1. There IS a massively powerful and influential 'Jewish lobby' in the USA - which acts as an unofficial front group for the policies of the Israeli Government itself.
This is simple fact. I refer people to an excellent documentary (which examines the power and influence of AIPAC on Media coverage, issues regarding Israel, and lobbying for dollars)
"Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land"
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6604775898578139565
Ah, finally someone mentioned AIPAC. Glad to see at least someone else here is aware of some of the undertows of US politics.
Of course, imagine there was a ACPAC (American Chinese Public Action Comittee), and All US presidential nominees made a habit of giving speeches to the comittee, and they promised to the people there that China would have sovereignty over Honk Kong, and that the US fully supports China in that endevour.
People would say that ACPAC had a lot of political clout, but that wouldn't be a conspiracy theory.
And then there's this gem in AIPAC's history :
In 1992, AIPAC president David Steiner was forced to resign after he was recorded boasting about his political influence in obtaining aid for Israel. Steiner also claimed to be "negotiating" with the incoming Clinton administration over who Clinton would appoint as Secretary of State and Director of the National Security Agency. [19]
Suspicious? Nhaaaaaa.
If any particular politician pisses AIPAC off, they can expect to be the target of a smear campaign. Usually this is more than enough to cost any particular congressman the election. AIPAC also funds pro-israeli candidates helping them to win seats. It doesn't mean that there's some conspiracy to control the world, but it does mean that zionists are
extremely influentual in US politics.
A further example :
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/02/1327325.aspx
"We had a good productive discussion on the importance of the U.S.-Israel relationship, and we were pleased that Gov. Palin expressed her deep, personal, and lifelong commitment to the safety and well-being of Israel,"
That was practically the first people she spoke to since her role as VP candidate was anounced. And how many other US politicians have stated that they have a "deep", "personal", "lifelong" commitment to Israel? It's not a few, that's for sure.
And then let's not forget the common claims that Israel and America's interests are supposedly "identical", even though they actually aren't. There's many Jewish politicians who proudly claim that their primary loyalty is towards Israel. Somehow this manages to pass without comment.
Just imagine if there were a large number of muslim US politicians claiming that their primary loyalty was to Saudi Arabia. What would happen?
And let's not forget the most recent gaffe :
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0113/breaking13.htm
Israel's prime minister claimed yesterday that US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was embarrassed by orders to abstain from voting last week on a UN truce resolution for Gaza that she helped arrange.
Israel had argued that the Security Council measure calling for a halt to the Gaza fighting - which passed Thursday in a 14-0 vote with the US abstaining - was unworkable because it did not guarantee Israel's security.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he called President George W. Bush to seek an abstention from the US, a key Israeli ally at the United Nations.
"I said: 'Get me President Bush on the phone,'" Olmert said in a speech in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon. "They said he was in the middle of giving a speech in Philadelphia. I said I didn't care: 'I need to talk to him now.' He got off the podium and spoke to me."
Coincedence?
How many other such cases of bragging is it going to take before people realise just how influentual zionists are in US politics?
As a final note, Israeli society is quite happy to openly debate the influence of Zionists on US politics. To most Israelis, such influence is a reasonable prospect. It's more a question of
how much, not
if.
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