeld, when Secretary of Defense, made the statement: "But some seem not to have learned history's lessons."[1] This is probably the most profound statement made by Rumsfeld. Look at what happened in Europe when Britain gave the Nazis land that did not belong to Britain. Look at what is happening in the Middle East since land was taken from the Palestine People and given to the Jews for the creation of Israel. This land was taken by the the Irgun and Lehi organizations [2]. These terrorists blew up the King David Hotel in a deadly attack during the Nurenberg Trials to hold the Nazis accountable for their crimes.
The actions of Israel today are giving Jews and the United States[4] a bad name.
When Iraq invaded Kuwait, Iraq's violations of international law and United Nations Resolutions were used to justify invading Iraq and forcing them back to their international boundaries. Israel illegally invaded Palestine and still illegally occupies Palestine land and the United States sides with Israel by providing financial aid which helps maintain this illegal occupation[5].
Israel treats the Palestine people inhumanely[6].
Israel kills an American with a United States-provided caterpillar when she tried to keep the Israelis from destroying Palestine homes[7].
Israel shoots an American protester in the West Bank during a peaceful protest[8].
Israel strafes and bombs the American Ship USS LIBERTY[9].
Israel drops cluster bombs on the women and children of Lebanon[10], decimates Lebanon infrastructure (a lot of it built with US Tax Dollars) with bombs, and creates the worst-ever environmental disaster in the Mediterranean by the bombing of a power plant in Lebanon and sending thousands of tons of fuel gushing into the sea[11]. The United States did not sit idly by this time, in its worse yet disgrace, the President and Congress went out of their way to show their approval of these austerities[12].
Israel has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and has unregulated Nuclear Weapons[13]. The Nuclear Material and triggers may have been smuggled from the United States, yet there goes another 3 Billion United States Tax Dollars to Israel[14].
When the Nazis continued to violate international law after land was taken from Czechoslovakia and given to them, they were forced to accept unconditional surrender. Land was taken from Palestine and given to Israel and they continue to violate International Law. Therefore, they should be forced to accept unconditional surrender.
When you became leader of the United States House of Representatives, you made the statement "As I said to my colleagues, as we say in church, 'Let there be peace on Earth, and let it begin with us.' Let the healing begin." When are you going to start using YOUR Moral Authority? Is the United States Government being bribed, (Nuclear) blackmailed, or have all its leaders been hypnotized?
[1] Address at the 88th Annual American Legion National Convention: As Delivered by Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, Salt Lake City, Utah, Tuesday, August 29, 2006: http://www.defenselink.mil/Speeches/Speech.aspx?SpeechID=1033[2] Washington Report, May/June 2006, pages 14-15 Hamas: A Pale Image of the Jewish Irgun And Lehi Gangs By Donald Neff:http://www.washington-report.org/archives/May-June_2006/0605014.html[3] This land was theirs: By Hannah Mermelstein - Thursday April 3 2008: http://www.thejewishadvocate.com/this_weeks_issue/opinions2/?content_id=4644Birthright Unplugged - Turning knowledge into action; http://www.birthrightunplugged.org/[4] The 9-11 Commission Reporthttp://www.gpoaccess.gov/911/index.html[5] US Financial Aid To Israel - Figures, Facts And Impacthttp://www.rense.com/general31/rege.htmOrder Code RL33222. U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel. Updated January 2, 2008http://ftp.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33222.pdf[6] Israel: End Systematic Bias Against Bedouin: Stop Demolishing Homes, Remedy Discriminatory Land Allocation: http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/03/31/isrlpa18387.htmWhat every American Needs to Know about Israel/Palestine: http://www.ifamericansknew.org/[7] Rachel Corrie, Nuha Sweidan and Israeli War Crimes: Steve Niva, The Electronic Intifada, 17 March 2003: http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article1250.shtml[8] Israel shoots American peace-protestor in head: http://ie.indymedia.org/article/41196[9] The Day Israel deliberately killed thirty four American Sailors: By James M. Ernes, Jr., Deck Officer of the USS Liberty: http://guardian.150m.com/palestine/uss-liberty.htm[10] Human Rights Watch: Israel Dropping Cluster Bombs on Lebanese Civilianshttp://www.democracynow.org/2006/7/25/human_rights_watch_israel_dropping_cluster[11] Oily Sludge From Bombed Power Plant Fouls Lebanon's Coast: http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jul2006/2006-07-31-01.asp[12] Congress and the Israeli Attack on Lebanon: A Critical Reading: http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/3381[13] Iran, the US, and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: By Daniel Robicheau MA, Philippa Winkler PhD: http://archive.peacemagazine.org/v23n4p24.htm[14] Nixon papers suggest israel stole nuclear material from US in 1965:http://www.wakeupfromyourslumber.com/node/4817
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| good luck.....
May 31, 2005
With Hand on Heart: Pelosi Admits Israel Comes First
by Joshua Frank
"The lessons we should learn from all
The fighting in the days of old
When providence bestowed divine
The sanctuary purified
Let lightning circle all you hold
And don't uproot the olive grove."
- Mirah, "Jerusalem"
I think it is finally time we stood up and thanked Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the darling Democrat from the Bay Area who leads her party in the House. Pelosi's recent speech to the Israel-American lobby AIPAC, the second largest lobby in Washington, was monumental – truly unparalleled in its candor.
Despite the fact that AIPAC was recently busted for spying on the United States, Pelosi, along with many other top bureaucrats from Washington, gushed effusions of praise on the foreign power. "There are those who contend that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is all about Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza," Pelosi said as she rallied AIPAC loyalists. "This is absolute nonsense. In truth, the history of the conflict is not over occupation, and never has been: it is over the fundamental right of Israel to exist."
Apparently Pelosi has never asked Palestinians what they think of Israel's brutality. Not that she hasn't witnessed the occupation firsthand; Pelosi is just not concerned in the least with the Palestinian resistance.
"This spring, I was in Israel as part of a congressional trip that also took us to Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq," said Pelosi. "One of the most powerful experiences was taking a helicopter toward Gaza, over the path of the security fence. We set down in a field that belonged to a local kibbutz. It was a cool but sunny day, and the field was starting to bloom with mustard. Mustard is a crop that grows in California, and it felt at that moment as if I were home. And then we were told that the reason we had to land in that field, as opposed to our actual destination, was because there had been an infiltration that morning, and they weren't sure how secure the area was. And that point alone brought us back to the daily reality of Israel: even moments of peace and beauty are haunted by the specter of violence."
Pelosi, like so many other Democrats and Republicans in D.C., does not appreciate the asymmetry of the conflict. She cannot understand that Palestinians are faced with violence every day as their livelihoods and homes are uprooted to make way for new Israeli settlements. Never mind that the farm collective where Pelosi landed in her fancy helicopter was at one time operated by Palestinian farmers. For the land, according to Pelosi, has always belonged to the state of Israel.
"One thing, however is unchanged," Pelosi added. "America's commitment to the safety and security of the state of Israel is unwavering. America and Israel share an unbreakable bond: in peace and war; and in prosperity and in hardship."
Sadly, Palestinians don't figure into Pelosi's lopsided equation; those darn Arabs just don't matter. And when Pelosi speaks of "safety and security," it's only Israelis she's talking about. While Pelosi ignored Israel's vast arsenal of chemical, biological, and nuclear weaponry, along with the numerous UN resolutions the country has broken, she still had the audacity to lash out at the latest troublemaker in the Middle East: Iran.
"The greatest threat to Israel's right to exist, with the prospect of devastating violence, now comes from Iran. For too long, leaders of both political parties in the United States have not done nearly enough to confront the Russians and the Chinese, who have supplied Iran as it has plowed ahead with its nuclear and missile technology."
So, three cheers for Pelosi! Her honesty has been crudely insightful. Especially given the fact that two AIPAC staffers have just been indicted for espionage by the U.S. government.
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