Posted on 03/26/2008 4:20:20 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
General Merrill "Tony" McPeak, Senator Barack Obama's military advisor and co-chair of his presidential campaign is a longtime anti-Israeli critic who has slammed Israel harshly during his career, according to an inquiry by conservative American media outlets.
McPeak, who served as the chief of staff o the US Air Force before retiring in 1994, made headlines over the past week after accusing former President Bill Clinton of McCarthyism. Yet as it turns out, over the years he has criticized Israel for failing to withdraw to the 1967 borders and charged American Jews were preventing American pressure that would lead to a Mideast peace agreement.
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The examination of McPeak's career, undertaken by conservative magazine American Spectator among others, revealed that the general adopted a harsh anti-Israeli line in interviews he submitted to and articles he published. According to the magazine, beyond his affinity for alcohol, which saw him detained for drunk driving a year ago, McPeak also appears to take great pleasure in slamming Israel and pro-Israel Jews.
'Large vote in favor of Israel' In an interview with The Oregonion about five years ago, McPeak argued that the influence exerted by American Jews is responsible for the lack of progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. According to the general the problem was New York and Miami.
"We have a large vote here in favor of Israel. And no politician wants to run against it," he said.
In the same interview, McPeak spoke of his personal experience with Israel.
"I've spent a lot of time in Israel, worked at one time very closely with the Israeli Air Force as a junior officer," he said, "but that's maybe the more cosmopolitan, liberal version of the Israeli population."
McPeak also charged that Jews and Christian Zionists manipulated American foreign policy in Iraq.
The fact that this general is a close advisor to Barak Obama reflects more on the candidate than the advisor.
Not surprising at all to find him working hand in claw with the Democrats now that it's become so terribly fashionable on the left to hate Jews.
Obama could show his good faith in the matter by dragging this bad boy on a chain behind his family SUV.
Liberal Jews would be well advised to pay attention to this. In fact, “everyone” better pay attention to this before, IMO, Osama Hussein Obama accelerates our trip down the road to WWIII.
Hmmm! Obama associates and mentors turn out to be Marxists, anti-Semites, Black racists, and crooks like Rezco. His inclusive rhetoric does not match his list of bedfellows. If this guy isn’t a Manchurian candidate, there isn’t a hog in Arkansas.
I know this is hersey but I am begining to think that creating the Jewish state was a HUGE mistake.
I am just sick of the whole Jewish Arab thing.
John
The cause of the Jewish-Arab thing is Arabs claiming land that they have no historic claim to.
They were living there. We underestimated, better yet, just plain didn’t care at the time the extent of the ill will it would create.
If Jews supported Republicans I could handle it a little better but why put the US in constant threat of War for a bunch of Democrats?
John
We didn't really make the decision.
There has never been an independent Arab state of Palestine. There were Arabs living there, but it was always under the rule of a foreign power.
Jews support Democrats because of their stands on other issues. But that could change this year.
I guess we are lucky that Turkey doesn’t want the entire middle east back since they had to give it up after WW1 for siding with the Germans.
John
That would necessarily include Greece with the Greeks having no legitimate claim to Greece.
What's been going on is that the Ottoman's picked the wrong ally in WWI, Germany, and then Germany lost, more or less, and reparations were exacted from the Ottomans and the Germans.
The Ottomans had been one of America's oldest allies and peaceful trading partners, then they got struck by total stupidness.
"McPeak also charged that Jews and Christian Zionists manipulated American foreign policy in Iraq."<
Sounds like a Jimmy Carter fan.
Turkey wants it back ~ it’s full of oil ~ but they don’t want the people who live there coming with the place.
I was dredging the DUmp for any scuttlebutt on Deval Patrick and found this:
Impending war? Is Israel getting ready?
I heard from my cousins in Poriya Illit, and they have been issued gas masks and have been told to stock their bomb shelter with enough food and water for many weeks.
I've looked through the threads here, and although I'm finding the usual hit and miss fighting, I see nothing pointing to all out war!
Anyone have other news to share? http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=124x206531
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