"New York’s junior senator, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is expected to snare the lion’s share of the Jewish community’s substantial political donations in the race for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination…money from Jewish donors constitutes about half the donations given to national Democratic candidates…Clinton will get most of the Jewish community’s money, “first, because she’s going to receive the lion’s share of all [Democratic] political money, and second, because she and her husband are enormously popular with the Jewish community,” said Democratic strategist Steve Rabinowitz, a Clinton supporter…Clinton, he said, “has personally proved herself to the Jewish community on Israel… http://www.forward.com/articles/hillary-the-favorite-in-race-for-jewish-donations/
"During a Hanukkah dinner speech delivered on December 11, hosted by Yeshiva University, Clinton prattled, "I held a series of meetings with Israeli officials [last summer]…in each of these meetings, we talked at length about the dire threat posed by the potential of a nuclear-armed Iran, not only to Israel, but also to Europe and Russia…It became even more clear how important it is for the United States to stand with Israel ..." http://www.counterpunch.org/frank01032006.html
President George Washington warned in his Farewell Address of Sept. 17, 1796, "The nation which indulges toward another...is in some degree a slave...a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils."
This reporter caught the last twenty minutes of Sen. Gravel's radio interview that was conducted while 97 year old Peg McIntyre, Founder of Grandparents for Peace reminded the crowd that, "We can't even begin to imagine the human suffering of the over four million displaced Iraqi's feel…Negotiations and diplomacy are our tools and reconciliation and reconstruction are our goals. No more wars ever!"
Senator Gravel reminded Central Florida radio listeners, "If we go to war with Iran, I promise you everyone of us will suffer a world wide depression! 20-30% of the worlds energy [will be cut off] and that's the best side; the worst is it will trigger a nuclear exchange!
"This is the same situation as WWI; everyone is armed to teeth and the fool in the White House is ready to light the match and Congress is supine! Even General Sanchez admitted the war in Iraq is all about the oil!
"We have helped make the world crazy! The U.S. is responsible for 46% of the worlds weaponry, France and Britain 5% each and Japan 4%...Lieberman's resolution has released the four horsemen of the Apocalypse…we have lost our moral compass!
"Terrorism has been with us since the beginning of civilization and it’s a criminal act that must be rooted out with a police force! Interpol has a data base of seven million stolen pass ports. Does America access that data base? No! Our intelligence is so stupid!
"…Corporate censorship; NBC; war profiteers are trying to silence my voice…GE is the largest member of the Industrial Military Complex and they picked on the wrong guy! I will not be silenced!"
After Senator Gravel's radio interview concluded this reporter got in his face and said, "I will not be silenced either and I noted how you cited America, Britain, France and Japan as the major players in weapons of destruction, but why didn't you mention Israel, the third largest exporter of weapons of destruction? (Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).
"Why don't you talk about how forty years ago the USS LIBERTY was targeted and our sailors were cold bloodedly murded by Israel and were then told to shut up by our government, threatened with court-martial and worse?
