Assange:Forget Russia,The Real Threat to America comes from Israel and the Israel Lobby
From
his refuge in the Ecuador Embassy in London, WikiLeaks founder Julian
Assange addressed a press conference of his supporters in Berlin on
Tuesday, amid speculation that he planned to reveal potentially threats
to America.
But
early into his speech, Assange said that while more revelations were to
come, he would not be making any major announcements, asserting that
there would be no point in dropping making such revelations at a time
when most Americans would be sleeping.
"Russian
actions on its own doorstep in Eastern Europe do not in fact threaten
the United States or any actual vital interest. Nor does Moscow threaten
the U.S. through its intervention on behalf of the Syrian government in
the Middle East. That Russia is described incessantly as a threat in
those areas is largely a contrivance arranged by the media, the
Democratic and Republican National Committees and by the White House.
Candidate Donald Trump appeared to recognize that fact before he began
listening to Michael Flynn, who has a rather different view. Hopefully
the old Trump will prevail,there is, however, another country that has
interfered in U.S. elections, has endangered Americans living or working
overseas and has corrupted America’s legislative and executive
branches. It has exploited that corruption to initiate legislation
favorable to itself, has promoted unnecessary and unwinnable wars and
has stolen American technology and military secrets. Its ready access to
the mainstream media to spread its own propaganda provides it with
cover for its actions and it accomplishes all that and more through the
agency of a powerful and well-funded domestic lobby that oddly is not
subject to the accountability afforded by the Foreign Agents
Registration Act (FARA) of 1938 even though it manifestly works on
behalf of a foreign government. That country is, of course, Israel"
Said Assange.
The
assessment of Israel and what damage it does regarding what most
Americans would regard as genuine national interests is most definitely
not reported, revealing once again that what is not written is every bit
as important as what is. I would note how what has recently happened
right in front of us relating to Israel is apparently not considered fit
to print and will never appear on any disapproving editorial page. Just
this week the Senate unanimously passed an Anti-Semitism Awareness bill
and also by a 99 to zero vote renewed and strengthened sanctions
against Iran, which could wreck the one year old anti-nuclear weapon
proliferation agreement with that country.
The
Anti-Semitism bill makes Jews and Jewish interests a legally protected
class, immune from any criticism. “Free speech” means in practice that
you can burn an American flag, sell pornography, attack Christianity in
the vilest terms or castigate the government in Washington all you want
but criticizing Israel is off limits if you want to avoid falling into
the clutches of the legal system. The Act is a major step forward in
effectively making any expressed opposition to Israeli actions a hate
crime.
And it is similar to punitive legislation that has been enacted in twenty-two states as well as in Canada. It is strongly supported by the Israel Lobby, which quite likely drafted it, and is seeking to use legal challenges to delegitimize and eliminate any opposition to the policies of the state of Israel.
And it is similar to punitive legislation that has been enacted in twenty-two states as well as in Canada. It is strongly supported by the Israel Lobby, which quite likely drafted it, and is seeking to use legal challenges to delegitimize and eliminate any opposition to the policies of the state of Israel.
As
the Act is clearly intended to restrict First Amendment rights if they
are perceived as impacting on broadly defined Jewish sensitivities, it
should be opposed on that basis alone, but it is very popular in
Congress, which is de facto owned by the Israel Lobby. That the
legislation is not being condemned or even discussed in the generally
liberal media tells you everything you need to know about the amazing
power of one particular unelected and unaccountable lobby in the U.S.
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