Could this be the same Mikhail, the Jewish oligarch crook who robbed blind the Russians untill he got caught and ended up in a slammer?
-"Israel is not an enemy but one of the sincere and devoted friends of the USA"-
Yes , indeed, Israel is sincerely and devoutedly milking us as long as we are fools.
Israel is a devoted recipient of our billions just as Khodorkowsky was of the Russia before he got caught.

hi i am umar

You took the oath to “uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”
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Israel is not an enemy but one of the sincere and devoted friends of the USA. So, there is no logic in this article as well as a wrong position. Mike

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I would like to have some of what this guy is smoking. I have worked with Arabs and Jews, as in instructor. Don’t pass gas in the wind, dude.

What is most ironic in the Israeli lobby’s influence is that it represents much less the Israeli people than the Israeli government. The Knesset is awash with raging debates over Israeli policies, with harsh criticisms being thrown at the government and its agencies. But in Washington, just about all politicians toe the line of the Israeli prime minister, whatever that may be. Washington’s thinking pattern switches from Likud’s to Labor’s so effortlessly…
The Israeli influence on the U.S. government, and on many state governments, is a cancer begging for treatment. But please, please, don’t blame Jews or Israelis in general for it; observe the Knesset and see for yourself: a large number of jewish Israelis deeply disagree with U.S. politicians on matters related to Israel. The real problem is that Washington as a whole is a mouthpiece for the prime minister.
Finally, as others have stated on this page, what cancer ought to be treated first? AIPAC, or the NRA, or military contractors, or the religious right, etc.? Won’t you kindly keep things in perspective? To single out AIPAC carries the risk of ignoring possibly less benign lobbies.
Love,

I had the good fortune of hearing Scott Ritter speak last February in my local community—Oak Park, CA.

He’s a staunch defender of Israel but not the rightwing Likud Party.  However, what stuck most in my mind after Scott’s speech was his debunking of Iran as a potential nuclear threat.

Scott described Iran’s uranium enrichment program as a fiasco, caused by “mass distribution” problems during centrifuge spin-up, resulting in exploding aluminum tubes.

According to a recent article in the Los Angeles Times, to produce weapons-grade uranium for one atomic bomb, 50,000 centrifuges would have to spin at max speed for an entire year without failure.  Iran can’t even get half of its 3,000 centrifuges to work properly, much less 50,000.

At the same time, Iran announced it would build two light-water reactors with help from Russia.  Not, in my opinion, for obtaining plutonium for atomic bombs like the North Koreans did.  I suspect Iran wants to whipsaw Western countries economically by selling its oil to friendlier governments such as China while subsisting totally on reactor-produced electricity.  Saudi Arabia is threatening the same energy conversion. 

Atomic bombs aside, imagine a nuclear-powered Middle East that dispenses petroleum at its leisure to the highest bidder, which might not be the United States.  What will Bush neocons do then?  Start a regional war with help from Israel?  Seems possible to me.

Hugh E. Scott, editor of http://www.King-George.biz—the only website with hardcopy proof of White House corruption.

From the point of view of global imperial interests, the war in Iraq was certainly not on the behest of the oil companies.  I have looked at all the documents, I’ve done interviews with oil companies, I’ve looked at their publications for the five years in the run-up to the war and there is absolutely no evidence.  On the contrary, if you pursue research on the various members of the Zionist power configuration in the United States, which I think is a conceptually more correct way of talking about this, rather than ‘the Lobby’, you will find that people of dubious loyalties, like Paul Wolfowitz, Douglas Feith, Richard Perle and Elliott Abrams – the felon, that had an agenda of furthering Israel’s interests. - James Petras, author of The Power of Israel in the United States (2006)

Ritter is right on target. Read Jimmy Carter’s book where he spells out in detail what Israel is really doing. The land for peace and two nation solution makes a lot of sense....BUT Israel will not accept peace.
When Carter’s book came out and all the Jews, including the AIPAC got up in arms, Pelosi made a public statement to the effect that “this was not the US view of Israel.
Until the Israel-Palestinian issue is solved there will be no peace in the Middle East and as long as we let the AIPAC control our national interest there will be no solution.

The Iraq war is the symptom. The larger picture is the extraordinary influence of the defense industry and the energy companies. Israel obviously benefits from any foreign conflict as they will receive more aid given their powerful allies in Washington and on Wall Street. But this benefit to Israel from excessive defense spending is not the main story. What is needed is to look at the larger picture and a new direction for the American economy. If we slowly re-direct defense spending toward space and ocean exploration and at the same time convert our economy from oil to nuclear and natural gas, Israel and the entire Middle East will not take up so much time on the evening news. Middle East oil is only important because it is the current fuel for the world’s economic engines. Middle East conflicts occur in part because of the undue influence on policy of the military-industrial-labor unions-universities-congressional complex, (the defense spending coalition). By giving the aerospace contractors exploration of the inner solar system and the navy contractors exploration and preservation of the wild life in the oceans, we will slowly demilitarize the economy and above all give hope the nation’s greatest asset, our children. Israel is not the “cause” of the Iraq war or our energy dependence on Middle East oil. These are policy choices made by Congress and their corporate allies. Both political parties are beholden to the interests of the defense spending coalition and the energy lobby. Certainly Israel has a very strong presence in Washington. But their ability to influence policy would not be nearly so strong if America was not dependent on oil and defense spending. Of the 435 congressional districts, every one has either a military installation or a defense contractor. Until we give the defense contractors new missions, we will continue to have war as part of the necessary economic planning to prop up consumer spending and this false economy. If Israel did not exist, if September 11th had not happened we would have had to create a reason to increase defense spending. If not Iraq then why not Nigeria or Venezuela? Given the ability of mass media to provide propaganda to support these massive defense budgets in the name of “national security”, if the Middle East did not exist, we would have to find a Noriega or some other two bit dictator to punish with our aircraft carrier battle groups and rapid deployment forces.
While I agree with Scott Ritter Iran is certainly next on the list of countries the Christian Party of God aka “the Republican Party” wishes to attack, the American military has had quite enough. The military is not to blame for the undue influence of the “military industrial complex”. They never order the extra fighter planes or fight to keep bases open that don’t serve the national interest. The American military loves this great country and they will simply not allow the Christian Party of God to start another ill advised war. America will not attack Iran because the American military will not carry out these orders. Our troops are brave and very patriotic. They are not stupid. They will not attack Iran despite the wishes of the defense contractors and others who stand to benefit from more blood. When, not if Bush and the Christian Party of God tries to start yet another conflict since the “end is near”, the American military will say no. This will be a turning point in American Imperialism. This is where it gets interesting and yes very dangerous. An economic down turn will create the seeds for fascism.

Christians, what Mr. Ritter and many commentators have written may have raised your ire but I want to encourage you to please consider the error of looking for solutions in politics. Your leader/president/prime minister is Jesus Christ and He’s the one who said that His kingdom is not of this world. Why do you keep participating in and supporting this madness of killing other members of His creation? Have you forgotten that our battle is not with people but with the evil spiritual forces that influence them?

So what are we to do with Israelis, Iraqis, Iranians, et al? If you intend to be obedient to Christ’s teachings and not idle, easily-manipulated bystanders, you will sincerely love them and pray for them. There is no gray area in this regard.

Funny that all roads about Zionism, PNAC, 911, Iraq, Iran all lead back to AIPAC.

America has been bought, sold and delivered. Nancy Pelosi is attempting a rare hat trick. Forget about the gender thing, she is trying to satisfy the base of Democrats with the vote that put her in power in November 06. Yet she had long before been bought by AIPAC, so she is good with stripping timetables and placing impeachment off the table. You can see the physical conflict in Pelosi’s eyes as she attempts to dance to two masters at the same time. It’s not working very well for her.

In truth, Israel loves George Bush and Dick Cheney, because they both seem willing to represent the nexus of Zionism and US Christian zealotry. That is the true power behind the neocons, this improbable wedding of two fascist religious ideologies, and their shared hatred of a brown and impoverished enemy.

And so, Nancy Pelosi dances for two masters, the populist one that ostensibly brought her to power,which we liike to think of as corrective democracy, and the quiet one that paid the tab to get her into higher office. Pelosi is in the pocket of AIPAC. You didn’t really think it had something to do with democracy, did you?

Funny that all roads about Zionism, PNAC, 911, Iraq, Iran all lead back to AIPAC.

America has been bought, sold and delivered. Nancy Pelosi is attempting a rare hat trick. Forget about the gender thing, she is trying to satisfy the base of Democrats with the vote that put her in power in November 06. Yet she had lonjg before been bought by AIPAC, so she is good with stipping timetables and placing impeachment off the table. You can see the physical conflict in Pelosi’s eyes as she attempts to dance to two masters at the same time. It’s not working very well for her.

In truth, Israel loves George Bush and Dick Cheney, because they both seem willing to represent the nexus of Zionism and US Christian zealotry. That is the true power behind the neocons, this improbable wedding of two fascist religious ideologies, and their shared brown and impoverished enemy.

And so, Nancy Pelosi dances to two masters. The one populist one that ostensibly brought her to power,which we liike to think of as corrective democracy, and the quiet one that paid the bills to get her into higher office. Pelosi is in the pocket of AIPAC. You didn’t really think it had something to do with democracy, did you?

jewish lobbu=y is effective only as long as it coincides with the efforts of british lobby.
in fact itis britian which dictates american foreing ,military and domestic plocies designed in london.tony blair must be sorted out soon in order to save the world.

very true -in fact so called jewsih lobby” power is a propaganda done by the english race to hide thier nefarious iterference in the american ploicy to uinflunce american domestic and foreing policy for the benefit of england. 

1999.

how england has used jews for the benfit of english race only and for deliberatily creating disruption in Europe. 

England had threatened israel in 1948 during israeli war of indepdence that england would use atom bomb agaisnt israel unless israel stop ddrowning royal air foarce palnes and pilots who were helping Jordan against israel.
the same england was in upsroar in july 1981 when isrea;l attakced iraq’s nuclear reactor-just check out theier papers of the time
the same ngland was leading charge agasint isreal in june 82 when isreal attacked palestinain terrorists inside lebanon-that was at t time when england was in illegal occupation for malvinas island.
that is short glimpse of how much england and anglosaxon race care about jews and israel.
look at editorails of the times, the newsweek during those crucial perios of june 82 and see how they(the TImes, the gaurdian, BBC, ITV) were suggesting that israel or atleast tel aviv should be bombed.-just chek the british papers and bbc clips from april 82 to august 82.Also check those british bastrds joutrnlism hist in the month of summer 1981 when iraqi nuclear planty was bombed by the isralis and the british were the first-along with iraq -to protest agasint the israeli action.

igners.

As always Scott Ritter is correct.

Not all Jews are to be blamed for the debacle over there. Some are just as innocent as I am and I am neither for or against Israel. I am however not a fan of Zionists. They like the Mafia (I am Italian of Italian decent) are the problem, we cannot be blamed for the lousy condition precvailing with the likes of those people and who is to blame-well they have called me “grease ball” “Dago” and on and on. So let us brand all people, black, green and orange at foult. No, to strong against any one group is not fair. But zionist’s are no good. For me that is the way it is.

Counterskeptic (#64098)is right, 5th message down from here. Our senators act as how our society is and the people are. Every American is responsible for what is happening in the world due to US. It is citizen’s responsibility to change things, if needed even the political system.
Question is are we courageous and honest enough to put other’s interest first ? Answer is NO.

Mr Ritter whines on about the power of AIPAC but it only serves as a distraction from the bigger issue of jews and their crafty control of government, education, media and big money, here and elsewhere. AIPAC is big but it gets bigger and Mr Ritter is afraid to speak on the real problem that is destroying this country and europe. Some Marine. Try http://www.antiwar.com http://www.jewwatch.com http://www.ihr.org http://www.judicial-inc.biz worth spending a week on these sites.

Yes. Thank you, Scott.  Well said.

Scott Ritter,
You are one of the smartest, and braveist people in public life. As a Jew who lives in Pelosi’s home district I am vastly disappointed with her lack of convincing leadership over the Iraq war. Actually I find it disgusting. You called this one absolutely right once again.Keep it up Scott. It makes me proud to be an American when someone like you can speak the truth to power .

A close read of the rise and fall of the Third Reich teaches that for 10 years prior to the Second World War a small minority of Jewish people in Germany had gained control of the media, the banking industry, much of the commercial business and, yes, some political power with elected persons.  When this distortion was realized by the masses, they elected a radical “people-person” that resulted in a tragic war and the much described “hollowcost”.  When such a small minority of persons in any society gain such disproportionate economic and political power it is not hard to see how the average voter can be led astray.  Well here we are again in the 21st century when American Jews control most of the US media, many of the economic “engines of business”, much of the banking business and, yes, have elected several persons whose goal is to distort the objectives of Israel for their advantage. (Lieberman is the best example, but the unelected Perle, Feith, etc. have played a big roll).  When the average American wakes up and realizes that such a small minority have hijacked their “Christian Country” they could also elect someone who promises to restore power (economic and political) to the people-base.  And if that newly elected person proposes some severe methods of control, another tragic event could take place.  Can American avoid another holocaust?

I think the main point here is that politicians are being pre-screened by corporate and foreign interests. What voters want rarely comes into the equation.
If you ain’t got the jack to be a player, get out of the way because that Exxon guy has every enticement for politicians to play along and the ability to punish transgressors.
Rabbit

I appreciated a lot the article of Mr Ritter and it is good to hear from sensible Americans once in a while. Yet if the security of Israel is of concern, what about the security of the Palestinian people? What about their rights which have been negated for the last half century for the sake of a created thief nation which is Isreal and that with the total support of the US.

Patric

To Mr. Hoffman:
Perhaps, Mr. Hoffman, you should find out something about AIPAC and their activities if you are truly concerned about your daughters and the future of all American children, regardless of their religion?
Many Jews in the US and Israel are anti AIPAC and anti Zionist (Christian Zionists included) and are beginning to realize that they will be painted with a wide brush if they dont take a stand against Zionisim.
By your comment of ‘we have heard this all before’, you are playing the holocaust card. That dog wont hunt anymore.
The US government is under the firm control of the Jewish Zionist billionairs that reside in and have made their fortunes in America. The exercise of control is carried out through large donations to both US political parties. AIPAC is just one of many Jewish Zionist organizations that weild power over the US government, there are many more that usually remain below the radar.  The US government is standing aside while Israel continues to grind Palestinians under their boot heels. There will be no peace in the mid east untill Israel agrees on a fair two state solution. The ultimate aim of Israel’s Zionists is expansion and that includes the fragmentation of Muslim countries and the theft of their oil, land and water. The Zionist neo cons in and out of our government are the instigators of the Project For A New American Century, which is basically a road map for world domination through military or any other means that are deemed necessary. In short, Imperialisim.
I read Ha’aretz and other Jewish publications several times each week and am aware of the opinions of Jews living in Israel. Olmert’s approval rating stands at 3% so I know that he is not representing or carrying out the desires of the population of Israel. I also know that at the time of the invasion of Iraq that the leadership of Israel was all for it. Now that the situation in Iraq has deteriorated the leadership of Israel are faced with the possibility of a decline of US influence in the mid east and are wondering what that portends for Israel’s future. Some in Israel are wishing that Iraq had not been invaded and destabilized. Count me among that group.
If you are truly interested in the futures of your children, and we all are, then its time that you began doing your homework, and forget about the holocaust card. America and other countries have committed many holocausts. They are all history. I suggest that we try, together, to prevent any more from happening after we end the current holocaust in Iraq.

Mark Hoffman writes:

“Here we are again.... we have seen this all before.  Things go sour - can it be us?  Can it be who we elected? ... No that can’t be it, its got to be the Jews because we all know they run everything.”

Mark:

(1) Israel is not “the Jews”. This is how Israel gets what it wants. It insists that it is “the Jews”. Then, by definition, anyone who speaks against Israel is anti-Semitic.

(2) We as a body politic must face and deal with what is true. Whether that truth makes you uncomfortable is irrelevant.

Divide and Conquer

This has nothing to do with “Jews”, “Christians” and “Muslims”.  It is more closely associated with “Secret Societies” draped in religious conviction to the public masses.  Is President Bush truly a “Born Again Christian”…Let’s get real! Religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender and virtually all other societal divisions are used to subdue the masses by separating them into categories and groups, then to “pit” each against the other(s).  There are extremists in every camp; unfortunately, it is the extremists in such divisions that are the most active in the geopolitical arena that insight the conflicts and arouse the emotions of the ignorant masses.  This has been going on since the beginning of time. Today is no different, with the exception that, no longer does mankind use swords and arrows, but “nukes” and “biologicals”.  This is by design the desire of the “New World Order” and they are of every ethnicity, religion and “interest(s)” that involve the desire for power, control, i.e., subversion the masses. AIPAC is dangerous to the United States, but then so is every other special interest effecting our political process.  It is amazing how easily people will play into this and not see it for what it is.

No Roxanne, European imperialism which led to American imperalism is not all the fault of Jewish peoples. In fact, Fredrick Tobin who is one of the top Holocaust revisionist scholars says, “don’t blame the Jews, blame the gentiles”.
Of course, the problem in the US today is “the Jews” who are in power, but the real problem is the non Jews who are unaware, or unable to deal with the problem, it is a dialectic. See some of Israel Shamir’s books such as Pardes.

This is not the worst. America has ceded jurisdiction over itself to Israel. Nearly ten years ago an American who never had been outside America killed an American in Maryland. The killer was Solomon Sheinbein. The victim was Tello. The murderer fled to Israel which claimed jurisdiction because the criminal was a jew. Israel held a trial and gave him a softball sentence. The US government has acceded to this outrage. Both the Clinton and the Bush administrations have done nothe=ing. A Republican and a Democratic Congress have done nothing. A government that allows its jurisdiction over its citizens and territory to be usurped is a colonial possession. The total slavishness of the Washington establishment is a stain upon the Constitution which is defiled by these bootlickers.

Scott lays it bare
Remember though- The Zionists are to the Jews what the Nazis were to the Germans. Not all American Jews go along with AIPAC.

Not only is Scott Ritter right on the money with his analysis, but so is James Petras in his authoritative study of USrael: The Power of Israel in the United States; as well as Jeffrey Blankfort’s article, War for Israel; as well as Stephen Sniegoski’s work on Israel, and how the war was not for oil but for Israel; as well as Mearsheimer and Walt; and Jimmy Carter; and have you read Israel Shamir’s amazing books? Oh, and another must read, Grant Smith’s Deadly Dogma, a study of the Zionist Neocons that goes back into Wolfowitz’s days of extending the Cold War for Israel’s benefit… enjoy

Obviously, the US has been in a retarded state of mind for some time now. It’s not scarry anymore, now it’s just funny.
What interests me is, on 9/11, the 3 buildings that went down, yes, I know that’s impossible from architecturel, mechanical, physical laws. But how did those Cop cars 20 blocks away from the buildings got melted? Was Pentagon testing a new weapon?
I am impressed by the image from the cop car, I’ll never forget it. Half of it was melted, and the other half barely scratched… Whatever weapon Pentagon tested, it’s pretty good.

Davy de Verteuil of Trinidad & Tobago W I.
Americans because of it’s Hollywood conditioning over the years have yet to realize and if uncovered to believe that they have successfully been coup’ed’ by the refugees it took pity of 5 decades ago.
We are still waiting on the violent drama we often employed to overthrow other sovereign states similar to those in South and Latin America Africa and Asia (Indonesia). The US as a simplistically Soft target betrays belief that there isn’t a scriptin Hollywood to be found. The culture of Connivance and grand scheming have seared us into believing that things can only be done with sheer violence salted in betrayal bold face lies and deadly stunts. We have believed in our fibs which have replaced genuine open discourse. Now the Congress has been reduced to nothing but a scriptreviewer.

Not only is congress and the administration completely in the Zionist corner “all the time” making no difference -in relation to israel and the middle east- which party wins the elections, but also the media in almost most of it forms. The newspapaers have been gatekepers, allowing only news sympathetic to israel or Zioism in general( witness its deplorable reaction to president’s Carter valiant attempt to expose the truth on Israel’s subversions of peace attempts and apartheid policies as one only recent example). Most commentators and news reporters on major media ( TV, cable, NPR) on the Middle East are either Jews/Zionists or profoundly pro-Israelis. Guests on these programs are also the same. Radio talk-show-hosts - disproportionally are Zionists ( and neocons) or very pro-zionists. University departments ( at the major universities) dealing with Middle East, Journalism, political departments are also packed with Zionists. Professors with non-zionist sympathies are either scared away (ganged up on) , or never considered for hiring. The examples are numerous. Yes, the more Americans realize that the Israelization of America is bad for the US both domestically and in foreign affairs,the better. ( This is the biggest fear the pro-zionists have and vehemently combat at all costs: the truth Only then the tide will be reversed. The issue has finally been exposed and has started to become a legitimate story. It is up to us -all of us- to make the difference.

I wonder how many people know that Israel perpetrated an act of war against the United States on June 8, 1967? One day before the Israeli’s attacked Syria, during the Six Day War, Israel without warning attacked the U.S.S. Liberty, in international waters off the coast of Gaza, and killed 37 crewmen and wounded 173 out of a crew of 297. The attack was sustained far longer than it would have taken to positively identify the Liberty as a US intelligence gathering ship. It is not credible that Israel didn’t know. One curious fact that underlines the incredible nature of the denials is that no less than 8 reconnaissance flights by Israeli aircraft preceded the attack. Clearly, they knew what and whom, they were attacking. And they would have known that this was an act of war.

The only question that remains to this day is, why did they do it? It would appear that the Liberty was in position to gather some intel, perhaps regarding the upcoming attack on Syria, that the Israeli’s didn’t want exposed to the US intelligence community. It can be assumed that it was something of such sensitivity that number one, they were willing to destroy a US intelligence ship and kill everyone on-board, which they clearly tried to do, to keep that secret, or if they failed in the attempt to destroy the ship and crew, be exposed for having perpetrated an act of war on the US. Clearly the 2nd possibility was what happened, and then Israel went into ass-covering mode, and called in all their markers with the US to whitewash the incident. Whatever the reason, it has been covered up to this very day.

To elaborate briefly on the intensity of the attack, crewmen afterward were given the task of counting all the holes in the ship that were larger than a man’s fist, and they counted 861 such holes. As to .50 caliber holes, those were assessed to be in the thousands. When crewman attempted to abandon ship, Israeli torpedo boats fired on them, forcing them back onto the ship, which was on fire. When firefighting crews tried to fight the fires, the torpedo boats fired upon them, forcing them below decks, to escape the murderous assault. The torpedo boats during the attack were reported to have approached to within 50 feet of the ship, so the claims that they didn’t know it was a US ship are lies.

At about the same time as the torpedo boat attacks stopped, as a result of an open transmission from the US Sixth Fleet for it’s fighters to engage and destroy the attackers, Israeli attack helicopters arrived over the ship. Survivors reported that the helicopters were packed with men in combat battle dress. Clearly, they were on station to finish the job, kill everyone on-board and sink the ship. The ship was defenseless, the crew unable to put up any defense whatsoever, and Israeli combat troops were moving to board them...do the math. The only thing that stopped them was that the US Sixth Fleet sent rules of engagement in the clear, and they knew they would be destroyed...and thus the attacks finally stopped, and the Israeli’s started with their campaign to cover their crimes.

For further details on this cowardly, vicious attack on a US ship in international waters see http://www.ussliberty.org/report/report.htm

The simple fact is, they committed an act of war against the United States, and got away with it. They murdered 37 US sailors. They’ve never been made to explain why they attacked, other than the spurious claims that it was mistaken identity. That is simply not credible. This is just one more facet of the madness that is the insidious and incestuous nature of the relationship between the US and Israel.

The surviving members of the crew are continuing to try to get the Congress to investigate this heinous act of war that cost so many lives, but so far, the Congress is showing no interest. Could AIPAC be the reason? Seems likely.

Alas, once again Scott is right on.

The question is...what are we going to do about it?

AIPAC is in the business of subversion. Its sole purpose is to make the US obeisant to Israel and Zionist intention. As the spear point for Jewish supremacist ambition in Washington, we are all too familiar that AIPAC accomplishes this through a combination of espionage, and an artful use of its financial capabilities to compromise members of congress to do its will. AIPAC’s singular access to press and media channels assure that its corruption of its “leaders” and American principals never see the light of day. Everyone of any importance in Washington knows that their careers hang on appeasing Israel, AIPAC and Jewish Lobby. This a simple and very ugly truth. Yet Ritter, who boast first rate intelligence credentials, sees no fundamental threat in AIPAC’s activity.

Who’s he kidding?

Israel represents a fundamental threat to US interest. It is high time we recognize its danger to our continued existence and to world peace.

Truth to Power again Scott. Or if one can’t get much power, then Truth to Diggs. Addendum: Apparently there is someting about truth that people with power don’t dig!

So, the USA was a pure, moral, law abiding republic before the evil Israelis took over?  Tell that to the Indians, the Mexicans, enslaved and afterwards segregated blacks, tell it to the Nicaraguans, the Haitians, the Cubans, Filipinos, Puerto Ricans, all of whom were apparently constitutionally raped, killed, regime changed, exploited, land stolen, indeed the whole continent, before Zionism was even an idea, much less embodied in a tin horn state.

#63822 by blueyes

Thanks for reminding us all about the BS kiddy porn charge used to discredit Scott Ritter. Perverting the “law” and the legal system to bolster the agenda of the evildoer neocons goes well beyond depravity. No wonder they keep feeding us such crap, we keep buying it over and over again.

The War Party gets ugly:

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0301/S00096.htm

One massive lie most people still seem to swallow is the notion that “the Jews” are somehow a separate and distinct race of people. To believe “The Jewish People” have somehow managed to maintain genetic purity throughout the millennia requires the suspension of science and reason and the embracing of utter superstition. Judaism is a religion. There is no such thing as a genetic Jew on the planet. But what the hell-look at all the people who believe in stuff like the Immaculate Conception. The 21st century and the bulk of human thinking is still stuck in the dark ages. Dog help us.

Ritter claims he is a “friend of Israel” while in the same breath accusing the Israelis of subverting the US government and controlling its foreign policy. But since Ritter obviously doesn’t have the guts, I am going to clarify his message for you. The US government, and by extension, the world, is secretly run by a cabal of Jews who control all government decisions and all the wolrd’s money.

Sound familiar? Let’s be honest with ourselves, people. I know the Jews are history’s favorite scapegoat, but blaming them for the mess that our government created in Iraq?

I consider myself a patriotic American. I believe in free speech, and for me, that includes hate speech, however masked it may be, and that is what can be found in the comments below. To compare the situation in Israel and the West Bak and Gaza to what the Germans did to European Jewry during WWII is not only naive and deluded, it is merely thinly veiled hate speech. These days, Israel bashing, and more recently AIPAC bashing, has become the socially accepted way to publish anti-semetic views.

To all those commenting who agree with Ritter’s publication, I would encourage you to do your homework on the subject.

While Scott correctly identifies AIPAC as the leading influencer of our political class, they are just the organizational manifestation. Even more influental are the various media sources that control and shape public opinion. No politician will dare to go against these powers, unless he is willing to commit political and economic suicide.
The question needs to be asked, what is the motivation of the American owners and managers of these media conglomerates and other financiers of a “Israel first” policy to do everything for Israel, icluding pushing it’s military prowess to a point, where even the US would not dare attack it?
It is not only emotional attachment without material advantages, it is also a reassurance for them to have in time of need a safe haven to go to. Just ask the various “oligarch” looters of Russia, how handy such a safe haven can be.
It gives those who have that access the opportunity to flout the rules of the country they reside in, allowing them to stretch the rules of the marketplace to their advantage beyond their limits and can take risks without fear of punishment. After all, they “answer to a higher authority”.
Nice advantage if you can get it.

Right on the money Scott. If we continue this way we might as well disolve our useless Congress and replace it by AIPAC, which is ,anyhow ,making decisions in our foreign policy. What a garbage of Nation are we when we have no say in what we are doing to the rest of the World?
Aren’t there enough of non-Jews in America to stop this suicidal nonsense?

Norman Finkelstein is up for tenure at DePaul University, not Purdue.

I congratulate Scott Ritter for his courage and good judgement for opposing the Iraq war and for exposing the scoundrels.

I want to add my thought which is that justice, international law, and morality matter mean absolutely nothing if you are on the other side--but, have the votes.  That is the problem that “democracies” will always have.  Pro-Israel extremists, which includes far more than AIPAC, understand that perfectly.  The ultimate power rests not with the wisest people who understand the issues in great depth--but with those who successfully persuade a majority of people with only a superficial grasp of the issues.  The holocaust is consistently used to totally skew all discussions of the abuse of Palestinians.

Friedrich Paul Berg

What bothered me most is that it was so little reported in the mainstream press, or even on the ‘liberal’ blogs.  Truly, Israel is a sacred cow, which isn’t good for them or for us.  People have naive ideas about the intrinsic goodness of Democracy, but the simple fact is that it can be choked to death by corruption.

Scott Ritter is correct,but as some have said the problem is much more complex than putting AIPAC out of business. Lets forget the us against them mentality. It is all about MONEY. The Crime Bosses are jockeying for the big prizes. The Dollar,control of oil, MIC, Federal Govt., and any other big monopolies. They are all partners in Crime,now so blatantly open thieves,a person can be shock and awe. Is this the big picture???