Allies don't let our soldiers die
Did Israel deliberately allow 241 American Marines to die ?
by Joseph Sobran
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Yes, says Victor Ostrovsky, a former Israeli secret agent. In a new
book, By Way of Deception: A Devastating Insider's Portrait of the
Mossad, Mr. Ostrovsky says the Israelis had advance notice of the
suicide attack that killed 241 Marines in Beirut in October 1983 but
withheld the information from the United States in the hope that the
attack would poison American Arab relations.
The Israeli government is desperately trying to block publication of
the book, which also says the Israelis are "actively spying,
recruiting, organizing and carrying out covert activities mainly in
New York and Washington, which they refer to as their playground."
Although it can hardly succeed and will probably backfire, the
censorship attempt enjoyed initial success in both the U.S. and
Canada. Obliging courts in both countries have ordered that the book
be at least temporarily suppressed When it comes to Israel, freedom of
speech and of the press is considerably less than total, even in
America.
Mr. Ostrovsky says Israeli agents heard he had written the book and
tried to bribe and threaten him to dissuade him from going into print.
He is now in hiding.
More than 17,000 copies of By Way of Deception are in print, and
many reviewers have already received copies. If the book divulges
sensitive information, as the Israelis' lawyers say, it's too late to
stop other governments from getting it. The only purpose of the
censorship is to stop Americans from reading Mr. Ostrovsky's account
of how Israel allowed U.S. Marines to be slaughtered
Books are rarely suppressed in America (at least not by direct
government intervention), and by the time you read this, By Way of
Deception will almost certainly be unshackled. Then the Israelis will
have to either discredit the author or argue, as they did in the case
of the spy Jonathan Pollard, that the decision to let the Marines be
killed was a "rogue" action.
Mr. Ostrovsky's allegations should be shocking. Letting the troops
of a benefactor nation be blown up in their own compound is hardly the
act of a "reliable ally," as Israel is said to be.
But you have to wonder whether anyone will really be shocked. The
act would be consistent with a long pattern of reprehensible Israeli
behavior toward the U.S. Some of it has been widely publicized; no
doubt the largest part of it has never been discovered.
If anyone ought to be stunned, it's the many pundits who echo
Israeli propaganda to the effect that Israel is America's only
valuable and trustworthy ally in the Middle East. If they mean what
they say, they should be publicly changing their minds, or at least
demanding a thorough investigation into Israeli conduct toward this
country.
Congress ought to be shocked, too, to the extent that its all-out
support for Israel has been sincere rather than venal and cowardly.
But how many of our elected representatives will dare, or care, to ask
tough questions about whether our ties to Israel have done serious
damage to this country's interests?
Such questions are not only long overdue, they are especially urgent
right now, when the United States may be on the verge of a full-scale
war in the Middle East, and the Israel lobby is eager to see America
launch hostilities against Israel's chief enemy, Iraq.
The path of least resistance is to say nothing, to go on pretending
that the interests of the U.S. and of Israel are virtually identical,
to keep repeating that Israel is our "reliable ally" and "strategic
asset." Any politician or journalist who says otherwise, even for the
good of America, does so at risk to his career. That's why there is so
little open debate on these matters. Even our press isn't fully free.
And now the Israeli government has mounted a direct attack on press
freedom in America itself. It will be instructive to see whether the
press corps goes on acting un shocked.
Joseph Sobran is a nationally syndicated columnist who now maintains a
Website at http://www.sobran.com.
"life is like a mushroom, they feed you ***** and keep you in the dark"
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24 Oct 2003 08:57:24 AM |
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Allies don't let our soldiers die
Did Israel deliberately allow 241 American Marines to die ?
by Joseph Sobran
If anyone ought to be stunned, it's the many pundits who echo
Israeli propaganda to the effect that Israel is America's only
valuable and trustworthy ally in the Middle East. If they mean what
they say, they should be publicly changing their minds, or at least
demanding a thorough investigation into Israeli conduct toward this
country.
The hairballs, pantyboys and dimwankers of APN should take heed!!!
WH
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24 Oct 2003 02:33:51 PM |
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wrote:
Allies don't let our soldiers die
Did Israel deliberately allow 241 American Marines to die ?
by Joseph Sobran
Even our press isn't fully free.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!
And now the Israeli government has mounted a direct attack on press
freedom in America itself. It will be instructive to see whether the
press corps goes on acting un shocked.
Don't hold yer breath. The Jews are in complete control of the Press.
They are doing to y'all what they did to Russia.
Grantland
Joseph Sobran is a nationally syndicated columnist who now maintains a
Website at http://www.sobran.com.
"life is like a mushroom, they feed you ***** and keep you in the dark"
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