Does
Israel have too strong a hand
in our foreign policy, or do
its interests merely coincide
with ours? | The
Toledo Blade Toledo, Ohio, Tuesday, March 18,
2003 Editorials Whose
national interest? THE Democratic Party's
shunning of Virginia Congressman James
Moran because of remarks some wrongly
construe as anti-Semitic suggests a
greater fear of losing conservative
American Jewish money in 2004 than an
adherence to honest, intelligent,
political principles. David
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Blade which should be
disseminated near and far, and
which could form the basis for
many good letters to the editor
and talk show comments: The Toledo Blade is a
substantial US daily newspaper.
We spoke with its news department
to verify that the piece below
was an actual editorial, and not
an op-ed piece, and told the
reporter to give his
congratulations to the editors
and to say that they had made
newspaper history. Finally, he
said that if the nation's larger
papers had run editorials like
this one a few months ago, the
present war may have been
averted.
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| Mr. Moran, an 11-term congressman, was
critical of U.S. Jewish leaders who, he
felt, could alter war fervor. He said many
were swayed after talking with hawkish
former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu. If he misrepresents their
position, they can say so. House Minority
Leader Nancy Pelosi is out of line
to demand Mr. Moran's head.For half a century there has been a
wrongheaded effort to label anti-Semitic
any criticism of anyone or anything
Jewish, including Israel. Fear of the
hateful tag inhibits open discussion,
minimizes honest criticism, and blocks
informed decisions. .
MR MORAN isn't alone in linking White
House policy makers to Israeli interests.
He may be, sad for him, the first elected
official to be forthcoming. And he erred
in alluding to strong support for war in
the Jewish community, which is
diverse. Stanley Heller, American and
Jewish, has tried to keep his
co-religionists honest for 20-odd years.
In a Feb. 20 article at www.antiwar.com,
he cited "rabid neocons" - some of whom,
"like Richard Perle, Douglas Feith,
and David Wurmser, actually worked
for Israeli think tanks writing grand
papers for (Likud) Prime Minister
Netanyahu on how the U.S. and Israel
should take apart and reconstruct the
Middle East," and who now hold key roles
in shaping U.S. foreign policy Though Mr. Heller ascribes most war
zeal to oil, empire dreams, and weapons
testing, he says "We owe it to Americans
to tell them the whole truth, that part of
the war drive is being fueled by a wacko
militarist clique from Israel and its
interlocking bands of American Jewish and
Christian supporters." He's not alone. In the Feb. 23 (London)
Observer Ed Vulliamy, and in
the March 3 San Diego
Union-Tribune, James O.
Goldsborough, speak in the same vein
-- of America's first religious war and
proponents' visions of empire. Mr. Vulliamy takes on the empire theme.
In 1992, he says Paul Wolfowitz
wrote a blueprint for America's 21st
century foreign policy that seems a play
book for this administration. It talks of
using "nuclear, biological, and chemical
weaponry, pre-emptively 'even in conflicts
that do not directly engage U.S.
interests.'" Is this what Americans want? Does
Israel have too strong a hand in our
foreign policy, or do its interests merely
coincide with ours? Americans won't know
without open discussions, free of
political repercussions and stifling
accusations. -
Pat Buchanan charges: A
cabal seeks to ensnare our country in a
series of wars that are not in
America's interests
-
Outrage
as US Congressman Moran (Virginia) says
Jews are Pushing for
War
(Washington Post)
-
Moran
"plans to resign"
-
Rep.
Jim Moran ousted: asserted that US Jews
were pushing Iraq War
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