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Nov. 9, 2006 The Council for the National Interest (CNI), founded by former US Representative Paul Findley of Illinois, recently placed a full-page advertisement in the New York Times entitled, “Who Is Holding Peace Hostage?” In the lower right-hand corner of the ad, there’s an inset with the sub-headline, “A Congress In Thrall To The Israel Lobby.” CNI is the same organization that commissioned Zogby International to survey the general American public on Israeli influence in instigating the Iraqi debacle and in precipitating the present confrontation with Iran. This survey found that 39% of Americans believed that Israel was indeed a key factor while 40% disagreed. And this survey is discussed in the advertisement. Also mentioned is the essay written by Mearsheimer and Walt entitled “The Israel Lobby”. Paul Findley has been active for years in trying to mount an offensive against the Israel Lobby. It is his contention that his desire for fairness towards the Palestinians cost him his seat in Congress in 1982, through the agency of Jewish power brokers in the US. A few years ago, I read his book, “They Dare to Speak Out: People and Institutions Confront Israel's Lobby”, in which he describes the political machinery whereby the Lobby removes Congressmen not to their liking, including also Paul McCloskey, Adlai Stevenson III, Charles Percy and William Fulbright. He also outlines the techniques—almost incredible—whereby operatives of the Zionist faction infiltrate campuses in order to intimidate and still free speech on Middle Eastern subjects. Findley maintains, quite correctly, that had it not been for America’s obtrusion into the Middle East on behalf of Israel, the Twin Towers would still be standing today. Here is the URL for CNI’s homepage, which has a link enabling the visitor to see the advertisement as a portable document file on Adobe Reader: http://www.cnionline.org/ The New York Times has itself been owned and operated by Jews, namely the Sulzbergers and the Ochses, since 1895, and was generally an advocate of the invasion of Iraq. Remember Judith Miller’s dissemination of Ahmad Chalabi’s propaganda? Those facts in themselves would qualify the NYT to be considered a part of the Israel Lobby. So the question of just why the NYT accepted the advertisement for publication is a little imponderable. They probably reason that a single ad is not going to achieve much politically, so they may as well rake in the coins at least. But it’s a welcome sign that more and more attention is being directed towards the Lobby. In a separate development, Alan Dershowitz, probably one of the most vehement and obnoxious point men for the Lobby, has been badgering Farrar, Straus and Giroux, the publisher that has agreed to publish Mearsheimer and Walt’s “The Israel Lobby”, trying to get them to renege on their promise. Disparaging the two scholars almost scurrilously and enumerating their supposed errors, Dershowitz suggests that FSG will make themselves liable to the same sort of opprobrium that he feels is being justly visited upon Mearsheimer and Walt. I wish someone would just shut Dershowitz up one day! These two men, Mearsheimer and Walt, are trying to perform a worthwhile service to the citizenry of the US, trying to get them to appreciate that the real impetus for the wars and confrontations is and has been Israel. ------------ About the author Thomas Keyes: I have written two books: A SOJOURN IN ASIA (non-fiction) and A TALE OF UNG (fiction), neither published so far. I have studied languages for years and traveled extensively on five continents. Email: udikeyes@yahoo.com Comment on this article here! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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