Re: [political-research] The Final Act of Submission (Scott Ritter on AIPAC)

[Sean McBride]

Bill Weinberg's attack on Scott Ritter -- check it out: 
http://www.ww4report.com/node/3610
 
.{^Bill Weinberg; Ritter Blames the Jews -- Again; World War IV Report; 
2007-04-15; article}
 

Bill Weinberg /c accused Scott Ritter of anti-Semitism /u 
http://www.ww4report.com/node/3610
Bill Weinberg /c Greg Palast cohort
Bill Weinberg /c Israel lobby apologist
Bill Weinberg /c Israeli gatekeeper on the left
Bill Weinberg /c Noam Chomsky cohort
Bill Weinberg /c used anti-Semitism charge
Bill Weinberg /c used expression: the Jews
Bill Weinberg /c World War IV Report editor

 
These militant ethnic cultists who are pretending to be left-wing progressives 
are really a hoot -- they are as shifty as the neocons.
 
(Scott Ritter has never tried to blame "the Jews" for anything; apparently in 
Weinberg's fevered brain AIPAC = "the Jews" -- an anti-Semitic formulation 
which Weinberg, not Ritter, is promoting.)


tim_howells_1000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:The Final Act of 
Submission 
by Scott Ritter
April 15, 2007
  ...
  We must demand not only that Congress reassert its constitutional 
responsibilities and authority by demanding the president obey the letter of 
the law when it comes to war, whether against Iran or any other nation, but 
also to place in check the anti-American activities of one of the most powerful 
lobbies in Washington, D.C., the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee.  
  For decades AIPAC has operated in the shadows of American foreign policy 
decision-making, exerting its influence on elected officials away from the 
public scrutiny of the very constituents who elected those officials to begin 
with.  It is impossible to hold someone accountable for actions that are kept 
secret, and as such AIPAC's ability to secretly influence American foreign and 
national security policies represents a flagrant insult and threat to the very 
essence of American democracy.  I am not advocating the dissolution of AIPAC.  
However, I am demanding that AIPAC be treated as any other representative of a 
foreign nation is treated. It should have to register as an agent of a foreign 
power so that the totality of its interactions with American officials can 
become a part of the public record.  We require this of all other nations, 
including our good friends the British.  
  To state that AIPAC, and by extension Israel, is above the law in this regard 
is to acknowledge the reality that American national sovereignty no longer 
matters when it comes to the state of Israel.  ... So if we are to continue to 
permit AIPAC to operate as an undeclared agent of a foreign nation, and to 
influence American foreign and national security policymaking at the expense of 
our Constitution, then we should acknowledge our true status as nothing more 
than a colony of Israel, pull down the Stars and Stripes and raise the Star of 
David over our nation's capitol.  While representing the final act of 
submission, it would also be the first truly honest act that occurred in 
Washington, D.C., in many years.
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[political-research] The Final Act of Submission (Scott Ritter on AIPAC)

[tim_howells_1000]

The Final Act of Submission

by Scott Ritter
April 15, 2007

...

We must demand not only that Congress reassert its constitutional
responsibilities and authority by demanding the president obey the
letter of the law when it comes to war, whether against Iran or any
other nation, but also to place in check the anti-American activities of
one of the most powerful lobbies in Washington, D.C., the
American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee.

For decades AIPAC has operated in the shadows of American foreign policy
decision-making, exerting its influence on elected officials away from
the public scrutiny of the very constituents who elected those officials
to begin with.  It is impossible to hold someone accountable for actions
that are kept secret, and as such AIPAC's ability to secretly
influence American foreign and national security policies represents a
flagrant insult and threat to the very essence of American democracy.  I
am not advocating the dissolution of AIPAC.  However, I am demanding
that AIPAC be treated as any other representative of a foreign nation is
treated. It should have to register as an agent of a foreign power so
that the totality of its interactions with American officials can become
a part of the public record.  We require this of all other nations,
including our good friends the British.

To state that AIPAC, and by extension Israel, is above the law in this
regard is to acknowledge the reality that American national sovereignty
no longer matters when it comes to the state of Israel.  ... So if we
are to continue to permit AIPAC to operate as an undeclared agent of a
foreign nation, and to influence American foreign and national security
policymaking at the expense of our Constitution, then we should
acknowledge our true status as nothing more than a colony of Israel,
pull down the Stars and Stripes and raise the Star of David over our
nation's capitol.  While representing the final act of submission,
it would also be the first truly honest act that occurred in Washington,
D.C., in many years.

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