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Sept. 20, 2006 I’ve noticed that in a number of articles and rebuttals, several other contributors have libeled me as an “anti-Semite” or a “bigot.” But this is absolutely preposterous. I basically have nothing against Jews as people. I can’t even think of a reason why I should or might. Until 1982, when I was still leading a conventional, middle-class existence, I knew a few Jews. My first wife and her friends and relatives were Jewish. I worked for and with Jews. I didn’t have any problems with Jews that I wouldn’t have had if they hadn’t been Jews. Since 1982, as I’ve wandered around the planet, I’ve met very few Jews. Since the 1970’s I’ve been aware of a mildly annoying pro-Israel, anti-Palestine bias that is commonplace in the US , but I didn’t take it very seriously. I merely shrugged it off as misguided gallantry on the part of Americans. It wasn’t till the late 1990’s that I began to realize that Jews were actually manipulating the media and the government. So from about that time, I’ve spend thousands of hours online researching the topic. And I find that my suspicions are well-founded, so well-founded that I’m disinclined to let them be classified as mere opinions. As for Tom Pain’s latest remarks, let me begin by saying that I searched for the place in his articles and rebuttals where I thought he had said that I was unduly influenced by “pseudo-intellectuals”, and I cannot find it. I feel sure I saw it, but let me retract my statement anyway. And also let me retract my retort that he is the “quintessential pseudo-intellectual”. At any rate, these epithets are of no great consequence. If he didn’t say that, he did say other things. And I’ll just skip the part about whether Duke, Nader and the others are popular or not. What I was really getting at was the vitriolic abuse that is directed at them in the media and online. So, the real crux of Pain’s argument with me is that I (1) call the invasion of Iraq fraudulent, (2) state that the US government and politicians are subservient to Israel , (3) claim that Jews pursue expansion in the Middle East, and (4) that Jews stole Palestine from Arabs. As for (1), I think my latest article, “Brookswatch, Part 4: Dr. Mick and George W. Bush’s Lies,” provides a factual basis to consider the war fraudulent. There can be little or no doubt that Bush was fully aware of the fact that the information on which he based his plans was false. His subsequent attempts to make it look as if the WMD had been found or that there was strong evidence that they had really existed at one time or another only confirm the fraudulency of his rationale. I am not willing to admit that this is a mere opinion. As for (2), I could turn up endless articles attesting the undue influence of AIPAC and other pro-Israel organs on the White House and Congress. In fact that’s what I have been doing since about January of 2003. The foremost authority I could cite would be the late Senator William Fulbright who said unequivocally that Israel controls the US Senate when it comes to Middle East policy. There is a chapter in his book, “The Price of Empire,” devoted to that subject. Here, though, instead, just let me instance a single article from CBS which is telling: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/20/politics/main1820193.shtml In this article, it will be seen that while only 57% of the general public of the US sympathized with Israel in its recent conflict with Lebanon , fully 98% of the House of Representatives voted for a bill supporting Israel . Why should Congress so ardently support Israel when its constituency is only lukewarm? It’s the stranglehold that Jews have on the media, as Billy Graham called it in an unguarded moment. The article also includes an AIPAC disclaimer. The AIPAC spokeswoman is trying to deny that AIPAC engineered the landslide. It’s patently false that Congress is just obeying the public’s preference. Zbigniew Brzezinski said that not only did AIPAC guide the bill through Congress; they also literally wrote the bill. Please try to understand the kernel of meaning behind the article without demanding that I spend hours and days trotting out many, many other such articles. Believe me, they’re out there in virtual space. As for (3) and (4), it’s a truism that at least Orthodox Jews believe in the literal truth of the book of Genesis, especially Genesis 15:18, “I give unto them the land where they have sown their seed, from the river of Egypt unto the great river of Euphrates.” The great river of Euphrates , of course, bisects modern Iraq , and this means that Orthodox Jews aspire to hegemony in Iraq . Modern secular Jews don’t make such pronouncements, but I wouldn’t rule out the possibility that they also are thinking along those lines. It would be impolitic for them to broadcast it at present, but who knows what might transpire further down the line? So it’s no mere conspiracy theory that some, if not all Israelis, want Iraq . Here is the most famous and articulate article on the subject, which contains a map of the Grand Israel : http://www.mediamonitors.net/johnhenshaw1.html Lest I be faulted for referencing an Arab-influenced website, let me also cite Wikipedia’s article on the subject, which has the ‘mandatory’ Israeli disclaimer, as well as another map. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Israel Even if one accepts the 1947 boundaries as established by the UN in its original partition of Israel and Palestine —and neither I nor most Muslims accept them—it still is obvious that Israel has already been pursuing a program of expansionism. Compare the 1947 map with the 2006 map: http://www.mideastweb.org/unpartition.htm http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/israel_pol01.jpg Let it not be forgotten that Israel just agreed to discontinue construction in the West Bank. As recently as September 5, 2006, they started again, despite what the New York Times calls the “pro forma” criticism of the US . Translation: The US criticism is a merely theatrical production mounted to gull Arab opponents: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/05/world/middleeast/05mideast.html?ex=1315108800&en=fff5af0547dd540b&ei=5089&partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss So Israel has already been practising a policy of expansionism and intends to continue, regardless of what the US or anyone else has to say about it. By asking me to allow that these facts are merely my opinions, Pain is asking me to class the results of my studies in the same league with questions like, “Who is your favorite actress?” and, “What is your favorite color?” ------------ 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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