Politico:American Jewish Leader: ElBaradei a 'Stooge for Iran'

Politico ^ | January 31, 2011 | Ben Stein

[lbryce]

Israeli leaders and many of their American allies don't much like where this is going, as peace with Egypt is central to Israel's security.

Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice president of the Council of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, speaks for a lot of Netanyahu's American friends in this interview, I think.

"There is a myth being created that ElBaradei is a human rights activist," Hoenlein told the Orthodox Jewish site Yeshiva World News. "He is a stooge of Iran, and i don't use the term lightly. When he was the head of the International Atomic Energy Agnecy, for which he got a Nobel Peace Prize, he fronted for them, he distorted the reports."

(ElBaradei has been a skeptic of the view -- widely held in the West -- that Iran wants a nuclear weapon.)

THIS IS THE LINK:Click Here to Listen to the Interview

[lbryce]

I don't know what to believe. But if ElBaradei is indeed a stooge of Iran, it boggles the mind to realize how more than thirty years later the very catastrophe that was the presidency of Jimmy Carter, the loss of the Shah, the ascendancy of the Islamic movement borne out of the Iranian Revolution, tragic repercussions of which ominously still reverberate to this day with ElBsredei as Iranian stooge, is a disaster of historic proportions, the price of which we will continue to pay for a long time to come.

[screaminsunshine]

So is Obama.

[lbryce]

Goes without saying.

[Obadiah]

In an interview published on July 12, 2010 in the German magazine Der Spiegel, ElBaradei said "I do not believe that the Iranians are actually producing nuclear weapons. ...in general, the danger of a nuclear-armed Iran is overestimated, some even play it up intentionally.

Yeah, now square that with what Ahmadenajad has said about wiping Israel off the map.

In an interview with French newspaper Le Monde, ElBaradei said "I want to get people away from the idea that Iran will be a threat from tomorrow, and that we are faced right now with the issue of whether Iran should be bombed or allowed to have the bomb.

Yeah, a nuclear Iran is nooo threat to anyone.

I think this guy, especially combined with the Muslim Brotherhood, is very dangerous. I would not be at all surprised to learn that Iran is financing much of Egypt's current unrest.

[nuconvert]

The author is not Ben Stein. It’s Ben Smith

[Navy Patriot]

Typo I think, Ben Smith, not Ben Stein.

Don't think Stein would write for Polutico

[lbryce]

Yes. Thank You. For some reason my brain's default Ben is Stein.

[lbryce]

Thank you. Kindly see post #7.

[vetvetdoug]

ELBaridei is Egypt's Amanutjob.

[Navy Patriot]

Ben Stein is way cool!

[jjotto]

the executive vice president of the Council of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations

I've known the guy for years and his title still cracks me up. Is there a Council of Presidents of Minor Jewish Organizations?

[SunkenCiv]

Okay, so, how do we win Ben Smith’s money? ;’) Thanks lbryce.

[lbryce]

No. But there is the GGGIRS (Greater Galactic Group of Interstellar Rabbinical Students)