Pollard's friends are remarkably active of late. Four members of the House have signed a letter to Obama pleading for clemency for this convicted spy and traitor. They include Barney Frank, Anthony Weiner and a couple of other dummies. Their justification is the argument that such a gesture would be encouraging to the Israeli people "in this time of their need." Frank and Weiner puzzle me. I would find Frank a comic person if it were not for his obvious skill in financial legislation. Weiner? Much the same thing although I seem to remember that he wrote some nonsense about Israel's innocence in its treacherous attack on USS Liberty.
And then there is Lawrence Korb, a former assistant secretary of defense. His defense of espionage and treason against the US is simply incomprehensible. Does Pollard's betrayal of his trusted access to US Navy war plans count for nothing to Korb?
And there is also James Woolsey, the former DCI and self proclaimed "anchor of the Presbyterian wing of the neocon movement." Is he a Presbyterian? He, too, is reported in the Jerusalem Post to have asked for mercy for Pollard, that noble citizen of Israel.
Pollard should have been executed for his cold blooded and mercenary betrayal of what was once his country. If that had been done, we would not have to listen to this confusion of values. pl
If Korb supposedly "knew" that it was just a case of Weinberger's "visceral dislike" why exactly would he have waited 25 years after the sentencing (and 4 1/2 after CW's death) before saying something??
Posted by: Tosk59 | 19 October 2010 at 09:55 PM
C posted the below link on the FB Ali posting but it's probably better that it be here:
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=191895
"THE MEDIAN sentence for the offense Jonathan committed is two to four years. Jonathan is now in his 25th year of a life sentence with no end in sight."
"Having served 25 years in the harshest conditions the American penal system has to offer, Jonathan is ill, his immune system depleted and his very survival is at stake."
I read a blog posting by another inmate in the same prison as Pollard. Conditions in this prison would be considered heavenly by most of our homeless population. 3 squares a day, TV, recreation, the ability to shop in a PX, the ability to cook some meals in your own cell, able to fraternize with other inmates (B. Maddoff is in the same place along with some other notable white collar criminals). These guys don't screw up on the rules there, it's one of the more preferable Federal prisons to be in and if one does screw up - it's off to a place that really is harsh.
Poor little Jonathon, my heart bleeds.
Posted by: BillWade | 20 October 2010 at 10:08 AM
This one is just plain sickening:
http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Article.aspx?id=191782
With an attitude like what this 'rabbi' espouses, Israel will forever be in the shit pile. And to think he was once one of Israel's 'chief rabbis'.
Posted by: J | 20 October 2010 at 12:23 PM
Pollard should have been executed for his cold blooded and mercenary betrayal of what was once his country.
Hear Hear !!
i would volunteer for that firing squad in a heartbeat.
Posted by: 11BP | 20 October 2010 at 06:55 PM
We'll get a 'pause' of the same length doing nothing, the 'settlers' are building houses so fast they'll have to stop just to get more material shipped in.
Posted by: Fred | 20 October 2010 at 08:11 PM
"Pollard is not different from any other one of our soldiers," said Uri Ariel, a right-wing legislator who leads the parliamentary group lobbying for Pollard's release. "We don't neglect soldiers anywhere, not in this field either."
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-israel-pollard-20101021,0,7640236.story
Are we at war then?
Posted by: BillWade | 22 October 2010 at 09:36 AM