The Israel Factor infiltrates Democratic Presidential Candidate debate
http://www.muckrakerreport.com/id398.html
May 1, 2007 – It was clearly a set up question. There was nothing
random about it. It was a purposeful effort designed and executed by
Israel loyalists and protectionists that take their orders, whether they
realize it or not, from a complex web of manipulators now correctly
identified as the Israel Lobby.
Barack Obama should have expected it. After all, the Chicago Sun Times
reported recently that “Obama’s camp is well-aware”[1] of the ongoing
Israeli survey called The Israel Factor: Ranking the presidential
candidates, and the low marks Obama is getting from the Zionist panelists.
The Israel Factor: Ranking the presidential candidates is a special
project published by Haaretz, a leading Israeli daily newspaper. It
appears in the section of the newspaper called Rosner’s Domain. Shmuel
Rosner is Haaretz’s chief U.S. correspondent, and is based in Washington
DC.[2]
Obama’s March ranking in the Israel Factor was 3.88. The scale is 1 to
10: 1 being ‘Worst for Israel’ and 10 being ‘Best for Israel’.
In April, Obama’s ranking jumped to 5.13[3], which placed him ahead of
only Republican candidates, Mike Huckabee and Chuck Hagel. Senator
Hagel is currently ranked last with a score of 3.75 because he believes
that resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is central to Middle
East peace. According to the Israel Factor scale, this position makes
Hagel the current ‘worst’ presidential candidate for Israel. But what
if it makes Hagel the best candidate for the United States? Think about it.
It is not a question of whether the Israel Lobby exists in the United
States and influences U.S. foreign policy towards the Middle East. Its
existence is incontrovertibly evident. The only question that remains
unanswered is how to accurately quantify the threat that the Israel
Lobby poses to the sovereignty of the United States and the scant
remaining liberties and freedoms of the American people. The fact that
there is an Israel Factor to consider regarding U.S. presidential
candidates and our nation’s presidential elections is all the evidence
needed to conclude that the Israel Lobby has crossed well beyond the
constitutional threshold of free speech, and has clearly encroached into
the realm of espionage.
The impact and overreaching ability of the Israel Lobby to infiltrate
and influence U.S. politics was made more evident recently by a
particular question asked only to Barack Obama during the April 26, 2007
Democratic Presidential Candidate Debate held at South Carolina State
University in Orangeburg, South Carolina. This was an Israel Lobby
loyalty test and Barack Obama failed it.
The moment I heard the question, I knew it was a set up. As soon as I
heard NBC anchor and debate monitor Brian Williams ask it, I said out
loud, “You had better say Israel or you’re done Obama!
Here’s the transcript.
Brian Williams: We have to do a little bit of housekeeping here, and
that is this. Our NBC stations across the state of South Carolina have
been carrying this live on over-the-air and cable television. We’re
going to say goodbye to them. We will continue on MSNBC, on cable and
the Internet with our conversation.
This brings us into the final half-hour of tonight’s conversation, and
we’re going to shift categories now to what we are calling non-Iraq
foreign policy.
Senator Obama, what are America’s three most important allies around the
world?
Senator Obama: Well, I think the European Union as a whole has been a
long-standing ally of ours. And through NATO, we’ve been able to make
some significant progress. Afghanistan, in particular, is an area where
we should be focusing. NATO has made real contributions there.
Unfortunately, because of the distraction of Iraq, we have not finished
the job in terms of making certain that we are driving back the Taliban,
stabilizing the Karzai government, capturing bin Laden and making sure
that we’ve rooted out terrorism in that region. We also have to look
east, because increasingly the center of gravity in this world is
shifting to Asia. Japan has been an outstanding ally of ours for many
years, but obviously China is rising, and it’s not going away. They’re
neither our enemy nor our friend. They’re competitors. But we have to
make sure that we have military-to-military contact and forge enough of
a relationship with them that we can stabilize the region. That’s
something I’d like to do as president.
Brian Williams: Senator, thanks. I’ll give up a follow-up. I didn’t
hear you mention Israel, and I ask because there is a quote attributed
to your name. You said recently, “No one is suffering more than the
Palestinian people.” Do you stand by that remark?
Senator Obama: Well, keep in mind what the remark, actually, if you have
the whole thing, said. What I said is, nobody has suffered more than
the Palestinian people from the failure of the Palestinian leadership to
recognize Israel, to renounce violence and to get serious about
negotiated peace and security for the region. Israel has been one of
our most important allies around the world. It’s the only established
democracy in the Middle East. But the United States has to get engaged
in this region, and that’s something that this president has not done.
That’s something that I intend to do.
Brian Williams: Time is up, Senator.
Please consider the follow-up question by Brian Williams. It was
written on a cue card. It was prepared in advance. It was scripted.
Obviously it was anticipated that Obama would most likely not mention
Israel as one of America’s top three allies – why would he? The fact is
that Israel is not and has never been one of America’s top three allies.
I didn’t hear you mention Israel, and I ask because there is a quote
attributed to your name. You said recently, “No one is suffering more
than the Palestinian people.” Do you stand by that remark?
And why did MSNBC find it necessary to weave an unrelated, yet factually
accurate quote by Obama regarding the current suffering of the
Palestinian people into its attempt to measure Obama’s loyalty to the
Zionist state? What or who could have prompted the producers and
editors at MSNBC to troll in such murky water? Clearly, the Palestinian
people are suffering. So why wouldn’t Obama stand behind that statement?
I didn’t hear you mention Israel.
And I ask because there is a quote attributed to your name.
You said recently…
“No one is suffering more than the Palestinian people.”
Do you stand by that remark?
The original question was Senator Obama, what are America’s three most
important allies around the world?
In short, Barack Obama answered, the European Union, NATO, and Japan /
the greater Far East. These would not have been my answers, but they
are good answers all the same.
I didn’t hear you mention Israel.
So what Brian Williams! So what! I didn’t hear you or any of your
producers identify the name[s], title[s], location[s], and contact
information of the person[s] that suggested, approved, and inserted this
treasonous question, on behalf of a foreign nation, into a national
presidential candidate debate.
Best for Israel, Worst for Israel - the crisis in America has reached
critical mass. Best for Israel or worst for Israel should have no
bearing whatsoever regarding who is elected President of the United
States. Best for the United States, Worst for the United States is all
that should be considered.
Know your enemy, and remember the words of Thomas Jefferson.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood
of patriots and tyrants. It is it’s natural manure.
It’s well past time for some refreshing in this lost Constitutional
Republic.
If the Israel Lobby and its media operatives are allowed to continue to
infiltrate and frame our political debates and sabotage viable
candidates that they deem not the best for Israel, then they have the
power to control and censor the political messages heard in the United
States. Consequently, the American people will continue to have a
tainted and corrupted opinion of their political candidates, and
unbeknownst to the casual voter, will cast votes in favor of
pre-approved candidates rather than the best candidate for the United
States of America
This is the climatic prelude to tyranny. It is unlikely that it can be
stopped peacefully. Only the blood of patriots and tyrants will break
the stranglehold that grips our nation.
Make no mistake about it – this was a set up prompted by elements and /
or operatives of the Israel Lobby. It’s a classic example of how it
operates. There was nothing benign about it. You are now a witness.
[1] Chicago Sun Times, Obama to offer pro-Israel views at Chicago
gathering, Lynn Sweet, March 1, 2007,
http://www.suntimes.com/news/sweet/278222,CST-EDT-sweet01.article,
[Accessed April 30, 2007]
[2] Haaretz.com, Rosner’s Blog, Shmuel Rosner, August 28, 2005,
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/rosnerBlog.jhtml?itemNo=618587&listSrc=Y&onlyOne=Y,
[Accessed April 30, 2007]
[3] Haaretz.com, Rosner’s Domain: A special project, The Israel Factor:
Ranking the presidential candidates, April 27, 2007,
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/rosnerPage.jhtml, [Accessed April 27,
2007]
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