--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], bob_brigante <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], MDixon6569@ wrote: > > > Who are all these Jewish neocons, besides wolfowitz? > > > > > > > ************** > > > > There are many Jewish intellectuals, most famously Noam Chomsky, > who > > are opposed to U.S. support for Israel, but it is clear that the > > Bush administration is heavily influenced by radical Zionists: > > > > "Richard Perle, chairman of Bush's quasi-official Defense Policy > > Board, co-authored a 1996 paper with Douglas J. Eeith for the > Likud > > Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Entitled "A Clean Break: A New > > Strategy for Securing the Realm," it advised Netanyahu to make "a > > clean break from the peace process." Feith now holds one of the > most > > important positions in the Pentagon-deputy-under-secretary of > > defense for policy. He argued in the National Interest in Fall > 1993 > > that the League of Nations mandate granted Jews irrevocable > > settlement rights in the West Bank. In 1997, in "A Strategy for > > Israel," Feith called on Israel to re-occupy "the areas under > > Palestinian Authority control" even though "the price in blood > would > > be high." On Oct. 13, 1997, Feith and his father were given awards > > by the right-wing Zionist Organization of America, which described > > the honorees as "the noted Jewish philanthropists and pro-Israel > > activists." > > The radical Zionist right to which Perle and Feith belong is small > > in number but it has become a significant force in Republican > > policymaking circles. It is a recent phenomenon, dating back to > the > > late 1970s and 1980s, when many formerly Democratic Jewish > > intellectuals joined the broad Reagan coalition. While many of > these > > hawks speak in public about global crusades for democracy, the > chief > > concern of many such "neo-conservatives" is the power and > reputation > > of Israel. William Kristol, editor of the right-wing Weekly > > Standard, explained the reason for the rhetoric about global > > democracy to the Jerusalem Post (July 27, 2000): "I've always > > thought it was best for Israel for the U.S. to be generally > engaged > > and generally strong, and then the commitment to Israel follows > from > > a general foreign policy." > > The liberalism and Democratic partisanship of most Jewish > Americans > > forces the Zionist right to find its popular constituency, not in > > the Jewish community itself, but in the Protestant evangelical > right > > of Pat Robertson and others many of whose members share the > > Christian Zionism of the early British patrons of Israel. In 1995, > > after I exposed the anti-Semitic sources of Pat Robertson's > theories > > about a two-century-old Judaeo-Masonic conspiracy in an essay in > The > > New York Review of Books, Norman Podhoretz, the editor of > > Commentary, denounced me rather than Robertson. Podhoretz conceded > > that Robertson's statements about Jewish conspiracies were anti- > > Semitic but argued that, in the light of Robertson's support for > > Israel, he should be excused according to the ancient rabbinical > > rule of batel b'shishim. > > > > http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Israel/Israel_Lobby_US.html > > > > It would be quite a sight to see Perle and his ilk handed guns and > pushed to the front lines of war- pissing their pants and blubbering > like babies. >
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