Posted on 05/26/2008 9:18:45 PM PDT by camerakid400
A foreign policy expert consulted by presidential hopeful Barack Obama has accused members of the American Jewish establishment of "McCarthyism" in its attitude towards critics of Israel.
Former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski says that the pro-Israel lobby in the US is too powerful, while the slur of anti-Semitism is too readily used whenever its power is called into question.
Presenting a solution for the Middle East, he listed historical compromises that had to be made by Israelis and Palestinians but accused the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) -- the largest and most influential lobby group -- of obstructing peace efforts.
Intimidated
He said: "AIPAC has consistently opposed a two-state solution and a lot of members of Congress have been intimidated and I don't think that's healthy."
He added that other country-specific lobbies, such as the Cuban-Americans, the Armenians and the Irish, had also exerted undue influence in Washington.
(Excerpt) Read more at independent.ie ...
Hey, McCarthy was proven 100% correct by the Soviet archives. My guess is that Obama’s critics will enjoy the same when all is revealed.
I wonder if he can wrap his mind around the fact that Israel's defenders are mostly evangelical christians?
Former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski says that the pro-Israel lobby in the US is too powerful, while the slur of anti-Semitism is too readily used whenever its power is called into question.
Wow, I wonder why that is?
Could it be that most of the pro-PLO pro-Hamas pro-muslim pro-Black Muslim nutcases (including his ex-boss Carter) are anti-semites? Who see the defense of Israel as some kind of jewish conspiracy?
From the article:
Ed Koch Still Pulls No Punches: New Book Includes Surprising Revelation About James Baker -
In the meantime, Baker is not the only Koch nemesis who could end up in a position to influence U.S. policy toward Israel. Also in the running, it appears, is Zbigniew Brzezinski, who served as President Jimmy Carter’s national security adviser. Years before Baker’s hostile remark about American Jews, Brzezinski, then an adviser to candidate Carter, was reported (by Marvin Kalb) to have said to an Israeli official, “How will you like the idea of working with a new president who owes nothing to the Jews?”
In March 1980, Koch caused a major controversy when he criticized Brzezinski and three other top Carter Mideast advisers as a “Gang of Four” who were trying to turn the U.S. against Israel. (The reference was to a group of Chinese leaders who had been pushed out of power by their rivals.)
During his years in the Carter administration, Brzezinski did indeed push for a tilt against Israel, as he acknowledged later in his memoirs of that period. More recently, he and several colleagues issued a statement urging the U.S. and its allies to engage in “a genuine dialogue” with Hamas. Brzezinski has endorsed Senator Barack Obama for president and reportedly is part of Obama’s circle of foreign policy advisers.
Anti Israel - Obama BS ping
Former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski says that the pro-Israel lobby in the US is too powerful, while the slur of anti-Semitism is too readily used whenever its power is called into question.........
(the sad part sofa, there is no major outrage)
“He added that other country-specific lobbies, such as the Cuban-Americans, the Armenians and the Irish, had also exerted undue influence in Washington.”
Did he mention the Wahabi Lobby too? “Prince” Bandar bragged openly about buying Washington politicians and diplomats for Fraudi Arabia. Speaking of which, I wonder who has been paying Zbig’s tab lo these many years.
Great pics! and so true.
Maybe it has more to do with your campaign trying to cut deals with Hamas and Ahmadinejad.
The left always throws around racism, bigotry, or sexism to political opponents without merit to stifle debate.
James Baker was a Democrat for the majority of his life.
Guess he really never left it.
Obama is the gift that keeps on giving.
Jimmy Carter’s middle east foreign policy was so successful that Obama wants to re-assemble the team..
Quite true...
The enemy within are clearly revealed — and they are many.
This Republic will require a VIOLENT rejection and consequence for the many who have betrayed her.
The antisemitic, anti-American babbling partner-in-crime of Jimmah Carter, who brought us the Ayatollah. Puke.
I read the article and found it interesting, but couldn’t find when and where Brzezinski made his “McCarthyite” remark. Is this something new? If so, it’s obviously very newsworthy.
Boy, the Obama-Jews honeymoon sure didn’t last long.
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