* Eviscerating the UN: The United States claims that it will veto the Palestinian statehood bid because the peace talks should take place between the two parties directly and not through an outside entity -- in this case, the UN. Many of the reps could not contain their disdain for the UN. "The UN would vote for any resolution that is anti-Israel," said Cong. Poe in disgust, even if it said that the world is flat. They suggested defunding any UN organization that endorses Palestinian statehood. Some went even further, suggesting we cut off aid to any country that endorses statehood! Hungry Haitians or Ethiopians will simply have to pay the price. There is no such thing as "going too far" when it comes to standing up for Israel!
* Sheer stupidity: One thing the representatives just
couldn't understand is that if we are giving the Palestinians so much money, how
come they don't like us? "Anti-Americanism among the Palestinians is only second
to anti-Israel invective," said witness Jonathan Schanzer, to the nods of the
representatives. Rohrbacher seemed incredulous that we've given the Palestinians
all this money, and it hasn't even bought us goodwill. Duh! Of course the
Palestinians don't like us -- we are supplying billions of dollars of weapons to
their oppressors!
The stranglehold AIPAC has over Congress
is putting our nation on a collision course with history. The vast majority of
the world's nations support the Palestinian bid for statehood (120 of them
already recognize the state of Palestine). The democratic movements sweeping the
Arab world are clamoring for Palestinian rights. Unconditional U.S. support for
Israel keeps the region in turmoil, pits us against world opinion and
jeopardizes our national security. It's time for Congress to take off the AIPAC
blinders.
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