The Enemy Amongst Us

On Monday, AIPAC kicked off yet another of its policy conferences which usually features a who’s-who of Israel-obedient politicians (you might be thinking that includes the entirety of Congress and the Executive Branch, and I say ‘well almost’). As most of us know, AIPAC is the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. I won’t spend much time on that but there really are a few key points to note.

First, don’t think of AIPAC as an official Political Action Committee or PAC, subject to the same US federal laws and regulations a PAC is. Think of AIPAC as an unofficial political action committee not subject to these laws and regulations. Think of it as the single most powerful and influential political lobby group in existence in the United States. Understand that this was born out of the American Zionist Council which in 1951 was registered as a foreign agent for Israel. It spawned the American Zionist Committee for Public Affairs before being crunched into the obscure acronym it is now. Understand also that if you want to be elected to any federal position of relevance in the country, you will need its blessing. All of the major politicians in the US government have courted AIPAC and the interests that group represents.

There was a report published back in 2006 from two well known and respected researchers at Harvard and the University of Chicago. These political science and government policy researchers were better known and much less respected under the kosher-party-line after they published a book called “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy” which is worth the read. Now I am no scholar in the field of political science and international affairs nor do I have a Doctorate or PhD in anything. But I think I agree with the two that do have all the above and wrote this book.

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On cue, Osama Bin Laden issues new threat against United States after AIPAC meeting in DC.