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Bradley in DC
09-19-2007, 06:23 AM
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/hoyer-blasts-rep.-moran-on-aipac-remark-2007-09-19.html

Mordechai Vanunu
09-19-2007, 08:27 AM
Not much of a debate. Moran is stating the obvious, and everyone else is jumping on the "anti-semitism" boat, for the most part.

Corydoras
09-19-2007, 02:44 PM
What is so dismaying about this criticism of Moran is that Tikkun Magazine, to which he was speaking, is impeccably Jewish in its values, and it's not a fringe publication at all, it's part of the mainstream Jewish American press. But look at their current cover about "the Israel lobby." Clearly, AIPAC does not speak for all of American Judaism.

http://tikkun.org/

Hook
09-19-2007, 05:50 PM
Yeah, APIAC would have a lot more respect if they would worry about Jews in this country as much as Israel.

hard@work
09-19-2007, 06:24 PM
I thought this was a good expose on AIPAC and their activities:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N294FMDok98

It covers the opinions of Colin Powell's staff, an ex-Congressman forced out of office by the Israeli lobby, and a few other prominent people in the political field. I was pretty shocked to hear what I heard, even though I am already aware of AIPAC spying and all that jazz. I definitely agree this is against Israel's long term security interests. What is great about that video is it actually documents the activity they participate in. So you get a really good idea of what our elected leaders are dealing with and why they behave the way they do when anyone tries to discuss either the lobby or the government. It has nothing to do with race, especially if the views shared by the lobby do not match those shared by the citizens of the United States of the same heritage.

michaelwise
09-19-2007, 06:31 PM
"In an interview published in the September-October issue of Tikkun magazine, Moran said the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) “has pushed this war [in Iraq] from the beginning … They are so well organized, and their members are extraordinarily powerful — most of them are quite wealthy — they have been able to exert power.”"

This quote does not sound anti-semitic to me. Someone needs to let Jewish people know, that they are going to be treated just like everyone else. Hitler is dead, and WW2 happened over 60 years ago. Let's end this racist bullshit talk already.