Saturday, June 14, 2003
When someone makes Bush back down, I think it is worth noting.
Tuesday, was not a good day for Georgie Boy. He was pissed. He was physically upset. You could see it in his face. He was seething. He had just found out that Israel had just staged a helicopter attack on Palestinian militant leader Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi. George had not even had time to unpack from his "historic" and well photographed Aqaba peace meeting. Bush then let the missile strike situation get the better of him and he publicly rebuked Sharon for the attack.
He had just spent a considerable amount of his political capital to go to the Middle east to broker a major deal between the new Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbasand and Ariel Sharon. He personally presented his "roadmap to peace in the Middle East" to them. There were many smiling diplomats and they were all shaking hands. He personally said he oversaw one meeting. He said he let the two men talk by themselves so "he can observe their body language " to see if they were communicating well.
The Israeli lobby quickly came down on President Bush for his comments against Sharon. The group defended the action as part of the Jewish state's war on terrorism.
America set a terrible precedent, when it attacked Iraq under the guise that Iraq MAY attack the U.S. Israel was very quick to pick up on the "terrorist" angle to justify their ever increasing attacks upon the Palestinians. Sharon stepped up their attacks while America was watching the Iraq war on CNN. Now every attack that Israel initiates uses that same mantra to justify the killings. "We are fighting terrorism"
Israel always state that they only kill terrorists. I didn't know Palestinian toddlers and infants could be considered terrorists. I didn't know news journalists, American college kids, and UN peace keepers are also considered terrorists. I guess they must be. Israel says so. Otherwise they wouldn't have been killed by Israeli troops using American supplied weapons.
There were helicopter attacks by Israel in the days that followed. Israeli officials said they should have given George advanced warning of the missile strike. It was their way of trying to mend fences with America.
The very powerful pro-Israel lobbying group, Americas Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), and Israel's supporters in Congress also put a lot of pressure on Bush to soften his criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
Several Congressmen including, New York Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel, defended the Israeli action as equivalent to U.S. strikes on members of the al Qaeda network, accused of masterminding the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. AIPAC has a lot of influence with both sides of the aisle in Congress.
AIPAC argued in a statement that Israel had no choice but to take on Hamas, and that "it should be the policy of the U.S. to support" Israeli actions.
By now Bush changes his tune and, he directly criticized Hamas. And on Thursday, the White House offered its support for a crackdown on the group, which it now singles out as the biggest obstacle to peace. Sharon was not blamed for doing anything wrong.
U.S. officials also deferred comment on an Israeli missile strike in the Gaza Strip that killed seven people including a senior Hamas militant, his wife and three-year-old daughter.
"The issue is Hamas. The terrorists are Hamas," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer told reporters traveling with Bush to Connecticut.
Israel and its supporters were clearly pleased. Congressmen supported by the Israeli lobby were clearly pleased. Everyone was pleased except the innocent bystanders who found themselves too close to someone considered to be Hamas in Palestine. They were not pleased, they were either wounded or dead.
"I hope we cleared the air," an Israeli source said. The air may be clear to some, but it stinks to high heaven to me.
AIPAC praised Bush's leadership and Fleischer's new statement as "another example of the clarity the administration is bringing to this subject."
It was a regular love feast after Bush fell back into the Israeli fold.
Doesn't it just boggle your mind that one group has that much power? AIPAC has more than 100 political Action Committees (PACs) set up to support pro-Israeli foreign policies. They spend very significant amounts of money on candidates who support Israel. They have become the dominant ideological force financing U.S. elections.
It makes me wonder. If Bush knew Iraq did not have Weapons of Mass Destruction, maybe Georgie Boy decided to remove Saddam to achieve other goals such as:
-eliminate an Israeli foe
-secure Iraqi oil for many years to come.
-make an example of Iraq; send the message to other Arab countries that support Palestinians that they may be next.
-give the neo-cons a country to play with
I would like to change an earlier statement I made on a previous Blog. I said George Bush is the most powerful man in the world. It is now more obvious to me that it may not be George,
AIPAC seems to be pulling the punches in the world of U.S. foreign policy. I don't remember seeing them listed on any ballot did you?
P.S. If anyone criticizes Israel they are considered anti-semetic. It is the same logic Bush supporters use. If you criticizes Bush you are un-american.
Sources Cited: Here are just some of the organizations under the AIPAC umbrella.
Aish HaTorah
Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) Fraternity And Foundation
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE)
American Jewish Committee (AJC)
American Jewish Congress
Americans for Peace Now (APN)
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA)
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
Hamagshimim, sponsored by Hadassah
Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life
Israel Program Center
Israel University Consortium
Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA)
Jewish Heritage Programs
Jewish National Fund
KESHER
KOACH
Media Watch International
StandWithUsCampus.com
Union Of Orthodox Jewish Congregations Of America (OU)
United Jewish Communities (UJC)
USD/Hagshama of the World Zionist Organization
Zionist Organization of America
EDWARD ROEDER
News/Sun-Sentinel
Washington Post
Tuesday, was not a good day for Georgie Boy. He was pissed. He was physically upset. You could see it in his face. He was seething. He had just found out that Israel had just staged a helicopter attack on Palestinian militant leader Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi. George had not even had time to unpack from his "historic" and well photographed Aqaba peace meeting. Bush then let the missile strike situation get the better of him and he publicly rebuked Sharon for the attack.
He had just spent a considerable amount of his political capital to go to the Middle east to broker a major deal between the new Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbasand and Ariel Sharon. He personally presented his "roadmap to peace in the Middle East" to them. There were many smiling diplomats and they were all shaking hands. He personally said he oversaw one meeting. He said he let the two men talk by themselves so "he can observe their body language " to see if they were communicating well.
The Israeli lobby quickly came down on President Bush for his comments against Sharon. The group defended the action as part of the Jewish state's war on terrorism.
America set a terrible precedent, when it attacked Iraq under the guise that Iraq MAY attack the U.S. Israel was very quick to pick up on the "terrorist" angle to justify their ever increasing attacks upon the Palestinians. Sharon stepped up their attacks while America was watching the Iraq war on CNN. Now every attack that Israel initiates uses that same mantra to justify the killings. "We are fighting terrorism"
Israel always state that they only kill terrorists. I didn't know Palestinian toddlers and infants could be considered terrorists. I didn't know news journalists, American college kids, and UN peace keepers are also considered terrorists. I guess they must be. Israel says so. Otherwise they wouldn't have been killed by Israeli troops using American supplied weapons.
There were helicopter attacks by Israel in the days that followed. Israeli officials said they should have given George advanced warning of the missile strike. It was their way of trying to mend fences with America.
The very powerful pro-Israel lobbying group, Americas Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), and Israel's supporters in Congress also put a lot of pressure on Bush to soften his criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
Several Congressmen including, New York Democratic Rep. Eliot Engel, defended the Israeli action as equivalent to U.S. strikes on members of the al Qaeda network, accused of masterminding the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. AIPAC has a lot of influence with both sides of the aisle in Congress.
AIPAC argued in a statement that Israel had no choice but to take on Hamas, and that "it should be the policy of the U.S. to support" Israeli actions.
By now Bush changes his tune and, he directly criticized Hamas. And on Thursday, the White House offered its support for a crackdown on the group, which it now singles out as the biggest obstacle to peace. Sharon was not blamed for doing anything wrong.
U.S. officials also deferred comment on an Israeli missile strike in the Gaza Strip that killed seven people including a senior Hamas militant, his wife and three-year-old daughter.
"The issue is Hamas. The terrorists are Hamas," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer told reporters traveling with Bush to Connecticut.
Israel and its supporters were clearly pleased. Congressmen supported by the Israeli lobby were clearly pleased. Everyone was pleased except the innocent bystanders who found themselves too close to someone considered to be Hamas in Palestine. They were not pleased, they were either wounded or dead.
"I hope we cleared the air," an Israeli source said. The air may be clear to some, but it stinks to high heaven to me.
AIPAC praised Bush's leadership and Fleischer's new statement as "another example of the clarity the administration is bringing to this subject."
It was a regular love feast after Bush fell back into the Israeli fold.
Doesn't it just boggle your mind that one group has that much power? AIPAC has more than 100 political Action Committees (PACs) set up to support pro-Israeli foreign policies. They spend very significant amounts of money on candidates who support Israel. They have become the dominant ideological force financing U.S. elections.
It makes me wonder. If Bush knew Iraq did not have Weapons of Mass Destruction, maybe Georgie Boy decided to remove Saddam to achieve other goals such as:
-eliminate an Israeli foe
-secure Iraqi oil for many years to come.
-make an example of Iraq; send the message to other Arab countries that support Palestinians that they may be next.
-give the neo-cons a country to play with
I would like to change an earlier statement I made on a previous Blog. I said George Bush is the most powerful man in the world. It is now more obvious to me that it may not be George,
AIPAC seems to be pulling the punches in the world of U.S. foreign policy. I don't remember seeing them listed on any ballot did you?
P.S. If anyone criticizes Israel they are considered anti-semetic. It is the same logic Bush supporters use. If you criticizes Bush you are un-american.
Sources Cited: Here are just some of the organizations under the AIPAC umbrella.
Aish HaTorah
Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) Fraternity And Foundation
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE)
American Jewish Committee (AJC)
American Jewish Congress
Americans for Peace Now (APN)
Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA)
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
Hamagshimim, sponsored by Hadassah
Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life
Israel Program Center
Israel University Consortium
Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA)
Jewish Heritage Programs
Jewish National Fund
KESHER
KOACH
Media Watch International
StandWithUsCampus.com
Union Of Orthodox Jewish Congregations Of America (OU)
United Jewish Communities (UJC)
USD/Hagshama of the World Zionist Organization
Zionist Organization of America
EDWARD ROEDER
News/Sun-Sentinel
Washington Post
# posted by Thomas @ 3:27 AM 
