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To: Hal1950
Great article by Pat.

I think we need someone looking out for the USA and who is skeptical of Israel.

George Washington stated it best:

As avenues to foreign influence in innumerable ways, such attachments are particularly alarming to the truly enlightened and independent patriot. How many opportunities do they afford to tamper with domestic factions, to practice the arts of seduction, to mislead public opinion, to influence or awe the public councils 7 Such an attachment of a small or weak towards a great and powerful nation dooms the former to be the satellite of the latter.

Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government. But that jealousy to be useful must be impartial; else it becomes the instrument of the very influence to be avoided, instead of a defense against it. Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil and even second the arts of influence on the other. Real patriots who may resist the intrigues of the favorite are liable to become suspected and odious, while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people, to surrender their interests.

272 posted on 01/16/2006 4:21:22 PM PST by rcocean (Copyright is theft and loved by Hollywood socialists)
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To: rcocean
Perhaps you missed a sentence.
Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil and even second the arts of influence on the other.
Hatred of Israel is no more patriotic than blind support for Israel.
289 posted on 01/16/2006 5:48:36 PM PST by rmlew (Sedition and Treason are both crimes, not free speech.)
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